Dr.V. Murali Manoharis well known consultant Cardiovascular and Thoracic surgeon with over 24 years experience in Minimally Invasive Surgeries and he has performed more than 5000 surgeries, including heart and lung surgeries. He was a part of the team that conducted the first minimal invasive bypass surgery, the first awake bypass surgery and the first awake valve replacement in India. He has also worked with Prof. Solomon Victor, an internationally acclaimed Cardiothoracic Surgeon at the Heart Institute, Chennai. Professional Qualification He graduated from Davengere, and further did his MS (Gen Surgery) from Bangalore, later he completed his DNB (Cardiothoracic Surgery) from Chennai, where he was trained under Dr Solomon Victor, Apart from being a specialist thoracic surgeon, he has special interest in Redo-Cardiac Surgeries And Video- Assisted Thoracic Surgeries (Vats). Beside his clinical excellence he has also been actively involved in academics to keep him abreast of the Clinical Updates. He has presented over 250 papers in many national and international conferences. He is also a fellow of IACTS, and Life Member of ISMICS. Expertise He has special interest in Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgeries ( MINI MITRAL, MINI ASD, MINI AVR, MIDCAB) and VATS for Pleurodesis, Biopsy of Lung, Decortication.