This department at Royal Hospital is the only set-up in Oman performing open heart surgery. It serves a population of 2.5 million. The clinical sphere of the department encompasses adult cardiac surgery, pediatric cardiac surgery and general thoracic surgery.
Annually about 630 cardiac cases are operated upon. Sixty percent of the open-heart cases are coronary artery bypass grafts. Fifteen percent of these bypass operations are done off pump. All types of valve surgery are done routinely, especially valvular repair for mitral valve surgery. More than 200 operations for congenital heart conditions are performed each year in neonates and infants. The wide spectrum of operations performed at the Royal Hospital for complex congenital lesions include: arterial switches, Fontan pathways, correction of Fallot's Tetralogy, repair of complete AV canal defects, Ross procedures, repair of interrupted arches and coarctation, pulmonary artery banding, BT shunts, etc.
General Thoracic Surgery includes traumatic and all pathological conditions of the lungs, pleura and mediastinum
STAFFING
Dr. Taha Al Delamie, FRCS, Sr. Consultant & Head of Department
Dr. John Valliath, MS, FRCS, Sr. Consultant
Dr. Sunnykutty Zacharias, FRCS, FRCS(C.Th.), Sr. Consultant
Dr. Adil bin Abdul Majid bin Abdul Baqi, FRCS, Sr. Consultant
Dr. Ahmed Abdul Wahab Al Bulushi, MD, MSc(C.Th.), FRCS, FCTS, CRACS(C.Th.), Sr. Consultant
Dr. M. Venkataraman, MS, MCh, Sr. Specialist
Dr. Rajgopal Menon, MS, MCh, DNB, Sr. Specialist
Dr. Emad Mohammed Ali El Suragy, MBBCh, MS, MRCS-I, Specialist
Dr. Mohamed Bekkouche, Specialist
Dr. Ahmed Ramadhan Ahmed, MBBCh, MS, Jr. Specialist
Dr. Ganesh Pai Kochikar, MBBS, Medical Officer
Dr. Mohamed El Hadi Adam Eisa, MBBS, MCS-I, Medical Officer
Dr. Ehab Sobhy Rajab, MBBCh, BSc, Medical Officer
Ms. Mariya bint Mohammed Al Balushi, Perfusionist
Mr. Abdul Rahim Saud Marhoon Al Rawahy, Staff Nurse Perfusionist
Mr. Adil Mubarak Al Nofeli, Staff Nurse Perfusionist
Mr. Maher Hamed Al Hashami, Staff Nurse Perfusionist Trainee
Mr. Saleh Al Harthy, Staff Nurse Perfusionist Trainee.
WORK ROUTINE
The department runs 2 theatres performing 3-4 open heart surgeries on all working days. The post-operative surgical care includes a well-manned Intensive Care Unit (PCSU) of 8 beds. Inpatient admissions are made to a 30 bedded Cardiothoracic Ward.
The Cardiothoracic out-patient clinics are held on Saturday, Sunday and Wednesday. On an average about 100 outpatients are seen per week. The Unit holds a journal meeting every week and a mortality and morbidity review once a month.
Department meetings are held once a month to sort out general issues and to consider policies and protocols.
