Dr R Ravi Kumar is an Indian heart surgeon, and a pioneer in robot-assisted heart surgery. Dr Kumar has done varied robotic heart surgical procedures like: robotic

mitral valve repair Mitral valve repair is a cardiac surgery procedure performed by cardiac surgeons to treat stenosis (narrowing) or regurgitation (leakage) of the mitral valve. The mitral valve is the "inflow valve" for the left side of the heart. Blood flows fro ...

and replacement, adult ASD closures,

aortic valve replacement Aortic valve replacement is a procedure whereby the failing aortic valve of a patient's heart is replaced with an artificial heart valve. The aortic valve may need to be replaced because: * The valve is leaky (aortic insufficiency, also known as ...

, double valve replacement and

CABG Coronary artery bypass surgery, also known as coronary artery bypass graft (CABG, pronounced "cabbage") is a surgical procedure to treat coronary artery disease (CAD), the buildup of plaques in the arteries of the heart. It can relieve Angina pe ...

. His areas of special interest are, all types of adult heart surgery, robot-assisted heart surgery, pulmonary thromboendarterectomy for chronic pulmonary thrombo-embolic disease,

aortic aneurysm An aortic aneurysm is an enlargement (dilatation) of the aorta to greater than 1.5 times normal size. They usually cause no symptoms except when ruptured. Occasionally, there may be abdominal, back, or leg pain. The prevalence of abdominal aortic ...

repair, surgery for

cardiac failure Heart failure (HF), also known as congestive heart failure (CHF), is a syndrome, a group of signs and symptoms caused by an impairment of the heart's blood pumping function. Symptoms typically include shortness of breath, excessive fatigue, an ...

, heart and lung transplant and ventricular assist device.

Education

R Ravi Kumar graduated from Stanley Medical College and obtained the FRCS from

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. He worked at the Harefield Hospital, UK, under Sir

Magdi Yacoub Sir Magdi Habib Yacoub ( ar, د/مجدى حبيب يعقوب ; born 16 November 1935), is an Egyptian retired professor of cardiothoracic surgery at Imperial College London, best known for his early work in repairing heart valves with surgeon ...

involving himself with adult cardiac surgery including heart and lung transplant and aortic homografts. Dr Ravi Kumar then underwent surgical residency in

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, MA, United States. Following this he worked with Dr

Albert Starr Albert Starr (born June 1, 1926, in New York, New York) is an American cardiovascular surgeon, inventor of the Starr heart valve. Starr resides and practices in the Portland, Oregon area and is special adviser to OHSU Dean of Medicine Mark Richard ...

in Portland, Oregon. He pursued his cardiothoracic residency at the

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, South Western Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, U.S. He continued at the same institution as an advanced fellow in Heart & Lung Transplant and is

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(United Network for Organ Sharing), certifiable for Heart & Lung Transplant. He is a surgeon with American Board Certification in General Surgery and Cardiac Surgery who is also UNOS certifiable for heart and lung transplantation and ventricular assist devices.

Achievements

* India's first Robotic Mitral Valve Replacement, 2006. Heart surgeons at CARE Hospital here have replaced the mitral valve in the fist-sized muscular organ of a 23-year-old patient using

Da Vinci Surgical System The Da Vinci Surgical System is a robotic surgical system that uses a minimally invasive surgical approach. The system is manufactured by the company Intuitive Surgical. The system is used for prostatectomies, and increasingly for cardiac val ...

. * India's first Robotic Aortic Valve Replacement, 2010. 18-year-old patient with complaints of palpitations, chest discomfort, chest pain on exertion. Patient had aortic valve stenosis (shrunk) and regurgitation (leak) with reduced pumping of the heart. He underwent robotic aortic valve replacement. * World's First Robotic Double Valve Replacement, 2011. 23-year-old male who had chest discomfort, shortness of breath and palpitations for 4 years. Had mitral valve stenosis (shrunk) and regurgitation (leaking) and aortic valve stenosis (shrunk). Had robotic double valve replacement. * World's first Robotic combined Mitral Valve Replacement and CABG, 2011. 66-year-old man with complaints of chest pain and shortness of breath. Patient had coronary artery disease and severe mitral valve leak. Patient had combined robotic mitral valve replacement and coronary artery bypass surgery.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kumar, R. Ravi Living people Indian surgeons Year of birth missing (living people)