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Dr Rajiv Santosham

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Dr Rajiv Santosham

M.S., M.Ch.
Consultant Cardio Thoracic Surgeon

PROFILE

With over 10 years of experience in Video Assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS). Minimally invasive Thoracic Surgery. I am well versed in many procedures including: Complex Tracheal and Airway Surgery, Uniportal Sleeve Resections/ Sleeve Lobectomy, Uniportal VATS Lobectomy, Uniportal VATS Decortication, Uniportal VATS Bullectomy, Uniportal VATS Mediastinal Tumour Excision, Uniportal VATS Sympathectomy and various other VATS and open procedures. I am also experienced in all therapeutic and diagnostic Bronchoscopy procedures.

EDUCATION

  • M.Ch., Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Sri Ramachandra University (2006 – 2009)
  • M.S. General Surgery, Sri Ramachandra University (2003 – 2006)
  • M.B.B.S, Sri Ramachandra University (1995 – 2001)

WORK EXPERIENCE

  • Consultant Thoracic Surgeon, Santosham Chest Hospital, Chennai, 2009- Present
  • Consultant Thoracic Surgeon, Apollo Hospital, Chennai, 2009- Present

COURSES COMPLETED

  • 1st Edition of Uniportal Robotic Assisted Thoracic Surgery Masterclass, Monza Oncology Hospital, Bucharest, Romania, May 22- 24, 2022.
  • Uniportal Robotic Assisted Thoracic Surgery CME and Masterclass, Hyderabad, India, March 2022.
  • Course in Advanced VATS with Dr. Diego Gonzalez Rivas at Kunming and Mudanjiang, China, December 2019.
  • Course on Uniportal VATS with Dr. Diego Gonzalez-Rivas Shanghai – China 2016.
  • ESTS course on Minimally invasive Thoracic Surgery Strasbourg, France 22, 23 September 2014.
  • Observership with Dr. Robert Cerfolio in Robotic Thoracic Surgery University of Alabama 2014
  • EACTS Workshop on Thoracoscopic Lobectomy
  • Covidien Center, Elan court 2012, France
  • Robotic Surgery Training on Cadavers, Paris – EEC 2011
  • Course on VATS Lobectomy and Observer ship under Dr. Thomas De’Mico-Duke University 2010.

PUBLICATIONS

  • 1. BMJ Case Reports
    Sternal Metastatectomy in a case of papillary thyroid carcinoma

    Pradeep S, Hedne N, Vidhyadharan S, Rajiv S.

    Published in October 2020 1;13(10): e235967.

  • 2. Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals
    A rare case of familial middle mediastinal paraganglioma

    Tirunagari V, Santosham R, Santosham R, Devanayagam S.

    Published in October 2019;27(8):698-702.

  • 3. Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals
    Adenocarcinoma in Situ in Type I Congenital Pulmonary Airway Malformation

    Authors – Rajan Santosham, Rajiv Santosham, Vamshidhar Tirunagari

    Published: June 21, 2019

  • 4. Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals
    Rosai – Dorfman Disease of the Trachea: An Extremely Rare Benign Tumour

    Authors – Rajan Santosham, Rajiv Santosham, Sheba SK Jacob, Ashwin Uday Phadke, Trilok Ponduru

    Published: December 3, 2018

  • 5. Pulmon
    An Adult with Swyer – James Macleod Syndrome Treated Surgically

    Authors – S. Aneeshkumar, Rajan Santosham, Rajiv Santosham, Raj B. Singh

    Published: May – August 2017, Vol. 19, Issue 2

  • 6. Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals
    Human Pulmonary Dirofilariasis Masquerading as a Mass

    Authors – Sheba Jacob, Ashok Parameswaran, Rajan Santosham, Rajiv Santosham

    Published: July 18, 2016

  • 7. Journal of evidence-based Medicine and Healthcare
    Pulsatile Lower Limb Veins – Have a Look at the Heart

    Authors – Rupesh Mandava, Ritesh Santosham, Rajiv Santosham, Roy Santosham, Rajan Santosham

    Published: January 12, 2015 – Volume 2, Issue 2,; Page: 187-192

  • 8. ESTS TEXTBOOK OF THORACIC SURGERY
    Chronic Pleural Empyema: Thoracoplasty

    Published: 2014 Volume 1. Co-authored chapter 17.9

  • 9. Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
    Endobronchial Hamartoma with Pulmonary Tuberculosis Masquerading as a Foreign Body

    Authors – Gnanamuthu Birla Roy, Rajan Santosham, Ravi Santosham, Rajiv Santosham, Roy Santosham

    Published: September 2009, Volume 25, Issue 3, pp 133-135

  • 10. Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
    Pulmonary Mucinous Cystadenocarcinoma Presenting as an Alcaligenes Xyloxidans Empyema

    Authors – Gnanamuthu Birla Roy, Rajan Santosham, Ravi Santosham, Rajiv Santosham

    Published: September 2009, Volume 25, Issue 3, pp130-132

  • 11. The Indian Journal of Radiology & Imaging
    How I Do It: Radiofrequency Ablation

    Authors – Roy Santosham, Bhawna Dev, Preeti Priyadharshini, Harsha Chadga, C Anupama, Rajiv Santosham, Rajan Santosham and S Vishnu

    Published: May 18, 2008

  • 12. Chest – The American College of Chest Physicians Journal
    Bronchial Sleeve Resection

    Authors – Rajan Santosham, MBBS, FCCP, Sasankh, MBBS, FCCP, Ravi Santosham, MD, FCCP, Roy Santosham, MD, FCCP, Rajiv Santosham M.Ch, MS, Sami Jayaraman, MBBS, DTCD

    Published: October 2006 – Volume 130, Issue 4

  • 13. Indian Journal of Bronchology
    A Case Report of Pleural Based Lesion

    Authors- Dr. S. Jayaraman, Dr. Rajiv Santosham, Dr. R.K. Sasankh, Prof. Rajan Santosham

    Published: Jan – Apr 2006; 1:2

  • 14. Chest – The American College of Chest Physicians Journal
    Surgical Management of Pulmonary Tuberculosis – Indications and Results

    Authors – Velappan S. Jayaraman, Rajiv Santosham, Roy Santosham, Sasankh, Ravi Santosham and Rajan Santosham

    Published: October 2005, p. 177S

  • 15. Japanese Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
    Tracheo-Innominate Artery Fistula –Surgical Management

    Authors – Rajan Santosham, Sudhan Nagarajan, Rajiv Santosham, R.K. Sashankh, Vijayshankar

    Published: 2005, Page 53

Presentations at National and International Conferences

  • 31st European Society of Thoracic Surgery Meeting, 4th to 6th June 2023, Milan, Italy (Invited Lecture) – ERAS in Thoracic Infections
  • Godrej Karai Oration – ERAS in Thoracic Surgery, February 2023, IACTSCON 2023, Coimbatore, INDIA
  • VATS in Redo and Inflammatory Lung Diseases, February 2023, IACTSCON 2023, Coimbatore, India.
  • 68th IACTSCON 2022, April 2022, Jaipur, India (Invited Lecture), ERAS in Thoracic Surgery, Challenges in Indian Context.
  • 68th IACTSCON 2022, April 2022, Jaipur, India (Invited Lecture), Technical Challenges in VATS Airway Reconstruction.
  • Cadaveric Workshop, Surgical Anatomy & Resection Techniques in Lung Cancer, Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute, Chennai, India, March 2022.
  • TNASI 2021, Chennai December 2021
    Early Experience in Uniportal VATS
  • NALCCON 2021 - Virtual December 2021
    How I do It – VATS Lower Lobectomy – Video Presentation
  • ASN Nagpur 2021 – Virtual Conference, November 2021
    Uniportal VATS and ERAS with Recent Advances
  • ISTSCON 2021 – Virtual Conference, March 2021
    Panelist for Benign Non-Infectious Thoracic Pathologies
  • Karnataka Pulmonologist Association, Feb 2021
    Topic- Bronchopleural Fistula
  • IACTSCON 2021 – Virtual Conference, Feb 2021
    Recent advances in Uniportal VATS
  • IACTSCON 2020, Ahmedabad, February 2020
    ERAS (Enhanced recovery after Surgery) in Thoracic Surgery.
  • ISTSCON 2020, New Delhi, January 2020
    VATS Lobectomy for Lung cancer
  • 27th ASCVTS and 65th IACTSCON 2019, February 2019, Chennai
    Our experience in tracheobronchial surgery.
  • 27th ASCVTS and 65th IACTSCON 2019, February 2019, Chennai
    Our experience in tracheobronchial surgery.
  • Thoracic Surgery for General Surgeons, January 2019,
    Sri Ramachandra Medical College &Hospital, Chennai
  • Thoracic Surgery for General Surgeons, January 2018,
    Sri Ramachandra Medical College & Hospital, Chennai
  • Chest trauma, January 2017, Sri Ramachandra Medical College & Hospital, Chennai.
  • Overview in VATS and Live Demonstration of VATS – FIAGES Madurai, June 2017.
  • VATS in Thoracic Surgery – IMA Kumbakonam, May 2017.
  • Tracheoesophageal Fistula – IACTSCON 2017 Bangalore, February 2017
  • Post – Operative Space Problems – IACTSCON 2017 Bangalore, February 2017.
  • Basics of VATS – Bangalore, November 2016.
  • VATS Lobectomy for Benign Lung Disease – Salem, October 2016.
  • VATS LVRS – Tirupathi SIMS IACTS Thoracic CME, November2015.
  • Challenges in VATS - IACTVS Conference, February 2015.
  • Lecture on Surgical Treatment of Trachea Bronchial and Carinal Lesions Thoracic CME 2014 organized by IACTS – CMC Vellore.
  • Faculty in Thoracic Surgery Conference – Organized by Medanta 2014.
  • Lecture on VATS – BRONCOCON 2013, Vadodara.
  • Surgical treatment of Hemoptysis- NAPCON 2011- Chandigarh.
  • Surgical Management of Benign Tracheal Stenosis – NAPCON 2011 – Chandigarh.
  • Thoracoscopy in Thoracic Surgery – BRONCOCON 2010 – Agra.
  • Surgery for Tracheal Tumours and Stenosis – Thoracic CME, Chennai 2009.
  • Rare Case of Intra Bronchial Hamartoma with Tuberculosis of Distal Lung – CTCON Pune,February 2008.
  • Other Uses of a Flexible Fiberoptic Bronchoscope – BRONCOCON, Chennai 2006.
  • Our Series of 356 Tracheal Resection – Asian society for Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Bangkok.
  • Radio Frequency Ablation of Tumours – ASI Tamil Nadu Chapter Kodai, August 2004.

THORACIC SURGERY COURSES CONDUCTED

  • Uniportal VATS Workshop – All India Institute of Medical Sciences, March 2023, New Delhi, India
  • Robotic Thoracic Surgery CME in February 2023, Yashodha Hospitals Hyderabad, India.
  • Organizing Secretary of ISTSCON November 2022 , Chennai, India
  • Uniportal VATS Lobectomy workshop organized by Johnson & Johnson for Cardiothoracic Surgeons – October 2022
  • Panelist in Transformational Thoracic Surgery in Ethicon Digital Education, 2020
  • PACE Program Online, 2020
  • VATS Workshop at IACTSCON February 2019
  • VATS Program at Thangam Hospital, Salem, 2019.
  • Animal Lab training program at Madras Medical College, 2018.
  • VATS Program at Cancer Institute, Chennai 2018.
  • VATS Workshop at IACTSCON February 2018.
  • VATS Workshop in Ethicon Institute Mumbai, September 2017.
  • VATS Workshop IACTS midterm CME in MMC Chennai, October 2017.
  • VATS Workshop in Ethicon Institute Chennai, April 2017.
  • VATS Workshop in Amritha hospital Kochi – February 2017.
  • VATS Workshop in IACTSCON 2017 Bangalore – February 2017.
  • Endo-trainer course module in by J&J, 2017

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