Best Cardiologists & Heart Surgeons in India

• Dr. Kunal Sarkar is a leading and highly-experienced Cardiac Surgeon with +25 years of experience in performing various cardiac surgeries.
• He is a professional member of the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery(EACTS)  and the Indian Association of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeons (IACTS).
• Dr. Sarkar is an acclaimed surgeon who holds the distinction of performing one of the largest coronary bypass worldwide at 17,000. 
• He is a graduate of the Medical College, Calcutta and has received training in cardiothoracic surgery at the Cardiothoracic Centre Liverpool, St Mary’s Hospital, UK. He has also completed a Fellowship at the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh and Glasgow.  
• He is the co-founder of the Kolkata Heart Foundation in 2015 to promote the ‘Wellness Concept’ with emphasis on prevention and control of cardiac ailments.
• Dr. Sarkar is an able cardiac surgeon with expertise in performing, bloodless heart surgery, complex coronary artery bypass surgery, total arterial bypass grafting surgery – off-pump (lima rima y), CABG with endarterectomy, combined surgery (CABG + valve surgery), aortic surgery (aortic aneurysm, aortic dissection) and Red surgery (2nd time cabg, valve replacement surgery).  

• Dr. Sitaram is one of the most known cardiac surgeons in southern India, with more than 37 years of expertise.
• His areas of specialization include Transesophageal Echocardiogram, Balloon Mitral Valvotomy, PCI (Percutaneous Coronary Interventions), Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator, Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting, Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF), Dextro-Transposition of the Great Arteries, Catheter Ablation, and Patent Ductus Arteriosus.
• In 1970, he received his MBBS from Andhra Medical College.
• He earned his MD in General Medicine and his DM in Cardiology from Armed Forces Medical College in 1979 and 1988, respectively.
• He is also a member of the Indian Medical Association and the Cardiology Society of India.
• He was elected secretary of the Cardiology Society of India (AP Chapter) – 2010 in 2010.
• Dr. Sitaram's papers have been published in indexed journals, and he has also written a chapter in a cardiology book.
• He believes in using modernized technologies to heal patients while minimizing adverse effects.

• Dr. S.S. Bhattacharya is one of the renowned Cardiac Surgeon with an experience of more than 36 years.
• He has contributed to designing of few surgical instruments such as Arterial Retractor for Mitral Valve Replacement and Internal Mammary Artery Retractor for taking down bilateral Internal Mammary Arteries.
• He has successfully treated more than 15,000 cases in the field of cardiac surgery.
• Dr. Bhattacharya has also received the memorial award for his original contribution to the field of cardiothoracic & vascular surgery.
• He has publications in international as well as national peer-reviewed journals.
• He has attended conferences where he presented his research work.

• Dr. Tanmoy Majee is a skilled and leading Interventional Cardiologist with a practice of +17 years.
• His professional affiliations with medical societies include memberships of the, Cardiological Society Of India, the Indian College of Cardiology and the Indian Medical Association.
• Dr. Majee completed his MBBS in 2004 from NRS Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata and then did MD in 2009 from Medical College, Kolkata, followed by DM in 2015 from the Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education & Research (IPGMER, SSKM Hospital), Kolkata.
• He is a sought-after interventional cardiologist for cardiac conditions that require pacemaker/ICD implants, carotid angioplasty & stenting, balloon mitral valvuloplasty, angioplasty, ASD device closure, cardiac catheterisation and also does angiogram, radial approach angiography, cardioversion and treats chest pain.

• Dr. Cyrus B Wadia is an eminent Interventional Cardiologist with a thriving experience of nearly 48 years.
• He has expertise over the treatment of Heart Failure, Heart Transplant, Heart Valve Repair, Heart Valve Replacement, Peripheral vascular disease, Stenting, and Angioplasty.
• Professionally, he is associated as a member with Cardiac Society Of Indian, Indian Medical Association (IMA), Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine (ISCCM), Indian College of Cardiology (ICC), and Indian College of Interventional Cardiology.
• He served as former Professor of Medicine, Grant Medical College, University of Mumbai.
• He has achieved fellowship in Cardiology at M.T. Sinai Medical Centre, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Wisconsin USA.\
• Dr Cyrus has publications in international as well as national peer-reviewed journals.

• Dr. Rajiv Karnik is an Interventional cardiologist with an extensive 40+ experience.
• His expertise lies in Coronary Interventions, ICD Implantations, Interventional Cardiology, Stenting, Valvuloplasty, Angioplasty, Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm, Angina Pectoris, Arrhythmia, Atherosclerosis, Cardiomyopathy, Coronary Artery Disease, Heart Failure, Hypertension, Myocardial Infarction, Peripheral Artery Disease, and Cardiac catheterization interventions.
• Dr. Karnik completed his graduation and post-graduation from the prestigious KEM Hospital, Bombay University. He was awarded 6 gold medals for his magnificent performance. He also received the prestigious Rashtriya Ratna award and Dr. Ivan Pinto Gold Medal for the DM degree examination.
• He is a member of the Cardiological Society of India. Association of Physicians of India. American College of Cardiology. European Society of Cardiology and actively invited as a guest speaker in scientific meetings, CME's, worldwide conferences to talk about the pacemaker.

Dr. Sunip Banerjee is a leading and well-known name among Cardiac Surgeons in Kolkata.

After doing MBBS and MD, he then did his DM from PGIMER, Chandigarh. He also has done several fellowships.

Dr. Banerjee is among the pioneers in interventional cardiology, radial intervention and primary angioplasty in eastern India. He has extensive experience in performing complex interventions including primary angioplasty. He also has a reputation for treating cardiac conditions across all branches of clinical and interventional cardiology, having performed +1,500 coronary procedures, +100 peripheral angioplasty and 15 renal angioplasty. He is dedicated to delivering better clinical outcomes and so is eager to adopt newer techniques and devices like FFR of which he has done +50 procedures and CRT implantations among others. He is reputed as a cardiac surgeon to perform radial angioplasty, primary angioplasty, peripheral angioplasty, besides offering cardiac resynchronisation therapy and treating heart failure cases. He and his team has done 100% radial surgeries; is skilled in managing complex CTO and bifurcation stenting including left main, has earned after-interventional track record, operated cases which were rejected by earlier hospitals and has achieved 4% in stent restenosis in LAD proximal stenting, which is lower than global rate. Dr. Banerjee has led investigations in clinical trials and has been invited as faculty/speaker at cardiological conferences including CSI, BIT, EuroPCR and NIC workshop, where he presented some case studies on CTO, complex peripheral angioplasty using newer techniques, bifurcation stenting, FFR and hardware. He has worked as a Principal Supervisor of academic courses at the Medica Institute of Cardiac Sciences. Dr. Banerjee has co-authored few research papers for reputed medical journals.

• Dr. Asha Rani Khanna is a renowned Cardiologist with 40+ years of experience.
• She holds extensive experience in diagnosing and treating various cardiological disorders.
• She pursued her MBBS from AIIMS, New Delhi in 1969 followed by MD in Pediatrics from AIIMS, New Delhi in 1975.
• Later, she completed her DM in Cardiology from AIIMS, New Delhi in 1979. 
• She is actively associated with various organizations including the Cardiological Society of India, Echocardiography Society Of India, and Paediatric Cardiology Society Of India. 

• Dr. Prashant Nair is a renowned Cardiologist with an extensive 22+ experience.
• His expertise lies in the management of Angina Pectoris, Arrhythmia, Atherosclerosis, Cardiomyopathy, Coronary Artery Disease, Heart Failure, Hypertension, Myocardial Infarction, and Peripheral Artery Disease. He is a member of the Indian society of Cardiology and Indian Medical Association.
• Dr. Nair has operated over 5000 Cardiac Cath procedures successfully. He has done his graduation and post-graduation from the reputed T. N. Medical College & B. Y. L. Nair Hospital, Mumbai. later, he did his fellowship from the prestigious Rambam Medical Centre- Haifa, Israel.
• Under his credit, there are numerous national and international publications accredited in the indexed journals and he is also actively invited as guest speaker in scientific meetings, CME's, Worldwide conferences to talk about Heart conditions.

• Dr. Shantesh Kaushik is one of the best Cardiac Surgeons in India with an experience of nearly 28+ years.
• He is a Fellow in Cardiothoracic Surgery, Chief Resident in Cardiothoracic Surgery from Boston Medical Centre and Lahey Clinic, Boston, USA, and FCCP - Elected Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians.
• He has performed more than 7000 Cardio-Vascular surgeries and has helped set up of Cardiology units in nearly six hospitals.
• Dr. Kaushik has been awarded 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 (Gen. Surgery) examination in 1992.
• He has also won the prestigious Parsuram Memorial Award of the Indian Association of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery (IACTS) on being the best young investigator of the year 1994.
• He is specialized in Total Arterial Coronary Revascularisation, Minimal Invasive Valve & Thoracic/Lung Surgery & Vascular & Venous Surgery, etc.

• Dr. Zainulabedin Hamdulay has successfully operated 7000+ heart patients and is committed to serve the society and the country at large.
• He is specialised in the domain of cardiology and cardiovascular surgery. 
• He has performed many successful Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgeries, Total Arterial Coronary Bypass Grafting Surgeries, and Heart Valve Surgeries & Vascular Surgeries
• Apart from total arterial coronary bypass surgeries, he also performs complex valve repairs. Dr Z Hamdulay is distinguished for his innovation and skills in Minimal Invasive Cardiac Surgery (MICS-keyhole).
• Dr. Hamdulay pursued his studies from universities in the United Kingdom as well as in Canada. 
• Vaishampayan Memorial Government Medical College is where he obtained his MBBS degree. He underwent training at Sion Hospital-Mumbai
• Furthermore, he completed his training in Toronto General Hospital situated in the Canadian city of Toronto. He also trained at the Manchester Royal Infirmary-Manchester, United Kingdom and at the Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital-Liverpool, UK.
• His core mission is to provide all his patients and their families with the best possible care. He aims to achieve this through outstanding surgical outcomes, and comprehensive and compassionate care.

• With 38 years of experience, Prof Dr Rabin Chakraborty is a renowned Cardiologist in India and South Asia.
• As a certified Cardiologist, Interventional Cardiologist and Electro Physiologist, he treats problems of the Cardiovascular system like the Heart, Arteries, Veins, Heart Valves and conduction disorders of the heart, etc.
• Besides treating Angiography and Angioplasty, he specialises in Heart Rhythm Disorders for patients with Recurrent Palpitations, repeated unconsciousness due to Heart Rhythm Diseases and Heart failure patients.
• He was the All India President of the Indian Society of Electrocardiology, (ISE) 2009-2010.
• He holds Life Membership in the Cardiological Society of India, Indian College of Cardiology, Association of Physicians of India, Indian Society of Electrocardiology, and the Indian Medical Association.
• He is the Founder Member of the British Society of Heart Failure, UK, a Member of both the New York Academy of Sciences, USA and the Steering Committee of “Angiology Forum” UK.
• He also holds several Fellowships from Colleges in UK.
• In addition, he taught in India and abroad as a Guest Lecturer. 
• He has been appointed as an Examiner, MRCP (UK) for Royal College of Physician, United Kingdom
• Moreover, he has awards and countless publications to his credit.