Dr.Jayakumar T.K

Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeon

superintendent.mch@gmail.com

Present Position : Professor & Head, Dept. of Cardio-thoracic and Vascular Surgery

(CTVS),Govt. Medical College, Kottayam, Kerala, India
&
Medical Superintendent, Govt. Medical College, Kottayam, Kerala, India

Education

• DNB CTVS ,National Board of Examinations, New Delhi – 2001
• M.Ch CTVS , JIPMER, Puducherry University – 2000
• M.S. General Surgery , Govt. Medical College, Kottayam, M.G University – 1996
• M.B.B.S. , Govt. Medical College, Kottayam, M.G University – 1993

Experience

• 2012/01 – Present -Professor & Head
Dept. of Cardio-Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Govt. Medical College, Kottayam

• 2006/01 – 2012/01-Associate Professor
Dept. of Cardio-Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Govt. Medical College, Kottayam
• 2003/09 – 2006/01-Assistant Professor
Dept. of Cardio-Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Govt. Medical College, Kottayam

• 2000/09 – 2003/09 – Senior Lecturer
Dept. of Cardio-Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Govt. Medical College, Kottayam

• 1998/07 – 2000/09- Senior Resident
Dept. of Cardio-Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Govt. Medical College, Kottayam

• 1997/05 – 1998/07- Lecturer
Dept. of Cardio-Thoracic and Vascular Surgery,Govt. Medical College, Kottayam
• 1996/12 – 1997/05- Registrar
Dept. of Cardio-Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Govt. Medical College, Kottayam

Awards and Honours

Professional Excellence Awards

1. Professional excellence award by Jaycees, Kidangoor
2. Best Doctor Award 2025, Asianet News
3. Kerala Sree (Health) Award, 2024, Govt. of Kerala
4. Vocational Excellence Award 2023, Heart care foundation, Kochi, Kerala
5. Best Doctor Award in Modern Medicine (Special Award) 2016 – Health & Family Welfare Department, Govt. of Kerala
6. Award for the First Heart Transplantation under Govt. Sector 2015, Govt. of Kerala
7. Deepika Surgical Excellence Award 2019 – RashtraDeepika Ltd.
8. Life Time Achievement Award by Lion’s District 318C –– 2016
9. Professional excellence award by Lion’s club Dist.324-E4, 2009-10
10. Professional excellence award by JCI India Zone XXII, 2012

Awards for service to the Society

1. SreeramaPuraskaram 2025, Sree Rama Hanuman Temple, Thiruvatta, Kottayam
2. Samuhika Shrestha Award 2025, Kottayam Social Service Society (KSSS)
3. 7th K R Narayanan Excellence Award 2024, KottayamSamskruti Foundation
4. Conquerors of Challenges Award 2024, RashtraDeepika Ltd., Kottayam
5. Dr. P R Kumar SmarakaPuraskaram 2024, AymanamDayaSamskarikaSamithi
6. D SreemanNamboothiriPuraskaram 2022, Aju Educational, Charitable and Cultural Research Foundation, Muvattupuzha, Ernakulam
7. NavarathriPuraskaram 2022, Nethalloor Sri Bhagavathi temple, Karukachal, Kottyam
8. 2ndUzhavoorVijayan Memorial Award 2019 – UzhavoorSmaraka Trust, Kottayam
9. 7th T. K Ramakrishnan Award 2017 – T. K SmarakaPadanaKendram, Kottayam
10. AravindaKeerthi Mudra Award 2016(Aravinda Charitable Society)
11. Adv. N. GovindaMenon Memorial Award 2015
12. PDG Varkey George Memorial award 2012 – Rotary Club
13. Rotary International Dist.3211 Award 2010
14. Rotary Vocational Achievement award 2010-2011
15. ‘Gramadeepam’ award by Pourasamity, Kidangoor

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Academic Committees

1. Member -Board of Studies, KUHS, Kerala
2. Dean for the Faculty of Modern Medicine – Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala
3. Member – Working Group on Medical and Public Health, 14th Five Year Plan, Kerala State Planning Board
4. Member – Medical Advisory Cell, SHA, Kerala
5. Convenor – Formation of working group, Standard Treatment Guidelines, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Govt. of Kerala
6. Member – Expert Working Group, KSOTTO and Chairperson-Heart &LungSubcommittee
7. Member – Technical Resource group for emergency room- Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Govt. of India
8. Member – (Medical Expert) –Advisory Committee –Transplantation of Human Organs Act – 1994, Govt. Of Kerala
9. Member – Expert Committee, MEDISEP Phase II, Govt. of Kerala
10. Member – Technical Committee-Kerala Health System Improvement Programme, Govt. of Kerala
11. Member– Project Management and Project Advisory Committee- Institute of Organ
    Tissue Transplant, Kozhikode
12. Life Member – Indian Association of Cardio Thoracic Surgeons (IACTS)
13. Charter Member – Society of Minimally Invasive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeons of India (SMICTSI)
14. Member– Indian Medical Association (IMA)
15. Charter Member – Society of Heart Failure and Transplantation (SfHFT)
16. Member– Kottayam Heart Club

Professional affiliations and Societies

• Member – Medical Panel, Heart Care Foundation, Kochi, Kerala
• Past president – Kerala Government Medical College Teachers Association (KGMCTA), Kottayam Unit, Kerala
• Past Member – Governing Council, National Homeopathic Research Institute in Mental Health (NHRIMH), Kottayam, Kerala

Clinical Interests
• Heart and Lung Transplantation
• Adult Cardiac Surgeries and Valve Repairs
• Paediatric Cardiac Surgery
• Aneurysm Surgery
• Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery (MICS)
• Thoracic Surgery- Sleeve Resections

Publications

1. P.Rekha, , B. Thomas, J M Pappachan, K P Venugopal, T K Jayakumar, and P Sukumaran, Kerala, India; Tracheal rhinosporidiosis; J ThoracCardiovascSurg, 2006;132:718-9
2. T K Jayakumar, P Chandramohan., B Babu,, A Babu; Benign broncho-esophageal fistula in adult- Two case reports; IJTCVS. Esophageal fistula. 2006, 22, 230–232
3. P.Rekha, M Sajitha, J.M Pappachan, AkashBabu, T.K Jayakumar, P.Sukumaran; Acquired Tracheo-esophageal fistula caused by a Denture; Indian Journal of Surgery, 2007
4. K. Jayaprakash, Nigil Cletus, T.K. Jayakumar , Raju George ;The masquerading myxoma-Presentation as acute STEMI- Journal of Indian College of Cardiology, 2 0 1 5 , 1 –4
5. Joseph Thomas Kathayanatt, RatishRadhakrishnan, ShajiPalangadan, JayakumarThanath Krishnan Nair; A case of esophageal stent perforation managed by a covered stent – Indian JThoracCardiovascSurg, DOI 10.1007/s12055-016-0453-2
6. LekshmiMalathi, Sankar Das, JayakumarThanathu Krishnan Nair &AnirajRajappan; Chest wall reconstruction: success of a team approach—a 12-year experience from a tertiary care institution, Indian J ThoracCardiovascSurg ,2020, 36:44-51, DOI 10.1007/s12055-019-00841-y
7. Nair VV, Jayakumar T.K. The moving ball, Asian CardiovascThorac Ann. Apr 2017,25(7-8), 557-558
8. Nair VV, Singh KK, Kathayanatt JT, Radhakrishnan R, Babu A, Thanathu Krishnan Nair J; Late Presentation of esophageal rupture following blunt thoracic trauma. Asian CardiovascThorac Ann, 2017 May;25(4):313-314 doi: 10.1177/0218492317709697.
9. Nair VV, Singh KK, Kathayanatt JT, Radhakrishnan R, Babu A, Thanathu Krishnan Nair J; Inflammatory myofibroblastic lung tumour with dysphagia in a 4-year-old child. Asian CardiovascThorac Ann, Oct 2017, DOI: 10.1177/0218492317738672
10. Nair VV, Nair, J.T.K, Das, S. Et al. Lifestyle practices, health problems, and quality of life after coronary artery bypass grafting; Indian J ThoracCardiovascSurg , 2018. doi.org/10.1007/s12055-018-0671-x
11. Nair VV, Appukuttan M, Narayan KV, Thanathu Krishnan Nair J, Brucellosis after cardiac transplantation, Annals of thoracic surgery,2019
12. Nair VV, Panicker BT, Thanathu Krishnan Nair J; Bilateral complete bony cervical ribs. Asian CardiovascThorac Ann, 2018
13. Nair VV, Babu A, TK J, Gold in the Lungs; Cardiovascular and Thoracic annals,2018
14. Vinitha V. Nair, NidheeshChooriyil, Joseph Thomas Kathayanat, JayakumarThanathu Krishnan Nair, Hemodynamically Stable Left Ventricular Pseudoaneurysm: Who Should Manage – Surgeon or Cardiologist? Journal of Clinical Cardiology and Diagnostics, Vol 1, Issue 1, 2018
15. Veerbhadran S, Radhakrishnan R, Sujatha D, Krishnan JT. ,A composite right atrial colossus excision with atrial reconstruction via thoracotomy-an alternative approach. Indian J ThoracCardiovasc Surg. 2019 Jul,35(3),507-509,doi: 10.1007/s12055-019-00795-1.
16. SivaprasadVeerbhadran, Sabin Sam Sambhasivan, JayakumarThanathu Krishnan, Dunbar syndrome-a reappraisal , Indian J ThoracCardiovasc Surg. 2019 Jul,35(3),496-498. doi: 10.1007/s12055-018-00780-0.
17. VinithaViswambharanNair,Syam Das , Ramesh Bhaskaran Nair, Thomas Pandarakalam George, Joseph Thomas Kathayanat,NidheeshChooriyil, RatishRadhakrishnan, JayakumarThanathu Krishnan Nair.Mitral valve repair in chronic severe mitral regurgitation: short-term results and analysis of mortality predictors, Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2021, doi.org/10.1007/s12055-021-01160-x
18. Sajitha M, P Sukumaran, K P Venugopal , Jayakumar T K, Yield of ultrasound guided transthoracic needle aspiration in peripheral intrathoracic mass lesions. IP Indian Journal of Immunology and Respiratory Medicine, doi.org/10.18231/j.ijirm.2021.023
19. T.K. Jayakumar, Joseph Thomas, DhavalBhimani. How to Set a Heart Transplantation Unit in India-A Narrative Review, Indian Journal of Transplantation, Volume 15 ,Issue 3 , July September 2021.
20. Nidheesh Chooriyil1, Manjusha N. Pillai , Thanath K. N. Jayakumar, Predictors of atrial fibrillation after off pump coronary artery bypass graft-a prospective observational study, International Surgery Journal, November 2021, Vol 8, Issue 11 Page 3264, DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2349-2902.isj20214061.
21. Nidheesh Chooriyil1, Thanathu Krishnan Nair Jayakumar , DhanyaSasidharanPalappallil, Post-operative atrial fibrillation in off pump coronary artery bypass graft: association with medication; International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences,November 2021 ,Vol 9, Issue 11 Page 3319, DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2320-6012.ijrms20214076
22. Dinesh Kumar Sathanantham , JayakumarThanathu Krishnan Nair , Joseph Thomas Kathayanat , Silpa S Raj , Phlebosclerosis of Great Saphenous Vein-Series of Cases During Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG),ActaMedica Iranica,2022, Vol. 60, No. 10, 66
23. Bipin Thomas Panicker , Sivaprasad Veerapudran , Deepthi Damodaran, Ronnie Thomas , Jayakumar Thanathu Krishnan, The association of hyperhomocysteinemia with acute post-operative complications following coronary artery bypass grafting, Asian CardiovascThorac Ann, 2023 Feb 12;https://doi.org/10.1177/02184923231156731
24. Jayakumar T.K , Manjusha N Pillai, Thomas Mathew, Dinesh Kumar S, Successful surgical intervention for giant thoracic aortic aneurysm in cutis laxaaortopathy, JTCVS Techniques,2022, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xjtc.2022.04.022
25. Thanathu Krishnan Nair Jayakumar, MCh, and VeenaVasudev, MChKottayam, A novel approach for the repair of left subclavian artery aneurysm, JTCVS Techniques 2023;-:1-3, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xjtc.2023.09.012
26. Nair, J.T.K., Sathanantham, D.K. & Thomas, J.K. Comparison of conventional and modified carbo-dissection techniques for LIMA harvesting in CABG. Indian J ThoracCardiovascSurg (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12055-024-01780-z
27. T. K. Jayakumar, Saritha J Shenoy , Ronnie Thomas , Sujatha V N , ArunAravindhan V ; Emergency Department Performance Parameters and Process Flow in a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital International Journal of Pharmaceutical and Clinical Research 2024; 16(7); 1257-1263, http://www.ijpcr.com.
28. Dr. Adinarayanan Kishore Nochur, Dr. Vinitha V. Nair and Dr. T.K Jayakumar;Comparison Of Vacuum-Assisted Closure (Vac) Therapy And Conventional Therapy For Deep Sternal Wound Infections (Dswi) Post-Open Heart Surgery;Article DOI:10.21474/IJAR01/19811 DOI URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/19811; International Journal of Advanced Research, http://www.journalijar.com/
29. Echocardiographyguided Successful Off-pump Submitral Aneurysm Repair With Coronary Artery Bypass JayakumarThanathu Krishnan Nair, MCh,1 Manjusha N. Pillai, MD, DM (Cardiac Anesthesia),2 Dinesh Kumar Sathanantham, MCh,1 and NoufalThekkaraBasheer, MS1; Ann ThoracSurg Short Reports 2024;-:1-4; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atssr.2024.06.023
30. Mechanical Injury of Thoracic Aorta by Elephant Trunk Graft Limb following Frozen Elephant Trunk Procedure JayakumarThanathu Krishnan Nair, Dinesh Kumar Sathanantham, NidheeshChooraiyil, Vinitha V. Nair, Jeevan J. Jose, DOI https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2536-4098.Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc., 333 Seventh Avenue, 18th Floor,New York, NY 10001, USA
31. Prescription pattern of antibiotics in patients with postoperative infectious complications after cardiac surgery, Rose Ninnya, NidheeshChooriyil , JayakumarThanathuKrishnannair, SabeenaKizhedath , SyamSreedharan , DhanyaSasidharanPalappallil, Perspectives in Clinical Research | Volume XX | Issue XX | Month 2025, DOI: 10.4103/picr.picr_118_25, www.picronline.org

Invited Talks- Conferences
(Recent presentations from a total of 54)

International

1. Faculty, Cardiac Surgery Valve Repair In-depth Dialogue: Clinical and Advanced Academic Forum, Shanghai, China, September 2025
2. Faculty, 5th Heart Care Heart international Symposium 2024, August 2024, Central Chest Institute of Thailand, Nonthaburi, Thailand.
3. Faculty, Rheumatic Mitral Disease International Forum March 2024, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, China
4. Faculty, 7th CDI-Hearts International Heart Symposium, August 2023, Bangkok, Thailand
5. Faculty, Intensive Mitral Valve Advanced Repair Workshop on May 22-24, 2023 at the Central Chest Institute of Thailand (CCIT), Nonthaburi, Thailand
6. Faculty, Asia Pacific Structural Heart Forum: Mastery of Mitral Therapies December, 2020

National

1. Faculty, 4th Annual Conference of Society of Coronary Surgeons, April 2025, Kochi, Kerala
2. Faculty, Annual Scientific Meet December 2024,Association of Thoracic and Cardio vascular surgeons of west Bengal (ATCVSWB)
3. Faculty, Aortic Conclave 2024, Institute of Aortic Aneurysm & Dissection Surgery, Apollo Hospital, August 2024 Chennai
4. Faculty, IACTS 2024 Bhubaneswar, Orissa
5. Faculty IACTS 2022, Jaipur, April 2022
6. Faculty, 6th Annual conference of SMICTSI 2022, Mamallapuram, Chennai.
7. Faculty, 6th Annual Conference and Workshop of the Society of Minimally Invasive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeons of India (SMICTSI), September 2022, Mamallapuram, Tamilnadu
8. Faculty, Repair Conclave 2023, January, Chennai
9. Faculty, ISMICS workshop along with 5th Annual Conference of SMICTSI (Hybrid Edition), 24th&25th September 2021,New Delhi.
10. Faculty, ISOT-SfHFT Conference, Kochi, October 2021
11. Faculty, Mitral Valve Repair Techniques Surgical Demonstration, November 2021, JIPMER, Puducherry.
12. Faculty, Cardiac Surgical Skills Course – 2, Dept. of CTVS, Chettinad Super Specialty Hospital & Young Cardiac Surgeons Forum, December 2021, Chennai.
13. Faculty, Heart Failure Surgical Conclave (virtual), HFAI, February 2022.