Dr. T. S. Mahant

MS, M.Ch, Executive Director -
Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery,
Fortis Hospital, Mohali.

• An eminent cardiac surgeon, Dr. Mahant has had an illustrious career, serving in several leading hospitals of the country.
• Dr. Mahant has a track record of having performed over 15,000 cardiac procedures.
• He is an acknowledged expert in the area of paediatric heart surgery, having conducted over 3,500 paediatric procedures. His distinguished track record in neo-natal surgery includes the delicate Paediatric Arterial Switch operation on day-old infants.
• Dr. Mahant served as the Head of Cardiovascular Surgery at Batra Hospital, New Delhi.

• Dr. Kaul is a distinguished cardiologist, and a veritable pioneer of coronary interventions in India.
• He is credited with introducing into India such innovative Interventional Cardiology techniques as rotational and directional atherectomy, coronary stenting, percutaneous laser myocardial revascularization and percutaneous cardiopulmonary bypass technique for performing a high-risk coronary angioplasty.
• A former Professor of Cardiology at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Dr. Kaul is on the faculty of several leading universities in the USA, Europe, Far East, China and Australia.
• Dr. Kaul is a past President of the Cardiological Society of India, and is the recipient of numerous prestigious professional awards, among them the Dr. B.C. Roy Award. He is currently Vice-President of the SAARC Cardiac Society.

Dr. Ambuj Chaudhary

• Dr. Chaudhary is presently a Senior Consultant in the Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery for the Fortis Hospital, Mohali. Prior to joining Fortis Healthcare, Dr. Chaudhary worked for two years as a Senior Consultant Cardiac Surgeon for Batra Hospital in New Delhi, after completing his two year fellowship in St. Vincent's Hospital, Portland Oregon USA. Dr. Chaudhary has more than 16 years experience in the fields of general, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery. He completed his MS from the University of Rajasthan in 1993 and subsequently completed his M.ch in Cardiovascular and Thoracic surgery from the Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Science in 1996.
• Dr. Chaudhary is currently participating in the International research project "Does Leukodepleted Blood Transfusion affect the Outcome in Cardiac Surgery Patients" A Multicentric, randomized, double blind and prospective study at St. Vincent's Hospital, VA Hospital and OHSU Hospital.
• He is also a well respected and published author of numerous research papers and abstracts, including:

Dr. G.S. Kalra

• Dr. G.S. Kalra is presently the Director of Cardiology &
  Sr. Consultant Interventional
  Cardiology for Fortis Hospital, Mohali. He joined Fortis Healthcare mohali after 13 distinguished years as a Cardiologist with G.B. Pant Hospital in Delhi. Dr. Kalra completed his MD in Medicine from AIIMS in 1982, receiving his DM Cardiology from this same prestigious institute in 1985. After serving as Senior Resident Cardiology at AIIMS, he widened his experience at PGIMER Chandigarh, for one year prior to joining the staff of G.B. Pant Hospital.
• Dr. Kalra has performed more than 8000 interventional procedures, including 5000 metral valvotomies and 600 PDA closures by various devices. Both achievements are considered to be amongst the highest numbers performed by a single doctor in the world. Nationally, he holds the distinction of having performed the highest number of ASD closures (200) and VSD closures (150). Dr. Kalra has trained Cardiologists from Australia , France, Saudi Arabia and the USA in metral valvotomy and device closure. As an internationally recognized Cardiologist, Dr. Kalra is the convener of the Cardiac Registry of India.
• During his career, Dr. Kalra has introduced the use of several closure devices such as Rashkind umbrella device, Siders Buttoned Device, ASDOS, Cardio seal, Starflex, Coils and Ductocclud. The first to introduce the clinical use of the metallic commissurotome Dr. Kalra has not only initiated this at 11 hospitals in India, but has also given live demonstrations of its use, at the Hospital Charles Nicolle in Reven, France.

 Dr. Krishan Mohan Kapoor

• Dr. Kapoor has been working as a consultant, Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery, Fortis Hospital, Mohali for the last 4 years.
• He completed his M.S. (General Surgery) from the Government Medical College in Patiala, and his M.Ch (Plastic Surgery) from the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh in 2001.
• In 2002 he completed his DNB (Plastic Surgery) from the Department of Health and Family Welfare, New Delhi.
• He has operated on more than 3,000 patients over the last 8 years.
• His areas of specialization include burn and hand injuries, Reconstruction as well as Cosmetic breast surgery, Body Liposculpture (Liposuction and tummy tuck), Facial Rejuvenation (Surgical and Non-surgical) and advanced BOTOX treatments.
• He is a member of the APSI (Association of Plastic Surgeons of India) and IMA (Indian Medical Association).

Dr. Ashok Rajgopal

MBBS, MS, M.Ch (Ortho.)
Director - Orthopaedics,
Fortis Hospital, Noida.

• Dr. Rajgopal is one of the most experienced Orthopaedic Surgeons in the country with over 9,700 Arthroscopies and 3,000 Total Knee Arthroplasties to his credit.
• He was appointed as Honorary Orthopaedic Surgeon to the President of India in 1997.
• Dr. Rajgopal is credited with the first Bilateral TKR and also the first MIS Unicompartmental replacement in India.
• He has carried out over 100 MIS TKRs and has even developed instrumentation for the same.
• He has been invited as Guest Speaker at several international and national conferences. Apart from his valuable lectures, Dr. Rajgopal has made rich contributions by way of articles published in international as well as national journals.
• Dr. Rajgopal is also the Founder Secretary of the Asia Pacific Arthroplasty Society (APAS).

Dr. Anil Kumar Singh

• Was the first in India to perform a successful Microvascular Decompression for Cranial Nerve Dysfunction (Trigeminal Neuralgia) due to Vascular Cross Compression.
• Was amongst the first to do independently a successful Transoral Decompression (Odontoidectomy) for a Cranio Vertebral Junction Anomaly.
• Did the first (in India) Median Corpectomy for Cervical Spondylosis.
• Was amongst the first persons to start using spinal instrumentation.
• Was amongst the first persons to use the Extra Cavitary approach to the Dorsolumbar Region.
• Was amongst the first persons to implant an Artificial Cervical Disc (Bryan's Disc).
• Was the first in India to start Direct Trans Nasal Trans Sphenoidal removal of Pituitary Tumors.
• Was amongst the first to start using Steffie's method for fixing Lumbar Spondylolisthesis.

Gastroenterology

Dr. Arvind Sahni

• Dr. Sahni is presently a Consultant Gastroenterology for the Fortis Hospital, Mohali. He was elected to membership in the Royal College of Physicians in the UK in 1991 after completing his DM in Gastroenterology in 1990, and completing his MD in pediatrics' in 1998, both from PGIMER (Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research. Dr. Sahni worked for three years in Northern Ireland in various hospitals, including the Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, and the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children.
• Since his return in 1993, Dr. Sahni has worked with the Chandigarh Medical Center for more than 10 years, where he has provided services to more than 12,000 inpatient and outpatients. He is proficient in Endoscopic procedures and has performed more than 20,000 upper GI endoscopies, more than 5,000 colonoscopies and more than 1500 ERCP's. Dr. Sahni has more than 20 years experience in the fields of pediatrics and gastroenterology.

Dr. Anoop Misra

• Dr. Anoop Misra is presently the Director of Department of Diabetes & Metabolic Diseases for Fortis Healthcare rajan Dhall Hospital, New Delhi. He joined Fortis Healthcare after 10 distinguished years as Professor of Internal Medicine, Head, Diabetes and Metabolism Research Group, and Incharge, Clinical Pharmacology Unit at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi, bringing with him more than 25 years experience. He has worked internationally as a faculty member of the Department of Endocrinology at the Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas USA. He was also the World Health Organization fellow at Royal Free Hospital, UK. Dr. Misra completed his MD in Medicine from AIIMS in 1983.
• Dr. Misra is a WHO Expert Committee member on childhood obesity, and obesity in Asians as well as a member of several National Committees on diabetes and cardiovascular diseases in India. He has been a WHO Expert for National Diabetes Control Programme for the DPR Korea.
• Dr. Misra has published more than 150 scientific papers in the international journals. He has received several prestigious orations and awards including the Dr. BC Roy award (2006), and Searle Award (2006). He has several new scientific findings to his credit. He is in editorial boards of five international journals on diabetes and metabolic disorders including: 'Nutrition, Metabolism, and Cardiovascular diseases (Italy)', 'Metabolic Syndrome and Related Disorders (USA)', Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice' (UK), 'International Diabetes Monitor (Sweden)', and 'Medical Science Monitor (USA), and is Associate Editor of "Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome: Research and Reviews (Singapore). He is also editor of "Year Book of Diabetes, 2006". He is a reviewer for several prestigious international journals including 'The Lancet'. 'Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism' and 'Circulation. "He is Chief Scientific Advisor, Diabetes Foundation (India) and Vice President, Diabetes (India). He is in International Advisory Committee of multinational pharmaceutical companies including Sanofi Aventis and Eli Lilly. He has carried out several international multicenter collaborative clinical research studies with multinational pharmaceutical companies.
• He has served as Personal Physician to two former Prime Ministers of India.

Dr. Vijay Kher

• Dr. Vijay Kher is the Director of Nephrology & Renal Transplant Medicine for Fortis Healthcare rajan Dhall Hospital, New Delhi and Fortis Hospital, Noida. He joined Fortis Healthcare after 10 distinguished years as Senior Consultant & Academic Co-ordinator with Indraprastha Apollo Hospital in New Delhi, bringing with him more than 25 years experience. He has worked internationally with Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit USA and University of Cincinnati Medical Centre, Ohio, USA and domestically with the Shere-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar, J&K, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow & PGIMER, Chandigarh, India. Dr. Kher completed his MD in Internal Medicine, PGIMER, Chandigarh in 1977 and received his DM in Nephrology from the same prestigious institution in 1979.
• Dr. Kher is recognized as an expert in the fields of Nephrology & Renal Transplant Medicine. His areas of expertise & special focus include:

• He is one of the first physicians to practice the concept of pre-emptive kidney transplantation in India. He has successfully completed more than 1500 transplants, for patients from all around the world. Regionally, he is considered to be one of the preeminent Transplant physicians in all of Asia.
• Dr. Kher has published 70 international, and 60 national publications, and authored more than 20 text book chapters. Examples of his numerous papers, abstracts and research papers include:

• Dr. Kher is a fellow of National Academy of Medical Sciences & Indian Society of Nephrology, India, member of expert panel to select faculty at various prestigious national medical institutes, A Diplomate National Board Examiner of more than 15 years.