Cardiac Surgery
Chief of Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery
- Considered as the 'Safest Heart Surgeon' in the world with a 99.4% success rate in heart surgery and 99.83% in bypass surgeries.
- Honored with the Padma Bhushan - India's third highest civilian award,
Rastriya Samman by Govt of India, Honorary DSc by his alma mater Utkal University, among the living legends of healthcare in India by Med gate magazine.
-Operated upon the who’s who of the country including the then Prie Minister Dr ManMohan Singh, Ex Bihar CM & Railway minister Mr Lalu Yadav, late Assam CM Mr Tarun Gogoi, late Bollywood legend Dillip Kumar and many more.
- Has performed over 28,000 cardiac surgeries including over 1900 Redo Bypass Surgeries and
over 5000 high risk surgeries and recently a milestone 12 graft bypass surgery, on its way to becoming a Guinness World record.
- Pioneered many techniques in the country in adult heart surgeries including Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting using only arterial grafts, beating heart surgery, redo bypass surgery, valve repair, complex aneurysms.
- Set up Asian Heart Institute ( AHI ) in 2002 which today has become 'India's Highest Accredited Hospital'
with JCI, NABH , and ISO certifications.
-For last 10 years AHI is consistently rated the best private heart hospital in the country in various national surveys & rated by Newsweek international magazine among the best heart hospitals in the world in 2022 & 2023.
-Actively involved in Philanthropy in the field of girl child education and wildlife conservation. Well known wildlife photographer, with works published in Times of India, Forbes, Gulf news, Chitralekha , Business standard, Nikon Asia, Nikon India.
