El Dr. Sridhar Krishnamurthy es un neurocirujano experimentado con _doctor_771_years_ de práctica y formación internacional en Alemania y Suiza. Se desempeña como Director del Instituto de Neurociencias y Trastornos de la Columna Vertebral en el Global Hospital Chennai. Los procedimientos de discectomía suelen costar entre 7.800 y 11.000 dólares. El hospital se especializa en trastornos complejos de la columna vertebral y opera unidades de neurocirugía dedicadas.
Global Hospital (Gleneagles Global Health City) es un hospital multidisciplinario en Chennai, India. El hospital es la mejor instalación médica para el trasplante de órganos en el país y el líder mundial en el número de trasplantes de hígado exitosos (más de 1.000). Los médicos son los primeros en la India en realizar trasplantes de pulmón mínimamente invasivos y trasplantes combinados de corazón y riñón.
\n\nGleneagles Global Health City se especializa en trasplante de órganos y médula ósea, cardiología, neumología (tratamiento de los pulmones) y oncología.
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Graduado de la Universidad de Madrás, realizó formación de posgrado adicional en KRH Klinikum Nordstadt en Alemania y en el Hospital Universitario de Zúrich en Suiza.<\\/p>
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