Sydney Vascular Surgery-Redleaf Specialist Centre

Dr Puttaswamy is a Vascular Surgeon, trained at Royal North Shore, Royal Melbourne and Westmead hospitals. He is a Senior Visiting Medical Officer to Royal North Shore Hospital and performs surgery and endovascular procedures at North Shore Private Hospital and Dalcross Adventist Hospital. He also trained in general surgery at Prince of Wales Hospital. Dr Puttaswamy has extensive experience in performing minimally invasive endovascular surgery for treatment of aneurysms, lower limb pain and ulcers. He also performs major surgery for aortic and carotid conditions, venous surgery and stenting for DVT as well as for venous access, renal access and renal transplant. Research Interests Dr Puttaswamy's research interests include: Lower limb bypass using new prosthetic grafts; Complex thoracic and abdominal aortic aneurysm using Endovascular grafts; Venous and Embolectomy for DVT; and the use of stents for lower limb revascularisation..General Surgery Vascular Surgery Medical School University of Newcastle 1990 Specialist Qualifications Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in Vascular Surgery FRACS (Vascular) Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in General Surgery FRACS (General Surgery)

Medical Administrator Sydney Vascular Surgery is very fortunate to have Tammy on our team. Her 20 years' experience in customer service and 8 years' experience providing medical administrative support are evident in all that she does. Her delightful demeanour and willingness to assist are assets that are highly valued by SVS and by our patients.

Practice Nurse Catherine is an Endorsed Enrolled nurse and has worked with Dr Puttaswamy for the past 7 years as a dedicated vascular angiograpy scrub nurse. She has practiced as a nurse for over 30 years. Her role as a clinical practice nurse working out of Sydney Vascular Surgery's St Leonards consulting rooms is to enhance and facillitate patient care.