Dr Moose Kunhi M K

Brief Profile

Dr Moose Kunhi M Kis a highly accomplished clinician with 34 years of experience in cardio thoracic & vascular surgery, and his surgical expertise covers cardiac surgery in adults and children, aortic & vascular surgery, and thoracic surgery.He is also trained in HeartTransplant Surgery at German HeartInstitute, Berlin, Germany in2015.

His interest in cardio thoracic & vascular surgery started while he was doing his undergraduate medical degree and increased manifold during his postgraduate training in MS, both at Calicut Medical College, Kerala, when he completed his thesis.He is also the proud alumnus of TrivandrumMedical College,Kerala, where he completed his M.Ch in CTVS.

During his extensive career, Dr Moose Kunhigainedcritical expertise in operating both adults and children, having performed more than 10,000 surgeries across the globe, which includes 4000+ bypass surgeries (on pump), 3000+ bypass surgeries (off pump), 1500+ heart valve surgeries, 1000+ congenital cardiac surgeries, and 500+ thoracic surgeries.

He has managed several high-risk CTVSsurgeries, including bypass surgery in chronic renal failure cases, Mitral Repair,Mitral,Aortic, Double Valve Replacement, heart tumours, and other complex open heart surgeries in adults. He has also performed complex congenital cardiacoperations in adults and children, including ASD Closure,VSD Closure, TOF–ICR, B-TShunts, Fontan Operation, and Arterial Switch Operation. His aortic & vascular surgeriescoverAortic Aneurysmsof theAscending Aorta, Archof Aorta Replacement, Abdominal AortaAneurysms,Peripheral Aneurysms, andPeripheralVascular Surgery.

He is also highly skilled in performing procedures like pneumonectomy, lobectomy, and mediastinaltumours surgery.

On the academic front, he has presented multiple research papers, most notably at the World Cardiac Congress in Dubai, and published several articles about heart disease as a part ofpublic health awareness programs in various medias. He has attended several international & national major cardiac surgical conferences, and won numerous awards for his clinical excellence.

Publications and Research Papers

• “Emergency Cardiac Double Valve Surgery In Active Infective Endocarditis Due To Acinetobacter baumannii With Aortic Root Abscess in a Patient With Dialysis Dependent End Stage Renal Failure”; A Rare Case Report—Journal of Surgical Case Reports. 2016 – 12, 1-3
• A case of “Primary Intra-Cardiac Yolk Sac Tumour With Extra Cardiac Extension”. Published in Oxford Journal of Surgical Case Reports. On 11-11-2016
• “Off-Pump Bypass Surgery – Newer Understanding” oral abstract presentation at the World Cardiac Congress at Dubai 2012
• “Mitral Valve Repair – Modified ReedsTechnique” poster presentation at the World Cardiac Congress at Dubai 2012
• “Isolated Bilateral Coronary Ostial Stenosis With Complete Obstruction Of The Left Main Artery”. Accepted and published in annuals of thoracic surgery
• “Controlled Coronary Re-Perfusion As An Adjunct To Myocardial Protection – Our Experience”. Paper presented at the 44th Annual Conference of the Indian Association of Cardiovascular-Thoracic Surgeons (IACTS), Agra 1994, India
• “Aortic Root Widening – Our Experience”. Paper presented at the 44th Annual Conference of the Indian Association of Cardiovascular-Thoracic Surgeons (IACTS), Agra 1994, India
• “Transposition Of Great Arteries – Arterial Switches Operation – Our Experience”. Presented at the 44th Annual Conference of the Cardiological Society of India, New Delhi. Abstract published in Indian Heart Journal, November 1992
• “Restricted VSD – Surgical Implications”. Presented at the 44th Annual Conference of the Cardiological Society of India. Abstract published in Indian Heart Journal 1992
• “Mitral Valve Repair – Modified Technique”. Paper presented at the 49th Annual Conference of the Indian Association of Cardiovascular-Thoracic Surgeons (IACTS), Bhopal, India 1999
• “Modified Delorme Procedure”. Presented at Midterm Conference of Association of Surgeons of India – Kerala Chapter held at Alwaye on 29th July 1984

Major Cardiac Surgical Conferences Attended

• World Cardiac Congress Conference, Dubai, 2012
• 93rd Annual AATS Conference, Philadelphia, USA, May 2011
• 59th Annual Conference of the Indian Association of Cardiovascular-Thoracic Surgeons (IACTS) at Chennai, India, February 2011
• Workshop on “L-VAD As Destination Therapy For Cardiac Failure” at IKEM Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic, 2010
• 24th Annual Conference of the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS), Geneva, Switzerland, September 2010
• 51st Annual Conference of the Indian Association of Cardiovascular-Thoracic Surgeons (IACTS), February 2005, Cochin, India
• 50th Annual Conference of the Indian Association of Cardiovascular-Thoracic Surgeons (IACTS), February 2004, New Delhi, India
• 48th Annual Conference of the Indian Association of Cardiovascular-Thoracic Surgeons (IACTS), February 2002, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
• 13th Annual meeting of the European Association of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS), September 1999, Scotland, UK
• Workshop on “Adult Cardiac Surgery, Emerging Trends” at Institute of Cardiovascular Disease, March 1999, Madras Medical Mission (MMM), Chennai, India
• 45th Annual Conference of the Indian Association of Cardiovascular-Thoracic Surgeons (IACTS), February 1999, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India
• 44th Annual Conference of the Indian Association of Cardiovascular-Thoracic Surgeons (IACTS), March 1998, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
• 12th Annual Meeting of the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS), September 1998, Brussels, Belgium
• Orientation on “Surgical Implants Technique For The Toronto SPV Valve”, September 1998, St. Jude Medical, Minneapolis, USA
• 40th Annual Conference of the Indian Association of Cardiovascular-Thoracic Surgeons (IACTS) at Agra, India, in 1994
• 44th Annual Conference of the Cardiological Society of India at New Delhi in 1992

Awards

• NS Das Puraskaram award by NS Das Kalakendram, Chennai, India, for outstanding work and service for the year 2001. The awarding function was held on 31 March 2001 at Chennai
• Indian Red Cross Award for the year 2003 for excellent work in the field of heart disease
• Mother Teresa Award for the year 2003 for excellent and charitable work
• Rastra Kavi Govinda Pai Academy award for the year 2004 for excellent work
• Ethicon Recognition Award for the year 2005 for excellent work in bypass surgery
• Jnana Bhoomika – Heart of India 2005 Award for excellent work in heart surgery. Received in March 2006
• Prathibha Award 2006 – Cochin – for excellent work in the medical field especially in heart surgery
• Felicitation by Malabar Cultural Association, Cochin, in 2006 & 2007, for excellent humanitarian work
• Aarogya Seva Ratna Puraskaram award by Kerala State Hindi Prachar Sabha, for “Outstanding Work and Service in the Medical Field” for the year 2008
• International Citizen Award 2009 by Lions Club International, for best work for the year</