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Dr Rao is the Chief of the Heart and Lung Transplantation Programme at the Narayana Hrudayalaya Hospital,Bangalore.

Dr. Rao, strongly believes that terminal heart failure, due to ischaemic cardiomyopathy and left ventricular aneurysms can be corrected by his favourite technique called DORs Procedure along with Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG) operation, with excellent results and expert in Mitral Valve replacement and repair.

Dr Thimappa Hegde is the Director of the Narayana Institute of Neurosciences.

After training in Neurosurgery at the prestigious National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, he served as the faculty of NIMHANS and rose to the position of Additional Professor of Neurosurgery. He worked in NIMHANS for over 20 years during which he was instrumental in initiating Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery. He also did a fellowship in skull base surgery in Washington D.C.

Dr. Hegde has performed several thousand Neurosurgical procedures. He has authored 30 scientific publications in leading journals and has contributed chapters to a book on the history of neurosciences. Recognized by the Lions Club of Bangalore as an ‘Outstanding Citizen’, he visited USA and Canada on a special exchange program from the Rotary International. He was invited by the Vatican to speak at an International Meeting at the Vatican City and had a special audience with the POPE - His Holiness John Paul II.

Dr. Hegde's interests include Stereotactic and Functional surgery, Spinal surgery and fusions, Neurotrauma, Neuro-endoscopy and Neuro-oncology.

Dr Devi Prasad Shetty is a senior cardiac surgeon, founder of Narayana Hrudayala in Bangalore.

After completing his graduate degree in Medicine and post-graduate work in General Surgery from Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, Dr Shetty trained in cardiac surgery at Guy's Hospital in the United Kingdom.

In 2001, Shetty founded Narayana Hrudayalaya (NH), a multi-specialty hospital in Bommasandra on the outskirts of Bangalore, because he could not find any employers who understood his vision. He believes that the cost of healthcare can be reduced by 50 percent in the next 5–10 years if hospitals adopt the idea of economies of scale.

Apart from cardiac surgery, NH also has cardiology, neurosurgery, pediatric surgery, haematology and transplant services, and nephrology among various others. The heart hospital is the largest in the world with 1000 beds performing over 30 major heart surgeries a day. The Health City intends to cater to about 15,000 outpatients every day.

Dr Ashley D'cruz is the Director of the Narayana Hrudayalaya Women and Children's Institute, Bangalore.

He presently is the President of the Indian Association of Paediatric Surgeons and is already proving to be one of its most active presidents. He spearheads the difficult task of securing insurance for children with congenital anomalies.

Dr D'cruz had started the pediatric liver transplant program when he was in St John’s and now has successfully completed thirty Paediatric Liver transplants in Narayana Hrudayalaya. This is probably the biggest liver transplant program in the country for children. He plays a pivotal role in this mode of treatment, long thought to be near impossible in India.

Dr D'cruz was the principal surgeon in the much publicized successful separation of conjoined twins, Peace and Patience and Laxmi the little child with multiple limbs. This received extensive international media coverage and was a success story for medical care in India. As Director of the NHWCI, he has been involved with the national insurance companies, where he is part of the think tank which is setting guidelines for uniform treatment costs in India.

He is also very close to getting the women and children's hospital to be a stand alone hospital. Community and developmental pediatrics will be a major thrust area at the hospital, apart from our delivery of cutting edge in- hospital care.

Dr. Suhel Hasan works as a Sr Consultant and Head of the Department of ENT- Head and Neck Surgery at Mazumdar Shaw Medical center and Narayana Hrudayalaya Multi Specialty Hospital, Bangalore. He is also a Post Graduate Examiner in Otolaryngology at the National Board Examinations.

Dr. Hasan has had a wide range of experience in ear, nose and throat medicine. His thesis was on Chemotherapy in Advanced Hypopharyngeal Cacinoma.

Dr. Suhel has gained expertise working in surgical fields as well and has more than 20 years of service as an ENT surgeon. He also engages himself as a guide for Post Graduate students and a Surgical Tutor in Otolaryngology at Bangalore University. Dr. Hasan is a faculty at Surgical Training Workshop on FESS and also Head and Neck Surgery and Phonosurgery.

Dr. Suhel Hasan’s primary areas of interest are Head & Neck Surgical Oncology, Surgery for Laryngotracheal Stenosis and Phonosurgery. His expertise in these fields can be attributed to working under eminent guides. Dr. Hasan actively participates in workshops and attends conferences and seminars around the globe. His paper presentations have been well received by the medical field, as a result of which he has been invited as guest speaker in various platforms.

Dr Rao Muralidhar is a consultant rheumatologist at Narayana Hrudayalaya.

Dr. Praveen Kumar is one of the world’s most experienced doctors in performing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG) and Redo CABG’s.

Indeed, at Narayana Hrudayalaya 60% of the surgeries carried out are CABG and Redo CABG’s. Dr. Kumar is an Alumni of Guy’s Hospital, London, UK.

Dr. Mehrotra is a very active in Coronary Interventions specialist, within his role as Senior Consultant Cardiologist at Narayana Hrudayalaya Hospital.

He is a visiting fellow at the Texas Heart Institute, Houston, Texas, USA and Senior Registrar at the Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK.

Dr. Colin John is a Senior Consultant Cardiac Surgeon at Narayana Hrudayalaya, Bangalore, India.

Dr. Colin John, Head of the pediatric and adult surgical programmes at NH, is an alumnus of the Christian Medical College, Vellore; the Royal Adelaide Hospital; the Westmead Hospital; and the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children; all in Australia.

He is one of the most experienced cardiac surgeons in the world specialising in operating on children, especially those suffering from complex heart problems such as Tetralogy of Fallout (TOF) or in simple terms ‘Blue Babies’.

Dr. Seth Rankin is an experienced GP, and founder and chairman of the London Medical Laboratory, an independent clinical testing specialist and provider of pathology diagnostics services to clients across the healthcare sector.

Seth has extensive experience in the NHS and in private healthcare. After years spent working in international medical assistance, he became a managing partner of a large and diverse London NHS primary care practice with over 16,000 patients. He also was a founding member of the local Commissioning Group responsible for funding both primary and secondary healthcare. In his capacity as a Commissioner he played leading roles in developing hour-long consultations for patients with complex comorbidities, and an innovative project to integrate health and social care. 

Dr. Rankin also successfully founded and exited several private healthcare businesses, including the London Doctors Clinic, a rapidly growing chain of private GP clinics in central London, which provide people with convenient, and affordable healthcare, and complement the NHS services.

Seth has significant international experience and a good knowledge of comparative healthcare systems. He did his primary medical degree and early residency in New Zealand before working in general practice in Australia. He then worked and travelled extensively for an international medical assistance company before returning to general practice, and obtaining his MRCGP in London. 

His special interest is in weight management, and he was the clinical lead on a NHS project, to provide advice and support on healthy living and wellbeing.