Education : MBBS, MS – General Surgery, MCh – Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
Hospital : Apollo Hospital, Chennai
Experience : 51 Years
Specialty : Cardiothoracic Surgeon

About Doctor
Dr. M. R. Girinath is a Cardiothoracic Surgeon at Apollo Hospitals Chennai with a prior work experience of 45 years including 3 years of working in Auckland. He is the head of Cardiac surgery unit of Apollo hospitals, Chennai since 1984. Under the guidance of Dr Girinath M R Cardio Thoracic Surgeon in Chennai, the unit has done 40,000 heart operations of which 29,000 have been coronary bypass operations including 14,000 on a beating heart. The Cardiovascular surgeon at Apollo Hospitals, Chennai has pioneered congenital heart surgery and heart valve surgery in India and trained 30 heart surgeons in India. The Cardiothoracic Surgery specialist in Chennai has performed over 25,000 open heart surgeries in the last 16 years. Get in touch with us toconsult Apollo Hospital Chennai Cardiology doctor via Dr M R Girinath contact details.
The Best Cardiac Surgeon India is one of the first surgeons to receive MCh degree in India and a pioneer in cardiac surgery for infants, coronary bypass surgery, multivalve replacement and cardiac transplantation. Cardiac Specialist in Chennai has presentated over 275 papers at national and international conderences and participated in the first multi-organ transplant in India (Heart, Liver, Kidneys and Cornea). Dr. Girinath has made around 20 orations and has been a member of various prestigious groups. To get a fast track query reply, book Online Appointment with best cardiologist in Chennai.
Specialization
• Cardiothoracic surgery
• Mitral/Heart Valve Replacement
• Coronary Angioplasty / Bypass Surgery
• Intra – Arterial Thrombolysis
• Radial Approach Angiography
• Cardiac pacing
• Balloon Mitral Valvuloplasty
• Invasive cardiac
• Pacemaker implantation
• Invasive Cardiac
Work Experience
• Cardio Thoracic Surgery, Chief- Apollo Hospitals, GreamsRoad , currently working
Education
• MBBS from Madras University, Chennai, India, 1963
• MS (General Surgery) from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 1966
• MCh (Cardio Thoracic Surgery) from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 1969