Best Cardiac Surgeons in India

Dr. YK Mishra is a leading Cardiac Surgeon in India with an experience of more than 44 years. He successfully performed over 14,000 open heart surgeries and 500+ robotic surgeries.

His areas of expertise are coronary artery bypass surgery, heart valve replacement, aortic surgery, minimally invasive cardiac surgery, cardiac arrhythmia surgery, total arterial revascularization, etc.

Dr. Mishra was also recognized with the “Lifetime Achievement Award" by Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam. He has treated patients across many countries such as the USA, UK, Iraq, UAE, Oman, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nepal, Africa, and Central Asia.

Dr. Naresh Trehan is amongst the leading Cardiovascular and Cardiothoracic Surgeons in India. He has more than 40 years of experience and successfully performed 45000+ cardiac surgeries. Founder of Medanta-The Medicity, Gurgaon, one of the most prestigious multispeciality hospitals in India.

Dr. Trehan specializes in cardiomyoplasty, myocardial total arterial revascularization, transmyocardial laser revascularization, reduction ventriculoplasty (Batista Operation), heart port access surgery, aortic valve surgery, and robotically-assisted cardiac surgery.
Dr. Naresh received the Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan Award (third highest civilian award), and Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award from the Government of India.

Dr. Robert Mao is amongst the leading Interventional Cardiologists in South India. He has 47 years of extensive experience. 

Dr. Mao specializes in Coronary Permanent Pacemaker Insertion, Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD), Angioplasty, Mitral Valve Repair (MVR), Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TABR), Endovascular Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair (EAVR), and ASD/VAS Device Closure. He has done various fellowships in interventional cardiology from the USA and Europe. 

Dr. Vijay Dikshit is a skilled Cardiac Surgeon in India with an experience of more than 50 years. His areas of expertise lie in Peripheral Angioplasty, Balloon Mitral Valvuloplasty, intra-arterial thrombolysis, Pacemaker Implantation, Mitral/Heart Valve Replacement, and Organ transplantation.

Dr. Vijay has performed more than 10,000 open-heart surgeries and was also facilitated by Medtronic Inc. USA for successfully achieving 5000 open-heart surgeries. 

He was the first surgeon who performed Stentless Bioprosthetic Valve Replacement Surgery for aortic valve disease in India.

Dr. T.S. Kler is a renowned Interventional Cardiologist in the Delhi NCR region. He has more than 37 years of experience and has successfully performed over 35,000 coronary, renal, carotid, and peripheral angioplasties.

Dr. Kler was the first doctor in India to implant ICD, CRT-P, and CRT-D and to perform HIS Bundle Pacing. A pioneer in electrophysiology, he established the first electrophysiology department in India at a leading hospital in Delhi.

His areas of interest are complex coronary interventions, angioplasty, etc. He was also recognized with prestigious awards, including the Padma Bhushan and the Lifetime Achievement Award, for his excellence in the field of cardiac surgery.

Dr. Ajay Kaul is among the top Cardiac Surgeons in India with over 38 years of experience. He has performed over 5,000 Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgical procedures, Interventions for Structural Heart Disease, Peripheral Vascular and Endovascular Stent placement, etc. 

His expertise lies in treating Total Artery Coronary Bypass Surgery, Paediatric Cardiac Surgery, Valve Repairs, Structural Heart Disease, and Surgery for Cardiac Failure. Dr. Kaul has performed more than 20,000 cardiac surgeries to date.

Dr. Sandeep Attawar is a prominent Cardiac Surgeon in Hyderabad region. With a thriving experience of over 22 years, he has performed over 9000 surgeries.

Dr. Attawar has been instrumental in successfully setting up three major heart centers in India and abroad. His expertise includes CABG or bypass surgery, pediatric heart surgery, heart transplants, valve repair and replacement surgery, heart hole closure surgery, etc. Dr. Sandeep is a pioneer in India’s first breathing lung transplant (XVIVO perfusion).

Dr. Ashok Seth is one of the most skilled Interventional Cardiologists in India. With over 40 years of experience, he has performed over 50,000 angiograms and 20,000 angioplasties. Dr. Seth is a Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan recipient.

He has been featured in the "LIMCA'' Book of Records for performing one of the world's highest numbers of angiographies and angioplasties. Dr. Seth is also the first Asian Pacific cardiologist to perform an Angioscopy and directional Atherectomy.

He was one of the youngest overseas doctors to be awarded a Fellowship of all the three Royal Colleges of London, Edinburgh & Ireland. Dr. Ashok is the first Cardiologist from Asia to be elected to the Board of Governors of the Society of Cardiac Angiographies and Intervention (USA).

Dr. Suresh Joshi is amongst the best Cardiac Surgeons in India, with over 49 years of experience. He has performed over 15,000 surgeries, including complex heart valve replacement procedures, minimally invasive heart bypass surgery, and aortic aneurysm repair. 

Being the first trained Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgeon in Western India, Dr. Joshi performed the first Open-Heart surgery on a newborn baby in Mumbai. He is the first to introduce ‘Minimally Invasive and Thoracoscopic Cardiac Surgery’ in India.

Dr. Joshi has also established a ‘Centre of Excellence’ for Heart valve-related Diseases at the Jaslok Hospital.

Dr. Anil Bhan is amongst the best Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeons in the North India region, with 43+ years of experience. He was part of the team that conducted India’s first successful heart transplant in 1994. Dr. Bhan has performed over 15,000 cardiac and vascular procedures.

He specializes in pediatric cardiac surgery, valve repairs and replacements, minimally invasive cardiac surgery, peripheral vascular surgery, etc.

Dr. Anil has developed an extensive aortic surgery program in India, conducting more than 1700 aortic operations in children/adults and 200 aortic surgeries every year.

Dr. K K Talwar is a well-known Interventional Cardiologist in India. With over 46 years of experience, he is credited with having performed the first implantation of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) therapy in South Asia. 

Dr. Talwar is a Padma Bhushan and Dr. B. C. Roy Award awardee. He was featured in the LIMCA Book of World Records in 1997 for introducing cardiac resynchronization therapy in India.

• Dr. Nandkishore Kapadia is one of the most reputed Cardiothoracic Surgeons in India.
• He has a thriving experience of over 28+ years & has performed over 5000 cardiovascular procedures.
• Dr. Kapadia has completed his MBBS & MS from the eminent MGM Medical College Indore. Following which he did his MCh in Cardiovascular surgery from the prestigious Christian Medical College, Vellore.
• Dr. Kapadia has completed his special fellowship in Adult and Paediatric Heart Transplant at Regional Medical College Hospital (CHU) Caen France, Salpitrier Marry Le langue Hospital Paris and Allegheny University-affiliated St. Christopher's Hospital, Allegheny University, Jefferson University Hospital Philadelphia, USA.
• Dr. Kapadia has also been awarded the prestigious Mayor Choix de Chirurgien by the Mayor of Paris, a special award by the Mayor of Philadelphia.
• He has devised many new techniques and hybrid cardiac procedures and modified Immuno-suppression protocols to suit Indian heart and Lung transplant recipients
• Dr. Kapadia has performed about 10000 CABG and 5000 plus other open-heart procedures,500 plus minimally access cardiac procedures and 190 plus Heart and Lung Transplants,150 plus ECMO and VAD implantation.

Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty is a well-known Cardiothoracic Surgeon with over 45 years of experience. He founded Narayana Health in 2000. He has performed over 15,000 heart surgeries, among which 5000 were performed on kids. 

Dr. Shetty performed Asia’s first dynamic cardiomyoplasty operation to strengthen the weak heart using the chest wall muscle. He is also one of the few surgeons worldwide to use a microchip camera to perform a keyhole heart surgery.

For the first time in India, he has used a left ventricular assist device to support a failing heart temporarily. He is a Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan recipient. In 1990, Dr. Shetty became the first surgeon in India to venture into Neonatal open heart surgery by performing open-heart surgery on a 9-day-old baby. 

Dr. Subhash Chandra is a distinguished Interventional Cardiologist with 39 years of experience. He has performed over 25,000 complex angioplasties, 4,000+ mitral procedures, 200+ congenital pulmonic stenosis, 100+ aortic stenosis, 100+ adult congenital device closure, various endovascular interventions, and over 3,000 permanent pacemaker implantations.

Dr. Subhash holds expertise in pacemaker implantation procedures and treating cardiac arrhythmias and coronary artery disease.  He has been honoured with various national and international awards.

Dr. Z S Meharwal is one of the reputed Cardiac Surgeons in the North India region, with more than 32 years of experience. He successfully performed over 30,000 cardiac surgeries. Dr. Meharwal also entered into Limca World Records for performing Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery on a 94-year-old man.

He is among the few cardiac surgeons who performed heart transplantation and ventricular assist device implantation. His specialization includes CABG, carotid endarterectomy, heart valve replacement, etc.