HCA Healthcare
Adult Cardiac
Member Since: 2020
Biography:
V. Seenu Reddy MD, MBA, FACS is a Board Certified Cardiac & Thoracic surgeon at HCA/TriStar Health Centennial Medical Center. He is Chief of Cardiac Surgery and a National Medical Director for the Cardiovascular Service Line of HCA Healthcare.
He graduated from Amherst College, magna cum laude, with a BA in Neurosciences. He has worked at Bain & Company in management consulting and at the Real Estate Investment Banking group of Salomon Brothers in NYC. He went on the graduate with clinical honors from the University of Alabama School of Medicine in Birmingham and did his internship and residency in General Surgery at Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville. He trained in Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery at Emory University in Atlanta and completed a fellowship in Endovascular aortic surgery. Dr. Reddy then served on the faculty of the University of Texas Health Sciences Center in San Antonio where he was the Director of Thoracic Aortic Surgery, Director of Cardiac Surgery at CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Medical Center, and an associate residency program director. In addition he was an Associate Professor of Surgery on the faculty. While in San Antonio, he served on the Advisory Board of San Antonio National Bank and on the Board of Directors of the American Heart Association as well as on the Board of the McNay Art Museum. He was chosen as a Top 40 Under 40 for San Antonio.
He relocated to Nashville where he was previously a Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery at Vanderbilt Medical School and is an active member of the staff of Centennial Medical Center, where he served on the Medical Executive Committee and is currently Chief, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery. Dr. Reddy specializes in a variety of cardiac surgical procedures. He is the author of over 12 book chapters and dozens of articles in the peer reviewed medical literature. Dr. Reddy earned an MBA with honors from the Owen School of Management at Vanderbilt University. He serves on the Medical Advisory Board of First Tennessee Private Bank and is involved in a variety of local private equity ventures and boards. He has served as President of both the Nashville Surgical Society and the Nashville Academy of Medicine. He is on the Board of Directors of the Memorial Foundation and the Boy Scouts of American/Tennessee. He is married to Meera Ballal, an attorney and they have two children, Amelia and Alexander. He enjoys travel, hiking, and golf.
What Does the AATS Mean to You:
A forum to disseminate and obtain cutting edge knowledge to treat cardiothoracic patients and improve patient care
My First Experience with AATS:
Annual meeting presidential address
Why I became an AATS member:
To further our field and support our CT surgeon community
I plan on becoming more involved in the organization through:
I serve as a representative to CAAHEP; present at meetings
Advice for Trainees:
Stay focused and dedicated to your passion"
My career in CT Surgery was inspired by:
Meeting and seeing Dr. John Kirklin operate and analyze data
A significant case/patient interaction that impacted my career is:
The 100s of patients that return with a tangible improvement in their lives
The biggest impact my mentor had on my career is:
The ability to generate, analyze and publish data provided by Drs. John Kirklin and Eugene Blackstone
The topic most important to advancing the field of CT Surgery is:
Sharing honest data on our outcomes
The most pressing issues impacting CT surgery are:
Producing high quality clinical research
Advice for Trainees:
Stay focused and dedicated to your passion