Valluvan Jeevanandam, MD

Professor of Surgery

Chief, Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery

Dr. Valluvan Jeevanandam specializes in the surgical management of heart failure, and is an expert in high-risk cardiac surgery. He has performed more than 650 heart transplants and numerous cardiac surgery procedures, including transmyocardial laser revascularization, complex valve reconstruction, and minimally invasive coronary artery bypass graft surgery.

Dr. Jeevanandam has a special interest in treating patients traditionally considered inoperable. He has repaired damaged hearts in several patients awaiting transplant, enabling those patients to forgo transplantation. He also has successfully performed transplants involving patients who do not fit the standard criteria for transplant.

Dr. Jeevanandam is a pioneer in the field of mechanical circulatory assist devices. In October 2000, he was the first surgeon in the world to successfully implant the CardioVad, a revolutionary, permanent circulatory assist device that boosts heart function in patients with severe heart failure who are not candidates for transplant.

Practice Location

Center for Advanced Medicine
5758 S. Maryland Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637

Year Started Practice

1985

Board Certification

Cardiac Surgery
Thoracic Surgery
General Surgery

Medical School

Columbia University School of Medicine

Residency

Surgical, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center

Fellowship

Transplantation and Cardiothoracic Surgery, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center

Memberships

American Association of Thoracic Surgery
American College of Surgery
American Heart Association
Society of Thoracic Surgery

Languages Spoken

English
Tamil

Email

jeevan@uchicago.edu

Office Phone

(773) 702-2500

Office Fax

(773) 702-4187

Office Postal Address

Valluvan Jeevanandam, MD
University of Chicago Medical Center
5841 S. Maryland Avenue, MC 5040
Chicago, IL 60637

Clinical Interests

• Cardiac surgery
• Artificial hearts
• Heart transplantation
• Minimally invasive cardiac surgery
• Valvuloplasty
• Valvular heart diseases
• Ventricular assist devices

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Video

Dr. Jeevanandam is featured in the following videos:

• Meet our cardiac surgeons
• Heart & kidney transplant: Kenneth's story

Read More About Dr. Jeevanandam

In May 2003, 40-year-old Michael Gaynor of Chicago received a new heart, liver and kidney. Dr. Jeevanandam transplanted the heart in this complex multi-organ transplant, the fourth done in the United States, and the third done at the University of Chicago Medical Center. Four years later, Michael Gaynor is doing well and is helping others cope with life before and after transplant.

Clifford Doyle, a retired Chicago police officer, was the first person in the world to leave the hospital after receiving the CardioVad, an innovative heart-assist device. Dr. Jeevanandam performed this life-saving procedure. Read Doyle's story.

Read "The CardioVAD: Help for Patients Dying of Heart Failure," (PDF) an article Dr. Jeevanandam wrote for Clinical Comment, the Hospitals' newsletter for physicians.

In 1999, Dr. Jeevanandam was named to the Crain's Chicago Business "40 Under 40" list, a compilation of Chicago's best and brightest leaders under 40 years of age.

Selected Publications

View a partial list of Dr. Jeevanandam's publications through the National Library of Medicine's PubMed online database.