Department: Centre for Aortic Diseases and Marfan Syndrome, Amrita Valve Repair Centre, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Heart Transplantation , Lung Transplantation
Qualification: MS, DNB, MCh, DNB
Email: kirungopal@aims.amrita.edu
Clinical Associate Professor
Department: Centre for Aortic Diseases and Marfan Syndrome, Amrita Valve Repair Centre, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Heart Transplantation , Lung Transplantation
Qualification: MS, DNB, MCh, DNB
Email: kirungopal@aims.amrita.edu
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.