Dr. Atul Abraham

Dr. Atul Abraham

Dr. Atul Abraham

  • Consultant
  • Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery
  • KIMSHEALTH, P.B.No.1, Anayara P.O, Trivandrum – 695029, Kerala, India
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Work Experience

After completing his cardiac surgery training at AIIMS in 2017, he worked at Aster Medcity, Kochi, and later as faculty at Government Medical College, Kozhikode. He was a key member of the pioneering team that established the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at General Hospital, Ernakulam—the first such department in a district level hospital in India. He had served as Consultant at KIMSHEALTH before pursuing advanced training at Narayana Hrudayalaya, Bangalore, the country’s leading cardiac centre. At Narayana, he acquired extensive expertise in minimally invasive and robotic cardiac surgery, as well as a wide range of advanced and complex cardiac procedures.

Area of Expertise

Minimally Invasive (Keyhole) Bypass Surgery | Minimally Invasive (Keyhole) Valve Surgery | Minimally Invasive and Robotic Cardiac Surgery I Minimally Invasive ASD/VSD Closure | Hybrid CABG | Off-Pump CABG | Total Arterial CABG | Mitral Valve Repair | Aortic Surgery | ECMO | Lung Surgeries | VATS | Vascular Surgery and Dialysis Access

Education

  • MBBS from Govt Medical College, Kottayam(2004-2010)
  • MS (General Surgery) from Govt Medical College, Madurai (2011-2014)
  • MCh (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) from All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi (2014-2017)
  • DrNB CTVS(2019)
  • Post Doctoral Fellowship in Adult cardiac surgery from Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute of science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram (2020)

Awards

PUBLICATIONS

  1. Ectopic atrial rhythm after superior septal approach to the mitral valve — an often under-reported entity. Abraham A, Panicker VT, Mohanan Nair KK, Karunakaran J. Indian J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2023 Jul;39(4):340-349. doi: 10.1007/s12055-022-01471-7.

  2. Transaortic edge-to-edge mitral valve repair for moderate secondary/functional mitral regurgitation in patients undergoing aortic root/valve intervention. Choudhary S, Abraham A, Bhoje A, Gharde P, Sahu M, Talwar S et al. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2017;154(5):1624-1629. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2017.06.013.

  3. High blood tacrolimus and hyperkalemia in a heart transplant patient. Sahu, M., Singh, S., Das, A., Abraham, A., Airan, B., Alam, I., Menon, R.Devagourou, V. and Gupta, A., 2017 Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia, 20(2), p.270. doi: 10.4103/0971-9784.203933.

  4. Arrhythmias in Children in Early Postoperative Period After Cardiac Surgery. Sahu, M., Das, A., Siddharth, B., Talwar, S., Singh, S., Abraham, A. and Choudhury, World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery. 2018;9(1), pp.38-46. doi:10.1177/2150135117737687.

PAPERS/POSTERS PRESENTED

  1. Tricuspid Valve- the forgotten Valve National TEE workshop, Narayana Hridyalaya Bangalore, 2024.

  2. A rare adult presentation of congenital pulmonary airway malformation (CPAM) - does lobectomy prevent malignant transformation? Atul Abraham, Manoj P Nair IACTS 2020, Ahmedabad

  3. A prospective analytical study on the incidence and predictive factors for intra abdominal hypertension and abdominal compartment syndrome following laparotomy/ laparoscopic surgery. Atul Abraham, D Maruthu Pandian Best Paper Session,ASICON 2013, Ahmedabad

Languages Known

Malayalam, English, Hindi, Tamil, Kannada