Dr. M. Bharath Kumar - Best Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeon in Vizag

Brief Profile

Dr. Bharath Kumar is a Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeon specializing in minimally invasive and robotic cardiac surgery. He trained at Madras Medical Mission and completed advanced fellowship training at Apollo Hospitals, Bengaluru. He has expertise in complex cardiac procedures, including MICS CABG, valve surgeries, and robotic cardiac interventions.

Fields of Experience

• Minimally invasive coronary artery bypass grafting
• Mitral valve repair/replacement
• Aortic valve replacement
• ASD closure
• PAPVC repair
• Myxoma excision
• Aortic aneurysm repair
• Coarctation of aorta repair
• Mediastinal tumour excision
• Pneumonectomy
• Lobectomy
• Decortication
• VATS (Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery)
• AV fistula creation
• ECMO initiation
• Endoscopic vein harvest
• Robotic LIMA and RIMA harvest
• Robotic ASD closure
• Robotic bullectomy
• Robotic thymectomy

Research Presentations

• Midterm outcome of open surgery for acute type A aortic dissection in the Indian population, presented at the 61st Indian Association of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeons Conference 2015 at Hyderabad, India. 
• Midterm outcomes of aortic valve replacement for severe aortic stenosis in patients with severe left ventricular dysfunction, presented at the 62nd Indian Association of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeons Conference 2015 at Hyderabad, India
• Midterm outcomes of superior septal approach for mitral valve replacement, presented at the 64th Indian Association of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeons Conference 2017 at Bangalore, India.
• Posterior segment suture annuloplasty for ischaemic mitral regurgitation, presented at the 65th Indian Association of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeons Conference 2018 at Vishakapatnam, India.
• Outcomes of ventricular septal defect closure with or without tricuspid valve leaflet detachment, presented at the 18th Annual Conference of the Paediatric Cardiac Society of India, PCSI 2017, at Mumbai, India.
• Cardiac surgery in patients with sickle cell disease and trait – analysis of in-hospital and short-term outcomes, presented at ASCVTS 2020, 28th annual meeting of the Asian Society for Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
• Robotic mitral valve surgery – A practical, reproducible, day-to-day curative option beyond cosmetic appeal - poster presentation at the International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery ISMICS 2025, Istanbul, Turkey.
• Direct vision LIMA harvest using harmonic scalpel in MICS CABG – presented at Society of Minimally Invasive Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery of India SMICTSI 2025, Bengaluru, India.

Publications

• Uncommon anatomical variation of left internal mammary artery – God created Y graft conduit, volume 109, issue 2, February 2020, pages e113-e114, The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 
• Delay and misdiagnosis of Basidiobolomycosis in tropical South India: case series and review of the literature, Paediatrics and International Child Health, volume 36, 2016, issue 1
• Bovine versus porcine bio prosthetic mitral valve replacement: does choice really matter? – Indian Journal Of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (2019)
• Idiopathic multilocular thymic cyst – an incidental anterior mediastinal mass - selected for publication in Internal Journal of Research in Medical Sciences.
• Cardiac surgery in patients with sickle cell disease and trait – analysis of in-hospital and short-term outcomes – under review in the Perfusion journal.
• Currently working on the following titles:
  • Robotic repair of partial anomalous pulmonary venous correction. 
  • Robotic septal myectomy – trans atrial trans mitral approach.
     

Education

• M.B.B.S. (2005–2010), Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute, Puducherry
• DrNB (Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery) (2014–2020), National Board of Examinations, New Delhi; Training at Madras Medical Mission Hospital, Chennai

Awards and Recognitions

• Young Surgeon award by rotary club south Bengaluru in 2026 march

Languages Known

Telugu, Hindhi, English, Kannada, French, Tamil

Fellowship/Membership

• Member of the Indian Association of Cardiovascular Thoracic Surgery, IACTS – membership number L20165003.
• Member of The International Society of Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery ISMICS 
• Member of the European Association of Cardiothoracic Surgery EACTS – membership number 594515.
• Member of the Asian Thoracic Academy 

Past Positions

• Junior consultant - June 2020 – September 2020 - Madras Medical Mission Hospital, Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Chennai, India.
• Junior consultant – September 2020 – July 2022 – Apollo Hospitals, Greams Road, Chennai, India.
• Fellow in minimally invasive and robotic surgery – August 2022 – July 2023 - Apollo Hospitals, Bannerghatta Road, Bengaluru. 
• Associate Consultant at Apollo Hospitals, Bannerghatta Road, Bengaluru.