Overview
Dr. Praveen Reddy Bayya currently serves as a Clinical Associate Professor in Paediatric and Adult Congenital Heart Surgery, Amrita Hospital, Kochi.
Area of Expertise
- Pediatric and congenital heart surgery
- Preterm and low birth weight open heart surgery
- Pediatric valve repairs
- Pediatric minimally invasive and cosmetic heart surgery
- Complex single ventricle palliation including AV valve repairs, PA rehabilitation, and unifocalization of systemic veins for Fontan operation
- Complex biventricular conversions
- Adult congenital heart surgery
Languages Known
- English
- Hindi
- Malayalam
Work Experience
Associate Professor
Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Amrita Hospital, Kochi (2020 – Present)
Assistant Professor
Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Amrita Hospital, Kochi (2015 – 2020)
Observership
University of California, San Francisco, USA for open heart surgery in Preterm and low birth weight children (2018)
Fellow
Paediatric Cardiac Surgery at Narayana Institute of Cardiac Sciences, Bangalore (2013-2015)
Senior Registrar
Paediatric Cardiac Surgery at Narayana Institute of Cardiac Sciences, Bangalore (2013)
Senior Resident
Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery at Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, (2010-2012)
Senior Resident
Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi (2009)
Resident Post Graduate
General Surgery at Osmania Medical College and Hospital, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh (2006-2009)
Resident Intern
Medicine, Surgery, Paediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Skin, ENT, Psychiatry, Casualty, Anaesthesia, Orthopaedics, Community Medicine, Ophthalmology at Teaching Hospitals attached to Bangalore Medical College, Bangalore (2004-2005)
Awards and recognition
Pre-University:
- Selected for the Indian National Biology Olympiad and the Indian National Chemistry Olympiad, for training at the Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, in 1999.
- Ranked 4th in the Karnataka state level entrance examination for Medical Courses in 1999.
- National Talent Search Examination (NTSE) scholar in the year 1997.
University and Post-Graduate Education:
- College gold medals in Physiology and Paediatrics at Bangalore Medical College, Bangalore.
- University Gold Medalist in Paediatrics.
- University 2nd Rank in 1st MBBS
- Won third place in free paper presentation at the annual conference of the Andhra Pradesh chapter of the Association of Surgeons of India (APASICON) in 2007 at Vishakapatnam, AP.
- Won first place in the state-level surgical quiz contest held at the APASICON 2008, Secunderabad, AP.
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