– Affiliation:
Chief Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeon
Apollo Hospital, Bengaluru

Dr Sathyaki Nambala is a Senior Consultant and Chief of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery at the Apollo Hospital, Bangalore, India since 2008. He completed his Masters in General Surgery from St Johns Medical College Hospital in Bangalore and subsequently his post doctoral training in Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery from Sri Chitra Tirunal Institute of Medical Sciences, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. He subsequently did a Clinical Fellowship at the Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Canada followed by a Sr Clinical Fellowship with special interest in Minimally Invasive Surgery from the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA. His special interest has always been Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery and was instrumental in setting up a focused program in minimally invasive surgery that’s also the largest in India. The minimally invasive program covers the entire spectrum of adult cardiac surgery from Valve Repairs, Replacements, Multi Valve Procedures, Minimally Invasive Root replacements, multi vessel CABG and Adult Congenital heart disease. His experience with the off pump multi vessel minimally invasive CABG (MICS CABG) is extensive with over 1800 procedures and the largest in India. He conducts several training programs each year in Minimally Invasive Surgery and Robotic Heart Surgery. He has presented as well as published in several national and international forums.