Cardiovascular Diseases & Diagnosis

Duraisamy Balaguru

Duraisamy Balaguru
Associate Professor
Division of Pediatric Cardiology, UT Houston School of Medicine, USA

Biography

Duraisamy Balaguru studied in medical schools in India. Postgraduate training was obtained in India, England and United States of America. His training included pediatrics, neonatology, pediatric cardiology including interventional cardiac catheterization and cardiac intensive care. He is currently, associate professor of pediatrics in the division of pediatric cardiology at University of Texas Houston Medical School. He is currently an attending physician at Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston – practicing general cardiology, interventional cardiac catheterization and cardiac intensive care. His current research interests include evaluation of transcatheter therapy for congenital heart disease, evaluation of radiation exposure in children undergoing cardiac catheterization, mechanism of chylothorax, sedation/analgesia in postoperative cardiac patients, among others.

Research Interest

Evaluation of Transcatheter Therapy for Congenital Heart Disease; Evaluation of Radiation Exposure In Children Undergoing Cardiac Catheterization, Mechanism Of Chylothorax; Sedation/Analgesia In Postoperative Cardiac Patients