Sandeep Attawar
- Specialization: Pediatric transplant surgeon
- 28 years of experience
- accreditations:
- Speaks:English, Hindi
- Workplace: India, Chennai, Global Hospital Chennai
- Director of the Cardiac Surgery & Thoracic Organ Transplant Program at Gleneagles Global Health City
Dr. Sandeep Attawar is a cardiothoracic surgeon who has performed 10,000+ heart surgeries. He serves as the Director of the Lung Transplant Program at Gleneagles Global Health City. Dr. Attawar specializes in complex heart and lung transplants for both adults and children. He maintains an 85–90% success rate for thoracic organ transplant procedures.
- Member of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation.
- Expertise includes mechanical circulatory support and pediatric cardiac surgery.
- Holds membership in the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery.
- Works at a clinic recognized among the World's Best Smart Hospitals by Newsweek.
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Dr. Sandeep Attawar is a cardiothoracic surgeon in India with an 85–90% success rate in heart and lung transplants. He has performed over 10,000 open and closed heart surgeries on both adults and children. Dr. Attawar serves as the director for the thoracic organ transplant program at Global Hospital Chennai.
Specialization and Surgical Expertise
Dr. Attawar treats conditions like ventricular septal defects and atelocardia. This includes a heart wall hole and underdeveloped heart chambers. He performs adult and pediatric heart transplants, lung transplants, and combined heart-lung procedures. Additionally, the surgeon conducts coronary artery bypass grafting and mechanical circulatory support (MCS) implants.
His surgical volume includes thousands of procedures for congenital and acquired heart diseases. This experience allows him to treat complex cases involving both structural and functional heart issues.
Work Experience
- Since 2017 – Director and Chair of Cardiovascular Surgery, Thoracic Organ Transplantation, and MCS Program, Gleneagles Global Health City, Chennai
- 2013–2017 – Head of Cardiac Surgery, Mechanical Circulatory Support, and Heart Transplant Department, Fortis Memorial Research Institute, Gurgaon
- 2012–2013 – Director of Cardiac Surgery and Thoracic Organ Transplantation, Global Hospitals Group, Chennai
- 2010–2012 – Vice President and Director of Cardiac Sciences Center, Narayana Health, Jaipur
- 2005–2010 – Chief Heart Surgeon and Head of Cardiosurgical Division, Apollo Dhaka
- 2003–2005 – Senior Cardiac Surgeon Consultant, Rabindranath Tagore International Institute of Cardiac Sciences, Calcutta
- 2000–2002 – Cardiac Surgeon, Cardiac AJ Hospital and Research Center, Manipal Heart Foundation, and Narayana Hrudayalaya
Education and Training
Completed the following at the Medical Faculty Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences & Technology:
- Degree in General Medicine
- Specialty training in General Surgery
- Advanced specialty in Cardiothoracic Surgery
Professional Memberships
- The International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation
- The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
- The European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
- The International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery
- The Minimally Invasive Robotic Association
- Being Human Foundation
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