Cardiovascular Thoraic Surgery

Overview

Department of Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery is dedicated to providing the safest and highest-quality surgery for our patients. We offer virtually every type of cardiac surgery including elective or emergency surgery for heart valve disease, aortic aneurysm, coronary artery disease, arrhythmias, heart failure, Marfan syndrome and other less common conditions. Our team of surgeons and their associates work with the newest surgical techniques, equipment and devices to deliver care that is safe, effective and compassionate.

Facilities/ Services

Experience and outcomes matter when choosing a hospital for your heart surgery. Dr L H Hiranandani Hospital heart surgeons have vast experience and expertise in several areas of cardiac, vascular and thoracic surgery including:

•    Coronary artery bypass surgery including conventional and off pump (‘beating heart surgery’)

•    Complex valve surgery

•    Aortic surgery including aortic aneurysm surgery and stent-grafting

•    Atrial fibrillation surgery - Maze procedure

•    Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy surgery - septal myectomy

•    Heart failure surgery – High-risk bypass surgery, mitral valve repair, left ventricular aneurysm surgery, Ventricular Assist Devices

•    Redo surgery

•    Surgery for cardiac tumors

•    Surgery for acute and chronic pulmonary thromboembolism

•    Congenital heart surgery

•    Minimally invasive surgery (Small incisions)

•    Lung and Mediastinal tumors

•    Surgery for pulmonary tuberculosis

•    Peripheral vascular bypass surgery

•    Carotid surgery

We believe in delivering holistic care that is tailored to the needs of our patients in order to achieve the best possible outcomes for them. Our surgeons are also dedicated to innovation and clinical research to bring to our patients, the least invasive and safest cardiac therapies.

Our Team

Full Time Consultant
Name	Designation	Qualification	Availability
	Full Time Consultant Cardio Vascular Surgery		Mon to Sat : 8 am - 8 pm
Dr Swarup Swaraj Pal Dr Swarup Swaraj Pal Dr Swarup Swaraj Pal is a Consultant Cardiovascular and Thoracic surgeon in the Dept of Cardiovascular and Thoracic surgery at Dr L H Hiranandani Hospital, Powai, Mumbai. He completed his MS Gen Surgery and M.Ch CVTS from the prestigious Seth G S Medical college and KEM hospital, Mumbai. During this phase he trained in adult and pediatric congenital cardiac surgeries under Prof Dr A M Patwardhan. He was adept at handling the myriad vascular and cardiac emergencies at KEMH, Tata memorial hospital and Wadia Pediatric Hospital during that period. He has also trained in complex congenital surgeries with Dr SmritiRanjanMohanty and Dr Neville Solomon . Thereafter he worked as a Lecturer in CVTS at KEMH and Nair hospital and sharpened his clinical skills further. He had a keen interest in lung surgeries and actively pursued VATS. He also did vascular repairs, embolectomies and peripheral bypass grafts for PVDs and AV fistula creations in CKD patients. His quest for recent advances and use of modern technology took him to Apollo Hospital [main], Chennai	Consultant, Cardio Vascular and Thoracic surgeon Transplant surgeon	MBBS, M.S, M.Ch CVTS. Consultant, Cardio Vascular and Thoracic surgeon Transplant surgeon	Monday to Saturday : 8.30 am - 10.30 am

Visiting Consultant
Name	Designation	Qualification	Availability
	Visiting Consultant Cardiovascular& Vascular Surgery		With Prior Appointment
	Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgeon’s
	Visiting Consultant – Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgeon
Dr. Kamlesh Kumar Saha Dr. Kamlesh Kumar Saha Visiting Consultant Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgeon Qualifications MBBS, MS, DNB, MCh(AIIMS), MD(U.S.A) Biosketch Dr Kamales Saha is working as a Consultant Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgeon at Dr L H Hiranandani Hospital since June 2014. A reputed heart surgeon with impeccable credentials, Dr Saha has won many gold medals and prizes at University level. He trained in Heart Surgery from All India Institute Of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi. He completed his fellowship from The Mayo Clinic, United States, credited to be one of the best hospitals in the world. He has performed more than 5000 Heart Surgeries on patients aged from 2 months to 84 years. His expertise lies in Off Pump beating heart CABG (OPCAB) which he does without blood transfusion and using Total arterial grafts. He has pioneered a new Aortic No touch technique which leads to almost zero incidence of stroke-the most dreaded complication of CABG. He has been invited to share his experience in International forums. He is one of the handful surgeons who are certified for Heartware LVAD implantation. He has published many articles at national & international journals. His areas of interest are Beating Heart Surgery (Off Pump Coronary Artery Bypass), All arterial Bypass Surgery with no touch technique, Minimally invasive Bypass Surgery (MICAS), Artificial Heart and Ventricular assist devices (VAD), Maize procedure for atrial fibrillation.	Visiting Consultant Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery	MBBS, DNB, MS, MCH (AIIMS), MD (USA)	Monday to Saturday : 8 am - 10 am
Dr. Sanjeev Vichare Dr. Sanjeev Vichare Visiting Consultant Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgeon Qualifications DNB (General Surgery), MNAMS, MRCS (Edinburgh), FRCS (C-Th) Biosketch Dr Sanjeev Yashwant Vichare is working as a Visiting Consultant Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgeon with Dr L H Hiranandani Hospital. He is keenly interested in providing the best possible outcome in routine cardiac surgery, including Coronary Artery Bypass and Valve Replacement operations. Additionally, his special interest lie in coronary artery surgery in patients with globally ischaemic ventricles, mitral valve repair especially in context with myxomatous mitral valve disease & heart failure, aortic root & aortic arch surgery, and re-do cardiac interventions. He is trained in Cardiothoracic Surgery for nearly six years from University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK. There he had an opportunity to work with renowned stalwarts such as Prof Sir Magdi Yacoub and Prof Sir Bruce Keogh. After completion of training, passed prestigious FRCS (Cardiothoracic Surgery) Examination from Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (Now over 500 years old institute) in 2008. After extensive training in Cardiothoracic surgery in UK, returned to India. Currently, practicing as independent Cardiac Surgeon for seven and half years. Performed over 1875 open heart operations. Many of these operations were very complex cardiac surgeries, with very low mortality and morbidity. He regularly attends national and international conferences as Faculty.	Visiting Consultant Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgeon	DNB (General Surgery), MNAMS, MRCS (Edinburgh), FRCS (C-Th)	___
Dr. Shantesh Kaushik Dr. Shantesh Kaushik Visiting Consultant Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgery Qualifications MS, DNB (General Surgeon), MCh (Thoracic Surgeon) DNB (Cardio-thoracic Surgeon), MD (USA) Biosketch Dr Shantesh Kaushik is working as a Visiting Consultant Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgery at Dr L H Hiranandani Hospital since July 2008. He has an experience base of performing the whole spectrum of Cardio – Thoracic & Vascular Surgeries at an early stage of his career and has now crossed over 5000 cases. Dr Kaushik had a privilege of learning & practicing at renowned places in India, Australia and USA including the Royal Melbourne Hospital (the second largest cardio thoracic center in Australia), Boston Medical Center in Boston, USA and the Lahey Clinic, USA. In his combined overseas experience he had been exposed to 4000 cases of which he had performed about 900 cases before returning to India. Surgical Expertise include Total Arterial Coronary Revascularisation, Minimal Invasive Valve and Thoracic Surgery, Vascular & venous Surgery. He has received The Dr Bhave Prize (Pune University) for standing second in the subject of surgery at the MBBS examination.The Godbole Prize, the Dr. B.N.Ranade Prize and the G.M. Phadke Prize (Pune University) for standing first at the MS (General Surgery) examination (Jan 1992). The Parsuram Memorial Award of the Indian Association of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery (I.A.C.T.S.) on being adjudged the best young investigator of the year 1994.	Visiting Consultant Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgery	MS, DNB (General Surgery), MCH (Thoracic Surgery), DNB (Cardio-Thoracic Surgery), MD (USA), FCCP (USA)	Thursday : 9 am - 11 am
Dr. Sudhansu Bhattacharyya Dr. Sudhansu Bhattacharyya Visiting Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgery Qualifications MS (General Surgery), MCh (Thoracic Surgery), FIACS Biosketch Dr Sudhansu Bhattacharyya is working as a Visiting Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgery with Dr L H Hiranandani Hospital. He is Professor & Head, Dept of Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery, Bombay Hospital, Bombay University. He has done more than 15000 cases. Completed Fellowship from Milwaukee Heart Surgery Associates under Dr Dudley Johnson (1979-1980). He was Ex-President – Indian Association of Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgeons (2003 – 2004). He has received Award from Indian Medical Association for significant contribution in the field of Medical Sciences (2006), Personality of the Decade Award by KG Foundation Centre of Excellence (2007). Inducted into the Arch Klumph Society by Rotary International, USA for being a magnanimous donor (2012). He also received Lifetime Achievement Award from the Indian Association of Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgeons (2013) and Dhanvantari Award 2015 from the Dhanvantari Medical Foundation (2016) Orations: 1995 – Uma Rani Banerji Memorial Oration, Cardiology Society of India, Lucknow. 2000 – Delivered a prestigious PK Sen Endowment Lecture – Indian Association of Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgeons, Millenium 2000 Conference – Mumbai. 2002 - "PK Sen Endowment Lecture" by The Indian Association of Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgeons – India. This award is given only to those who have made original contribution in CABG. His contribution of LIMA - RIMA 'Y' graft is universally acclaimed and hence he was the recipient of this prestigious award. 2002 – "Presidential Address" in CTCME. His areas of interest are Total Arterial Revascularization with LIMA + RIMA	Visiting Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgery	MS (General Surgery), MCH (Thoracic Surgery), FIACS	With Prior Appointment
Dr. Sujit Jana Dr. Sujit Jana Visiting Consultant – Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgeon Qualifications MBBS, MS (General Surgery), MCh (CVTS)	Visiting Consultant – Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgeon	MBBS, MS (General Surgery), MCh (CVTS)