Dr. Arvind Muthirevula is a Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeon (CTVS) with expertise in thoracic surgery, thoracic oncology, robotic-assisted thoracic surgery (RATS), and lung transplantation. He has 8 years of specialist experience and approximately 14 years of overall surgical experience.
His clinical expertise includes minimally invasive thoracic surgery (VATS and RATS), lung cancer surgery, navigational bronchoscopy, complex airway and tracheal reconstruction, mediastinal tumour surgery, pleural and chest wall procedures, and lung transplantation. He has performed more than 600 navigational bronchoscopy procedures and is experienced in advanced procedures such as robotic thymectomy, tracheoplasty, lung volume reduction surgery, chest wall reconstruction, and rib fixation.
Dr. Muthirevula completed his DNB in Cardiothoracic Surgery from Narayana Institute of Cardiac Sciences, Bengaluru, after earning his MBBS from Sri Venkateswara Medical College, Tirupati. He also holds FRCS (England) CTh credentials and speaks English, Telugu, Hindi, and Kannada.
FRCS (CTh), England — awarded via the JCIE specialist board route following UK NHS thoracic surgery training (2024)
Invited contributing author, Oxford textbook “Problem Solving in Interventional Oncology” (EBN Health, Oxford, 2023) — chapter on fiducial markers in navigational bronchoscopy
6 peer-reviewed publications in indexed journals, incl. Annals of Thoracic Surgery and Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Over 480+ primary thoracic operations mainly focused on lung cancer (including rigid bronchoscopy, stenting, Endobronchial valves) UK experience
260+ primary thoracic operations in the first two years of independent consultant practice in India, with a minimally invasive (VATS/Robotic) approach in 75%+ of cases
Research & Publications
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Muthirevula A, Chaudhuri N. Use of fiducial markers in navigational bronchoscopy for lung cancer resection. In: Problem Solving in Interventional Oncology. Oxford: EBN Health, 2023.
Peer-Reviewed Publications
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Chinthareddy RR, Muthirevula A, et al. Placental Site Trophoblastic Tumor in a Pulmonary Vascular Malformation With Spontaneous Pneumothorax. Ann Thorac Surg. 2022;113(3):e211–e214
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Jones D, Muthirevula A, Chaudhuri N. An isolated midline zone 1 neck injury with a tracheo-oesophageal fistula. Indian J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2022
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Chinthareddy RR, Muthirevula A, et al. Mediastinal Castleman disease with supraclavicular extension. Indian J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2021;37:691–693
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Kasturi S, Muthirevula A, et al. Delayed recurrent spontaneous pneumothorax post-recovery from COVID-19 infection. Indian J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2021;37:551–553
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Kasturi S, Muthirevula A, et al. Bilateral pneumothoraces secondary to an isolated midline zone 1 cervical stab injury. Indian J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2021;37:338–340. International Presentations
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Diagnostic yield of navigational bronchoscopy — analysis of 600+ procedures. SCTS Conference, UK, 2024.
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Straight-to-theatre referral pathway to cut diagnostic wait time (poster). BASO Conference, UK, 2023
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Catamenial pneumothorax with liver herniation (oral). ISTSTCON, India, 2020
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Three poster presentations, incl. a chest wall tumour surgery series. ASCVTS, Seoul, 2017.
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