• In Experienced HandsMinimally Invasive Endovascular Surgery

  • Vascular
    ConditionsAn Abnormal Condition
    of the Blood Vessels

  • Varicose Veins
    TreatmentsEndovenous Laser Therapy

Dr. Vikram Puttaswamy

Dr Vikram PuttaswamyDr. Vikram Puttaswamy

Dr Vikram Puttaswamy is a Consultant Vascular Surgeon who specialises in major and complex endovascular and vascular surgical procedures. He trained at Royal North Shore, Royal Melbourne and Westmead hospitals and has been practicing as a Vascular Surgeon since 2005 in the public and private sector.

He is a Fellow in Vascular Surgery of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons and completed a Fellowship in General Surgery before training in Vascular Surgery.

As well as being a VMO at North Shore Private Hospital, The Mater – North Sydney, Sydney Adventist Hospital and Lady Davidson Hospital, he is the Vascular Surgery Head of Department at Royal North Shore Hospital.

He is also involved in the teaching of undergraduate students in his role as Clinical Senior Lecturer – Sydney Medical School (Northern), is the Supervisor of Vascular Surgery Training at Royal North Shore Hospital and is engaged in numerous university and industry funded research projects.

Dr Puttaswamy grew up in Canberra and went to Newcastle University. He is a keen sportsman and has an almost encyclopaedic knowledge of contemporary sport.  In particular he loves cricket! We have also been informed by reliable third parties that he is the “Trivia King”. Dr Puttaswamy lives in the northern Sydney suburbs with his wife (also a Dr) and two teenage children.

Hospital Appointments and Roles

  • Royal North Shore Hospital – Head of Department
  • Royal North Shore Hospital - Supervisor of Vascular Surgical trainees
  • North Shore Private Hospital – Visiting Medical Officer
  • Sydney Adventist Hospital - Visiting Medical Officer
  • Mater Hospital (North Sydney) - Visiting Medical Officer
  • Lady Davidson Hospital - Visiting Medical Officer

Other Roles

  • Vascular Surgery Liaison RNSH - Paired Kidney Exchange (PKE)
  • Managing Director – North Shore Vascular Laboratory
  • Clinical Senior Lecture – Sydney Medical School (Northern)

Qualifications

  • FRACS (Vascular)
  • FRACS (General)
  • Bachelor of Medicine     University Newcastle     1990

Publications List

  • A trauma related study looking at equestrian injuries treated at the Prince of Wales, Prince Henry and Prince of Wales Children’s Hospitals.
    Poster presentation at N.S.W. Registrar Paper Day 1993
  • The role of HIDA scanning in the evaluation of Roux en Y Hepatojejunostomy.
    Oral presentation at the R.AC.S. General Scientific Meeting in Melbourne 1996
  • Measuring changes in glutathione distribution in the enterohepatic system of rats using radiolabelled cysteine.
    Poster presentation at the Gastroenterological Society of Australia’s Scientific Programme in Adelaide Sept. 1996
  • The role of HIDA scanning in the evaluation of Roux en Y Hepatojejunostomy.
    Poster presentation at the Gastroenterological Society of Australia’s Scientific Programme in Adelaide Sept. 1996
  • Hepatobiliary glutathione may influence the enteric glutathione system of the rat
    Poster presentation at the Gastroenterological Society of Australia’s Scientific Programme in Brisbane Sept. 1997
  • Equestrian injuries – a prospective study
    J. Lim, V. Puttaswamy, P. Crowe
    Oral presentation at N.S.W. Registrars Paper Day 1997 by J. Lim (Winner of Noel Newton Medal)
  • Hepatobiliary glutathione may influence the enteric glutathione system of the rat
    V. Puttaswamy, G. Keogh, S. Collins, L. Robbie, M. Scariot, M.A. Rose, J.M. Ham
    Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology 1997 12(S):A66
  • Western blot analysis of bile or intestinal fluid from patients with septic shock or systemic inflammatory response syndrome, using antibodies to TNF-alpha, IL-1 alpha and IL-1 beta.
    L. Belov, V. Meher-Homji, V. Puttaswamy & R. Miller
    Immunology and Cell Biology 1999 Feb; 77(1): 34-40.
  • Hyperbaric oxygenation treatment of acute paraplegia after resection of a thoraco-abdominal aortic aneurysm
    V. Puttaswamy, M. Bennett, JE. Frawley
    Journal of Vascular Surgery Dec 1999; 30 (6) : 1158-61
  • Popliteal artery compression by a tibial osteochondroma with associated thrombosis and distal embolisation
    JM Hemli, MS Barakate, V Puttaswamy & M Appleberg
    Aust. N.Z. J. Surg. Jun 2000: 70 (6), 459-61
  • Venous thromboembolism following elective varicose vein surgery : a prospective analysis
    V. Puttaswamy, M. Neale, C. Fisher & M. Appleberg
    Oral presentation at the R.AC.S. Annual Scientific Meeting in Melbourne, May 2000
    Oral presentation at Venous Meetings Canberra 2000
    Gold Coast 2001
  • Reflow in excluded popliteal artery aneurysms : a common problem
    V. Puttaswamy, C. Fisher & M. Appleberg
    Oral presentation at the ISCVS Meeting in Perth
    July 2000
  • Eversion carotid endarterectomy
    TA Iseli, V Puttaswamy, WA Campbell & NR Atkinson
    Aust. N. Z. J. Surg. Oct 2001: 71 (10), 570-3
  • Pattern of equestrian injuries presenting to a Sydney teaching hospital
    J Lim, V Puttaswamy, M Gizzi, L Christie, W Croker & P Crowe
    Aust. N. Z. J. Surg. Aug 2003: 73 (8), 567-71
  • Clinical efficacy of metal stents for the treatment of focal abdominal aortic stenosis
    K Eftekhar, N Young, J Fletcher, L Bester, L Wong & V Puttaswamy
    Australasian Radiology Mar 2004: 48 (1), 17-20
  • Propaten: A revolutionary synthetic graft for lower limb reconstruction
    V Puttaswamy
    Oral presentation at 6th International Congress of Asian Vascular Society, Bangalore India November 2004
  • Acute hypertension after thoracic endograft repair of traumatic aortic transaction
    V Puttaswamy, T Wagner & M Neale
    Oral presentation at the International Endovascular Symposium, Sydney December 2004
  • Heparin bonded ePTFE in the treatment of lower limb arterial disease
    V Puttaswamy
    Oral presentation at Veith Innternational Vascular Symposium New York Nov 2005
  • The endovascular management of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms (EVRAR)
    V Puttaswamy
    Invited Oral presentation at RACS ASC Sydney, May 2006
  • Early results of self-expanding nitinol stents in the treatment of femero-popliteal occlusive disease
    V Puttaswamy
    Oral presentation at Cordis Lower Limb Workshop
    ANZSVS Meeting, Cairns September 2006
  • Fenestrated endograft and iliac bifurcation devices for complex aortic disease.
    V Puttaswamy
    Invited Oral presentation at Indian Vascular Society
    Baroda, India, November 2007
  • Fenestrated endograft and iliac bifurcation devices for complex aortic disease.
    V Puttaswamy
    Invited Oral presentation at inauguration of the Minimally Invasive Surgery Centre (MIOT)
    Chennai, India, March 2008
  • One hundred and seventy-eight consecutive pancreatoduodenectomies without mortality: role of the multidisciplinary approach
    Jaswinder Samra, Raul Alvarado Bachmann, Julian Choi, Anthony Gill, Michael Neale, Vikram Puttaswamy, Cameron Bell, Ian Norton, Sarah Cho, Steven Blome, Ritchie Maher, Sivakumar Gananadha, Thomas Hugh
    Hepatobiliary Pancreat Dis Int Vol 10 No 4 August 15, 2011
  • A comparison of covered vs bare expandable stents for the treatment of aortoiliac occlusive disease
    Bibombe Mwipatayi, Shannon Thomas, Jackie Wong, Suzanna Temple, Vikram Vijayan, Mark Jackson, Sally Burrows, Co-Investigators (Vikram Puttaswamy)
    Journal of Vascular Surgery Vol 54 No 6 December 2011
  • Grafts for Mesenterico-Portal Vein Resections Can Be Avoided during Pancreatoduodenectomy
    Frank Wang, Ranjan Arianayagam, Anthony Gill, Vikram Puttaswamy, Michael Neale, Sivakumar Gananadha, Thomas Hugh, Jaswinder Samra
    Journal American Coll Surg Vol 215, No 4, Oct 2012
  • Adverse Tumour Biology Associated with Mesenterico-Portal Vein Resection Influences Survival in Patients with Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma
    F Wang, MClinEpid, FRACS, AJ Gill, MD, FRACP, M Neale MM, FRACS V Puttaswamy, MBBS, FRACS, S Gananadha, MS FRACS, N Pavlakis, PhD, FRACP, S Clarke, MD, FRACP, TJ Hugh MD, FRACS, and J S Samra, D Phil, FRACS
    Annals of Surgical Oncology 21:1937-1947 (2014)
  • Combined Bilateral Carotid Endarterectomy and Coronary Bypass Surgery
    Paterson, H., French, B., Puttaswamy, V., Hendel, N., Byth Wilson, K., Denniss, A.
    Journal of Cardiovascular Disease, 2(2), 68-72. (2014).

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Practice Locations

Dr. Vikram Puttaswamy

Sydney Vascular Surgery

Suite 2
Level 5, North Shore Private Hospital
St Leonards NSW

Phone: (02) 9439–8715(02) 9439–8715
Fax: (02) 9439–4916

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Redleaf Specialist Centre

Suite 8
Level 1, 2 Redleaf Avenue
Wahroonga 2076

Phone: (02) 9439–8715(02) 9439–8715
Fax: (02) 9439–4916

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Dr. Vikram Puttaswamy

Wound Clinic – Lady Davidson Hospital

434 Bobbin Head Rd
North Turramurra New South Wales 2074

Phone: (02) 9488–0257(02) 9488–0257

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North Shore Private Hospital

  • Mater Hospital st Vincents
  • Royal North Shore Hospital
  • Healthscope Hospitals
  • http://www.healthscopehospitals.com.au/
  • Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
  • Sydney Adventist Hospital