Dr. Sathyaki P Nambala — Consultant Cardiac Surgeon in Bengaluru

Dr. Sathyaki P Nambala is a Consultant Cardiac Surgeon at Apollo Hospitals, Bannerghatta Road, in Bengaluru, with more than 18 years of experience.

His list covers coronary artery bypass grafting and redo CABG, heart valve repair and replacement, double valve replacement and multiple valve surgery, aortic root replacement, minimally invasive cardiac surgery and robotic cardiac surgery.

He holds MBBS and an MS in general surgery, and took his MCh in cardiothoracic and vascular surgery through Apollo Hospital in Bangalore and the Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences. His fellowship covers both minimally invasive cardiac surgery and robotic cardiac surgery, the two techniques that distinguish his list from a conventional one.

His record names one accomplishment in particular: he led the first-ever beating heart coronary artery bypass operation, off-pump CABG, at one of his affiliated institutions. Off-pump surgery is bypass performed without stopping the heart or using the heart-lung machine, and being the first to do it at an institution means introducing the technique to a whole theatre team rather than only performing it.

He has presented surgical studies at the Heart Valve Society and at international congress, which his profile records as demonstrating his academic and clinical contributions to the field.

Alongside Apollo Hospital in Seshadripuram he has worked at Narayana Health in Bangalore, at the Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences and at the Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, three of the best-known cardiac centres in the city.