OP Timings:
Mon - Sat :- 10 am - 4 pm
Qualifications:
- MBBS
- MS in General Surgery
- M. Ch Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
Experience:
- More than 25 years of experience
Professional Memberships:
- Pediatric Cardiac Society of India (PCSI)
- Indian Association of Cardio Surgeons (IACTS)
Research & Publications:
- Case selection, techniques and challenges in Biventricular conversion of hearts previously palliated for single ventricular pathway- Invited article for the special edition of Indian journal of cardiac surgery Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular surgery June 2021
- Early weight trends after congenital heart surgery and their determinants. Banerji N, Sudhakar A, Balachandran R, Sunil GS, Kotayil BP, Krishna Kumar R. Cardiol Young. 2020 Jan;30(1):89-94. doi: 10.1017/S1047951119002944. Epub 2019 Dec 26.
- Accuracy of a New Echocardiographic Index to Predict Need for Trans-annular Patch in Tetralogy of Fallot.Kasturi S, Balaji S, Sudhakar A, Sunil GS, Kottayil BP, Bayya PR, Kumar RK. Pediatr Cardiol. 2019 Jan;40(1):161-167. doi: 10.1007/s00246-018-1973-x. Epub 2018 Sep 3.
- Pulmonary venous hypertension may allow delayed palliation of single ventricle physiology with pulmonary hypertension. Kalantre A, Sunil GS, Kumar RK. Ann Pediatr Cardiol. 2016 May-Aug;9(2):147-52. doi: 10.4103/0974-2069.177517.
- Preoperative Determinants of Outcomes of Infant Heart Surgery in a Limited-Resource Setting. Reddy NS, Kappanayil M, Balachandran R, Jenkins KJ, Sudhakar A, Sunil GS, Raj RB, Kumar RK. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2015 Autumn;27(3):331-8. doi: 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2015.09.008. Epub 2015 Oct 22.
- A life-threatening infective pseudoaneurysm of the left ventricle in a toddler. Krishna MR, Kottayil BP, Sunil GS, Kumar RK. Ann Pediatr Cardiol. 2015 May-Aug;8(2):137-9. doi: 10.4103/0974-2069.157029.
- Anomalous left coronary artery from nonfacing pulmonary sinus: direct aortic reimplantation. Sunil GS, Kottayil BP, Francis E, Vaidyanathan B, Kappanayil M, Balachandran R, Nair SG, Kumar RK. Ann Thorac Surg. 2014 May;97(5):1819-21. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.09.104.
- Surgical removal of a left ventricular myxoma in an infant. Reddy SN, Sunil G, Kumar RK. Ann Pediatr Cardiol. 2013 Jul;6(2):179-81. doi: 10.4103/0974-2069.115276.
- Impact of the International Quality Improvement Collaborative on outcomes after congenital heart surgery: a single center experience in a developing economy. Balachandran R, Kappanayil M, Sen AC, Sudhakar A, Nair SG, Sunil GS, Raj RB, Kumar RK. Ann Card Anaesth. 2015 Jan-Mar;18(1):52-7. doi: 10.4103/0971-9784.148322.
- Two-ventricle repair for complex congenital heart defects palliated towards single-ventricle repair. Kottayil BP, Sunil GS, Kappanayil M, Mohanty SH, Francis E, Vaidyanathan B, Balachandran R, Nair SG, Kumar RK. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2014 Mar;18(3):266-71. doi: 10.1093/icvts/ivt495. Epub 2013 Dec 5.