Dr. Kirun Gopal

Dr. Kirun Gopal completed his MBBS from Kottayam Medical College in 2001. He then did his General Surgical residency at Kasturba Medical College, Manipal finishing in 2005. His Cardiac surgery training was from the Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum finishing in 2009.
He then worked as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery, Kottayam Medical College for 3 years.
Subsequently he went to the Cleveland Clinic, USA to do a 2 year fellowship in advanced adult cardiac surgery and a 1 year fellowship in aortic surgery. Here he had the opportunity to work with world leaders in cardiac and aortic surgery with exposure to latest advances in minimally invasive cardiac surgery, redo cardiac surgery, heart and lung transplantation, and complex open and endovascular aortic surgery.
After returning from the USA, he joined as Assistant Professor in Kottayam Medical College for 3 months before joining the faculty here at Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences as Associate Professor.

• Srimurugan B, Krishna N, Jose R, et al. Aortic root widening: “pro et contra”. Indian J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.2022;38:91–100. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12055-020-01125-6
• Varma PK, Krishna N, Jose R, Gopal K, Ahamed H. Do alternative approaches work in surgical septal myectomy?. Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann. 2022;30(1):84-91. doi:10.1177/02184923211025396
• Gopal K, Krishna N, Jose R, et al. Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Cardiac Surgery Practice and Outcomes. J Chest Surg. 2022;55(1):61-68. https://doi.org/10.5090/jcs.21.125
• Gopal K, Mary A, Kulirankal KG. Multiple mural endocarditis in the setting of COVID-19. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2022 Jan 20:jeac007. doi: 10.1093/ehjci/jeac007. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35048947.
• Gopal K, Ahamed H, Jose R, Varma PK. Cardiac tamponade as a presentation of COVID-19 after cardiac surgery [published online ahead of print, 2021 Nov 23]. Indian J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2021;1-4. doi:10.1007/s12055-021-01270-6
• Valooran GJ, Gopal K, Jose R, Varma PK. Early outcomes of cardiac surgical patients who developed COVID 19 in the perioperative period – Results from an online survey. Indian J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12055-021-01242-w
• Gopal K, Vanga SB, Varma PK. Disappearing left atrial appendage clot-the need for a more meticulous search. Indian J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2021;37(4):467-468. doi:10.1007/s12055-021-01154-9
• Gopal K, Madathil T, Varma PK. Surgical challenges in retrieval of an embolizedtranscatheter valve from the aorta. Ann ThoracSurg (2021), doi: https:// doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.02.024.
• Gopal K, Krishna N, Varma PK. Surgery for infective endocarditis—analysis of factors affecting outcome. Indian J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12055-021-01137-w
• Gopal K, Jose R, Jose RL, Varma PK. Repair of ascending aorta pseudoaneurysm presenting as a chest wall swelling. Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann. 2021;29(3):226-226. doi:10.1177/0218492320965793
• Varma PK, Krishna N, Jose R, Gopal K, Ahamed H. “Do alternative approaches work in surgical septal myectomy?” Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann. 2021 0(0) 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1177/02184923211025396
• Varma PK, Gopal K, Ahamed H, Vanga SB. Posterior mitral leaflet plication with extended septal myectomy for hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy. Indian J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12055-021-01213-1
• Srimurugan B, Krishna N, Jose R, et al. Aortic root widening: “pro et contra”. Indian J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12055-020-01125-6
• Varma PK, Ahmed H, Krishna N, et al. Bleeding complications after dual antiplatelet therapy with ticagrelor versus dual antiplatelet therapy with clopidogrel-a propensity-matched comparative study of two antiplatelet regimes in off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting. Indian J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2021;37(1):27-37. doi:10.1007/s12055-020-01052-6
• Gopal K, Chandrasekharan R, Varma PK. Flip-flopping atrial septal occluder in the heart [published online ahead of print, 2020 Nov 17]. Eur Heart J. 2020;ehaa950. doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehaa950
• Gopal K., Varma PK. Cardiac surgery during the times of COVID-19. Indian J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12055-020-01006-y
• Chathoth V, Gopal K, Jose R, Padmanabhan M, Varma P. Endoscopic Radial Artery Harvesting. January 2020. doi:10.25373/ctsnet.11569743.
• Gopalakrishnan U, Mathew J, Gopal K, Rasheed R. Multi-organ retrieval in donation after brain stem death. Amrita J Med2020;16:95-9
• Gangadharan S, SundaramKR ,Vasudevan S , Ananthakrishnan B, Balachandran R, Cherian A, Varma PK ,et al. Predictors of Acute Kidney Injury in Patients Undergoing Adult Cardiac Surgery. Ann Card Anaesth2018;21:448-54. DOI: 10.4103/aca.ACA_21_18.
• Misra S, Sinha PK, Koshy T, Sandhyamani S, Parija C, Gopal K. Accurate localization and echocardiographic-pathologic correlation of tricuspid valve angiolipoma by intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography. Echocardiography. 2009;26(10):1228-1231. doi:10.1111/j.1540-8175.2009.00997.x.
• Gadhinglajkar S, Sreedhar R, Gopalakrishnan SK, Sadiq A, Rao M, Gopal K. A left ventricular-to-right atrial shunt in a patient with a perimembranous ventricular septal defect: role of intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography. J CardiothoracVascAnesth. 2009;23(5):675-678. doi:10.1053/j.jvca.2008.12.005
• Gopal K, Raj A, Rajesh MR, Prabhu SK, Geothe J. Sternal tuberculosis after sternotomy for coronary artery bypass surgery: a case report and review of the literature. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2007;133(5):1365-1366. doi:10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.01.022
• Kumar P, Gopal K, Ramnani S. Clinical forensic evidence in burns: rescuer burns. Burns. 2006;32(8):1032-1036. doi:10.1016/j.burns.2006.03.025
• Gopal K Neelakandhan K. Migrated Kirschner Wires In The Mediastinum: A Case Report And Review Of The Literature. The Internet Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2006 Volume 8 Number 2.
• Gopalakrishnan U, Mathew J, Gopal K, Rasheed R. Multi-organ retrieval in donation after brain stem death. Amrita J Med2020;16:95-9

• Indian Medical Association
• Association of Surgeons of India

• Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery
• Heart and Lung Transplantation
• Open and endovascular aortic surgery