Dr. Anand Sachithanandan

About

Dr. Anand Sachithanandan is a cardiothoracic surgeon with over 20 years of experience, practising at Sunway Medical Centre, Subang Jaya Medical Centre, and Pantai Hospital Kuala Lumpur. He graduated from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) in Dublin in 1998 and completed his postgraduate cardiothoracic surgical training in the UK, achieving British board certification in 2008. His expertise includes minimally invasive keyhole VATS surgery, with a special interest in thoracic conditions, especially lung cancer. Dr. Anand is also the co-founder and Immediate Past President of Lung Cancer Network Malaysia (LCNM). He is a Fellow of multiple surgical colleges, including the International College of Surgeons, the American College of Surgeons, and the Royal Colleges of Surgeons of Ireland and Edinburgh. He is highly-published and is also Clinical Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the School of Medical & Life Sciences, Sunway University.

Where Dr. Anand Sachithanandan practises

• Pantai Hospital Kuala Lumpur — Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur
• Subang Jaya Medical Centre (SJMC) — Subang Jaya, Selangor
• Sunway Medical Centre — Subang Jaya, Selangor

Procedures & Expertise

• Heart Surgery
• Cardiac MRI
• MRI Scan (Magnetic Resonance Imaging)
• Pacemaker Implantation
• Cardiac Assessment
• Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) Surgery
• Laparoscopy
• Cardiac Screening
• Mitral Valve Repair
• Atrial Septal Defect (ASD) Closure
• Electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG)
• Coronary Angiogram
• Heart Valve Replacement
• Aortic Valve Repair
• Esophageal Cancer Surgery
• Bronchoscopy
• Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD) Closure
• Pectus Excavatum Treatment
• Pleural Biopsy and Drainage
• Echocardiogram
• Chest X-Ray

Qualifications

• FAMM
• FRCS (Edin)
• FACS (USA)
• FICS (USA)
• FRCSI (C-Th)
• MB BCh BAO (Dublin)

Languages

Indonesian, Malay, English