Children’s Cardiac Care

Meet the Doctors

Dr. Robert Coelho

Dr. Coelho is one of India’s few dedicated paediatric cardiac surgeons. He has over two decades of experience in his chosen speciality and has worked and trained both in India and abroad. He has also held several key positions prior to joining the MIOT family, most notably that of Chief of Paediatric Cardiac surgery at the Madras Medical Mission.

Dr. Robert Coelho has presented and published several papers in National and International journals and conferences.

Dr. Coelho is renowned all over the country for his excellent results in neonatal cardiac surgery, repair of complex cardiac defects and minimally invasive paediatric cardiac surgery. He has the distinction of having performed the first successful Norwood operation in India in 2003, as well as the country’s first successful Nikaidoh procedure for TGA / VSD / PS in 2005. He has the destination of treating children with heart disease from 30 countries.