• Dr.Krishna Iyer is one of India's first-ranking pediatric cardiac surgeons, 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 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.
• Dr.Krishna Iyer has operated on more than 20,000 babies, children, and adults with congenital heart diseases comprising various procedures like arterial switch procedure, double switch operation TAPVC repairs, Fontan and Fontan type procedures, corrections for tetralogy of Fallot, DORV, Truncus, etc. Senning operation, conduit repairs, and a wide range of one-stage and multi-stage corrections for complex congenital heart diseases. He has done original work on rapid two-stage arterial switch procedures and performed the first successful rapid two-stage arterial switch and double-switch operation in India. 
• Dr.Krishna Iyer was the Founder and President of the Asia-Pacific Pediatric Cardiac Society and the President of the Pediatric Cardiac Society of India. Presently he is designated as the Editor of the Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery.
• He is also an active member of the Steering Committee of the World Congress of Pediatric Cardiology & Cardiac Surgery, and the Governing Councilor of the World Society of Congenital Heart Surgery & the Asian Society of Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgeons. He is an invited international member of the American Association of Thoracic Surgeons. He is also involved in many charitable programs, such as the Gift of Life program of Rotary International.

 

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:

• Paediatrics, Executive Director- Fortis Escorts Heart Institute, Okhla Road, currently working
• Paediatric 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 Friedman Prize for Proficiency in Pediatrics
• Pfizer Postgraduate Medical Award

Specialization:

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, Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, Mitral valve regurgitation, Thoracic aortic aneurysm, BT Shunt/PA Plasty on bypass/Surgical atrial septectomy, ASD/PAPVR/GLENN/VSD/TOF/PAVC/DORV Device closure, All Re-do cases/CAVC/FONTAN, Arteial Switch Operation/Truncus Arteriosis, Systematic-Pulmonary Artery SHUNTS, Pacemaker Insertion ( Single / Double chamber), Balloon Atrial Septostomy (BAS)