DR KRISHNA S IYER – TOPMOST PEDIATRIC CARDIAC SURGEON IN INDIA

• Dr. Krishna Iyer is one of India's first-ranking and topmost experienced pediatric cardiac surgeons, who is recognized for his clinical expertise and wide-ranging involvement with cardiac care for children in India and other developing nations.
• He is presently working as an Executive Director - Paediatric Cardiology & Cardiac Surgery at Fortis Escort Hospital.  
• Dr. Krishna Iyer has performed pediatric cardiac surgery more than 20,000 successfully for children and adults with congenital heart diseases.
• He has very sound experience in Heart transplantation, Ventricular assist devices (VADs) implantation, and total artificial heart, Transcatheter aortic valve replacement, Tricuspid valve regurgitation, Heart failure surgery, Surgery to treat congenital heart defects in children, Heart valve surgery such as heart valve repair and heart valve replacement. 
• Dr. Krishna Iyer initiated the first dedicated pediatric cardiac care program in Northern India, a pioneering initiative, at Escorts Heart Institute Research Centre( now Fortis-Escorts Heart Institute ) in 1995.
• Under his guidance, this pediatric cardiac program has become the benchmark for cardiac care for children in India and its Southeast Asian neighbors. He was the Founder and President of the Asia-Pacific Pediatric Cardiac Society and has also been the President of the Pediatric Cardiac Society of India. 

 

Qualifications:

• MBBS - All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 1978
• MS - General Surgery - All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 1981
• MCh - Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgery - All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 1984
• Fellowship - Neonatal Cardiac Surgery - Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, 1989
• Fellowship - Indian Association of Cardiovascular Thoracic Surgeons

Experience:

• Pediatrics, Executive Director- Fortis Escorts Heart Institute, Okhla Road, currently working
• Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Senior Fellow- Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia

Fellowship / Membership:

• Founder President - Asia-Pacific Paediatric Cardiac Society, 2006
• President & Founder - Paediatric Cardiac Society of India, 2007
• LIfe Member - Steering Committee of the World Congress of Paediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery
• Governing Councillor - World Society of Congenital Heart Surgery
• Governing Councillor - Asian Society of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeons
• International Member - American Association of Thoracic Surgeons
• LIfe Member - Indian Association of Cardiovascular Thoracic Surgeons

Awards and achievements:

• Hira Lal Gold Medal for being the best postgraduate in General Surgery
• Sorel Catherine Friemna Prize for proficiency in Pediatrics
• Pfizer Postgraduate Medical Award

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