Heart surgeon extraordinaire Dr Sotheenathan

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Born as the middle child among five siblings, his two elder brothers and two younger sisters are also medical doctors by profession. That feat in itself has made this family of humble beginnings from Dublin Estate (now known as Ladang Sungai Dingin), near Kulim in Kedah, all the more famous.


To become a cardiothoracic surgeon takes years of study and long hours of training. In fact, it took Dr Sothee some 15 years after graduating as a doctor from Universiti Sains Malaysia in 2002 to become a full-fledged cardiothoracic surgeon in 2017. He spent four years in Universiti Malaya doing his Masters in General Surgery, during which time he also completed Membership of Royal College of Surgeons (MRCS) in Ireland.


One of the highlights of his career was that he was the only Malaysian from the Ministry of Health, who was selected for a two-year fellowship in cardiothoracic transplant surgery in Newcastle, England.


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part from that Dr Sothee also picked up an additional skills in endovascular stenting by attending short courses in Prince of Songkla University in Hatyai.


 He is now a lone practitioner of this skill in northern Malaysia and he is satisfied with providing this new service because it prevents patients from undergoing unnecessary open surgeries.


Apart from that Dr Sothee also picked up an additional skills in endovascular stenting by attending short courses in Prince of Songkla University in Hatyai.


Looking back, he said Datuk Dr Mohan Nallusamy, a paediatrics surgeon from Hospital Alor Star, and Dr Kunasegaran, an obstetrics and gynaecologist from Hospital Sungai Petani, made an indelible impression on him.


Dr Sothee has performed some 1,000 heart and lung operations so far, often working even on weekends. He is one of four surgeons at the Penang Hospital Cardiothoracic Unit, which is headed by Datuk Dr Basheer Ahamed Abdul Karim. There are only about 50 cardiothoracic surgeons in Malays

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