A cardiologist diagnoses a heart condition or disease and then offers the right treatment plan to manage the issue. India is home to many of the best and top cardiologists in India. Most of them are highly ranked and acclaimed in the international circuit.
This is a list of the most established and credible cardiologists in the country.
Dr. Devi Shetty
Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan awardee, Dr. Shetty, is one of the country’s best cardiothoracic surgeons. He is the founder cum Chairman of the Narayana Multispeciality Hospital in Bangalore and is ranked as the top cardiologist in India. With over thirty years of experience in the niche, Dr. Shetty has performed 15,000+ procedures with about 4,900 of these pediatric surgeries. He was the first cardiologist in Asia to perform cardiomyoplasty surgery and one of the foremost surgeons in the world to perform keyhole surgery using a microchip camera. In 1990, he created history by performing the world’s first-ever open-heart surgery on a nine-day-old baby.
Dr. Ashok Seth
With 38 years of specialized experience, Dr. Sheth is an expert in interventional cardiology. He has performed a record number of angiograms and angioplasties with his name featuring in the LIMCA Book of World Records. He is also one of the few cardiologists in India who can perform the procedure called Percutaneous Myocardial Laser Revascularization. Dr. Seth is the recipient of the National Award of Padma Bhushan & Padma Shri and has been elected on the Board of Governors of the Society of Cardiac Angiographies and Intervention. Dr. Seth is the youngest doctor to get the Fellowships at the Royal Colleges of Ireland, London, and Edinburg.
Dr. Sandeep Attawar
Dr. Attawar is the director of the Global Hospitals in Chennai. He has a rich experience of about 23 years in cardiology. He has performed more than ten thousand heart procedures. He is well-known for performing heart transplant surgeries for critical patients, bypass surgeries, valve repair, replacement surgeries, and heart hole surgeries, whether aged people or newborns. He has, in India, been responsible for setting up some of the major heart centers in India and abroad. He is also a member of the Minimally Invasive Robotic Association or MIRA and the International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery or ISMICS.
Dr. Nandkishore Kapadia
Dr. Kapadia is a renowned cardiothoracic surgeon with thirty years of experience in cardiology. He is associated with the Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital in Mumbai. He has operated on over 5,500 cardiovascular surgeries. He uses hybrid cardiac surgeries, having conducted about 12,000 CABG surgeries. He has been involved in surgeries that use antiviral protocols for lung and heart transplants in the country. Dr. Kapadia has been awarded the Mayor Choix de Chirugien award presented by the Mayor of Paris.
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