RELEVANT EXPERIENCE:

• Covid 19 : Venovenous ECMO, surgery for peripheral arterial thrombosis, pneumomediastinum management

• Cardiac surgery: CABG, surgery for complications of myocardial infarction Surgery for valvular heart disease, congenital heart disease, cardiac tumors. Veno arterial ECMO

• LUNG AND MEDIASTINUM: Surgery for Tuberculosis lung, aspergillosis, mucormycosis, lung and mediastinal tumors, arteriovenous malformation of lung, congenital disease of lung . Thymomatous and non thymomatous myasthenia gravis

• Trauma: flail chest and rib fracture ORIF, bronchopleural fistula, intervention for pneumothorax and pneumomediastinum, emergency surgery for arterial and venous lacerations.

• Trauma: flail chest and rib fracture ORIF, bronchopleural fistula, intervention for pneumothorax and pneumomediastinum, emergency surgery for arterial and venous lacerations. Vascular surgeries: hemodialysis access surgeries, renovascular anastomosis in kidney transplant, acute and chronic arterial thrombosis management, pseudoaneuryms.

• Innovations: Left internal mammary harvesting techniques, ambidextrous techniques in cardiac surgery , intermittent suturing technique in vascular anastamosis and bedside direct mediastinal decompression for tension pneumomediastinum

   

Experience

• Associate consultant, Department of cardiothoracic and vascular surgery, Kovai medical center and hospital, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. Jan 2014- july 2021

• Member of editorial board of Indian Journal of Immunology and Respiratory Medicine.

• Assitant professor, Dept. of CTVS, PSG medical college and Hospital, Coimbatore. September 2013 to January 2014.

   

Special interests

• Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery, Video Thoracoscopy, Adult Cardiac Surgery

Journal Publications

• Gilbert S, Singh D, Sivakumar MK . Ambidextrous techniques in cardiac surgery. Multimed Man cardiothorac surg. 2018.
• Gilbert S, Singh D, Sivakumar MK . Modified carbodissection: A new technique for harvesting the internal mammary artery. Multimed Man cardiothorac surg. 2017. DOI: 10.1510/mmcts.2017.018
• Gilbert S, Agarwal R, Sivakumar K. Relevance of Modified Blalock-Taussig Shunt in the Era of Trans-Catheter Interventions and Ductal Stenting. ClinCardiol Updates. (2017) 1: 5.1
• Singh D , Gilbert S, Jeganathan V, Santhakumar S. Surgery for pulmonary arteriovenous malformations complicating pregnancy: An effective treatment strategy. Indian Journal of Immunology and Respiratory Medicine, July-September 2017;2(3):89-92
• Singh D , Gilbert S, Thennavan AS , Kandasamy R. Clinical outcomes of surgical flail chest stabilization using the mini plating system. Indian Journal of Immunology and Respiratory Medicine, January-March 2017;2(1):13-15
• Gilbert S, Singh D , Mehta SS , Sivakumar M. Prompt surgical debridement with adequate antifungal treatment as effective combination therapy for pulmonary mucormycosis. Indian Journal of Immunology and Respiratory Medicine. 2016;1(2);37-39
• Gilbert S, Singh D, JesurajML.Long QT syndrome and torsades de pointes complicating mitral valve replacement. Indian Heart J.2016;68:S210-S211
• Singh D, Gilbert S, Natrajan S, Mehta SS, Sivakumar MK, et al. Giant Mediastinal Biphasic Synovial Sarcoma – A Rare Clinical Presentation. J Resp Dis. 2016; 1(1): 103.
• Gilbert S, Singh D, Sivakumar MK, Mehta SS. Giant solitary ancient schwannoma of the pleura masquerading as bronchopneumonia. Lung India 2016; 33: 447-448.
• Singh D, Gilbert S, Natrajan S, Subramanian P, Sadayandi K. Pseudomyxomapleurii- A case report with clinicopathology and management of a rare Clinical presentation. Indian Journal of Immunology and Respiratory Medicine. 2016;1(2);40-42.
• Gilbert S. A Case report of Pulmonary Blastoma. University journal of surgery and surgical specialities,[S.1.],v.2, n.4, sep 2016. ISSN 2455-2860. Available at: <http://ejournal-tnmgrmu.ac.in/index.php/surgery/article/view/765>
• Singh D , Gilbert S, Rajendran K , Singh M. A child with primary spontaneous mediastinal emphysema – A rare presentation of a self-limiting disease. Indian Journal of Immunology and Respiratory Medicine. July-September 2016;1(3):55-57.
• Gilbert S, Singh D , Satheesan R , Sundaram VG , Singh M. Blunt thoracic trauma treatment outcomes- A small center experience. Indian Journal of Immunology and Respiratory Medicine, July-September 2016;1(3):67-69
• Singh D, Gilbert S, Arumugam M, Subramanian P, Sivakumar Mk, Ramachandra S. Post-pneumonectomybronchopleural fistula: complex surgical repair for a high mortality case . Chest Disease Reports 2016; volume 4:5696
• Singh D, Gilbert S, Singh M. Successful Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery in a Patient with Myelodysplastic Syndrome Refractory Anemia with Ring Sideroblasts (MDS RARS): A Rare Case Report . ClinCardiol Updates. (2016) 1: 1.1
• Gilbert S, Manoharan S, Jaikaran GK. . An unusual Hemangioma of the Interventricular Septum.Indian J ThoracCardiovascSurg .2014; 30: 22-4.
• Gilbert S, Singh D, Sivakumar MK. Post-traumatic Lung Herniation through Chest Wall. J PulmRespir Med.2015; 5:270. doi:10.4172/2161-105X.1000270

Languages Known

• Tamil, Hindi, Kannada, English