DR Sathyaki Purushotham Nambala

Previous Hospital Appointments

Mar 2007 – Mar 2008          Senior Clinical Fellow
                                              Division of Cardiovascular Surgery
                                              Brigham and Women’s Hospital
                                              Harvard Medical School
                                              Boston, Massachusetts
Training experience: The hospital is a tertiary referral centre for complex cardiac surgical
problems as well as heart/heart lung transplant. It is one of the largest valve programs in
the United States and has pioneered the development of minimally invasive valve
replacement surgery. Skill sets include performing heart/heart lung transplant, donor
harvests, minimally invasive valve replacements/repair, reoperative CABG and surgery
for atrial fibrillation.
Jan 2006 – Feb 2007            Clinical Fellow
                                               Division of Cardiovascular Surgery
                                               Peter Munk Cardiac Centre, Toronto General Hospital
                                               Toronto, ON M5G 2C4
                                               Canada
Training Experience: As a tertiary referral centre and one of the largest in Canada,
performs 2000 operations in a year including transplants. Skill sets include complex
aortic root repairs and aortic aneurysm surgery. Active participant in all heart and heart
lung transplant activity including coordinating, harvesting and implanting organs.
Jan 2005 – Dec 2005            Associate Consultant
                                               Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery
                                               Manipal Heart Foundation
                                               Bangalore
Experience: Significant exposure and training in pediatric as well as adult cardiac
surgery.
Jan 2001 – Dec 2004            Senior Resident
                                               Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
                                               Sri Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and
                                               Technology
                                               Trivandrum, Kerala, India
Experience: Extensive exposure to pediatric cardiac surgery and postoperative care.
Nov 2000 – Nov 2001            Lecturer
                                               Department of Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery
                                               St Johns Medical College Hospital
                                               Bangalore, India
 Aug 1997 – Oct 2000           Resident
                                               Department of General Surgery
                                               St Johns Medical College Hospital
                                               Bangalore, India
        Jan – Dec 1996             Registrar
                                               Department of General Surgery
                                               St Johns Medical College Hospital
                                               Bangalore, India
Educational Qualifications
Subspecialty:                        M Ch. (Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery)
                                              Jan 2001- Dec 2004
                                              3 years Post Doctoral Training at Sri Chitra Tirunal
                                              Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology
                                              Trivandrum, Kerala, India
Post Graduate Medical
Education                             MS (General Surgery)
                                               Aug 1997 – Oct 2000
                                               3 year Post Graduate Training in General Surgery
                                               St Johns Medical College and Hospital
                                              Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Additional Qualification       Diplomat of National Board in General Surgery
                                               Nov 2000
                                               USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 CK & CS
Internship                               Mar 1994 – Mar 1995
                                               Rotating Internship (House Surgeon)
                                               J S S Medical College Hospital
                                               University of Mysore
Medical School                     MBBS, 1989-1994
                                               University of Mysore
                                               J S.S. Medical College & Hospital
                                               Mysore, Karnataka, India
Teaching Experience
 Jan 2001- Dec 2004:           Senior Resident
                                              Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery
                                              Sri Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and
                                              Technology
                                              Trivandrum, Kerala, India
 Aug 1997 – Oct 2000           Resident
                                              Department of General Surgery
                                              St Johns Medical College and Hospital
                                              Bangalore, Karnataka, India
        Jan – Dec 1996            Registrar
                                              Department of General Surgery
                                              St Johns Medical College Hospital
                                              Bangalore, India
Publications
1. Sathyaki N Purushotham, Krishna Manohar, Sivasankaran Sivasubramanian,
Neelakandhan K S: SUBMITRAL LEFT VENTRICULAR ANEURYSM: The location
of the circumflex coronary artery in relation to the aneurysm influences the surgical
approach and outcome J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005;129:1175-7
2. Unnikrishnan M, Purushotham S, Kumar Gupta A. Superior mesenteric artery
stenting to augment splenorenal arterial bypass for intractable complex renovascular
hypertension.
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2003 Dec;24(6):1046-9.
3. Patel R, Sathyaki NP, Kilpadi AB. Prevalence of nosocomial infection in critically ill
patients with abdominal pathology. Trop Gastroenterol. 1998 Oct-Dec;19(4):149-51.
4. Varma PK, Latha M, Purushotham SN, Neelakandhan KS. Abdominal aortic
occlusion due to aorto arteritis. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2003 Sep;24(3):451.

Presentations
1. Prevalence of Nosocomial Infections in Critically Ill patients with gastro intestinal and
intra abdominal pathology
Presented at the XVI Annual Surgical Conference, won the best paper prize in 1998 and
at the International Gastroenterology Symposium at Meenakshi Hospital, Madurai
2. Submitral Left Ventricular Aneurysms: The Chitra Experience
Presented at the National Conference, Indian Association of Cardiovascular and Thoracic
Surgeons, New Delhi, 2004
3. Splenorenal arterial bypass for intractable complex renovascular hypertension.
Presented at the Association of Cardiothoracic Surgeons, Kerala State Chapter, June
2004.
RESUME OF SURGICAL EXPERIENCE
        My formal training in Cardiothoracic surgery as a post doctoral fellow was at Sri
Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences, a premier tertiary referral center,
conducting about 1800 adult and pediatric surgeries every year. The three years of
training provided skills in decision making in adult and pediatric cardiac patients,
managing the surgical intensive care unit, and assisting and independently performing
more than 500 cases of both adult and pediatric cardiac surgeries, including surgery for
complex congenital heart disease, thoracic and vascular conditions.
        Following my formal training, a brief stint at Manipal Hospital further enhanced
my operative skill and experience.
        Subsequent to this I had the opportunity to work with Dr Tirone E David at the
Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Canada. The thirteen months with the team at TGH
exposed me to complex valve repairs, root replacements including the David procedure,
aortic surgery and LVAD’s including the Heart Mate II (the first to be implanted in
Canada). Heart and heart – lung transplant exposure was significant and was part of
routine training. It also provided significant exposure to postoperative intensive care
management of complex cardiac patients and transplants.
        Following this I had the opportunity to work at the Brigham and Women’s
Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston. With already sufficient surgical training
from Toronto, the year at BWH provided a platform to refine techniques, learn newer
approaches, perfect minimally invasive techniques and the opportunity to work with Dr
Lawrence H Cohn. The year at BWH provided enormous insight in managing complex
reoperations, dealing with the very old and operating on patients with multisystem
disorders, in addition to active involvement in the heart transplant program.
       This year of training provides the confidence and desire to bring the same level of
excellence in care back home.