Achievements
Set up the cardiac surgery unit and the SICU at the Jehangir Apollo Hospital and performed more than 600 open heart and 200 closed heart procedures including many complex and high risk procedures successfully.
Modernized the unit at the NM Wadia Institute of Cardiology, Pune, and standardized protocols for CABG’s and complex pediatric cases.
Introduced the procedures of Total Arterial Revascularization with the radial artery, the GEA and the mammaries, MIDCAB, Off pump CABG with the OCTOPUS, Minimally invasive ASD Closure and others.
Has also conducted workshops on the OCTOPUS at the NM Wadia Institute of Cardiology in May 1998, In December 1998 conducted live operative demonstrations on beating heart surgery with the OCTOPUS at the National Institute for cardiovascular diseases in Karachi, Pakistan.
Performed the first AMED assisted beating heart surgery in Pune at the NM Wadia Institute of Cardiology.
Has been performing off pump coronary revascularisations exclusively since 1998 and has completed approximately 2500 cases.
Introduced the technique of endoscopic radial harvesting and small access radial harvesting since 2002 using the harmonic scalpel.
Has introduced Transit time flowmetry for graft flow verifications for the first time in Western India in August 2004.
Has designed and completely set up the cardiac surgical unit at the Jehangir-Apollo hospital and helped in the designing of the KEM hospital cardiac unit.
Has conducted various medical camps all over Maharashtra and delivered lectures in most of the major towns both to the general public and as an invited speaker at various IMA events.
Has conducted an Indo-American operative workshop on Complex valvular heart surgery with doctors and nurses from the Meritcare hospital, USA: 7-14th January 07
Has organized and executed a CME on surgical coronary revascularization on 14th January 2007.
Has organized a live workshop on intra-operative echocardiography with the Indian echocardiography society- 2-3rd February 2007
Has organized a CME on coronary revascularisation in Feb 2008
Has also been attending all major international and national conferences & workshops every year.
Has co-founded the Pune association of cardiac surgeons organizing quarterly meetings of this association since 2003.
Achievements