Dr. Rela Institute and Medical Centre, Chennai

At the KIMS Institute for Heart & Lung Transplantation, Dr. Sandeep Attawar serves as Chair and Director of Thoracic Organ Transplants and Assist Devices. He was born and raised in Ahmedabad, where he also completed his medical training and general surgery specialisation at the Sheth KM school of PG medicine. At the Sri ChitraThirunalInstitute in Trivandrum, he furthered his training in cardiac surgery. M.S., Mch. Dr. Sandeep Attawar He is a leading cardiothoracic surgeon in India and is well known for his skill in carrying out difficult heart operations on patients of all ages, from newborns to elderly people. He formerly served as the unit leader for cardiac surgery and heart and lung transplantation at Global Hospitals in Chennai, and he played a key role in the establishment of three significant heart facilities both domestically and abroad. He sincerely believes in offering patients from all backgrounds high-quality cardiac surgery care. Along with successfully completing numerous heart and lung transplants, he also has a great interest in the subject of cardiac failure and mechanical circulatory support, including the implantation of total artificial hearts (TAH) and ventricular assist devices. View Profile

Dr. V. Narendra Kumar is an Interventional Cardiologist with extensive experience in Interventional Cardiology, Heart Failure, and Transplant Cardiology. He received his MBBS from the prestigious Chengalpattu Medical College and his MD from Thanjavur Medical College. He earned his DM Cardiology degree from Madras Medical College. He has conducted over 8000 coronary angiograms, 700 angioplasties, and 300 primary angioplasties in Acute Heart Attack patients with success.] He has demonstrated proficiency in pre and post Heart Transplant assessment, LVAD Management, and Endomyocardial biopsy, in addition to Pacemaker Implantation, ICD and CRT, Angioplasty in Chronic Total Occlusion, Bifurcation PCI, Peripheral Angioplasty, and Renal artery stenting. View Profile

With over 22 years of experience, he has done around 375 kidney transplants including live donor kidney and deceased donor kidney transplants, 20 combined liver kidney transplants. His daily routine consists of inpatient rounds, attending to outpatient clinics and doing part-time research activities. He has catered around 160 maintenance hemodialysis patients doing around 1700-1800 hemodialysis sessions per month. He has provided critical care nephrology services - SLED, CRRT, Liver dialysis to the critically ill medical, surgical, acute and chronic liver disease and post liver transplant patients and performs all interventions like kidney biopsy, permcath insertion and percutaneous CAPD catheter insertion etc. View Profile

Dr. Dinesh Jothimani has over 18 years of expertise as a Hepatologist and Gastroenterologist. In 2000, he received his MBBS from The Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University (TNMGRMU), and in 2004, he received his MRCP (UK) from the Royal College of Physicians, London. He is a member of the Indian Association for the Study of Liver, the Indian Society of Gastroenterology, the General Medical Council (GMC) of the United Kingdom, the European Association for the Study of Liver, the British Association for the Study of Liver, and the Royal College of Physicians. View Profile

Consultant Medical Oncologist J. Jebasingh He earned his M.B.B.S. from Christian Medical College and his M.D. in Radiotherapy postgraduate degree. He went on to get his DNB in General Medicine and D.M in Medical Oncology. He was a professor and a specialist in the Oncology department. He has written a thesis on a variety of issues and is actively interested in research. Dr. Jebasingh has attended almost 40 conferences, the majority of which focused on Oncology, Radiology, and Chemotherapy in Breast Cancer. He has participated in several clinical trials, including the bio-equivalence study of Liposomal Doxorubicin and Temozolomide, the maintenance of Pemetrexed in non-squamous lung cancer, and many more. View Profile

Dr. Jagadesh Chandra Bose is a conservative oncologist who specialises in pelvic tumour surgery. He has over 30 years of experience in the area of surgical oncology and has given lectures and surgical demonstrations at several national and international conferences and workshops. View Profile

Dr. Paraneetharan Marimuthu has over 20 years of expertise treating patients with various brain and spine problems. He received his neurosurgery training at the prestigious Madurai Medical College, Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery. He has performed difficult brain tumours, skull base lesions, aneurysm clipping, AVM clipping, spine procedures such as endoscopic and minimally invasive surgeries, and trauma treatment. Dr. Paraneetharan Marimuthu graduated with honours from Thanjavur Medical College in 1997. Following that, he joined the Tamil Nadu Government Medical Services in 1999 and served the public till 2008. After completing his neurosurgery training, he worked as an assistant professor at Madurai Medical College before moving to the United Kingdom in 2008 to pursue advanced training and fellowships in cerebrovascular neurosurgery, advanced spine surgery, minimally invasive neurosurgery, and functional neurosurgery. View Profile

Diplomat of the American Board of Internal Medicine and of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine is Dr. Vijil Rahulan. View Profile

Prof. Mohamed Rela has over 28 years of expertise in liver transplantation. In 2009, he established the Institute of Liver Disease and Transplantation at Global Gleneagles Health City. It has swiftly grown to become India's largest liver transplant programme. Over 1500 liver transplant procedures have been conducted under this programme since its beginning. He also teaches Liver Transplant Surgery at Kings College Hospital in London. Prof. Mohamed Rela left the Global Gleneagles hospital group to establish the 'Dr. Rela Institute & Medical Centre.' His objective is to solve the local population's health care needs using worldwide standards. He also hopes to give high-end, low-cost procedures such as multi-organ transplantation. View Profile