Dr. Ajay Kaul

About Doctor

Dr. Ajay Kaul is one of the country's best cardiac surgeons, with extensive surgical experience in a variety of heart procedures. He is well-known for his work in Total Arterial Coronary Bypass Surgery, Paediatric Cardiac Surgery, Valve Repairs, Structural Heart Disease, and Cardiac Failure Surgery. He has extensive experience in heart transplants, Ventricular Assist Devices, and Hybrid Cardiac Surgeries. He's also done over 5000 Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgical procedures, Interventions for Structural Heart Disease, Peripheral Vascular and Endovascular Stent placement, Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement, Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement transplants, and Left Ventricular Assist Device placement. Dr. Kaul earned his MBBS, MS (General Surgery) and M.Ch (Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery) from Bombay University. Dr. Kaul has also completed fellowships in Cardiac Surgery, Cardiac Transplantation, and Minimally Invasive Surgery at prestigious institutions including the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Germany, the Royal Melbourne Children's Hospital in Melbourne, the Hannover Medical School in Germany, and the Leipzig Cardiac Centre in Germany (Germany). He's also got a lot of experience with heart transplants and ventricular assist devices. Dr. Kaul is a versatile surgeon whose surgical experience includes everything from total arterial coronary bypass surgery to all forms of difficult congenital heart disease in infants, with excellent results. He performs the majority of mitral valve procedures, aortic valve replacement, ASD, and a few VSDs through 1-2 inch cuts in the chest.

Qualifications

• MBBS
• MS (General Surgery)
• MCh (Cardiothoracic Surgery)

Experience

• Director – Cardiothoracic Surgery at Fortis Escorts Heart Institute (Delhi)
• Director – Cardiac Surgery, department of cardiac surgery B.M. Birla Heart Research Centre. Kolkata
• Visiting Professor Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
• Guest professor department of cardiac surgery Hannover medical school, Hannover Germany
• Consultant Cardiac surgeon & unit head, Bombay Hospital & Research Centre, Mumbai
• Teacher in Cardiothoracic Surgery, Bombay University
• Examiner for M.Ch (Cardiac Surgery), Bombay University
• Associate Professor – Dept. of Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgery LTM Medical College, Sion Hospital, Bombay

Specialization and Expertise

Dr. Ajay Kaul has performed over 20,000 cardiac procedures throughout his career-

• One of the highest number of TAVR by surgery (Aortic Valve Replacement without Open Heart Surgery)
• Over 5000 MICS procedures
• Over 4000 Coronary Bypass with Total Arterial Conduits
• Over 4000 Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgeries like Valve Replacements and CABG
• Over 2000 Complex Congenital Surgeries

He was also a driving force behind the establishment of a world-class cardiac bypass programme in northern India, involving total arterial bypass surgery, and has conducted over 1000 patients at Fortis in the previous two years. Dr. Kaul is one of the best surgeons in the world when it comes to coronary bypass surgery. He has performed one of the biggest numbers of total arterial coronary bypass surgeries, with over 4000 cases, employing two internal mammary arteries from the chest and no cuts on the legs and arms.

Dr. Ajay is a member of the Indian Association of Cardiothoracic Surgery and the Indian Cardiological Society (CSI). Dr. Kaul is a prolific researcher, having published more than 70 research publications in a variety of national and international journals. Dr. Kaul has been featured on ET Healthworld and NDTV, among other important news channels.

Memberships & Certifications

• Association of Cardiothoracic surgery of India
• Cardiological Society of India (CSI)

Awards & Accomplishments

• More than 70 research articles of Dr. Kaul have been published in various national and international journals.
• United States Medical Licensing examination (USA)
• PDF (Brussels, Belgium)