Dr. Shegu Gilbert is a Consultant Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgeon with extensive experience in cardiac and thoracic surgeries. He specializes in Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG), valve repair and replacement, minimally invasive cardiac surgery, ECMO, and high-risk surgical care. He is known for pioneering innovations including the MID technique for tension pneumomediastinum management and the ambidextrous carbodissection technique for internal mammary artery harvesting (“Gilbert’s technique”). He has extensive experience in lung and mediastinal surgeries, thoracic trauma, and vascular procedures, and has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications.
Dr. Shegu Gilbert
(M.B.B.S, M.S, M.Ch - Cardiothoracic Surgery)
Consultant (Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgeon)
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
- MBBS, Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai (2006)
- MS (General Surgery), Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai (2010)
- M.Ch (Cardiothoracic Surgery), Madras Medical College, Chennai (2013)
CLINICAL INTEREST OR FOCUS OF WORK
- On-pump and Off-pump CABG
- Valve Repair and Replacement
- Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery
- Aortic Dissection & Aneurysm Management
- ECMO (Venovenous & Venoarterial)
- Thoracic Surgeries (VATS)
- Vascular Surgery
- Endarterectomy & Decortication
CONDITIONS TREATED
- Coronary Artery Disease (CABG)
- Valvular Heart Disease
- Congenital Heart Disease
- Aortic Dissection & Aneurysm
- Lung & Mediastinal Tumors
- Thoracic Trauma (Flail Chest, Bronchopleural Fistula)
- Peripheral Arterial Disease
- Myasthenia Gravis (Thymectomy)
- Pneumomediastinum & Pneumothorax