About Doctor

Dr. Shiv K Nair is the Head of the Department and Senior Consultant of the Department of Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery at Rajagiri Hospital since November 2014. Prior to his appointment at this hospital, he was the Professor and Head of the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery at the Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, a University Teaching Hospital (1999 – 2014).

He began his career in Cardiovascular surgery as a Lecturer at the Seth G.S. Medical College and King Edward Memorial Hospital, Bombay in 1989. This is the largest University Teaching Hospital in Bombay, India. Subsequently he moved to Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology in Trivandrum as the Assistant and then Associate Professor [1990 – 1999]. This is designated as an Institution of National Importance by the Government of India. During this period, he has performed more than 12,000 cardiac surgical procedures.