Faith and Surrender | Dr. Valluvan Jeevanandam

Dr. Jeevanandam is a Professor of Surgery and Chief, Cardiac Surgery, and Director, Heart and Vascular Center at the University of Chicago Medicine. He specializes in the surgical management of heart failure and is an expert in high-risk cardiac surgery. Dr. Jeevanandam has performed over 1,500 heart transplants. Dr. Jeevanandam was one of the physician leaders of the transplant team that made history in December 2018 after performing two triple-organ transplants. There have only been 25 such procedures done in the world, and he has performed the heart transplantation operation for all 13 done at The University of Chicago, and is a pioneer in the field of mechanical circulatory support. Finally, and most importantly, for the last 28 years he has had the honor and privilege of working in Swami’s Super Specialty Hospitals in Puttaparthi and Bangalore. His personal and professional life has been transformed by our beloved Swami who affectionately called him his coconut tree heart transplant surgeon. He is an exemplary devotee with great faith in Swami and implicitly followed His command to move to the University of Chicago. We are happy that Dr. Jeevanandam will be sharing with us many of his memories, experiences and lessons learned at the divine lotus feet of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba.