Dr. Ramji Mehrotra – Cardio-Thoracic & Vascular Surgery (CTVS)

🏥 Position & Hospital

  • Vice Chairman & Chief of Cardio-Thoracic & Vascular Surgery (CTVS)
    BLK‑Max Super Speciality Hospital, New Delhi

🎓 Qualifications & Training

  • MBBS, MS (General Surgery) — Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University
  • M.Ch. (Cardio‑Thoracic Surgery) — All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi
  • Fellowships in Cardiac Surgery at Harvard Medical School — Brigham & Women’s Hospital and Children’s Hospital Boston

🏅 Experience & Career Highlights

  • Over 26–28 years of experience in cardiac surgery
  • Previously served as:
    • Director, CTVS at Fortis Escorts Heart Institute, New Delhi
    • Senior Consultant at Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi
    • Consultant at Asian Heart Institute, Mumbai

🚀 Pioneering Surgical Achievements

  • First to perform Total Arterial CABG using bilateral mammary arteries in India
  • Performed India’s youngest total arterial CABG on a 10-year-old
  • Conducted the first arterial switch operation in Mumbai
  • Introduced minimal incision off‑pump CABG (OPCAB)
  • Established pediatric cardiac surgery programs at major hospitals
  • Honoured with the Times of India “Legends of Cardiac Surgery” award

🧠 Areas of Expertise

  • Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG) – total arterial and beating-heart techniques
  • Complex bypass surgeries and valve repair/replacement (including sutureless valves)
  • Aortic aneurysm surgeries (e.g. Bentall procedures)
  • Pediatric congenital heart surgeries (ASD, VSD, TOF, arterial switch)
  • Minimal access cardiac surgery
  • Heart failure support procedures (ECMO, LVAD, transplant)
  • Endovascular procedures such as TAVI/TAVR

📊 Patient Outcomes

  • Performed over 15,000 cardiovascular surgeries
  • More than 1,000 pediatric cardiac procedures

✅ Patient Feedback

Patients praise his surgical expertise, compassionate care, and life-saving results:

“Dr. Mehrotra is a legend in cardiac surgery…”
“He gave me a new life after a successful heart operation…”

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