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Department: Cardiac Surgeon Pediatric Cardiac Surgeon
Experience: 25 years of experience
About
About Dr. Benedict Raj Dr. Benedict Raj is a Consultant Cardiac Surgeon at Sparsh Hospitalâs Infantry Road unit. He is an MBBS alumnus of the prestigious Madurai Medical College. Post his graduation in 1991, he pursued an MS in General Surgery and an MCh (CTS) from the Madras Medical College, MGR Medical University. Dr. Benedict Raj has also completed a fellowship in Paediatric Cardiac Surgery and undergone a year-long advanced training in high-risk paediatric cardiac surgery from CHW, Sydney, Australia. He has nearly two decades of industry experience in the field of Cardiac Surgery and Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery. The doctor performs an average of 400 surgeries every year, out of which 75% are paediatric cardiac cases. He is a volunteer for Childrenâs Heart Link for whom he also delivers lectures. Dr. Benedict has also written several publications and is a senior speaker in numerous medical conferences. He is a life member of the Indian Medical Association and Indian Association of Cardiothoracic Surgeons.
List of Treatments
- Arrhythmia Treatment with Ablation and Pacemakers
- Coronary Artery Surgery
- Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) Treatment
- Cardiac OPD Procedures
- ECG-Treadmill Test TMT
- 24 Hour Holter Monitoring
- Ambulatory BP Monitoring (ABPM)
- Echocardiography with Color Doppler
- Stress Echocardiographyn
- Myocardial Perfusion Imaging (MPI) Test
- Thallium Test – Nuclear Stress Test
- 64 Slice CT Angiography
- PET Scan
- Off Pump beating CABG LV restoration
- surgery
- Valve Repair Replacement
- Atrial Fibrillation Surgery
- Ross Procedure
- Cardiac Tumour Treatment
- Aortic Dissection Repair Surgery
- Minimal access surgeries for valves
- ASD (Atrial Septal Defect) Closure
- Neonatal and Infant cardiac surgeries
- Complex congenital heart surgeriesg
- TAPVC – Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection Repair Arterial Switch
- Single Ventricle Defects Surgery
- ECMO Support
- heart disease
- Device Closure- ASD VSD
- Balloon Septostomy
- Balloon Valvuloplasty – Aortic
- Pulmonary and Mitral
- Fetal Echocardiogram
- Coronary Angiogram
- Peripheral Angiogram
- PTCA-Percutaneous Transluminal
- Coronary Angioplasty
- Aortic Stent Grafting
- EPS-Electrophysiological
- Radiofrequency Ablation
- PPI-Permanent Pacemaker Implant – Single Chamber
- Biventricular Pacing
- AICD
- PTMC – Percutaneous Transvenous Mitral Commissurotomy
- Heart Bypass Surgery (CABG)
- Angiography
- Aortic Valve Replacement
- Mitral Valve Replacement
- VSD Closure (Adult) Surgery
- Heart Double Valve Replacement
- PPI-Permanent Pacemaker Implant – Double Chamber
- CRT- D Implant (Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy)
- PDA Device Closure
- Single Bypass and Valve Replacement
- Valve Replacement
- Congenital Heart Disorder CHD
- Heart Bypass – Minimally Invasive CABG
- Heart Implants
- Heart Surgery
- Rotational Atherectomy
- Redo CABG
- Angioplasty – 1 Stent
- Angioplasty – 2 Stent
- Aortic Valve replacement – Mechanical Valve
- Aortic Valve replacement – Tissue Valve
- Mitral Valve replacement – Mechanical Valve
- Mitral Valve replacement – Tissue Valve
- Aortic Valve Repair
- Mitral Valve Repair
- VP Shunting – Programmable Device
- AV Canal repair
- Bentall procedure
- PDA Ligation
- CRT – D (MRI Compatible)
- CRT – D (MRI Non-Compatible)
- CRT – P
- Transarterial Radioembolization – TARE
- ICD Implantation
- Cardiac catheterization
- Balloon mitral valvotomy
- Truncus Arterious Repair
- Cardiac ablation
- TAVI
- LVAD
Work Experience
Consultant, Sparsh Super Speciality Hospital, Infantry Road
Chief, MIMS Hospital, Calicut
Associate Professor, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre
Consultant, Narayana Hrudayala , Bangalore
Consultant, Sagar Hospitals, Bangalore
Special Interest
Valve Preserving TOF Repair
Thoracotomy ASD Repair
Neonatal Cardiac Surgery
Redo Operations
Paediatric Cardiac Surgery