Dr.Paul Ramesh, Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Apollo Hospitals, Chennai, India

Dr. Paul Ramesh Thangaraj (born 1967) had his education at the Doveton Corrie and Madras Christian College School, and then got his basic medical degree (MBBS) in 1991 from the Madras Medical College, Chennai, India.

He went to UK in 1993, and obtained the Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and of Glasgow in 1995.

He subsequently worked as a Specialist Registrar in Cardiothoracic Surgery in Oxford, Cambridge and Newcastle and went on to get the FRCS (Cardiothoracic Surgery) (a joint intercollegiate degree bestowed by all the four royal colleges - England, Edinburgh Glasgow, and Ireland) in 2001.

He returned to India in 2002, and has been working as a consultant in Cardiothoracic Surgery at the Apollo Hospitals, Chennai.

His area of specialisation is surgical management of heart failure and heart transplantation.

He is married with 2 sons, and his interests include evolutionary biology and astronomy.



Dr Paul Ramesh	Dr Paul Ramesh Thangaraj FRCS(Edin) FRCS(Glas) FRCS(Cardiothoracic) Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon Apollo Hospitals Chennai India Dr. Paul Ramesh Thangaraj (born 1967) had his education at the Doveton Corrie and Madras Christian College School, and then got his basic medical degree (MBBS) in 1991 from the Madras Medical College, Chennai, India. He went to UK in 1993, and obtained the Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and of Glasgow in 1995. He subsequently worked as a Specialist Registrar in Cardiothoracic Surgery in Oxford, Cambridge and Newcastle and went on to get the FRCS (Cardiothoracic Surgery) (a joint intercollegiate degree bestowed by all the four royal colleges - England, Edinburgh Glasgow, and Ireland) in 2001. He returned to India in 2002, and has been working as a consultant in Cardiothoracic Surgery at the Apollo Hospitals, Chennai. His area of specialisation is surgical management of heart failure and heart transplantation. He is married with 2 sons, and his interests include evolutionary biology and astronomy.