Dr. Arul D. Furtado, Consultant in Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery has over 15 years of experience in the field. He has extensive experience in Adult Cardiac Surgery - coronary artery bypass surgery, valvular heart surgery, aortic surgery, minimally invasive cardiac surgery and robotic cardiac and thoracic surgery.Dr. Furtado worked as a consultant in Apollo Hospitals, Bangalore.Prior to the same he worked in the Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research from 2009 until 2012 where he held the post of Associate Professor.Following the same he did Fellowships in Adult Cardiac Surgery from the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston (A Harvard Medical School Affiliate) and further Fellowships in Adult Cardiac Surgery and Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery at Emory University, Atlanta, USA. During this time he received extensive training in high risk adult cardiac surgery, Aortic surgery, Beating heart/ off pump coronary bypass surgery, TAVR/TAVI, TEVAR and robotic cardiac surgery.He completed his MBBS and then his MS in General Surgery from Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore. He then completed his MCh in Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery from Sree Chitra Thirunal Institute of Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum. He holds additional DNB degrees in both General Surgery and Cardiothoracic Surgery.He then cleared the FRCS (Eng)-CTh in 2018 followed by certification by the European Board of Cardiothoracic Surgery with a MEBCTS.