Patient and family focused cardiac surgical care
Yes, Dr. V. Seenu Reddy is accepting new patients at this office.
(615) 342-6899
2400 Patterson Street, Nashville, TN 37203-6532
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Dr. Reddy is a native of Alabama. He graduated from Amherst College with magna cum laude honors in Neuroscience. He earned his Medical Doctorate from The University of Alabama School of Medicine with Clinical Honors. He then served his internship and completed a residency in General Surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. While there, he was Chair of the Housestaff Council and served on the Medical Center Medical Board as well as the Medical Center Alumni Boards. He then went on to receive his training in Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery at Emory University Medical Center in Atlanta, GA. While there, he served on the ACGME Board of Directors. He completed an additional fellowship in advanced endovascular surgery in the Vascular Surgery Division at Emory University. Dr. Reddy holds an MBA with an emphasis on healthcare. He received this degree with Honors from The Owen School of Management at Vanderbilt University. Dr. Reddy then went on to join the faculty of The University of Texas Health Sciences Center in San Antonio for six years. While there, he was Director of Thoracic Aortic Surgery, Head of Cardiac Surgery at CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Medical Center and the Associate Residency Program Director. Dr Reddy is past President of the Nashville Surgical Society and on the Board of the Nashville Academy of Medicine. He served on multiple national committees in his specialty and has authored over a dozen book chapters and 30 clinical and basic science papers in the surgical literature. He is Board Certified in Thoracic Surgery and General Surgery. He joined the Tristar Cardiovascular Surgery practice at Centennial Medical Center in 2011. He is married and has two children.
Cardiothoracic surgery is a highly specialized field of medicine that incorporates surgical procedures to treat diseases or trauma to the organs and structures of the chest – including the heart, lungs and esophagus. Dr. Reddy may perform both minimally invasive or invasive procedures ranging from angioplasty to open heart surgery or transplant surgeries.
Heart and cardiovascular ailments, such as ischemic, rheumatic, valvular, or congenital heart disease, endocarditis and atherosclerosis, affect a large percentage of our society. Dr. V. Seenu Reddy is a cardiac surgeon specializing in the surgical treatment of these common heart related illnesses in Nashville, TN. He may conduct operations such as surgical implantation of defibrillators and pacemakers, heart valve repair, heart transplant surgery, or coronary artery bypass.
Following rigorous and lengthy training, thoracic surgeons are uniquely qualified to perform complex surgeries on the chest, or thorax as it is sometimes called. Their focus is usually on the lungs, esophagus, and other areas of the chest, and may also include the heart. As such, Dr. Reddy may see patients in Tennessee for a wide range of surgeries, for example removing cancer causing tumors from the esophagus and chest wall, or even a lung transplant.
University of Alabama School of Medicine
MD • 1995
Vanderbilt University Medical Center • Nashville, TN
Residency in General Surgery
Emory University • Atlanta, Georgia
Fellowship in Cardiothoracic Surgery
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Vanderbilt