Dr. Sunder Narasimhan

My father has been suffering from DVT (Deep Vein Thrombosis) for over 10 years, first diagnosed in 2014. In this long journey, we consulted 6 to 8 hospitals across different cities, tried both General Medicine and Ayurveda, but everywhere the response was the same: DVT cannot be cured, he has to live with it for life. Over the years, his condition worsened, and by 2025, it had reached an advanced stage.

It was only when I came across Dr. Sunder Narasimhan Sir through one of his podcasts that I truly felt hopeful for the first time. The way he explained DVT matched exactly with my father’s condition, and after reading several patient reviews, I was convinced that he could help. I immediately brought my father from our hometown (Kundapura, Udupi) to Apollo Bannerghatta Road for a consultation.

Dr. Sunder himself did the scan and clearly explained that although the case was complex because the clot had been there for nearly a decade, it was treatable with surgery. This was the first time in 10+ years that a doctor gave us a solution instead of telling us to accept the condition.

We consulted him on a Saturday, and by Tuesday my father was admitted for surgery. The surgery was highly successful. Before the procedure, my father’s leg was severely swollen, making it very difficult for him to walk. Just two days after surgery, the swelling had reduced by almost 80% – something we never thought possible. Today, five days post-surgery, my father is walking comfortably, and we are confident he will recover fully in the coming weeks.

Words cannot express the gratitude we have for Dr. Sunder Narasimhan Sir. After years of struggle, he gave my father a new lease on life. He is truly one of the finest vascular surgeons not just in Bangalore, but in India.

I would also like to extend heartfelt thanks to his incredible vascular team – Dr. Sandeep, Dr. Venu – and especially Mamatha for coordinating everything so smoothly. Their care, professionalism, and dedication made this journey easier for us.

If anyone is suffering from DVT or vascular issues, I can wholeheartedly say – Dr. Sunder Narasimhan is the doctor you should consult. After years of research, multiple failed attempts, and endless struggle, I can confidently say he is the one who made the impossible possible for my father. We will remember this forever.

I would always be grateful to Dr.Sunder Narasimhan for the kind of treatment he has given to my father which in all aspects helped my father come out of a serious condition of Diabetic Foot.

It was on Sept 27 2019 that we first consulted Dr.Sunder Narasimhan at Apollo Hospitals Bannergatta road. My father was suffering from Dry Gangrene and the infection was spreading fast from his toes to his legs. He is diabetic and 62 yrs old. As soon as the doctor examined his legs,he was sure of the disease and suggested for an Angiogram. We got it done and the reports showed up to be disappointing, the blood flow in his legs was very thin.This had to be corrected before treating the Gangrene.

Dr.Sunder Narasimhan and his Team suggested that stent placement can be done,but due to heavy deposits in the arteries present in thigh region this procedure was unsuccessful.We were heartbroken and this is when the doctor went ahead with a Bypass surgery for the legs. This procedure was conducted on Oct 3 2019 and it went on for 9 hours.

We trusted the doctors and we were not wrong in doing so.The operation was successful and the blood flow showed up to be normal.

This gave us more hope on his recovery.Slowly he was strong enough to walk on his legs and then there was still this infection in his legs that we had to deal with.

On 10th Oct 2019 my father was discharged for a week.

21st Oct 2019 , we got admitted in the hospital for his Toe Amputation process. On 22nd the operation was performed. One toe from each leg was amputed. For 3 days he was kept under observation.Since the infection had spread to one more toe , even that was amputed on 31st Oct 2019.

All through this process the whole team of Dr.Sunder Narasimhan was very supporting and hopeful which helped our family to survive such dreadful situation. For another one month, till Nov 18th 2019 ,my father was admitted for post operation recovery. After final discharge, when my father was healing, we were asked to visit the doctor on alternate days for dressing procedure for 4 months till 11th March 2020.

His legs were slowly recovering with continuous dressing and antibiotic course. We followed the antibiotic course as suggested by Dr. Vinay (Infectious Disease) and we also were suggested to go for Vacuum dressing for one leg which helped in healing procedure.

I would like to convey my heartfelt regards to Dr.Sunder Narasimhan , Dr. Manju Bharath , Dr .Jijo , Dr. Vinay (Infectious disease), Dr. Kalpana Janardhan( General Medicine), Nutritionist and Mr.Krishna Reddy (adivosary officer NMDC) for their timely advice and support.

Special regards to Dr. Basil for his continuous support throughout.

I thank all the nursing staff and cleaning staff for the commendable service.

Special Thanks: Dr.Sunder Narasimhan (Vascular Surgeon)

Patient Name: A. Joseph

Age:70 yrs

Place: Kalyanagar, Bangalore

The above mentioned person is my Dad having past history of Diabetes Mellitus type 2 since 20 + Yrs. Accidentally his left heel got hurt in Nov 2018 & he was having non-healing ulcer, the wound not getting cured. When we approached to one of the hospital on 22-12-18. My Dad underwent multiple wound debridement & came to know he is having case of lower limb Peripheral vascular disease. On examining non-healing wound & exposed the heel bone (Calcaneus), on 13-1-19, they directed to visit Dr. Sunder Narasimhan (vascular Surgeon) of Apollo Hospital @ Bannergatta Road, Blore, with a letter describing the disease history & the treatment underwent..

On 16-1-19, we visited the hospital & took appointment with Dr. Sunder Narasimhan, we met the Dr. Sunder Narasimhan & he has gone through all the reports & without any delay he explained the procedure he his going to do step by step to help my Dad foot without amputated and save his leg by undergoing peripheral angiogram+ Balloon angioplasty + stenting all @ once on the same day, because of his poor blood circulation the wound was not healing. We witnessed the experience & confidence of Dr.Sunder Narasimhan on his swift action. Later the next day 17-1-19 taken up for left heal wound debridement.

By all pre- operative evaluation, Physician fitness Dr. Kalpana Janardan was viewed of management of diabetes and Anemia, treatment advise was followed. Dr. Sunder Narasimhan&team: Imran, Jiju, Basil, Pushpa was involved in reviewing my Dad’s health aspects as well as the footcondition which the wound was under vaccum dressing .The use of vaccum dressing was not useful after treating for couple of weeks.Later vaccum dressing was discontinued & normal dressing was carried on alongwith antibiotics medication Dr. Vinay viewed for infection of wound & medicated through the culture reports it was helpful for the wound to cure gradually.

Even in busy schedule of Dr. Sunder Narasimhan & his team: Imran, Basil, JiJu was very helpful for making the wound to cure in proper guidance. Further Dr Sunder Narasimhan advised after seeing the wound improvement couple of months i. e wound +health (sugar levels) & is with out infection, to go for skin grafting. After a week later we again admitted on 17-4-19 for skin grafting procedure. My Dad was courageous to withstand the ups and downs. The skin grafting procedure went very well & being discharged after 3 days in stable condition.

After, the recovery procedure carried out with dressing & @ home was very important to keep the wound healthy and safe his foot with out pressure. Our family guidance and support made it succesfull in this process .

All the follow up and guidance from Dr. Sunder Narasimhan & his team played a vital role in curing my Dad’s foot (left heel).

Our Family is very Thankful to:

Dr. Sunder Narasimhan

Team: Imran Delvi

Basil

Jijo

Pushpa

As well as all supporting staff.

I visited Bengaluru in the month of October 2022 and after consultation with one of the doctors of Basanthnagar locality's hospital, it was suggested that the set up of a stent was extremely necessary and inevitable. I was totally astonished as there were no such symptoms at all. Even regarding my vericose vein problem, there were no problems of itching, swelling or clotting etc.

Then one of my friend of Astra Zeneca gave me his reference and during consultation he elaborately described all the procedures. He almost did the colour droppler test in presence of my wife and friend himself without charging a penny. Thereafter he also drew the blood circulation path of the lower part of our body and vividly described the necessity of the stent.

Last but not the least he told us about the procedure of Angiogram and informed us that just before the operation he would perform the Angiogram test and if any blockage was detected, he would opt for its removal via the balloon treatment unless the blockage is too severe.

We were very happy with his detailed explanation and made up our mind to be operated under him.

On 18.11.22. i.e. on the date of operation and after the Angiogram, the Doctor informed me that there was no blockage, the dye was flowing very smoothly and thus there was no need for the placement of any stent. I was fully relaxed before my varicose vein operation through Laser Technology.

Now after the operation, on that very day I was able to walk slowly at late night and the recovery process is going on smoothly. On 25.11.22 after final check up with the doctor S.Narasimhan, we returned to Kolkata.

I sincerely convey my gratitude to Dr. S.Narasimhan, Dr Manju ( his Junior ) and his whole team ( I apologize for not being able to recollect their names ) for their excellent work and strongly recommend this Doctor and his team for varicose vein related problems.

Dr Narasimhan is very friendly, approachable, and always gives ample time to his patient and relatives to clear any persisting doubts. And most important thing is that most of the time he himself takes up the job irrespective of it being a colour droppler test or a simple task of bandaging.

Only thing I would like to add here is that there is a need of operation clips and hope that infrastructure will be developed by Apollo Bannerghatta Unit in near future.

I again thank Dr. Narasimhan and his team for their excellent work. May their skillful work gets known to a wider audience and prosper.

I must say Dr. Sunder Narasimha is God’s blessing in disguise. I am telling this from the bottom of my heart, who saved my father's leg from getting amputated and saved his life.

It was in Mid May 2021 that my father had complained about severe pain in his right leg, and we had to rush him to Manipal hospital, which is very close to our place in GM Palya, where the doctor said he must do the Angiogram to check the severity of the blockage in his leg. He did tell that he may do the angioblast if they see any blockages and in case if it is complicated would inform the proceeding. During the surgery the doctor could blast the blockage in the middle artery, however, he could not do the remaining two core arteries as he felt it is not possible as the blockages were very deep. In fact, he had ruled it out as highly impossible and said the blood flow is very less and may have to wait and watch and if this worsens, he had recommended amputating the leg. Post-Surgery my dad had to go on all sorts of complications such as low BP and had to be in ICU and eventually had caught up with Delirium. After two weeks the doctor amputated his little toe, however, the wound did not heal even after three weeks of amputation, since the blood flow was very less, the doctor said that we will have to amputate his leg and said if we do his life is at risk after the surgery as his other vital parameters are very poor. We were literally shocked as we felt and hoped the leg was fine as they were well moving except the little toe not getting healed. The doctor was always emphasizing possible amputation of the leg every time we would visit.

I started looking at alternatives on google and found Dr. Sunder Narasimha at Apollo Bannergatta Bangalore, with some amazing and astonishing reviews of how he had rescued and recovered complicated cases like my father's. I had called him immediately the moment we were told that his right leg had to be amputated. Dr Sunder, told me to get my father to emergency and his team would look at as he was away on personal work. I also must say he has a very dedicated, highly skilled and extremely passionate team of doctors such has Dr Venugopal, Dr Manjunath and Dr Jiju. I took my father on July 12th Monday evening at around 5PM to emergency in Apollo Bannerghatta with very little hope. The team discussed with the doctor, and they decided to do an Angiogram and see how they can rectify the blood flow.

Apollo has a state of art Digital Carbon Dioxide based Angiography; I think very few hospitals in Bangalore may have. This enabled them to do the surgery immediately without waiting to look for controlling vital parameters such has Sugar, Creatine...etc.

July 13th Tuesday in the morning at around 5 AM, my mother called him back who was the attendee for my father and told me the Surgery proceeding will start at 6 AM and they may start the actual surgery by 8 AM, I was really surprised as in Manipal they nearly took two days with various tests and multiple consultant visits to my father’s ward before controlling and doing the surgery.

Dr. Sunder Narasimha is very talented, ****** ************** and has a fellowship in the field of Vascular Surgery, I see him never giving up till things get sorted. When we took for surgery, he had found the blockage was too heavy and was impossible with forward Angiography, he went the reverse way and got all my father’s artery cleared and showed me how he did, I bet none in the city and few in the country would be able to do that. My Father blood flow is absolutely in full, unfortunately less than 1/3 of his feet around has been amputated due to the delay that we had to undergo. However, the healing is in progress and is healing up very well. Post-surgery as Dr Sunder Narasimha and his team know all the best techniques and processes of making the wound heal fast such as putting in the Vacuum healing process and getting them dressed up in the right way has enabled my father to get into the healing phase quicker.

I strongly recommend anyone who has Vascular issues to consult Dr. Sunder Narasimha, ** ** *** **** ** *** ****** He is very polite and kind-hearted. My sincere note to the Doctor "Thank you, Doctor, you and your Team have done miracles to my father’s leg and saved, we are extremely grateful for your all that you and the team have done for the rest of our lives"

Visited Dr. Sunder Narasimhan December 2024 and the doctors listened and I was able to get an appointment that suited me.

Dr. Sunder is friendly & helpful receptionists; fantastic nurse who was a credit to the profession specially sister Mamtha and vany.

A blood test was arranged at the surgery it was much appreciated”.

I didn't have to wait long, I had a good appointment with the in-house physio, and I got everything I needed.

Receptionist on the telephone was very helpful. I was seen on time for my appointment and nurse was very efficient and capable.

Friendly & helpful receptionists and the nurse was exceptional.

As always doctor was understanding and listened carefully to what I had to say and her advice was very helpful.

I was politely attended by the receptionist and met by the doctor. I had a thorough check up, relevant to my symptoms and problem and my doctor informed me of the complete treatment plan”.

Such a lovely doctor and his team Very easy to talk to.

Since I've been at this surgery they have looked after me well.

I felt listened to, valued, understood, informed and fully supported by practitioner. I appreciate and value NHS staff at my GP surgery in all they do.

I was able to see the doctor on the same day as I called to ask for an appointment that I felt was urgent. The reception team are extremely helpful.

Physio was ********* ************* *** listened carefully.

Dr. Sunder completed my surgery within two hours after shifting me to the operation theater, furthermore visited to check my health and care level and finally visited next morning for final examination.

A great appreciation to Dr. Sunder and his professional team.

My father underwent angiography from a hospital after which he developed severe infection at the site of angiography. It led to extremely painful and debilitating false aneurysm, deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism. He was admitted in Apollo hospital Bannerghatta road in a very critical state. Dr. Sunder Narsimhan attended him and assured us that he would take care of any situation though risk was high. We felt like being in safe hands. The false aneurysm was constantly growing and needed immediate surgery but there being severe infection on the skin above it, surgery could spread the infection deeper. Hence Dr. Sunder treated it with an injection of thrombin with balloon control which reduced 80% of blood flow to the aneurysm. Max. dose of thrombin allowed had been given. Still aneurysm was so large, it kept growing.

Eventually as walls of the femoral artery had become weak so it ruptured causing acute bleeding. But for timely action of doctor Sunder it could have been disastrous. He immediately performed vein patch repair surgery and gave my father a fresh lease of life.

But biggest hurdle in the recovery was the multi drug resistant bacteria which my father contracted in the previous hospital. Inspite of giving the highest antibiotics available infection persisted due to which vein graft decayed. Again there was bleeding from the grafted artery. So another immediate surgery was performed by Dr. Sunder which involved ligation of artery by obturator bypass. After that my father got second lease of life.

He developed severe lymphorrhoea though, for which he required vacuum dressing for a few weeks.

But for the dedicated and committed efforts of Dr. Sunder and his skill, grit and determination the recovery of my father aged 84 years with multiple health problems would not have been possible. Dr. Sunder is highly proficient in state of the art modern vascular surgery techniques. Dr. Sunder exudes confidence and makes his patients feel safe and comfortable. He explains the problem and it's solution very well to his patients He must be one of the best vascular surgeons available in our country.

The hospital may be a little expensive but it is worth for the excellent patient care, health care and cleanliness they provide.We are really thankful to entire team of doctors as well as the nursing staff and the support staff for providing healing touch. May God bless all.....

Before all the details below, I would like to thank Dr Sundar and his team for good treatment given to My father was suffering from arterial thrombosis.

My Father(age 64 years) was diagnosed by arterial thrombosis and I was worried on what to do next, we consulted in one of the hospital in my hometown and the Dr's there performed angioplasty which was not needed to be done.. Later I was looking for vascular surgeons in Bangalore and I head about Dr Sundar Narasimhan, I call call him on phone and explained about my father condition he quickly said not to worry and he can clear the issue with good care.

I visited him in Apollo hospital Bannerghatta road, as scheduled time he was very punctual. Though it was not his consulting day he can to OPD just for us. after going through the my father medical details, he recommended to undergo the surgery ASAP and also helped with hospital formalities.

I got my father admitted the next day and he visited us in the ward and without getting any delay he quickly got the hospital guy prepare for the surgery and with in few hours my father was taken to OT, from my fathers word as we was just on local and could understand and what the doctor was performing,(he was happy with the way doctor was interacting with him during surgery and the way we was getting things done in OT)

After the surgery (2 long hours) Dr. Sundar call me in the OT and showed me the clots that were taken from my father, he came with the good news that all the blocks were removed completely,( initially we were assuming that it would be 80-90%) by Dr. Sundar manager to take it all, they I understood that 2 long hours was worth waiting.

While in Recovery room and in WARD Dr. Sundar visited regularly was responded to all the queries. he also did the port operative dressing himself so that it would be good.

After discharge we visited him regularly he was right on time with the schedule time and responded to all the queries we had and guided us to the next steps.

My Father has recovered well now and I thank Dr Sundar very much for his support given to us.

He is little aggressive few times but overall he is good Dr for his works.

I would like recommend him for any vascular related issues.

My dad had not been in the pink of health following a pacemaker implant performed on him ( the procedure had to be repeated as the leads came off 4 days after the first implant; for inexplicable reasons per the cardiologist) in mid 2016 in Trivandrum. He was brought to Bangalore in Feb 2017 and within a few days of his arrival, developed inflammation on his face & neck and suffered from acute breathlessness. We consulted physicians & cardiologists ,surprisingly nothing major could be detected. He was then referred to the pulmonology team in Apollo hospital where detailed tests were performed, pulmonary issues were also ruled out. They then referred my dad to the vascular surgeon Dr Sunder Narasimhan. The Contrast CT scan revealed that my dad had SVC obstruction.

Dr Sunder performed peripheral angiogram on my dad to determine the extent of blockage and the course of treatment to follow. The family was shown the findings from the angiogram and explained the need for angioplasty which was the only way to address the blockage considering his old age. He apprised us of the risks associated if we went along with the procedure, and as a family we decided to go ahead with it, as not doing seemed far riskier.

The procedure went well and my dad was out of danger, the family remembers with gratitude the elated Dr.Sunder and his team come out of the theatre to share the good news. He gave us a run through of the procedure on the monitor, the images of the procedure were later shared with us. Dr Sunder’s passion & dedication to his profession is palpable; he has an infectious enthusiasm that rubs on the people around; lifts the spirits of the patient and his family. He flies off the handle at times , which I guess is his way of keeping his para medical staff on high alert all the time. Dr Sunder’s passion and capability instills the confidence in the team around him; the respect & regard for him and the way the team rallies behind him is testimony to that.

My dad’s health condition and confidence has improved significantly in the last one month, our profound thanks to the team at Apollo and more so to Dr. Sunder Narasimhan.

I am glad to know & meet Dr. Sundar Narasimhan (Vascular surgeon )and would like to share my case.

My mom who is in her late 50's has rheumatoid arthritis since 13 years and couple of months back ( June 2016 ) she had injured her left leg at home ( a minor cut ) for which she did take treatment under reputed doctors whose treatment resulted from "a small size cut gradually progressed to deep unhealthy wound resulting in ulcer" , due to which my mother could not move about freely. She faced a lot of pain.

Its shameful to say that these highly qualified doctors ( being vascular surgeons ) were unable to identify & realize that the wound wasn't showing any good sign under their 4 months treatment.

That is when I realized that we need to consult another doctor and I came across to meet Dr. Sundar Narasimhan - Apollo Hospitals.

My mom's second journey starts here,November 2016 ,but definitely ended on a very fruitful note with the guidance of Dr.Sundar.

We shared all our bitter experiences we faced earlier ,he patiently listened to us and within seconds he notified us on what had gone wrong. After the consultation with Dr. Sundar,he alarmed us that the ulcer had resulted in DVT " Deep vein thrombosis ",a blood clot (thrombus) which forms in the deep veins of the legs and would require the Angiogram and Angeoplasty and gave us 100% assurance on getting this healed. And YES HE DID IT.Today my mom is freely able to walk.

I would personally recommend if any of you have a similar problem , to kindly meet Dr. Sundar.

One of the most gratifying things about being a surgeon is that the job consists almost entirely caring for others and are ofcourse a great encouragement which I

found in you Doctor. With this note I want to extend a Heartfelt thank you for the miracle & fantastic care for my mother.

Thanking you,

Regards,

Sailatha Mallya