Qualifications

Doctoral Studies in DrNB Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery in 2020, accredited by the National Board of Examination, New Delhi.
Graduated from Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology in 2009 with Master of Chirurgiae (Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery)
Graduated from Government Medical College, Trivandrum, in 2005 with Master of Surgery (General Surgery)
Graduated from Government Medical College, Kottayam, in 2000 with a Bachelor’s in Medicine (MBBS)

Experience

Field of Expertise

Operated on whole spectrum of pediatric cardiac cases
Minimally invasive surgery for congenital heart diseases in adult and pediatric cases
Setup a succesful Pediatric cardiac surgical unit in India
Innovative and cost saving experience in congenital heart surgery
Training of fellows in Pediatric cardiac surgery
Operated more than 2000 cases of congenital heart diseases independently with good outcomes

Research & Publications

Publications:

Mathew, Thomas; Elwy, Ahmed (2021): Recent Advances in Infant and Neonatal Perfusion. CTSNet, Inc. Media. https://doi.org/10.25373/ctsnet.15465720.
Pillai, Manjusha N et al. “Intraoperative Three-dimensional Imaging of Ventricular Septal Defects in Children Using Epicardial Echocardiography: A Novel Approach.” Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia, S1053-0770(20)31165-4. 29 Oct. 2020, doi:10.1053/j.jvca.2020.10.051
Ananthanarayanan, Chandrasekaran et al. “Acute cardio-embolic stroke in a preschooler-a surgical dilemma.” Indian journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery vol. 36,4 (2020): 423-425. doi:10.1007/s12055-020-00970-9.
Chengalath, Manoras Mathew et al. “Explanting the migrated hepatic stent in the right atrium by modified vena caval inflow occlusion.” Indian journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery vol. 35,1 (2019): 108-110. doi:10.1007/s12055-018-0718-z
Misra, Satyajeet et al. “Role of Transesophageal Echocardiography in Surgery for Hemitruncus Arteriosus.” Anesthesia and analgesia vol. 125,4 (2017): 1153-1155. doi:10.1213/ ANE.0000000000002306
Menon, Sabarinath et al. “Modified closed chamber sutureless technique for anomalous pulmonary venous connection.” Annals of pediatric cardiology vol. 10,1 (2017): 58-60. doi:10.4103/0974-2069.197066
Chigurupati, Keerthi et al. “Windsock deformity of interatrial septum.” Annals of cardiac anaesthesia vol. 19,4 (2016): 722-723. doi:10.4103/0971-9784.191565
Gopalakrishnan, Arun et al. “Left ventricular regression after balloon atrial septostomy in d-transposition of the great arteries.” European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery vol. 50,6 (2016): 1096-1101. doi:10.1093/ejcts/ ezw206
Menon, Sabarinath et al. “Double Outlet Right Ventricle With Intact Ventricular Septum: Avulsion or Exclusion.” World journal for pediatric & congenital heart surgery vol. 7,2 (2016): 220-2. doi:10.1177/2150135115586813
Idhrees, A Mohammed et al. “"Classical Blalock-Taussig shunt" gone wrong: Confusing the right common carotid with right subclavian artery.” Annals of pediatric cardiology vol. 8,3 (2015): 228-9. doi:10.4103/0974-2069.164686
Idhrees, Mohammed et al. “Bovine aortic arch with supravalvular aortic stenosis.” Indian heart journal vol. 68 Suppl 2,Suppl 2 (2016): S83-S84. doi:10.1016/j.ihj.2015.07.007
Aggarwal, Neelam et al. “Modified Deep Transgastric Bicaval View for Revealing Superior Vena Caval Obstruction in a Patient Undergoing Sinus Venosus Atrial Septal Defect Repair: A Case Report.” Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia vol. 30,3 (2016): 729-32. doi:10.1053/ j.jvca.2015.07.008
Mathew, Thomas et al. “Fluorescein Dye-Assisted Identification of Multiple VSDs.” World journal for pediatric & congenital heart surgery vol. 6,3 (2015): 486. doi:10.1177/2150135115588140
Mathew, Thomas et al. “Intraoperative identification of chyle leak during coarctation repair using fluorescein dye.” The Annals of thoracic surgery vol. 99,5 (2015): 1827. doi:10.1016/ j.athoracsur.2014.12.090etralogy of Fallot With Concomitant Morgagni Hernia in Down Syndrome: The Value of Routine Chest Roentgenogram. C J, Ashok kumar et al. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery , Volume 99 , Issue 2 , 714
A Shunt From the Brain: Left Internal Carotid Artery Arising From the Left Pulmonary Artery in Tetralogy of Fallot. Idhrees, A. Mohammed et al. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery , Volume 99 , Issue 2 , e47 - e49
Sternotomy after classic blalock-taussig shunt: a unique challenge. Ananthanarayanan Chandrasekaran, Thomas Mathew, Sabarinath Menon, Baiju S Dharan, Jayakumar Karunakaran, Tirur Raman Kapilamoorthy The Annals of thoracic surgery. 09/2014; 98(3):1114.
Pulmonary valvuloplasty for pulmonary atresia-restrictive ventricular septal defect. Liza Jose Reshmi, Shrinivas Gadhinglajkar, Thomas Mathew, Subramanian Venkateshwaran, Rupa Sreedhar, Baiju Dharan Asian cardiovascular & thoracic annals 10/2014;
Multiple Muscular Ventricular Septal Defects: Use of Fluorescein Dye to Identify Residual Defects Thomas Mathew, Simran Kundan, Mohammed Idhrees Abdulsamad, Sabarinath Menon, Baiju S. Dharan, K. Jayakumar The Annals of thoracic surgery 1 January 2014 (volume 97 issue 1 Pages e27-e28 )
Early and 1-year outcome and predictors of adverse outcome following monocusp pulmonary valve reconstruction for patients with tetralogy of Fallot: A prospective observational study. Sasikumar D, Sasidharan B, Tharakan JA, Dharan BS, Mathew T, Karunakaran J. Ann Pediatr Card 2014;7:5-12
Septal course of left anterior descending artery from the right aortic sinus in tetralogy of Fallot: a benign anomaly and important lessons learned. Deepa S, Bijulal S, Baiju DS, Thomas M. Pediatr Cardiol. 2013 Jan;34(1):200-2.
Risk factors for microbiologically documented nosocomial infections after on pump –CABG Manish Mathew, Varghese Thomas Panicker, Thomas Mathew, Sabrinath Menon, Karunakaran Jayakumar. Indian J of Thorac and Cardiovasc Surg June 2013, Volume 29, Issue 2, pp 93-97
Repair of simple congenital cardiac defects via lower ministernotomy, using standard instruments. Thomas Mathew et al , Indian J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (July–September 2012) 28(3):155–159
Tricuspid valve excision using off-pump inflow occlusion technique: role of intra-operative trans-esophageal echocardiography. Gadhinglajkar S, Sreedhar R, Karunakaran J, Misra M, Somasundaram G, Mathew T. Ann Card Anaesth. 2010 May-Aug;13(2):148-53.

Medical Research:

Application of decellularised bovine pericardium for fabrication of a novel valved conduit for RVOT reconstruction in sheep model. Project no. 7410 (BMT Wing) Internal Project SCTIMST 2016
In vivo testing of decellularised bovine pericardium in sheep
Abdominal wall tumors. Thesis submitted for MS General Surgery

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