Rajaratnam Skantharaja
Surgeon - Cardiothoracic
3601 Faudree Road, Odessa, TX, 79752, United States
Additional Education Information
Fellow in Vascular Surgery, Lutheran Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY - 1983-1984
MBBS, University of London, London, UK, 1973
Fellow in Cardiac Surgery, Beth Israel Medical Center, Newark, NJ - 1985-1987
Surgical Training & Preparation, Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh, UK ? 1973-1977
Resident, University of Medicine & Dentistry of NJ, Newark, NJ (Resident), 1987-1990
Resident in General Surgery, St. Vincent?s Medical Center, Worcester, MA ? 1977-1978
Clinical Fellow in Cardiac Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, 1990-1991
Resident in General Surgery, Brooklyn Hospital, Brooklyn, NY ? 1978-1982
MD, Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin, Ireland, 1972
Practice Areas
Vascular
Thoracic
Cardiac
Other Interests
ThoroCAB (left thoracotomy approach with IMA takedown and full revascularization)Peripheral Vascular Surgery/Carotid surgeryHeart Transplantation/Lung TransplantationVascular surgery (i.e. carotids, peripheral vascular)New Devices - Coalescent U- Clips for distal interrupted anastamosisAortic surgery (i.e. aneurysms, dissections, traumatic, Bentall, valve sparing root replacement)Heart valves (mitral and aortic valve repair & reconstruction), Carpentier techniques, Gortex neochoThoracic surgery (VATS, lobectomies)Off pump CABG, MIDCAB,arterial revascularization, ITA, RA, GEAPacemakers, TMR