Dr. Sameer R Rao

Dr. Sameer R Rao
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Experience: 19 years of experience

About

About Dr. Sameer R Rao Dr. Sameer R Rao is an eminent Cardiologist practicing successfully for more than 19 years. His area of specialization covers neonatal cardiac surgery, valve repairs, minimally invasive cardiac surgery, adult and pediatric cardiac surgery, and general thoracic surgery. He offers treatment for coronary artery diseases, rheumatic heart diseases, degenerative valvular diseases, congenital heart diseases, heart failure, thoracic procedures, aortic diseases, and peripheral vascular diseases. He is the recipient of MRS Menon Gold Medal for the best outgoing student in Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, KMC Manipal. He has attended numerous conferences and presented papers in them. He is the Life Member of the Indian Association of Cardiovascular Thoracic Surgeons and Indian College of Cardiology. He is keenly involved in research and has published papers in reputed National and International journals.

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

Work Experience

Senior Consultant, Global Hospital

Senior Consultant, Narayana Hrudayalaya Hospitals, Bangalore

Consultant, Manipal Hospital (Old Airport Road) Bangalore

Special Interest

Rheumatic heart diseases
Degenerative valvular diseases
Congenital heart diseases
Heart failure
Thoracic procedures
Aortic diseases
Peripheral vascular diseases
Neonatal cardiac surgery
Valve repairs
Minimally invasive cardiac surgery
Adult and Paediatric cardiac surgery
General thoracic surgery