INTRODUCTION:

The director of adult cardiothoracic vascular surgery at the Fortis Escorts Heart Institute in New Delhi, India, is Dr. Surendra Nath Khanna. He is an expert in all kinds of adult heart surgery. His unwavering goal is to make the greatest heart surgery available to the general public in India. He graduated from Lucknow’s King George’s Medical College. He received training in cardiac surgery at Christian Medical College in Vellore and King Edward Memorial Hospital in Mumbai after earning his master’s degree in general surgery. After that, he traveled overseas and received instruction from Prof. Ottavio Alfieri, who is renowned across the world for his groundbreaking research on heart valve procedures. For the past 30 years, Dr. Surendra Nath Khanna has been doing heart surgery. More than 17,000 heart operations have been performed by him. He has been employed as a consultant cardiac surgeon at several esteemed hospitals, including San Raffaele Hospital in Milan, Italy, where he received training from Prof. Ottavio Alfieri, who is well-known throughout the world for his innovative methods of valve surgery and repair for severe left ventricular dysfunction. Luminaries like Prof. Stanley John have collaborated with him. His desire to train junior cardiac surgeons in India was combined with his experience in cardiac surgery. His interest in academic and research endeavors is also quite strong, as seen by his publications in numerous reputable international journals.

Education

• MBBS – King Georges Medical College, Lucknow University, 1986
• MS – General Surgery – King Georges Medical College, Lucknow University, 1991
• MCh – Cardio Thoracic Surgery – King Edward Memorial Hospital and Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College, 1995

Experience

• 2006 – 2010 Senior Consultant Cardiac Surgeon at Max Heart Institute
• 1995 – 2006 Senior Consultant Cardiac Surgeon at Escorts Heart Institute & Research Centre
• 2004 – 2005 Chief Consultant Cardiac Surgeon at Escorts Heart Centre
• 2010 – 2012 Senior Consultant Cardiac Surgeon at Escorts Heart Institute
• Associate Director, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery at Fortis Escorts Heart Institute, Okhla

Awards and Recognitions

• Senior Proficiency Certificate- Sept.1977- Indian Council for International Amity – 1977
• Senior Proficiency Certificate- Sept.1979 – Indian Council for International Amity – 1979

Memberships

• Indian Medical Association (IMA)