Dr. Naresh Trehan, the Chairman and Managing Director of Medanta The Medicity, is a renowned cardiovascular and cardiothoracic surgeon. The Government of India has bestowed upon him the coveted Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri awards. Dr. Trehan is the driving force behind the one-of-a-kind facility, having performed over 48,000 successful open heart procedures.

Qualification

• MBBS
• Diplomate - Surgery
• Diplomate - Cardiothoracic Surgery

Currently practicing at Riyadh Care Hospital in Riyadh, Dr. Ayman Mohamed Abdelhady is a cardiac surgeon.

Qualification

• PhD in Cardiology

Abdullah Ashmeg, M.D. Renowned cardiologist Khalifa Ashmeg is employed at Care National Hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Qualification

• MBBS

Renowned cardiac surgeon Dr. Bahaa Fouad Sarouji is currently employed at the NMC Specialty Hospital Al Salam in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Qualification

• MBBS from King Abdulaziz University Jeddah KSA 2007
• American Board of Internal Medicine in 2014
• Fellowship of Saudi Board Interventional Cardiology 2019

Professor Francesco Maisano is cardiac surgeon at IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan.

Qualification

• Degree in Medicine and Surgery- 1990 Catholic University of Rome
• Specialization in Cardiac Surgery - 1995 La Sapienza University Rome
• Special Postgraduate Fellow the University of Alabama

One of Thailand's top interventional cardiologists, Dr. Vathanyoo Plainetr has 30 years of experience. In 1994, he received his MD from Thailand's Chiang Mai University. He was given a certificate by the Board of Internal Medicine in 2000, and the Sub-Board of Interventional Cardiology at Chulalongkorn Hospital in Thailand gave him another certificate in 2010. His specialties include PDA Ligation, AV Canal repair, VP, Shunting, AV Valve replacement, Mitral Valve replacement, Aortic Valve replacement, Heart Bypass surgery, Mitral Valve repair, and Aortic Valve repair.

Qualification

• M.D. Chiang Mai University
• Thailand
• Board of Internal Medicine: Chulalongkorn Hospital
• Thailand
• Sub-Board of Interventional Cardiology: Chulalongkorn Hospital
• Thailand

Dr. Ramesh Kumar Bapna is a Senior Director at the Medanta Heart Institute in Gurugram's Cardiac Surgery Department. Over the course of his 41 year career, he has conducted over 20,000 open heart procedures. Dr. Bapna specialises in minimally invasive aortic valve surgery, TMR (Trans Myocardial Re-vascularization), redo procedures (including third-time redo surgery), and radio-frequency atrial fibrillation ablation. He also specialises in instances including Redo, multiple valve replacements, bypass graftings, and ejection fractions of less than 30%, as well as combination procedures involving Redo, multiple valve replacements, bypass graftings, and ejection fractions of less than 30%. Dr. Bapna has completed advanced training at prestigious hospitals in the United States and New Zealand, and is a member of numerous societies and associations.

Qualification

• MBBS
• MS - General Surgery
• MCh -CTVS

In 1992, Mr. Asimakopoulos earned his medical degree from the University of Hamburg in Germany. He completed his cardiothoracic surgery residency in West London between 1999 and 2006, followed by a year as a fellow in heart and lung transplantation at Harefield Hospital. After that, he spent seven years working as a consultant cardiac surgeon at University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust. He performed more than 230 heart surgery procedures annually while he was working at Bristol, making him one of the busiest cardiac surgeons in the UK. As an aortic surgeon with a focus on difficult issues with the aortic valve, aortic root, ascending aorta, and arch, he joined Royal Brompton Hospital in February 2014. He also has extensive experience performing surgery on individuals who have had prior heart surgery and managing endocarditis.

Qualification

• MD
• University of Hamburg
• Germany
• fellow in heart and lung transplantation at Harefield Hospital

Qualification

• MD

Dr. Bhan is a renowned cardiovascular surgeon and a graduate of Srinagar's Medical College (Best outgoing graduate-Gold Medalist). In India, he has the most experience with aortic surgery. In the realm of cardiac surgery, he has devised and produced over 50 surgical devices. Dr. Bhan was a member of the team that performed India's first successful heart transplant (1994). He is credited with establishing three cardiac surgical programmes: Putta-parthi in 1992, Whitefield in 2001, and the Max Heart and Vascular Institute in Saket in 2002. (2004). He has performed over 15,000 cardiac and vascular surgeries with good results, placing him among the world's best.

Qualification

• MBBS
• MS - General Surgery
• MCh - Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery