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Dr. Rajesh Sharma

Experience: 30+ year

Education: MBBS, MS, MCH

Department: Program Clinical Director – Paediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery

Specialization: Cardiac surgeon

Hospital: Marengo Asia Hospital

INTRODUCTION:

With 30+ years of experience in Cardiac surgery, constituting over 20,000 cardiac surgical procedures, Dr. Rajesh Sharma is considered to be among the best paediatric cardiothoracic surgeons in the region. His knowledge of acquired and congenital cardiac illness makes him a highly sought-after expert in the subject. He also specializes in performing ECMO, Heart Transplant, Paediatric LVADS, and treating congenital heart defects & end-stage failure treatment options in paediatrics.

Experience

  • 2020-2023 Senior Consultant Paediatric Cardiac Surgery, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, Delhi.
  • 2014-2020 Director & Head – Department Paediatric Cardiac Surgery, Jaypee Hospital Noida, UP, India.
  • From 2007 until 2014, Fortis Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre in New Delhi had the director of the paediatric cardiac surgery department.
  • 2001-2007 Senior Consultant – Department Cardiac Surgery, Narayana Hrudayalaya, Bangalore.
  • 1991-2001 Additional Professor, Department Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.

Education

  • M.B.B.S from All India Institute of Medical Sciences.
  • M.S. (General Surgery) from {AIIMS} All India Institute of Medical Sciences.
  • M.Ch., (Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery) from All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.
  • Fellowship in Paeditric Cardiovascular Surgery, Marry Ann Knight Hospital for Children Miami, USA.
  • Fellowship in Paediatric Cardiovascular Surgery, Children’s Hospital (affiliated to Harvard Medical School) Boston, USA.

Expertise

  • Surgery for Transposition of the Great Arteries.
  • Retraining the regressed left ventricle (d-TGA, CCTGA).
  • Double Switch Operation for Congenitally Corrected Transposition of the great arteries.
  • The Fontan Circulation, Avoiding the Fontan circulation whenever possible – Biventricular repair for complex congenital heart disease.