Dr. Lokeshwara Rao Sajja

Qualification and Experience

Dr. Lokeshwara Rao Sajja is currently consultant cardiac and thoracic surgeon at Star Hospitals, Hyderabad. Dr. Sajja completed his MBBS from Guntur Medical College, Guntur in the year 1980. Later, in 1986, he completed his MS in General Surgery from Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Pondicherry. In 1989, he was awarded M.Ch. in Cardio-Thoracic and Vascular surgery at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi. He has more than 30 years of experience in performing cardiothoracic surgery.

Contribution to Medical Science

Dr. Rao is an expert in performing coronary artery bypass through multi arterial grafting. He is an experienced surgeon performing various types of heart surgeries with an impeccable success rate. Dr. Rao has gain expertise in performing mitral valve repair and redo CABG surgeries along with on-pump CABG and off-pump CABG. He is also an active member of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery. Various research articles of Dr. Rao have been published in various national and international journals.

Qualification

• MBBS
• MS (General Surgery)
• MCh (Cardio Thoracic Surgery)

Past Experiences

• 2001 - 2008 consultant cardiothoriac surgeon at Care hospitals
• 2000 - 2000 consultant cardiothoriac surgeon at medwin hospital
• 1999 - 2000 consultant cardiothoriac surgeon at icvr madras medical mssion
• 1996 - 1999 consultant cardiothoriac surgeon at citi cardiac research center