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<p>He has performed Pediatric Kidney Transplant, Triple &amp; Quadruple Vessel Kidney Transplants, Re-do kidney transplants, ABO Incompatible Kidney Transplant and Swap Kidney Transplant. He does advanced endourological procedures like RIRS, mini PCNL, HOLEP (Large Prostate Glands) , reconstructive surgeries (kidney, ureter ,bladder &amp; urethra). Dr Gulia routinely does advanced laparoscopic surgeries and also treats cancer of kidney, bladder and prostate. He brings in expertise from two leading teaching hospitals of country - Sanjay Gandhi PGI, Lucknow and AIIMS, New Delhi. Dr. Gulia is an active faculty at various Urological and Kidney Transplantation forums and has many international publications in leading journals of the world.</p> <p></p>

About Dr Ashay Karpe Dr Ashay Karpe practices at S L Raheja Hospital Mahim as Haematologist. Dr Ashay Karpe has trained in haematology for 5 Years & for Stem cell Transpant worked with Dr. Mammen Chandy. He has been trained in Medical Oncology at Prestigious Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai and was Awarded Gold Medal in 2015.

About Dr Anto Sahayaraj R Dr Anto Sahayaraj R is a senior cardio thoracic surgeon at Fortis Malar hospital, Chennai. He specializes in pediatric cardiac surgery, including neonatal cardiac surgeries, conduit surgery, unifocalisation of MAPCAs and redo surgeries. He has considerable expertise in complex heart valve surgery including aortic root enlargement, redo heart valve surgery and surgery for infective endocarditis. He has one of the largest experiences in homograft aortic valve replacement in India. He was involved in the first pediatric transplantation in India in 2008 and has been since, actively involved in heart transplantation and ECMO both in India and abroad.He has peer reviewed publications in International journals and has made presentations in national and international conferences.Aside from cardiac surgery, he is interested in developing low-cost medical devices and in animal reasearch.

<p><strong>Expertise include</strong></p> <ul> <li>Acute Cardiac Emergencies, including actue heart attack, acute heart failure.</li> <li>Chronic Coronary Artery Disease</li> <li>Hypertension</li> <li>Hypertrophic and other Cardiomyopathy</li> <li>Cancer drug related Cardiac complication</li> </ul> <p><strong>Clinical Cardiologist:</strong></p> <ul> <li>I have twice a week cardiology OPD</li> <li>I have attended to Emergency Cardiac Services for 15 years, where patients who report to ER with Acute Emergencies, including ACS and its complications, Pulmonary Embolism, Aortic Dissection, Acute Heart Failure, and Various Arrhythmias are being evaluated and stabilized and managed. Now after becoming senior consultant, I am on call for cardiac emergencies.</li> <li>I admit patients in ER, CCU and Ward and manage them accordingly.</li> <li>My hospital is a multispecialty hospital including Orthopedics, Nephrology, Neurology, Hepatology and Gastroenterology. Cross Consultation to assist them perioperatively.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Non-Invasive Cardiologist:</strong></p> <ul> <li>2D Echocardiography from routine to patients undergoing cardiac transplant.</li> <li>Peripheral Doppler including Arterial and Venous Doppler, Carotid Artery Doppler, Renal Artery Doppler.</li> <li>Stress Echocardiography</li> <li>Strain Imaging and Contrast Imaging</li> <li>3D Transthoracic and TEE</li> <li>Trans-Oesophageal Echocardiography</li> <li>In outpatient department</li> <li>In cardiac operation theatre, post op surgical patinets</li> <li>In cath lab to assist in structural heart disease, including TAVR, MitraClip, Alcohol Septal Ablation, Device closure of ASD, Paravalvular PHV leak closure</li> <li>EP Lab: Precardioversion and pre other EP procedure work up.</li> </ul>

<p><strong>Previous Experience</strong></p> <ul> <li>33 years after Post Graduation (26 years in EHIRC/FEHI)</li> <li>National Heart Institute (1982-1988)</li> </ul>

About Dr Alok Tiwari Dr. Alok Tiwari is a renowned surgical oncologist, presently working as consultant in the Department of Breast & Gastro-Intestinal Onco-Surgery at Fortis Memorial Research Institute (FMRI), Gurgaon. He is trained in surgical oncology from the Dharamshila Cancer Hospital, New Delhi. He has successfully done various complex onco-surgical operations including open, Laparoscopic and Thoracoscopic procedures. He is also well versed in diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopic procedures. He has published numerous papers and research articles in journals of national and international repute.

Dr. Anil Minocha is a well-recognized figure in his field in the region. He is heading the Non Invasive Cardiology department at Fortis Hospital Nodia for last 10 years , having vast experience and expertise in his field. He is Life Member of National Academy Of Medical Sciences, Life Member of Cardiological Society Of India, Life Member of Indian Academy Of Echocardiography, Member of American Society Of Echocardiography. He has publication in numerous National & International Medical Journal of repute. He is being awarded the prestigious Fellowship of American College of Cardiology. He is an expert in treating medical diseases in clinical & preventive Cardiology.

<p><strong>Clinical Insterest</strong></p> <ul> <li>Electrophysiological Study</li> <li>Catheter RF Ablation of Complex Arrhythmias</li> <li>3D Mapping of Cardiac Arrhythmias with CARTO and Ensite</li> <li>Implantation of Permanent Pacemaker</li> <li>Implantation of ICD</li> <li>Implantation of Biventricular Pacemaker (CRT)</li> <li>Implantation of CRT-D (Combo Device)</li> <li>Lead Extraction</li> <li>Coronary Angioplasty</li> </ul>

Dr Arun Kochar did his MD from L.L.R.M. Medical College, Meerut University, DM from K.G.M.C, Lucknow University. he went on to pursue DNB from National Board of Examinations, New Delhi. His Areas of Expertise are Exclusive Radial Interventions, Nuclear Cardiology and Preventive Cardiology.

<p>Dr. Atul Mathur is a renowned doctor working out of Delhi as the Executive Director - Interventional Cardiology and Chief of Cath Lab and is also the President of Indian Council for Carotid Interventions as well as Cardiovascular Therapeutics, India. A pioneer in complex coronary procedures, he is also specializes in the field of Endovascular (Carotid Stenting, Aortic, Stent Graft, Peripheral Arterial and Venous Angioplasty) &amp; Structural Heart (TAVR, Mitra Angioplasty) &amp; Structural Heart (TAVR, Mitra Clip, LAAO,BMV, Adult VSD Closure) Interventions.</p>

About Dr. Ashok Seth Dr Ashok Seth is presently the Chairman of Fortis Escorts Heart Institute and the Chairman of Cardiology Council, Fortis Group of Hospitals. Dr Seth has led the field of Interventional Cardiology for last 30-years and has contributed extensively to the development, scientific progress and education in Interventional Cardiology in India and across the world. Over the past 30-years he has pioneered numerous angioplasty techniques for India and Asia Pacific region like Directional Atherectomy, Angioscopy, Stents, Thrombectomy devices & Drug Eluting Stents, use of Impella heart support device failing heart, Bioabsorbable Stents and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI). He has put India on the world map of Interventional Cardiology and for his expertise and professional leadership, he is recognized and respected and awarded across the world. Dr Seth has been honoured by Doctorate of Science / D.Litt. from six prestigious national universities – BHU, AMU, JamiaMilliaIslamia, Amity,TeerthankarMahavir University and Shiv Nadar University He is the President of the Asian Pacific Society of Interventional Cardiology (APSIC).

Dr. Amrita Chakrabarti is a famous name in the field of Haematology. She is an Associate Consultant at Fortis Hospital shalimar bagh with an rich experience of 9 years .

Dr Arun Kumar Chopra is a well-known Interventoinal Cardiologist in Amritsar with over 22 years of experience in performing coronary and non-coroary diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. Till date, he has performed over 22000 catheterizations including 5000+ angioplasties, 1500+ balloon valvuloplasties, peripheral, renal, and carotid angioplasty and stenting. He is also experienced in performing intervenions in patients with congenital heart disease like ASD, PFA and PDA device closures, balloon dilatation, etc. With the special interest in electrophysiology, he has done over 600 diagnostic EP studies, 1000+ radio-frequency ablations (RFA) and 1800+ device implantations.

<p>Dr. Aparna Jaswal has many research projects and has been actively participating in National and International Research Trails. She has been invited as a facultyto various national and international symposia and workshop. She also has to her creadit for having been the first electrophysiologist to start an EP program in Mauritius in November 2010.</p> <p><strong>Previous Experience</strong></p> <ul> <li>Observation training at Aurora Sinai medical centre, St. Luke Medical Centre, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, USA under the supervision of Dr. Masoood Akhtar and Dr. J. Sra-2006.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Interest</strong></p> <ul> <li>Electrophysiology (EP: Expertise in Ablation of various complex arrhythmias, Three Dimensional Mapping, Implantation of Pacemakers, ICDs, CRT, CRT D.</li> </ul>

About Dr Anju Jain Dr. Anju Jain is a consultant in the Department of Haematology Haemato Oncologist with wide experience of more than 30 years across the globe. Her expertise lies in all sections of Hematology-clinical including Gen Haematology, Coagulation Thromobosis, and Malignant Haematology. Lab Haematology Blood Banking. She graduated out of Calcutta Medical College in the year 1982. She moved to UK and worked in the Department of Medicine for more than 2 years and there after worked in department of Haematology where she gained experience in all aspects of Haematology at Blackpool, UK including Clinical Haematology, Laboratory Haematology, Coagulation+ Thrombosis, Blood Banking and Haemato-Oncology. Her core training in Haematology started in 1998 in Manchester, North Western Region, with rotation to all the teaching hospitals (Manchester Royal Infirmary Hope Hospital Whittington Hospital along with the District General Hospital. She has also received a training for 6 months in the blood Transfusion Service, Manchester Bone marrow Stem cell Transplantation-leading to Accreditation and specialist registration in the UK. She cleared MRC Path (Haem) London in 1993. She has also worked as a Consultant Haematologists at Peerless Hospital, AMRI (Dhakuria Salt Lake), Woodlands Hospital Ruby General Hospital.

Dr. Amit Kumar Singhal is a Consultant Interventional Cardiologist with 6 years of experience. He is an expert in dealing with complex coronary interventions, peripheral interventions, pacemakers and heart failure devices etc. He also provides consultation for heart diseases like Ischemic Heart Disease, Valvular Heart Disease, hypertension, diabetes etc.

About Dr. Ankur Ulhas Phatarpekar He has vast experience in diagnostic procedures like 2D echo cardiography, pediatric and fetal echocardiography, dobutamine stress echo and interventional cardiac procedures like Angiography and angioplasty, Cardiac Catheterization, Pacemaker insertion, Balloon Mitral valvotomy, Pediatric interventions.

Dr. Md. Azizul Haque is a Consultant Interventional Cardiologist and Cardiac Electrophysiologist. He was an Assistant Professor of Cardiology at Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education Research, Kolkata. His clinical interest is in Cardiac Electrophysiology.

After completing MBBS from JLN Medical College, Ajmer. Moved to PGIMER, Chandigarh for MD in Internal Medicine, where versatile exposure helped in developing and refining clinical skills. Soon it was followed by joining in the department of cardiology as dm fellow under eminent personalities, with all this experience now he is at FEHJ since 2018.

Dr. Atul Limaye has worked at the Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, USA where he was Asst Professor at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and on the Cardiac catheterization lab faculty at the Mount Sinai Hospital, New York. He specializes in complex coronary and peripheral interventions with training at the highest volume lab in the US.

Dr Achintya Sharma worked in the department of general surgery Safdarjung Hospital Dr Sharma has been awarded Gold Medal for best student in Mch Vascular Surgery from Sri Ramachandra Medical College, Chennai. He has been in the field for over six years. He has presented multiple papers in national and international conferences and is leading surgeon is spreading awareness with regard to vascular illness Specialisations Varicose vein Dialysis access Aortic diseases - complete care for dissections, aneurysm, occlusive and traumatic conditions of aorta Endovascular and open Diabetic Foot Peripheral Endovascular surgery latrogenic Fistula

Dr. Abhishek Puri, MBBS, DNB (Radiation Oncology) is a Radiation Oncologist at Fortis Hospitals, Mohali, Punjab. Dr. Abhishek has specialised in brain and head and neck tumours. He also has a keen interest in cancer prevention, palliative care and exploring innovative uses of technology to solve healthcare challenges. He has over 5 years experience in radiation oncology.

Dr. Amal Roy Chaudhoory has completed his MBBS & MD from Kasturba Medical College Manipal. Thereafter he has worked at Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Max Hospital Saket and Shalimarbagh. Dr.Amal has been extensively trained in all the advanced technologies related to radiation oncology including IMRI, IGRT, gated and adaptive radiotherapy, stereotactic radiosurgery and stereotactic body radiotherapy. He has several publications in national and international journals to his credit and has participated in various National and International Conferences and CMEs .

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About Dr. B Niranjan Naik Dr. Niranjan Naik is a renowned senior surgical oncologist, presently the Director of Breast & Gastro-Intestinal Onco-Surgery at Fortis Memorial Research Institute (FMRI), Gurgaon. He trained in surgical oncology from the prestigious Institute Rotary Cancer Hospital (IRCH), All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi. He has performed more than 12000 onco-surgical operations since 1996. He has successfully done various complex onco-surgical operations including laparoscopic and thoracoscopic procedures. He is also well versed in diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopic procedures. He has been an invited faculty at various international and national conferences. He has published numerous papers and research articles in journals of national and international repute. He has also been a guide and mentor to DNB Surgical Oncology training programme. He has a keen interest in advancements in oncology and was an investigator in a phase III Clinical trial.

Dr. Brajesh Kumar Kunwar practices at Fortis Hiranandani Hospital in Vashi, Navi Mumbai. He completed MBBS from University of Calicut Kerala in 2002,MD - Medicine from University Of Allahabad in 2006 and DM - Cardiology from Christian Medical College & Hospital, Vellore in 2011.

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Dr. Chander M Malhotra is a neurosurgeon in Apollo Hospital, Sarita Vihar, Delhi with over 25 years of rich experience. He is a well known name in the field of Neurology.

Dr. Chetan P Shah is a Interventional Cardiologist practising since the year 2000. After completing his MD, he obtained the DM (Cardiology) superspeciality degree, and was also conferred the titles of Fellow of the American College of Cardiology (FACC) and Fellow of the American College of Physicians (FACP). In addition he completed Fellowships in Electrophysiology & Arrhythmias in USA and Canada, and a Fellowship in Interventional Cardiology from Australia.

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About Dr. Davinder Mohan Saini Dr. Davinder Mohan Saini is expert in Adult Cardiac surgical procedures like beating heart and on pump coronary artery bypass surgery, Valve replacement and repair procedures, Aortic dissections and aneurysm surgery, peripheral arterial bypass procedures etc.

About Dr. Dinesh Kumar Mittal Dr Dinesh Kumar Mittal has done more than 5000 adult and paediatric cardiac  surgeries. Routinely doing CABG beating heart and on pump, Aortic valve and Mitral valve replacement, Mitral Valve Repairs, ASD closure, VSD closure, TOF correction, Coarctation repair, Blalock- Taussig shunt, Complex congenital operation, Permanent Pacemaker implantation in children, Peripheral vascular surgeries. Establishes Neonatal Cardiac Surgery Program at Max Hospital Shalimar Bagh. Active participant in establishing most extensive and comprehensive AORTIC intervention programme of North India. Service spectrum involve Bentalls operation, valve sparing Ascending Aortic replacement, hemiarch and Total Arch replacement, Descending Thoracic aortic replacement, Thoracoabdominal Aneurysm repair, Abdominal aortic repair. SPECIALITY INTEREST Minimall yInvasive Surgeries Aortic Intervention- Open surgery as well as Endovascular repair Congenital cardiac surgery Valve repairs.

About Dr. Deepa Tayal Dr. Deepa Tayal has done DNB in Surgery post her MBBS. She has worked with organisation like Sir Ganga Ram Hoapital, Bara Hindu Rao Hospital, Max Patparganj Hospital, Charring Cross Hospital, London. She is apt with screeing for Breast cancer and all the Surgical procedures for breast including, cancer, noncancer and cosmetic breast surgery.

Dr. Deepak Kapila is an experienced Interventional Cardiologist with over 18 years of experience post DNB (Cardiology). He has been associating wtih Fortis Escorts Hospital, Amritsar as Senior Consultant since 2008 and is adept at performing complex Coronary & Peripheral Angioplasties including Renal & Carotid interventions, Balloon Valvuloplasties, Pediatric interventions including device implantation (ASD & PDA closure) and Pacemaker Implantations/CRT. He has interest in Radial Angioplasty and has attended a recent International Training Session on the same.

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Dr E Babu is currently Consultant Heart Failure and Interventional Cardiologist at Fortis Malar Hospital and is associated with the Heart Transplantation Team. He is a certified interventional cardiologist and can perform coronary interventions, structural heart disease interventions, endovascular interventions and device implantations. Currently he is the Young National Ambassador of European Association of PCI (Angioplasty) for India.

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Dr. G. Manohar is a Cardiologist in Adyar, Chennai and has an experience of 30 years in this field. Dr. G. Manohar practices at Fortis Malar Hospital in Adyar, Chennai. Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting,Echocardiography,Patent Foramen Ovale,Heart Conditions and Aortic Valve Surgery etc.

Dr. Kane has performed and supervised thousands of coronary angiograms, angioplasties and other procedures. He is also very familiar with stenting, rotablator procedures, atherectomies and balloon valvuloplasties. Over the years, he has worked on coronary interventions with several international experts from USA, France, Germany, Italy and England. He was involved actively in research with coronary intravascular ultra sound and intracoronary Doppler studies, as a Visiting Fellow in Interventional Cardiology at Hospital Henri Mondor, Paris.

Dr. A Gopi is an eminent Cardiologist with over 15 years of experience. He has close to 10, 000 diagnostic and 1700 interventional procedures to his credit. He has earlier worked at Apollo Hospital in Bangalore. He has rendered valuable service at many prestigious hospitals. Apart from being a member of many national and international professional associations, he has many publications and abstracts to his credit as well. Expertise Dr. Gopi is an expert in Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology.

Dr. Gaurav Gupta is an Abdominal Organ Transplant (Liver,Pancreas) and HPB surgeon who has been trained in India and USA. He completed his MBBS and MS from Maulana Azad Medical College,New Delhi. He received Transplant surgery training from University of Pennsylvania, University of Pittsburgh and UCLA. They all are very high volume and excellent centers. He has an experience of performing more than 300 liver transplants as primary surgeon. He has been instrumental in establishing three Liver Transplant Centers in Mumbai and Maharashtra from scratch. Before joining Fortis Mulund he has worked in Fortis Escorts, Wockhardt group of hospitals and Apollo Hospital. Achievements Successfully performed Liver transplant in 5.3 Kg baby Achieved 1 year survival of 96% for Liver Transplant program at Fortis Hospital, Mulund Performed first Living donor Combined Liver and Kidney transplant by Mumbai based team in 2016 Successfully Performed many ABO incompatible liver transplants.

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About Dr. Harshavardhan Hedge Dr. Harshavardhan Hedge, currently working at Fortis Escorts Hospital, Okhla, New Delhi, India as Executive Director and HOD- Orthopaedics. He is a specialist in Spine Surgery and Arthroplasty with experience of 30 years. In 2014 he was among the few doctors to offer Robotic Spinal Surgery in India. Trained in India, UK, Germany and is known for its work in many middle east and African countries. He has also trained and taught orthopedic post-graduate students at P.S Medical College, Karamsad, Gujarat, India. He is also a prestigious member of the Gridlestone Orthopaedic Society at Oxford, United Kingdom.

Dr. Vyas is a non-invasive cardiologist. He has been trained in UK for last 11 years. He has started advance echocardiography at Fortis and currently provides 2D, 3D, contrast, dyssynchrony transthoracic and transoesophageal echocardiography. Dr. Vyas is well versed managing all aspects of cardiology i.e. ischemic heart disease, heart failure, arrhythmia in out-patients and in-patients settings.

Dr. H. P. Singh is well-known cardiologist in Amritsar and is currently serving as Medical Director and Head of Non-Invasive Cardiology at Fortis Escorts Hospital Amritsar. After completion of MD in 1985, he was with Punjab Government Services (PCMS) for about 12 years. Started practicing cardiology in Amritsar from 1998, he was instrumental in setting up Escorts Heart & Super Speciality Institute. Dr. Singh has also launched Preventive Cardiology programme in Amritsar and started Siti Health Show on local siti cable network, regarding education to general masses and show has been very popular in general public.

Dr. Ravat is a senior Interventional Cardiologist and Head of Cardiology at the Fortis Hospital Mulund. He has performed more than 12000 which includes more than 4000 angioplasties. While his primary interest lies in Coronory and Peripheral Angioplasty, his experience spans the entire spectrum of clinical and invasive cardiology, including expertise in simple and complex Coronary Angioplasty, Renal and Carotid Angioplasty and Pacemakers. He has been published in more than 50 Ads at national & international level.

Dr Haresh Mehta already has over 10000 independent interventional cases to his credit performing majority of his interventional cases from the transradial route. Dr. Haresh Mehta has trained in coronary and pediatric interventions at University Hospital Bern Switzerland and peripheral, carotid and renal interventions at the prestigious Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, which are the leading centres in the world for interventional Cardiology. He is a visiting faculty at University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland and Fellow, Department of Coronary and Peripheral interventions, Lennox Hill Hospital, New York, USA.

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Dr. Varma has a rich experience of 39 years in the field of Cardiology. He had worked for 17 years as the Head of the Cardiology department at the reputed PGIMER, Chandigarh. He is a experienced trainer for postgraduates and post-doctoral students in Invasive and Non-Invasive Cardiology practices. He is credited with more than 30, 000 Coronary Angiography and interventional procedures.

Dr. Jayaprakash Shenthar brings to Fortis Hospitals, Bangalore a rich experience of more than 20 years and vast knowledge in the field of Cardiac Electrophysiology. After his training in Cardiology, he underwent 2 years of extensive training in cardiac electrophysiology from Royal Melbourne Hospital, Australia. Dr. Jayaprakash has always exhibited excellence in academic. He had secured SECOND RANK in Mysore University and stood FIRST in College in finals of MBBS Examination for the year 1985. He was awarded the best outgoing student for 1980 - 85 batch, in MBBS and also stood first in DM. He has many publications in international and national journals including chapters in text books. Expertise and Areas of Interest As a cardiologist, Dr. Jayaprakash is an expert in cardiac electrophysiology, and device implants.

Dr. Jyotirmaya Dash is a Senior Consultant Interventional Cardiologist, at Fortis Hospitals, Vadapalani treating all kinds of complex coronary interventions like Primary Angioplasties, Chronic Total Occlusion (CTO), Bifurcation Stenting, Left Main Stenting, Peripheral Angioplasties, Pacemakers, ICD, CRT, Endovascular Graft Stenting, and Structural Heart Interventions like TAVI/TAVR. He also specializes in using imaging modalities like Intravascular Ultrasound (IVUS), Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT), Fractional Flow Reserve (FFR), Instantaneous Wave Free Ratio (IFR) and other plaque modifying interventions like Rotablation and Intravascular Lithotripsy (IVL).

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About Dr. Kayapanda Muthana Mandana Dr Mandana joined Fortis as Consultant in cardiothoracic and vascular surgery. He has performed many critical and complex cardiothoracic and vascular surgeries throughout his career. He completed his MS in General Surgery from S.N. Medical College, Rajasthan University, & did his MCh (Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery) from Kasturaba Medical College & Hospital, Manipal. After that he completed fellowship of European Board of Cardiothoracic Surgeons from University Hospital of Wales, Cardif, United Kingdom (2000).

About Dr. A. Karthikeyan Dr. A. Karthikeyan practices at Fortis Malar Hospital in Adyar, Chennai and St.Isabel's Hospital in Mylapore, Chennai. He completed MBBS from Thanjavur Medical College in 1986,MD - General Medicine from Thanjavur Medical College in 1992 and DM - Clinical Haematology from Dr. MGR Medical University in 2006. He is a member of Indian Medical Association (IMA). Some of the services provided by the doctor are: Eosinophilia Treatment,Lymphatic drainage,Biochemistry,Bone Marrow Transplant and Lower/Upper Respiratory Tract Infection Treatment etc.

Dr Karun Behal (MD, DM - Cardiology), is a Senior Consultant, Cardiology at Fortis Mohali. Dr Behal has over 14 years of experience in both invasive and non-invasive procedures. He completed his DM in Cardiology from the Department of Cardiology, King George Medical University, Lucknow. Dr Behal does all the Interventional Procedures via Transradial (wrist) route and has expertise and experience in carrying out Coronary Angiography, Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty (PTCA) and PPI ICD implantation. He is proficient in the management of emergencies related to ischemic syndromes, heart failure, endocarditis and hypertension. Dr Behal has written many articles for national indexed journals and was also the co-investigator for an international clinical trial. He plans to keep in touch with academics and contribute to Cardiology by continuing with clinical research and be actively involved in publishing articles.

Dr. Keshava is a renowned cardiologist with extensive experience in many percutaneous coronary interventions and implantation procedures. He also holds the distinction of pioneering the ECG-made-simple- for-family physicians programme for detecting cardiac abnormalities in Karnataka and South India. Dr. Keshava has earlier worked at Vivus Health Centre in Bangalore. Professional qualifications After finishing his MD in internal medicine from Bangalore Medical College (BMC), Bangalore, Dr. Keshava went on to complete his DNB in internal medicine and cardiology. He has also undergone advanced training in intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) from Stanford University, Los Angeles, California and electro-physiology from University of Laribosiere, Paris. Dr. Keshava has many publications and abstracts in the field of cardiology to his credit.

Dr. Kumar's area of expertise are in doing coronary angiography, coronary angioplasty, pacemaker implantation and primary angioplasty and also has experience in managing various cardiac conditions including heart failure, cardiac arrhythmias, coronary artery disease, hypertension and dyslipidemia.

Dr. Kamal Gupta a Interventional Cardiologist in Fortis Hospital, Faridabad With an rich experience of 17 years, is a famous name in the field of Cardiology.

Dr Ketan Dang is a Cancer specialist and Physician with 11 years of experience. He is well-versed with all types of chemotherapy, management of chemo side-effects, investigation, palliative care, symptom relief, dietary advice, precautions after chemotherapy. His clinical interests lie in Immunotherapy in cancer treatment, Targeted therapies in cancer treatment, Autologous Bone Marrow Transplant, Palliative care, Cancer screening & prevention.

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About Dr. Manish Hinduja Dr. Manish Hinduja is an internationally acclaimed Cardio Thoracic & Vascular Surgeon working as Full Time Consultant at Fortis Hospital, Mulund. He has over 9 years of experience and has operated more than 5000 cases. He is a Gold medalist and was awarded ""Best Outgoing Student"" during MBBS. He has done his surgical training (M.S. General Surgery & M.Ch. Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery) from the very prestigious Institute, PGIMER Chandigarh. After completion of M.Ch, he has worked as Assistant professor & thereafter as Associate professor at U. N. Mehta Institute of Cardiology, B.J. Medical College, Ahmedabad. Dr. Hinduja is also a DNB Gold medalist and has received the prestigious C. S. SADASIVAM Award from the National Board of Examinations. Dr. Hinduja has further pursued an International fellowship in Advanced Cardiac Surgery (focusing on Minimally invasive cardiac surgery and Heart transplant) at Ottawa, Canada under Prof. Marc Ruel who is a pioneer of Minimally invasive cardiac surgery in the world. He is also an editorial board member of the Indian Journal of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery and Reviewer of many other national and international journal. Areas of Interest / Expertise With more than 9 years of experience in Cardiac Surgery, and exposure to more than 5000 heart operations ranging from neonate to octogenarians including: - Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery - Port access (keyhole) Surgery for valvular disease - Minimally invasive beating heart bypass surgery - ASD closure through minithoracotomy - Cardiac tumor (LA myxoma) excision through mini thoracotomy - Mitral and Aortic Valve repair/replacement - Pediatric heart surgery for congenital heart diseases - Cardiac arrhythmia surgery - Aortic surgery (aneurysm and dissection) - ECMO support - Peripheral arterial disease surgery including vascular trauma - Off-pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG) by total arterial revascularization technique - Redo cardiac surgery - Thoracic surgery including VATS - Carotid endarterectomy

About Dr. Murli Manohar V Dr. V. Murali Manohar  is well known consultant Cardiovascular and Thoracic surgeon with over 24 years experience in Minimally Invasive Surgeries and he has performed more than 5000 surgeries, including heart and lung surgeries. He was a part of the team that conducted the first minimal invasive bypass surgery, the first awake bypass surgery and the first awake valve replacement in India. He has also worked with Prof. Solomon Victor, an internationally acclaimed Cardiothoracic Surgeon at the Heart Institute, Chennai.Professional QualificationHe graduated from Davengere, and further did his MS (Gen Surgery) from Bangalore, later he completed his DNB (Cardiothoracic Surgery) from Chennai, where he was trained under Dr Solomon Victor, Apart from being a specialist thoracic surgeon, he has special interest in Redo-Cardiac Surgeries And Video- Assisted Thoracic Surgeries (Vats). Beside his clinical excellence he has also been actively involved in academics to keep him abreast of the Clinical Updates. He has presented over 250 papers in many national and international conferences. He is also a fellow of IACTS, and Life Member of ISMICS. Expertise.

About Dr. Madhu Sankar N Dr. Madhu Sankar N is a well-known Cardiothoracic Surgeon who specializes in surgical procedures of the heart, lungs, and other thoracic organs. He has been actively involved in Heart & Lung Transplantation and Stem Cell Therapy. Besides this, he has also been involved in the Trans myocardial Laser Revascularization Project at MMM, Chennai. During the last 10 years, he has visited more than 50 overseas institutions and presented many valuable papers in his field. He holds the privilege of being the first person in the country to transport Donor Heart in Commercial airline & perform heart transplantation. In India, he has performed the first successful single lung transplant in Nov 2011.

About Dr. Meet Pritamchand Kumar Dr Meet Kumar is practicing Haematology & BMT for 10 years and has successfully done over 350 bone marrow transplants. He has also worked in prestigious Institutes like Sir Ganga Ram, Delhi; SGPGI, Lucknow; BLK, Delhi; Kings College, London. He has attended many conferences as panelist, moderator and chairperson.

Dr. Minakshi is a Paediatric Haemato Oncologist and Bone Marrow Transplant physician. Her areas of expertise are: Paediatric blood disorders (thalassemia, sickle cell anaemia, aplastic anaemia, inherited bone marrow failure syndromes, bleeding disorders) Paediatric malignancies (acute leukaemia, neuroblastoma, brain tumors, bone cancers, renal and liver tumors)Special interest in autologous and allogeneic bone marrow transplants.

About Dr. Mitu Papneja Shrikhande Dr. Mitu Shrikhande completed her post graduation in Medicine from the prestigious Armed Forces Medical College in 2000. She received training in Clinical Haematolgy at AIIIMS, New Delhi and subsequently she joined as a Lecturer in the Department of Haematology at Seth GS Medical College KEM Hospital in Mumbai. She received her training in Stem cell Transplant at the Army Hospital (RR ), New Delhi where she also was involved in research projects under the ageis of Department of Biotechnology on the role of autologous stem cells in patients with critical limb ischemia. Her clinical interest lies in Haematology, in diagnosis and management of both benign and malignant haematological disorders including leukemias, lymphomas, multiple myeloma, complicated anemias, sickle cell disorders, hemoglobinopathies, ITP, Hemophilias, PNH, Aplastic anemia, MDS, Thrombophilias, bleeding and coagulation disorders in adult patients. Striking a right balance between treatment efficacy, its toxicity and cost is her major goal in the management of all her patients. A special emphasis is laid on the counselling of the families in holistic patient management and targeting better treatment outcomes. She has several publications both in national and international peer reviewed journals.

Dr Maninder Singh Sidhu did MBBS from Govt. Medical College, Patiala, Punjab. Thereafter he pursued Diploma in Cardiology Hammersmith Hospital, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, University of London, London, U.K. He has also done Post Graduate Clinical Specialization In Internal Medicine from People’s Friendship University of Russia, Moscow. To his reportire, he then went on to add Fellowship Echocardiography from Echocardiography Lab., Heart Station, Department of Cardiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA. He has also done Diploma in Hospital Administration.

Following his graduation (MBBS) from the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, he worked in the department of Cardiology at Lilavati Hospital, Bandra, and then pursued DNB in Internal Medicine and DNB in Cardiology from reputed hospitals like Jaslok Hospital and Fortis Hospital, Mulund, Mumbai respectively. Apart from medical and interventional management of coronary artery disease (CAD), he has a special interest in the management of heart failure, arrhythmias, and preventive cardiology which encompasses comprehensive management of lifestyle-related disorders like hypertension, diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia, metabolic syndrome, etc. Dr. Mitul Shah is available for physical OPD as well as online consultation

Dr. Mukul Bhargava is a versatile cardiologist who is well versed with all facets of Cardiology, both invasive and non-invasive. He has vast experience in state of the art cardiac interventions and therapeutics. He pursues his clinical practice based on a patient centred, evidence based approach to healthcare. He believes in inculcating a personal, compassionate and empathetic relationship with his patients and provide complete well being.

Dr. Meenakshi is an enthusiastic and passionate Cardiologist with a patient-centered approach, precision diagnostic, imaging and interventional skills. She has a vast experience in all kinds of Interventional Cardiology, like Simple and Complex Coronary Angioplasties, including Left Main Bifurcation Stenting, Intravascular Imaging Techniques, Peripheral Angioplasties, Permanent Pacemaker Implantations and Biventricular Pacemakers. Dr. Meenakshi has been trained in Aortic Endovascular Interventions, including EVAR, TEVAR and Fenestrated Endovascular Graft Stenting.

Dr. Manish Gunjan brings with him over a decade of experience post DM in Cardiology. He has done his DM from G. B. Pant Hospital, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi. His is experienced in use of equipment & procedures like: TMT, HUTT, Holter Monitoring, Adult Echo-cardiography, Pediatric Echo-cardiography, Transesophageal cardiography, IABP insertion, Ventilator, Coronary intervention, Pace Maker Implantation, Pediatric Cardiology, Peripheral intervention.

<p>Dr. Mukul has been working with Fortis Hospital, Noida, in the Liver Transplant Hepatology and Gastroenterology Unit, involved in the perioperative management of both cadaveric &amp; liver related liver transplantation. He has been involved in the perioperative management of more than 1300 liver transplant patients as chief hepatologist. He is an expert in dealing with post-liver transplant complications such as biliary stricture, acute and chronic rejections, disease recurrence, vascular issues, and post-transplant liver biopsy. Dr. Mukul has performed whole range of endoscopic procedures (including managing post-transplant biliary leaks and biliary strictures by means of ERCP)</p>

Dr. Mahesh Gopasetty is a renowned Transplant Surgeon with over 15 years of rich experience in Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary and Liver Transplant Surgery. He completed his under graduation and post-graduation from Kasturba Medical College, Manipal and was awarded a Gold Medal for being the best outgoing post-graduate student in the department of general surgery in the year 2002. He has worked in UK for three years where he also obtained his MRCS in the year 2007. He then moved on to USA to pursue training in Transplantation with a Fellowship in Abdominal Multi-organ Transplantation from The Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), Charleston (2008). In 2009, he moved to University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh (CHP) to train in Paediatric Multi-visceral Transplantation. Prior to joining Fortis, he has worked in Apollo Hospitals, BG Road from 2010 and has been leading the Liver Transplant Program for the last three years.

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About Dr. Naval Bansal Dr. Naval Bansal is a board certified expert in Endocrine and Breast Surgery. He did his MBBS and MS (General Surgery) from Christian Medical College Hospital, Ludhiana. He then received a structured training in Endocrine Surgery at Sanjay Gandhi Post-graduate Institute, Lucknow. Dr. Bansal has a vast experience in Thyroid, Breast, Parathyroid, Adrenal, Pancreatic and Diabetic surgeries etc. He also has an enriching experience in minimal access robotic Endocrine surgery from Republic of Korea and can perform these surgeries with excellent cosmetic results. He pioneered the concept of Endoscopic scarless thyroid surgery in this region. His other keen areas of interest include surgeries for breast cancer like conservative breast surgery, sentinel lymph node biopsy, oncoplastic breast reconstruction.

About Dr. Nischal Rajendra Pandya Dr. Nischal is a Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgeon (Paediatric CVTS) with over 8 years of experience in the field. He completed his M.B.B.S from Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute, followed by M.S (Master of Surgery, General Surgery) from B.J Medical College (Gujarat University). He later did his M.Ch (Magister Chirurgiae) in Cardio Vascular and Thoracic surgery from The Christian Medical College, Vellore (The TamilNaduDr.MGRMedicalUniversity,TamilNadu). Hehascompleted DNB in Cardio Thoracic Surgery. He also did his Fellowship and Senior Fellowship in Paediatric Cardiac Surgery from Brisbane, Australia. Areas of Special Interest and Expertise He has performed various paediatric and adult cardiothoracic and vascular procedures including multiple paediatric redo surgeries. His area of special interest and expertise include congenital cardiac surgeries (neonatal and infantile). He also has a keen interest in paediatric valve repairs, cyanotic congenital heart disease, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) support, assist devices and heart transplants. He has presented award winning papers and posters at various state and national/international meetings and has also authored papers in various national and international journals.

Dr. Nikhil Kumar has expertise in Complex Coronary Angioplasty including Rotational Atherectomy (Rotablation), Valvuloplasty, Device Closure of Shunt Lesions, Pacemaker and AICD implantations, Cardiac Resynchronisation Therapy and Renal, Peripheral and Carotid Angioplasty and Stenting. He has wide ranging academic, administrative and professional experience as Professor and Head of the Cardiology Department, Army Hospital, Research and Referral, New Delhi, the apex superspeciality hospital of the Indian Army and Director, Cardiology, Fortis Memorial Research Institute, Gurgaon. He has to his credit a large volume of complex Cardiac Interventions with a sound safety record.

Dr Nilesh Gautam has been primary investigator in international clinical trials on newer drugs in treatment of hypertension. He has also been Sub PI in various interventional clinical trials in newer stenting techniques & treatment modalities of coronary heart disease. He has presented on various topics during Clinical Departmental Cardiology Meetings (2000-2007).

<p>. Dr. Chandra has been actively involved in the field of Interventional Cardiology for more than 21 years. As an accomplished interventional cardiologist, he is very experienced at treating patients with complex coronary interventions including Rotablation, Carotid Interventions, Balloon Valvotomies and Peripheral Vascular Interventions.He has been instrumental in setting up the highly acclaimed Air Ambulance Unit of Escorts Heart Institute that has enabled the transportation of more than 300 critically sick patients from all over India and neighbouring countries. Beside this, Dr. Chandra has been the in-charge of the Emergency and Heart Command Centre of Escorts Heart Institute, for more than two decades. Dr. Chandra also has a keen interest in medical informatics and electronic medical records and is involved in digitizing the cath lab processes.Dr. Chandra has authored many publications in peer reviewed national and international journals and has written chapters in many books.</p>

Dr Nityanand Tripathi has vast clinical experience in clinical and interventional cardiology and electrophysiology for more than 20 years. His Past working experience includes Batra Hospital and Research center Delhi, Indraprastha Apollo Hospital Delhi, Max Devaki Devi Heart and Vascular Institute Saket and Max Superseniority Hospital Shalimar bag New Delhi. He has published numerous articles and research paper in national and international journals and has presented papers and interventional cases in national and international Conferences. He is regularly invited as faculty at national and international conferences and live case presentations. Area of Interest Angioplasties (including coronary, peripheral, and carotid) this also includes complex coronary interventions like LMCA, bifurcation interventions, CTO interventions (all major techniques) Peripheral interventions including embolization of arteries for bleeding Rotablation (for calcified coronary artery intervention) and IFR, FFR, IVUS, OCT, IVL and various adjunct coronary intervention devices Aortic stent graft Pacemakers in devices including ICDs, CRT-P, CRT-D, LBBB Pacing Venous Interventions Radiofrequency ablation of PSVT, VT, AF, Atrial Flutter (including 3D mapping and cool tip RF ablation) Leadless Pacemaker – Micra (Medtronic) – implantation TAVR

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Dr. (Brig) Pankaj Kumar is the Director of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the Fortis Escorts, Okhla, New Delhi. An Alumnus of Armed Forces Medical College, Pune. Dr Puri completed his MD (Medicine) from Pune University and DM (Gastroenterology) from PGIMER, Chandigarh. He has done fellowship in Liver transplant at London, UK. He was earlier the Head of Department, Gastroenterology and Hepatobiliary Sciences, at the Army Hospital (Research Referral), New Delhi, where he was instrumental in development of a successful liver transplant program. He was formerly Professor of Medicine at Delhi University and has also held the appointment of Professor and Head of Internal Medicine at Armed Forces Medical College Pune. He is served as Governing Council member for Indian National Association for study of Liver and has over 80 publications to his name. Dr Pankaj Puri has two decades of experience in Gastroenterology and Hepatology.

About Dr. Prantar Chakrabarti Dr. Prantar Chakrabarti is a renowned Clinical Haematologist. After completing his MD in General Medicine, Dr. Chakrabarti completed his DNB in General Medicine and DM in Clinical Haematology from All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.He is the recipient of many national and international accolades including Royal College of Physicians International Bursary, Harold Gunson Fellowship, and Marie Curie Action Fellowship. Besides Dr. Chakrabarti has received specialised training in Ethics of Human Subject Research, Biostatistics from Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, and Stem Cell Transplantation from King College, London. He is aprofessional Member of : Member, American Society of Haematology Life member, Indian Society of Haematology Blood transfusion Life member, Association of Physicians of India Life member, Indian medical Association Dr. Chakrabarti is an expert in the many aspects of Clinical Haematologyand has a special interest in Haemopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation,Thalassaemia, and Translational Research. He was the Scientific Secretary at the 51st Annual Conference of Indian Society of Haematology and Transfusion Medicine.

Dr Pankaj is an interventional cardiologist at Fortis Escorts Hospital, Faridabad. After finishing his specialization in internal medicine, he did his super specialisation in cardiology from New Delhi.

Dr. Paramdeep Singh Sandhu has over 12 years of rich experience in his field. He has done fellowship in CTO (Chronic Total Occlusions) from Tokyo Japan. He has performed various live cases on complex coronary interventions at: India Live 2012 from Fortis Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre, New Delhi, NIC 2012 from AIMS Kochi, Indian Society of Cardiology, Udaipur 2012, India Live 2013 from Fortis Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre, New Delhi.He has organized Workshop on IVUS, OCT, FFR and Rotablator at SKIMS, Shrinagar, 2012

With over 15 years of experience in intervention cardiology which includes angiography, angioplasty, pace makers, device implantations etc, Dr Parneesh is considered amongst the best cardiologist in Noida. His work experience includes stints at some of the best cardiac institutes like AIIMS and Escorts. He has numerous publications in national and international journals. He is also a fellow of Society of Coronary Angiography and Interventions (USA) and International Associate of American college of Cardiology, and fellow European society of Cardiology. His area of interest besides clinical cardiology includes interventions and device implantations.

Dr. Pramod Kumar has about 27 years of experience as an Interventional Cardiologist. Trained at GB pant hospital Delhi. He is the pioneer of interventions through hand in whole of North India. Complex angioplasties, peripheral angioplasties, Intra-abdominal procedures through hand are his forte. He has performed more than 15,000 coronary angiograms and 7,000 coronary angioplasties (5000 through hand).He is vastly experienced in simple and complex pacemaker implantations, management of structural heart disease, balloon valvotomies, peripheral interventions etc.

<p>Dr. Peeyush Jain contribution towards the society is noteworthy. His present engagement as Principal Consultant Cardiologist, Head Department of Preventive and Rehabilitative Cardiology with Fortis Escorts Heart Institute, Okhla Road speaks for itself. After pursuing his MBBS from Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, Dr. Jain took up MD (Medicine) from the same institute. Further to this, Dr. Jain took up DM (Cardiology) from GB Pant Hospital, New Delhi. His areas of interest are Lipid Management, Cardiovascular Nutrition, Hypertension, Diabetes mellitus. A few academic achievements of Dr. Peeyush Jain would be as follows: Guest faculty at National and International Conferences in India and abroad. Editor in Chief, The Heart of the Matter, Bimonthly Journal of Heart and Diabetes Care in 10th year of publication. Author of 16 books on medicine and health in English and Hindi. Some books have also been translated in regional languages as well as Indonesian Bhasa. Chapters in Books: 11 Published Articles: 110 Peer reviewer, Indian Heart Journal. Member, Editorial Board, Cardiology Today Member, Ethics Committee, Lady Irwin College, Delhi University, Delhi.</p>

Dr. Prabhakar Koregol is a renowned Interventional Cardiologist with an experience of 9 years with expertise in Diagnostic Coronary Angiography both Radial and Femoral Route, Cardiac Catheterization, Renal Angiography and many more.

Dr. Priyam Mukherjee is an Interventonal Cardiologist at Fortis Hospital Anandapur Kolkata. His area of interest are PTCA, PTMC, PPM Implantation, Noninvasive Procedure.

Dr. Pawan did his DM Cardiology from India's premier Cardiology institute GB Pant Hospital, Delhi. He has been working as senior consultant Interventional Cardiology & Electrophysiologist since 15 years. He was associated with Max Hospital, Metro Hospital as Senior Interventional Cardiologist. He did first double vessel bio-absorable stent (dissolving stent) implantation in East Delhi. He has received best case award in international BVS (dissolving stent ) conference 2016. He did first IVUS guided CCVI (Complex cardio vascular intervention) in East Delhi. Dr. Pawan has special interest in primary angioplasty and advance management of CCF including CRTD (device to increase pumping of heart) & Pediatric Cardiology . He has established 1st DM operated non-invasive cardiac center of NCR (Heart care cardiac center, estd. 2010). He is the only 5th Cardiologist in India to develop and perform watchman LAA Devices closure.

Dr Pallab Kr Bose is a dynamic cardiologist with over 10 years of experience in cardiac science, with special interests in Angioplasty, Complex Angioplasty, Pacemaker, AICD, CRT, BMV, Right heart cauterization. He was associated with many eminent hospitals as a specialist.

Dr. Praveer Agarwal is one of the most versatile interventional cardiologists in India providing round the clock services, including timely management of acute heart attack patients by using various thrombectomy devices at Fortis Escorts Heart Institute. He is an expert in treating all types of blockages in coronary arteries using all techniques (Rotational atherectomy, directional atherectomy, all types of Drug Eluting Stents, intravascular ultrasound, pressure wire) depending upon merits of blockages. He is also an expert in treating blockages in peripheral arteries (Carotids, subclavious, iliacs, renals and superficial femoral arteries) and abdominal aortic aneurysm using endovascular stent grafts. Dr. Agarwal has been a distinguished faculty member in various international and national meetings and conferences. He has published approximately 100 articles, reviews and abstracts in various national and international journals.

Dr. Prithwiraj Bhattacharjee is a Consultant in the Department of Cardiology. He has completed his MBBS from R G Kar Medical College Kolkata in the year 2006. Thereafter, he completed his MD General Medicine from Medical College, Kolkata in the year 2010. In July 2014 he completed DM (Cardiology) from IPGME &R Kolkata.

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About Dr Rahul Bhargava Dr Rahul Bhargava started his journey of Stem Cell Transplant from Medanta in the year 2010. He has completed over 800 transplants till date. Dr Bhargava has been credited of establishing 10 low cost centres across India namely at Sarvodaya hospital, Batra hospital, Action Balaji hospital etc. With a vision of anaemia free and thalassemia free India, Dr Rahul Bhargava actively collaborates with various government  initiatives in order to provide low cost BMT treatment to the masses.His longstanding vision of the first integrated centre of excellence in Haematology, paediatric haematology and stem cell transplant has been fulfilled at Fortis Memorial research Institute.In 2016 Dr Rahul Bhargava became the first Indian doctor to do and popularize stem cell transplant in multiple sclerosis. Owing to his vast experience in this field, Dr Bhargava is considered as one of the best stem cell transplant expert in Delhi and Gurgaon.Owing to his keen interest in community haemotology, Dr. Bhargava screened over 1000 children in schools across Haryana and surrounding areas. Dr Rahul Bhargava has also completed over 1200 CME till date.Dr. Bhargava is actively involved with the community in building awareness around various blood disorders.

Dr. Ravi Joshi is a Paediatric Haematologist and Oncologist with experience of more than 5 years. He is well trained in management of various paediatric benign and malignant haematological disorders and solid tumours. He has vast experience in the management of paediatric and adult bone marrow transplants patients. He was actively involved in management of over 300 hematopoietic stem cell transplants. These consisted of autologous and allogeneic transplants in children and adults, including matched unrelated and haplo identical transplants with and without T cell depletion. He has served as short service commissioned officer in prestigious INDIAN AIR FORCE. Served in various parts of the country.

About Dr. Rakesh Ojha Dr. Rakesh Ojha is a well known name in the field of Bone Marrow Transplantation. He has 20+ years of experience in cancer institutes worldwide. He has been closely related to St. Joseph`s Regional Medical Centre in New Jersey & Temple University in Philadelphia, amongst others. He was member of the Institutional Review Board of Garden State Cancer Centre in Belleville, NJ.

Dr Rakesh Chittora is a well-known expert, proficient in the field of bypass surgery (CABG), valve surgery and vascular surgeries. He has special interest in minimal invasive cardiac surgery (cardiac surgery by small incision), total arterial CABG (Lima-Rima-Y) and valve repair and replacement. He is the Additional Director and Unit Head, CTVS, Fortis Escort Hospital Jaipur who has been associated with the hospital since its very inception in 2007. He has an experience of working with Dr Naresh Trehan at Escort Hospital, Delhi from 2003 to 2007, where he learnt various advanced technique of bypass surgery and robotic surgery. He has an experience of more than 5000 cardiac surgeries to his credit. He is the only trained cardiac surgeon for endoscopic conduit harvesting in Rajasthan. He was awarded fellowship of IACTS in 2008. Dr Chittora had a vast international exposure of attending and presenting research paper at various international conferences.

About Dr Raju Vyas Dr. Raju Vyas has been actively involved in the pre, peri and post operative management. He has been exposed to the whole spectrum of adult and neonatal and congenital surgical procedures including Beating heart bypass, On pump CABG ,Valve Replacement, Redo CABG ,redo valve replacement, arterial switch, Sennings operation, TAPVD, Fontan, TOF and its variants. In ICU, he has managed various post-operative and surgical complications like ventilation, low cardiac output, capillary leak syndrome, post-operative acute renal failure needing dialysis, resistant arrhythmias and modulating vasodilators/diuretic therapy in post-operative period. During his registrarship at G.B. Pant Hospital and LPS Institute of Cardiology, besides being trained in paediatric and adult Cardio Thoracic surgery, he had also had good exposure to lung and vascular procedures. Dr. Vyas has also been exposed to thoracic and vascular surgical emergencies. During this period he had the opportunity of performing CABG, valvular simple congenital procedures.

Dr Rakesh Kumar Saklani has 8 years of experience in cardiac surgery. He has special interest in coronary artery bypass grafting, valvular repair /replacement, aortic, minimal invasive surgeries and congenital heart diseases.

About Dr Ramji Mehrotra Dr. Ramji Mehrotra is the Director. Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Fortis Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre, New Delhi, India. For the past 17 years he has focused his CABGs. On the care of patient with end stage heart failure, CAD and valvular disease. He has already operated more than 15000 Cardiovascular Cases and 1000 pediatric surgeries. He has expertise in performing extensively assisted and performed CABGs, total arterial CABGs, redo arterial CABGs, beating heart CABGs, valve replacements and repairs, and simple congenital cases like ASD, VSD, BD Glenn and TOF repairs etc. He was posed to the units of pediatric cardiac surgery coronary program and valve surgery programs and have extensive ICU management experience. He has exposure to all aspects of cardiac surgery including cardiac transplantation and insertion of ventricular assists devices. As a fellow in cardiac surgery at the children's Hospital Boston, A Harvard Medical School teaching affiliate. He learned the principles of one stage correction of complex congenital diseases and early operation the fine surgical techniques and overall intra-operative management and importance of the intensive postoperative management including the role of mechanical heart support (ECMO) during resuscitation.

Dr. Rajiv Karnik is a veteran cardiologist with four decades of experience in India and abroad. He consults and performs cardiac catheterisation interventions at the Fortis Hospital in Mulund. In the past Dr. Karnik has served at a wide range of hospitals, including as visiting clinician at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, USA, and as Honorary Registrar at Freeman Hospital, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK.

Dr. Rajpal Singh, MRCP, CCST (U.K) Senior Consultant - Interventional Cardiology An eminent interventional cardiologist with over 26 years of experience in performing both elective and primary Radial Access Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) and complex device therapy.

Dr. Rajpal Singh has done MBBS from Bangalore Medical College, Bangalore, and did his MRCP from Ireland in 1999 and CCST from the United Kingdom in 2006. An eminent interventional cardiologist with over 26 years of experience in performing both elective and primary Radial Access Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) and complex device therapy.

Dr Jaswal is an alumnus of PGIMER Chandigarh, where he obtained DM Cardiology super-specialty degree. Earlier he completed MBBS and MD degree courses at Government Medical College in Amritsar. He has Post-DM experience at IGMC Shimla and AIIMS New Delhi. Dr Jaswal has many research papers published in national and international journals of repute. He regularly participates in conferences in India and abroad as Teaching Faculty or in an advisory capacity. Dr Rakesh K Jaswal has over 25 years' experience in the field of Interventional Cardiology. He has performed more than 40,000 invasive cardiology procedures and more than 16,000 cardiac interventions including complex and high risk coronary interventions.

Dr. Rameshwar Bishnoi has a vast clinical experience of Cardiology of more than 10 years. He has done his MBBS & MD from SP Medical College Bikaner. He has also worked as a Senior Resident Cardiology in Safdarjung Hospital New Delhi. Dr. Bishnoi is a DM (Cardiology) from S.M.S Hospital Jaipur, Rajasthan. His past working experiences include Holy Family Hospital New Delhi, Fortis Hospital Bikaner, MGS Super Speciality Hospital Punjabi Bagh Delhi, Cygnus Super Speciality Hospital Kaithal Haryana, Max Super Speciality Hospital Shalimar Bagh Delhi. He has attended many national and international conferences and has been a part of number of seminars, CMEs and symposiums as chairperson/speaker. He regularly takes public lectures and organizes public awareness programmes.

Dr. Ranjan Kachru has independently performed over 5000 vascular interventions including coronary angioplasties, balloon valvotomies, peripheral angioplasties including renal and carotid angioplasties and congenital interventions including PDA and ASD closures. He also has extensive experience in implanting various pacing devices including implantable defibrillators and bi-ventricular pacemakers (cardiac resynchronization devices.)

Dr. Rashi Khare has a vast clinical experience in cardiology of more than 10 years. She has done her MBBS from BRDMC Gorakhpur, MD from MLBMC Jhansi. She has also worked as a Senior Resident Cardiology in G.B.Pant hospital, New Delhi. Dr. Rashi has done her DM (cardiology) from the prestigious King George Medical College, Lucknow. She has previously worked in GB Pant Hospital New Delhi and Dr R.M.L Hospital and PGIMER, New Delhi as an assistant professor in interventional cardiology. She has also worked as a senior consultant, interventional cardiology in Max healthcare. She has attended more than fifty national and international conferences and has been a part of number of seminars, CMEs and symposiums as chairperson/ speaker. She regularly takes public lectures and organizes public awareness programmes.

Dr. Rangaraja Ramalingam is a Senior Interventional Cardiologist at Fortis Hospital, Cunningham Road, Bangalore. He has an experience of 35 years in the field of cardiology. Dr. Ramalingam presented his thesis during MD, on Study of incidence of conduction defects in Acute Myocardial Infarction?, and carried out exhaustive research in cardiology. Post completion of his post graduate degree, he has held various professional and teaching positions, and has published many research articles and papers in both Indian and International journals.

<p>Dr Rohit Goel a well known name in the field of cardiology with 9 yeras of experience is a consultant at Fortis Hospital, Gurgaon. He specializes in cardiac problems ranging from hypertension to heart failure management to the performance of complex cardiac interventions.</p> <p></p>

Dr Rahul Singhal is the Additional Director Cardiology and Cardiac Electrophysiology at Fortis Hospital Jaipur. He is specialized in Cardiac Arrhythmias and pacing and Heart Failure management. He has vast experience of 15 years in the field of Cardiology and Cardiac Electrophysiology. He has done his Post-doctoral degree from Escorts Heart Institute, New Delhi and underwent a fellowship in Cardiac Electrophysiology at Taipei, Taiwan under the guidance of world-famous Cardiac Electrophysiologist Dr. Shih Ann Chen. He has written multiple papers in National and International journals and has represented India at various International Conferences. Recently he has been awarded Fellowship of American College of Cardiology in the United States.

Dr. Rajat Sharma is the lead physician and heads the Heart Rhythm Pacemaker Division at Fortis Hospital Mohali. After completing his core cardiology residency from the premier Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, he pursued an advanced fellowship in Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology from University of Dalhousie, Canada. He specializes in the management of various cardiac arrhythmias or heart rhythm abnormalities. He performs cardiac electrophysiology studies (EP Study) and catheter ablation for management of various cardiac arrhythmias. His focus areas are complex ablation procedures for management of ventricular tachycardia (both scar and idiopathic), atrial fibrillation and arrhythmias in structural heart diseases, implantation of various advanced types of pacemakers/AICDs for heart rhythm disorders and Biventricular pacemakers for heart failure patients and pacemaker troubleshooting. He manages a regular Heart Rhythm Clinic, Heart Failure Clinic, Pacemaker Device Clinic and Inherited Heart Disease Clinic at Fortis Hospital Mohali.

Dr. Rajat Gupta, MS (Ortho), DNB (Ortho), MCh (Ortho) is an Orthopaedic Oncologist. He is the only surgeon in the region who deals exclusively in bone and soft tissue tumours including metastatic bone disease. His area of expertise includes performing limb salvage surgeries for various bone and soft tissue tumours including pelvic and scapular resection and reconstruction surgeries and rotationplasties. He believes that limb saving surgeries can be done in majority of bone and soft tissue sarcomas. He has presented various papers and posters on bone and soft tissue tumours at various national and international conferences. He had visited Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada as an observer in Orthopaedic Oncology in 2015.

Dr. Rajesh Jindel is an eminent oncologist, practicing for 26 years. He has been associated with various Hospitals and Medical Institutions in India and overseas. He initiated work on neo adjuvant chemotherapy in advanced head and neck cancers at the AIIMS, New Delhi. He was also associated with Tata Memorial Hospital Mumbai. He worked extensively with Dr S H Advani at TMH Mumbai pioneering chemotherapy in locally advanced breast cancer. He has a special interest in tumors of the lung and GI tract.

Dr. Rakesh Rai is a Senior Consultant Surgeon who trained extensively in hepato-biliary-pancreatic surgery and solid organ transplantation (liver, kidney and pancreas). Dr. Rai had further experience in living donor liver transplantation at Asan Medical center, Samsung Medical center in Seoul, Korea. Before joining Fortis Hospital Mumbai Dr. Rai worked as Senior consultant in Apollo hospital, Bangalore and in King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam in Saudi Arab. He has authored several scientific articles published in International medical Journals as well as book. He is regularly invited to speak in scientific meetings in India as well as abroad.

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About Dr. Sanjay BS After completing training in cardiac surgery from the prestigious Grant medical college in Mumbai, he started as a registrar in Cardiac Surgery at Sagar Hospital Bangalore. Then went for further specialty training in UK and worked at the Wythenshawe Hospital Manchester, and Harefield Hospitals in the UK. He returned back to India, and worked as a Consultant in Fortis hospitals and Sagar Hospitals in Bangalore. He was instrumental in setting up cardiac surgical units at Sagar hospital and Baptist hospital Bangalore. He have worked in the inhospitable conditions in Iraq to help deliver quality healthcare to the war torn country. Major interests include Adult Cardiac surgery, Aortic Surgeries and heat failure therapies. Currently he is with Fortis Hospital Cunningham Road as Cardiac Surgeon.

About Dr. Shyamveer Singh Khangarot With experience of over 10 years to his credit, Dr Khangarot was associated with prestigious organizations like Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi; Govind Ballabh Pant Hospital, New Delhi; Artemis Hospital, Gurgaon

<p>He also has special interest in Valve Repairs, Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery, Aortic Aneurysm Surgery, and Heart-Failure Surgery. His has relentless quest to bring the best in cardiac surgery to India and within the reach of common man. He is a Graduate of King George's Medical College, Lucknow. After completing his MS (Gen. Surgery) he was trained in cardiac surgery at King Edward Memorial Hospital, Mumbai Christian Medical College, Vellore. Thereafter he went abroad and was trained under Prof. Ottavio Alfieri, internationally known for his pioneering work in heart valve techniques. Dr. Surendra Nath Khanna has been practicing cardiac surgery since the last 25 years. He has carried out more than 7,000 cardiac surgeries. He has been working as chief cardiac surgeon at various prestigious hospitals which includes San Raffaele Hospital, Mila, Italy King Edward Memorial Hospital, Mumbai Christian Medical College, Vellore Max Heart and research Institute, New Delhi and Fortis Escorts Heart Institute New Delhi. He is passionately involved in the Community Outreach Services and creating mass awareness toward cardiac diseases for last 20 years. He has been regularly reaching out to the masses of India, a fact which has been widely acknowledged by media and society at large. He has rendered free cardiac care in far and remote areas on North India. His relentless ambition of spreading awareness for prevention of heart disease makes him travel all over the country. His experience in cardiac surgery amalgamated with quest to train junior cardiac surgeon in India.</p>

About Dr. Sushil Azad Dr. Sushil Azad is a Pediatric Cardiologist in Okhla, Delhi and has an experience of 22 years in this field. Dr. Sushil Azad practices at Fortis Escorts and Heart Institute in Okhla, Delhi. He completed MBBS from Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak in 1999,MD - Pediatrics from Pt Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur in 2003 and FNB - Pediatric Cardiology from National Board Of Examination in 2007. He is a member of Medical Council of India (MCI). Some of the services provided by the doctor are: Cardiac Ablation,Patent Ductus Artriosus Device Closure,Carotid Artery Disease,Cardioversion and Cerebral Palsy Treatment etc.

<p>Dr. Subhaprakash Sanyal is a Senior Consultant Haematologist, Hemato-Oncologist &amp; Bone Marrow Transplant Physician at Fortis Hospital, Mulund.<br>He has vast experience of more than 15 years in the field of diagnoses and treatment of patients with hematological diseases including hematological malignancies&nbsp;</p>

About Dr Satish Javali Dr Satish Javali is a Consultant at the department of CardioVascular Thoracic Surgery, at Fortis Hospital. Dr. Satish Javali has special interests in total arterial revascularization, valve repair surgeries, and carotid endarterectomy Dr. Satish Javali has completed his graduation in General Surgery (MS) and his specialization in Cardiac surgery (MCh) from KEM Hospital. Dr. Satish Javali was associated with leading hospitals across India before completing two years of Cardiac Surgery Fellowship at Auckland City Hospital, New Zealand. Dr. Satish Javali later completed a one-year cardiac surgery fellowship at Harvard University at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA. Dr. Javali has gained expertise in off-pump CABG, valve replacement, aortic surgery and heart transplantation.

About Dr Suresh J Patel Dr. Suresh Patel specialises in Adult Cardiac Surgeries, treating CABG (On or Off Pump), Valve Repair and Replacement Surgeries, Congenital Heart Disease Surgeries, Thoracic and Vascular Surgeries. He has completed over 2000 successful Cardio Thoracic Vascular Surgeries. Dr. Suresh Patel is the only CTVS (Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgery) specialist hailing from the Southern Part of Rajasthan and Northern Part of Gujarat working in South India. Dr. Suresh Patel is a keen traveller and believes that it is essential for all individuals to find a balance between their professional career, daily life and taking care of their health and is an advocate for maintaining an active lifestyle. He is fluent in Hindi, English, Gujarati, Telugu.

About Dr. Sohini Chakraborty Dr Sohini is an experienced Paediatric Haemato-oncologist with wide exposure to treating children with benign haematological diseases, malignancies and those requiring bone marrow transplant.

Dr. Sachin Bansal is an experienced haematologist. He has been trained at AIIMS New Delhi and SGPGI Lucknow. Dr. Bansal has wide exposure to treatment of all benign and malignant blood disorders. He has conducted over 50 Bone marrow transplant procedures.

Dr. Shyam Rathi is a well-known Consultant Haematologist at Fortis Hiranandani Hospital, Vashi in Mumbai. He obtained his MBBS degree from DPADB in 2002 and MD in General Medicine from K.J. Somaiya Medical College and Research Centre in Sion, Mumbai. Post MD, Dr. Rathi completed DM in Haematology from All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi in 2010. He has nine years of experience as a haematologist. He has won 12 awards for his excellent work and is member of several medical institutions.

About Dr Sudarshan GT Dr. Sudarshan is an accomplished cardiothoracic and vascular surgeon with over 12 years of experience in the specialty. He has trained extensively in India and UK, under world renowned surgeons and is now back in India to make a difference with his skill and expertise.Professional Qualification He completed is MBBS from Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangalore and later pursued MS & DNB in General Surgery, followed by MCh & DNB (Cardio Thoracic and Vascular Surgery) . He acquired the first position in his MCh training in Mumbai and also secured C S Sadasivan Gold medal in cardiothoracic surgery in All India National Board examinations. He later went to UK and completed his FRCS - Cardiothoracic Surgery from the Royal College of Surgeons of England. He has also done a Fellowship in Advanced Adult Cardiac Surgery (Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery, Aortic surgeries and VATS) from Liverpool Heart & Chest Hospital, UK.

Dr. Sushil Singhal has immense experience of doing all aspects of Adult and Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery like CABG beating heart and on Pump,Aortic valve and Mitral valve replacement, Mitral Valve Repairs, ASD closure, Bentalls operation, valve sparing Ascending Aortic replacement, hemiarch and Total Arch replacement, Descending Thoracic aortic replacement. Complex congenital operation like VSD closure, TOF correction, Coarctation repair, Blalock- Taussig shunt. He is the person with excellence in both academic and surgical skills.

Dr. S. S. Murthy has a vast experience in field of clinical and invasive cardiology of over 20 yrs. He has been in the field of Interventional Cardiology since more than 8 yrs. His main area of interest is Coronary & Peripheral interventions and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR). Till now he has performed over 10,000 angiographies and over 300 angioplasties. He also performs non coronary interventions like pacemaker implantation, device closures, ICD & COMBO implantations, peripheral stenting and valvuloplasties.

Dr. Sanjay Kumar is Director and Head department of Cardiology at Fortis Escorts Hospital, Faridabad. He is renowned cardiologist in Delhi/NCR region. Dr. Kumar specialties in Angiography and Angioplasty. He has done over 15000 Angiographies and 5000 Angioplasties at Fortis Hospital, Faridabad itself. He also has numerous national and international publication on his name. He is also a principal investigator in numerous multinational trail

Dr Dr. Shashibala Soni is a well known name in the field of Cardiology and Internal Medicine with an vast and rich experience of 48 years. She specializes in Prevention of Heart Attack and Stroke and other Cardiac ailments.

Dr. Sharad Tandon is a well known name in the field of Non Invasive Cardiology. He is the Director Non Invasive Cardiology at Fortis Memorial Research Institute. With a rich experience of over 30 years to his credit, Dr. Tandon has been associated with prestigious organizations like Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre, New Delhi.

Dr (Col) Salil Garg is a graduate of AFMC and an Interventional Cardiologist and Professor of Medicine and Cardiology. He has been Professor of Medicine and Cardiology at AHRR and BHDC and also Assoc.Professor of Medicine at CHCC (KGMU) and AFMC. He is also a DNB Examiner and an Assessor for Cardiology. He has more than 10 papers in peer reviewed journals and has guided more than 10 students in Medicine and Cardiology. He has performed more than 10000 cardiac procedures and also implanted Micras and TAVRs. His special interest is in Complex Angioplasties, CTOs, Left Main and Bifurcations and peripheral angioplasties including Carotids. He has performed more than 700 devices(ICD, Pacemakers and CRTs) and numerous Rotablations, IVUS and OCTs along with ASD,VSD,PDA closures and BMVs and PVBDs. His special interest includes Complex Interventions, Heart Failure and Heart Transplant. In 2019 he delivered a talk on Medical Ethics at the Oxford University,UK.

Dr. Shashidhar is an eminent Cardiologist and Electrophysiologist with extensive experience in Complex Arrhythmia Ablation with 3D mapping systems. He also holds the distinction of performing the first home monitoring device – Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Device (CRTD) – implantation in South India. He has earlier worked at Narayana Hrudayalaya and Manipal Heart Institute, Bangalore.

Dr. Shekhar Ambardekar is a senior interventional cardiologist, with a special interest in preventive cardiology. Dr. Ambardekar brings to S.L Raheja (A Fortis Associate) Hospital more than 37 yrs of experience in interventional cardiology. Dr. Ambardekar has extensive experience in teaching, having worked as a lecturer in Cardiology in Grant Medical College and J.J group of Hospitals, Mumbai where he has mentored many graduate and post graduate students.

Dr. Sanjay Gupta is a Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgeon at Fortis Hospitals New Delhi. He has performed over 5,000 cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgeries till date. He is doing all kinds of cardiac surgeries- Congenital, CABGs, Valve Surgeries. In addition he is also doing vascular as well as thoracic surgeries.

Dr. Saurabh Rajendrasingh Bagga is a Consultant at Fortis Hospital Shalimar Bagh with an rich experience of 11 years. His main area of specialization includes Cardiac Procedure, Coronary Angiogram, Coronary Angioplasty / Bypass Surgery, Pacemaker Implantation, ICD Implantation, Cardiac Catheterization, Rheumatic Heart Disease Treatment, Medical Management of Heart failure, General Cardiology, Pace Maker Checking, etc

Dr. Chopra is an Australian board certified Cardiologist & has been honoured with FRACP (Cardiology). He is an expert in Trans Radial Coronary Interventions. He has over 50 national & international medical publications in various research journals to his credit. Dr. Chopra holds a Fellowship in Interventional Cardiology from the Prestigious Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Australia. He holds another fellowship in Complex Coronary Interventions from the University Of Torino, Italy. He has been extensively trained in interventional cardiology at Fortis Escorts Heart Institute, New Delhi.

Dr. Sanjeeb is the Program In-charge for an academic course at Fortis Escorts Jaipur. He has several publications in journals and textbooks to his credit. He has made case and poster presentations and has been the speaker at various National and International conferences. Also, he has been the operator in live case transmission of complex PCI at International and national platforms. Dr. Sanjeeb is also involved in the management of rhythm disorders with pacemaker / AICD implantations and heart failure management with biventricular devices (CRT). He is in charge of the heart failure clinic at Fortis Jaipur. He has been involved in various teaching assignments and proctorship programs for complex coronary interventions, bifurcation lesion, complex PCI, dial out strategy and uses of Rota / IVUS / OCT.

Dr. Shivanand Patil is a renowned Cardiologist with a rich experience of over 22 years. He has been associated with Department of Cardiology at some of the most prestigious institutes in India including the Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad and Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiology, Bangalore.

Dr. Shuvanan Ray is a renowned interventional cardiologist in Eastern India and has performed more than 9000 interventional procedures in his credit. He has experience of working in different national and international institutes of excellence. He is a specialist in complex interventions including Left main, Rotablator, Bifurcation and Peripheral interventions. Dr. Shuvanan Ray has been awarded for the following: National Scholarship. First certificate of honours in anatomy. Govt. Scholarship for the Merit of proficiency. Rakhal Das Silver Medal for Medicine. College Silver for Medicine during his MBBS. Awarded scholarship in MD Entrance examination 1981. Stood First in DM (Cardio).

One of the top Cardiologists in Mumbai with 23 years experience in clinical, noninvasive and invasive cardiology. He has completed graduation followed by specialization in Internal Medicine and Cardiology at the prestigious Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, University of Mumbai. He has completed post-doctoral training in Interventional Cardiology at the world-renowned Institut Cardiovasculaire Paris Sud. A brilliant academic career with over 30 awards and distinctions including University Gold Medal. Over 75 presentations and publications in prestigious international conferences and medical journals. Awarded fellowships from the American College of Cardiology, European Society of Cardiology, Asian-Pacific Society of Cardiology and Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Intervention. Well regarded by patients and peers for providing quality care with a compassionate approach.

Dr. Soumitra Kumar is a consultant Cardiologists at Fortis Hospital, Anandapur, Kolkata. He was previously attached with Peerless Hospitals like: 1. B. K Roy Research Centre, Kolkata India from 1995-2007 as Consultant Interventional Cardiologist, 2. AMRI Hospital, Salt Lake, Kolkata from 2002-2012 as Consultant Interventional Cardiologist, 3. Rabindranath Tagore International Institute of Cardiac Science, Kolkata as a Consultant Interventional Cardiologist from 2010.

Dr. N.Sridhara is an experienced and skilled Interventional Cardiologist who has more than a decade experience in treating all forms of cardiac diseases. He has been trained in reputed institutes and worked in renowned centres. He presented his paper in Cardiology Society of India(CSI) on Ostial Stenting, immediate and sub acute result with Eptifibatide in primary stenting, outcome of stenting for Acute Myocardial Infarction in elderly using prolink combo stents and many others. Expertise Dr. N Sridhara has expertise in Coronary Interventions.

Dr Srinivas has a cardiology experience of 7 years. Prior to joining Fortis, Dr Srinivas has worked at some of the best private hospitals in the city. He has won many accolades and awards for the academic excellence, interventional capabilities, innovation and for research activities throughout cardiology career. He also has various publications (state and national level) in his area of interests. Dr Srinivas is skilled to perform invasive diagnostic and therapeutic procedures like coronary angiogram, coronary angioplasty including bifurcation, ostial, CTO - with or without crossboss-stingray, FFR, OCT, IVUS, cath study, IABP, pacemaker – temporary/ permanent, ICD, CRT, ASD device closure, PDA device closure, VSD device closure, RSOV device closure, aortic stenting, carotid stenting, transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), paravalvular leak device closure, left atrial appendage occlusion, alcohol septal ablation, PDA stenting, balloon atrial septostomy, balloon mitral valvotomy, balloon pulmonary valvotomy, balloon aortic valvotomy, and so on.

Dr. Swapan Sengupta is a cardiologist at Fortis Hospital and Kidney Institute in Kolkata. He is regarded by his patients as one of the best in his field. In addition to dealing with conditions like coronary artery diseases, congenital heart defects, valvular heart diseases, heart failures, and electrophysiology, he also offers diagnosis and treatment of certain conditions related to the parts of the circulatory system. Some of the common types of heart conditions he offers treatment to include Hypertensive Heart Disease, Rheumatic Heart Disease, Ischemic Heart disease, Inflammatory Heart Disease and Cerebrovascular Disease. The doctor has a gracious approach to his patients, and is acknowledged for the personal attention and care offered to each patient

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About Dr. Tapas Raychaudhury Dr. Tapas Raychaudhury is the first heart surgeon in Kolkata to perform the first 75 consecutive multi-vessel Bypass surgery between 1984 and ’86. He then built B.M. Birla Heart Hospital as its first Project Director. In February 1996 he performed the first Beating Heart Bypass surgery in Eastern India and in the same year he performed the first ‘Mini-Bypass Surgery’ (MIDCAB) of Kolkata through a small 4 inch cut in the left side of the chest. From 2002 onwards, this pioneer bypass surgeon, along with his team members performed over 8,000 Bypass surgeries for low and middle income group at an affordable mean cost of only Rs 65,000 with 99% success rate in a Charitable Hospital in Salt Lake. Dr. Raychaudhury, who has more than 100 national and international scientific publications and presentations, is a past President of the Association of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeons of West Bengal. In addition he has written the chapter of ‘Heart surgery’ in the most popular text book of surgery in India by Dr. Asita Lal Som . He and his team have already performed over 2500 state of the art LIMA: RIMA Bypass surgeries at Woodlands as a pilot project, with an astounding success rate of 99.8%, a feat which is unmatched by any new heart centre in India. He is currently working on performing LIMA: RIMA Bypass surgery through a small thoracic incision with the aid of an endoscope. Now his total number of Heart surgeries has crossed over 15,000.

Dr. Tapan Ghose graduated from Silchar Medical College with honors in biochemistry. He was awarded Dr. Anjan Chakravorty Memorial Medal in Medicine for securing the highest marks in Medicine in 1988.Dr. Ghose completed post-graduate training in internal medicine from Assam Medical College, Dibrugarh, and was awarded MD (Medicine) in 1993. He was also awarded DNB (Medicine) by the National Board of Examinations in 1993. Subsequently, he was awarded DNB (Cardiology) in 2001 by the National Board of Examination after successful training at Batra Hospital Medical Research Centre, New Delhi. Dr. Ghose was also awarded Fellowship in Interventional Cardiology by the National Board in 2004. He has worked as Principal Consultant, Interventional Cardiology at Fortis, Escorts Heart Institute, New Delhi, and Fortis Flt. Lt. Rajan Dhall Hospital, New Delhi, and Director Head of Cardiology, Paras Hospital, Gurgaon. Currently, he is the Director and Head of Cardiology at FHVK. He is well versed in coronary intervention and cardiac electrophysiology and device implantation. He initiated a Trans radial angioplasty program at FHVK in 2006 and a transradial primary PCI program in 2011 at FHVK and Paras Hospital in 2013.Dr. Ghose is actively involved in the Medical Research post-graduate teaching program. He has participated in various national international trial registries. He has more than 100 publications in various national international journals which include abstracts, reviews, full papers, and 12 chapters in textbooks. Dr. Ghose is the author of the Handbook of Lipidology. He was awarded the Cardiologist of the Year 2014 by the Indian health care summit and awards.

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About Dr. Udgeath Dhir Dr. Udgeath has operated over 7500 cases in the tenure of eleven years. He is formally trained by Dr. Taweseeak for Rheumatic Mitral valve repair at Central Chest Institute, Bangkok and recently got trained for TAVI. He has also been associated with Escorts Heat Institute & Research Centre, New Delhi. His last association was with Medanta- The Medicity, Gurgaon as Senior Consultant- CTVS. Dr. Udgeath Dhir is a member in several associations like International Member of Society of Thoracic Surgeons(STS), European Association of Cardio Thoracic Surgeons(EACTS) & International Society of Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery(ISMICS). Dr. Dhir has published papers in the leading journals & authored chapters in Cardiac Surgery text books. Dr. Udgeath Dhir has been awarded the Best Paper Presentation at International Coronary Congress.

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About Dr. Vivek Jawali Dr. Vivek Jawali is Chief Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgeon and as a Chairman, he heads the Department of Cardio Vascular Sciences at Fortis Hospitals, Bangalore. He is a pioneer in Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery in India and has performed over 18, 000 Cardiothoracic & Vascular surgeries till date. He performed India's first beating heart bypass surgery in 1992 and performed India's first Minimally Invasive Bypass Surgery (MIDCAB) in Sept 1994. Dr. Jawali did India's first Awake Cardiac Surgery (surgery without GA or Ventilator, done under continuous high thoracic epidural) in June 1999. He also performed world's 1st Awake Open Heart Surgery (on a 74 year patient who underwent triple bypass with aortic valve replacement without G.A. or a ventilator) in April 2002.

About Dr. Vivek Vij Dr. Vivek Vij is a pioneering liver transplant surgeon. He is the first surgeon from the Indian subcontinent to publish a series of laparoscopic Donor Hepatectomy in Liver Transplantation.He is the founder of Liver transplantation and Hepatobiliary Sciences in Fortis group of Hospitals, starting a highly successful liver transplant programme initially at its Noida centre and then at Mohali. Dr. Vij and his team has a cumulative experience of performing more than 2500 liver transplants, having performed majority of them at Fortis Hospital, Noida with a record 95% patient and 100% donor success rate.

About Dr. Vaibhav Mishra Dr. Vaibhav Mishra, one of the top cardiac surgeons in Noida, is trained in Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgery from India’s premier and oldest medical Colleges set up in 1843 Grant medical College in Mumbai. He received further training and Completed Fellowship’s in Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery from Wellington regional Hospital, New Zealand & the Royal Melbourne Hospital, Australia.

About Dr Vikas Dua Dr Vikas Dua is Paediatric Hemato Oncologist and bone marrow transplant specialist of the generation. Dr.Dua's results in the field of Paediatric Haematology Oncology and BMT have been amongst the best. He and his team has done 200+ paediatric transplants. Dr. Dua is known for his excellent outcome in stem cell transplant specially in Paediatric haploidentical transplant and he has performed some of the very rare transplants cases done in India.

Dr. Rastogi is an accomplished interventional cardiologist with vast experience of treating patient with complex coronary intervention including Rotablation, carotid intervention, peripheral vascular intervention and percutaneous aortic valve implantation to name a few. He is national proctor for Rotablation, coronary imaging like IVUS and OCT and for dedicated bifurcation stents. Dr. Vishal Rastogi is a pioneer in the field of Interventional Heart Failure Management. His experience of implanting Impella Left Ventricular Assist Device in critically ill patients is highest among the Indian doctors.

Dr. V. T Shah is a Senior Interventional Cardiologist practising in Mumbai for the past 25 years. He trained in Essen Germany and specialised in IVUS and FFR guided Coronary Interventions. He was a pioneer in introducing this technology in Mumbai and other cities of India. Over the years, Dr. Shah has had a vast number of his research articles and papers (either as first author or co-author) published in peer-reviewed journals in India and abroad. He has attended innumerable conferences and workshops all over the world and delivered many guest lectures and public talks. Dr. Shah has organised various CMEs for General Practitioners and Consultants in Mumbai. He has organised various Public Awareness Lectures and Heart Checkup Camps including Heart Melas in 2003 and 2006 at the Nehru Exhibition Centre as well as a 'Walk for the Heart' in 2008.

Dr Vineet joined Fortis hospital Noida in 2005 as a junior consultant and went onto posts of consultant and then senior Consultant. His successful practice lists him amongst the best cardiologists Noida. He has actively practiced interventional cardiology and has about 60 publications in national and international peer reviewed journals. He has been a pricipal Investigator in several landmark trials and an ex member of the Institutional Review Board. He was also the Programme in charge of the Post Garduate Diploma in Clinical cardiology run by the Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi.

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Dr Z S Meharwal is part of the founding team of Doctors at Fortis Escorts Heart Institute. Dr. Meharwal completed his MBBS, MS (General Surgery) and M.Ch (Cardiothoracic Surgery) from King George’s Medical College, Lucknow. He has worked as Consultant Cardiac Surgeon at prestigious King’s College Hospital in London. He has more than 30 years of experience in cardiac surgery with over 30000 surgeries to his credit, including complex heart operations. He is a pioneer in many new cardiac operations in the country. Dr Meharwal is amongst few cardiac surgeons performing heart transplantation and ventricular assist devices implantation. Dr Meharwal has been actively involved with teaching and training. He is the Programme Director of DNB Cardiothoracic Surgery at Fortis Escorts Heart Institute. He has trained many cardiac surgeons in India and abroad who are now independent cardiac surgeons at different centres.

About Dr. Z S Meharwal Dr. Z. S. Meharwal is Director and Coordinator of Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery. He is part of the founding team of Doctors at Fortis Escorts Heart Institute. He has worked as Consultant Cardiac Surgeon at prestigious King's College Hospital in London. He has more than 25 years of experience in cardiac surgery with over 20,000 surgeries to his credit, including complex cardiac procedures. Dr. Meharwal has been actively involved with teaching and training. He is also the Programme Director of DNB Cardiothoracic Surgery at Fortis Escorts Heart Institute. Dr. Meharwal has also been invited in national and international meetings as faculty. He has more than 40 publications in peer reviewed journals to his credit. Dr. Meharwal has been actively involved in social services and has been organizing free cardiac camps all over the country and has been delivering health talks to public. Dr. Meharwal has received many awards including President award for his contribution in the field of Cardiac Surgery.