Dr. Sushil Azad

Head of Department (HOD)

25 years of experience

Pediatric Cardiologists

MBBS, MD, Fellowship, FNB

Reg. No.:20986, Delhi Medical Council

Amrita Hospital, Faridabad

English, Hindi

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About Dr. Sushil Azad

Dr. Sushil Azad is a Pediatric Cardiologist and Adult Congenital Heart Disease Specialist with over 25 years of experience.
His expertise extends from neonates to adults, focusing on congenital heart diseases.
He has performed 4500 interventional cardiology procedures across all age groups.
His educational qualifications include MBBS from Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, 1999 and MD (Pediatrics) from Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur, 2003.
He also received a Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Fellowship from Madras Medical Mission in 2004, a Fellowship from the National Board, EHIRC, 2006, and an FNB in pediatric Cardiology from the National Board Of Examination in 2007.
He was pivotal in establishing Pediatric Cardiology programs at Medanta and Fortis Escorts Heart Institute.
Dr. Azad initiated the Percutaneous Pulmonary Valve Implantation program at Fortis Escorts Heart Institute.
He has authored over 25 research publications and contributed chapters to pediatric cardiology and echocardiography textbooks.
Dr. Azad has presented papers at national and international conferences and organized Pediatric Echocardiography workshops at various levels, including PEDICON.
He is an active Medical Council of India (MCI) member.
He is fluent in English and Hindi.

Education

MBBS, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, 1999
MD (Pediatrics), Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru Memorial Medical College, Raipur, 2003
Fellowship in Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care, Madras Medical Mission, Chennai, India, 2004
Fellow National Board, EHIRC, 2006
FNB (Pediatric Cardiology), Escorts Heart Institute and research Institute, New Delhi, India., 2007

Past Experience

Consultant, Medanta, The Medicity, 2009
Consultant, Global Heath Pvt. Ltd, 2009
Associate Consultant, Apollo Hospital, 2008

Awards

Best paper award for Paper on "Nutritional status of Children in WadrafNagar, Ambikapur."
Best Paper award for paper on "Device closure of Aortic Pseudoaneurysm using Amplatzer Septal occlude. "

Associations/Membership

Medical Council of India (MCI)

Paper Published

Aortico-left ventricular tunnel: Echocardiographic recognition: Indian Heart Journal, 2006 Sushil Azad, Munesh Tomar, Sitaraman Radhakrishnan, Krishna Subramony Iyer, Savitri Shrivastava.
Balloon dilatation of the pulmonary valve in premature babies with Tetralogy of Fallot. Pediatric cardiology volume 29, Number 5,946-49. Kohli V., Azad A, Sachdev MD., Joshi R, Ebeid R, Makram.
Right superior vena cava draining into left atrium associated with a coronary-cameral fistula occluding atrial septal deft.: first echocardiographic, angiographic, and surgical description. Pediatric cardiology Volume 30, Number 3,356-358 Azad S, Joshi R, Sachdev MS, Kohli V.
Unusual cause of absent pulse in one arm: Isolated subclavian artery Sushil Azad, Munesh Tomar. Asian cardiovascular and thoracic journal. Volume: 23 issue: 4, page(s): 439-442
Left Superior Vena Cava Draining Into Left Atrium in Tetralogy of Fallot-Four Cases of a Rare Association.Ramman TR, Dutta N, Chowdhuri KR, Agrawal S, Girotra S, Azad S, Radhakrishnan S, Iyer PU, Iyer KS. World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg. 2018 Jan 1:2150135117742625
Indian guidelines for indications and timing of intervention for common congenital heart diseases: Revised and updated consensus statement of the Working group on management of congenital heart diseases Anita Saxena1, Jay Relan1, Ravi Agarwal2, Neeraj Awasthy3, Sushil Azad et al. 01 Sep 2019-Annals of Pediatric Cardiology
Abernethy malformation: Our experience from a tertiary cardiac care center and review of literature Sushil Azad, Adhi Arya, Radhakrishnan Sitaraman, Amit Garg 01 Sep 2019-Annals of Pediatric Cardiology
Double outlet of both ventricles: morphological, echocardiographic and surgical considerations. Krishna S Iyer, Ankit Garg, Sumir Girotra, Robert H. Anderson1, Sushil Azad, Sitaraman Radhakrishnan, Parvathi U Iyer 13 Apr 2021-European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
Fontan-associated liver disease: Is elastography useful? Adhi Arya, Sushil Azad, S. Radhakrishnan 15 Jan 2020-Progress in Pediatric Cardiology
Early multicenter experience of Melody valve implantation in India Kshitij Sheth, Sushil Azad, Bharat Dalvi, Maulik Parekh, et al. 01 Jul 2021-Annals of Pediatric Cardiology
A systematic approach to epicardial echocardiography in pediatric cardiac surgery: An important but underutilized intraoperative tool.
Neeraj Awasthy, Sumir Girotra, Nilanjan Dutta, Sushil Azad, Sitaraman Radhakrishnan, Krishna S Iyer 01 Apr 2021-Annals of Pediatric Cardiology
Non-obstructive membrane of left atrial appendage orifice: first paediatric report.
Sakshi Sachdeva1, Sushil Azad, Sitaraman Radhakrishnan 14 May 2020-Cardiology in The Young
Pulmonary Valve Replacement in Repaired Tetralogy of Fallot Through Limited Left Anterolateral Thoracotomy: An Alternative to Repeat Sternotomy. Tarun Raina Ramman, Kuntal Roy Chowdhuri, Nayem Raja, Sumir Girotra, Sushil Azad, Parvathi U Iyer, Krishna S Iyer 15 Apr 2020-World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery
Angiotensin Receptor and Neprylisin Inhibitor: A new drug in pediatric cardiologist's armamentarium. Adhi Arya, Sushil Azad, Radhakrishnan Sitaraman. 01 Oct 2020-Annals of Pediatric Cardiology
Unusual combination of three types of interatrial communications in a child. Tarun Raina Ramman, Sushil Azad, Krishna S Iyer Nov 2020-Cardiology in The Young
Incidence and Type of Right Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction in Postoperative Tetralogy of Fallot Pediatric Patients. Mohammad Kidwai, Sushil Azad, Sitaraman Radhakrishnan, Ankit Garg.Indian Journal of Clinical Cardiology (3), February 2022.
Role of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Hypocalcemia-Induced Dilated Cardiomyopathy in Pediatric Population. Ankit Garg, Sushil Azad, Khemendra Kumar, Mona Bhatia, S. Radhakrishnan. Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging 31. 2022
Echocardiographic Assessment of Right Ventricular Systolic Function in Postoperative Tetralogy of Fallot Patients with Special Emphasis on Right Ventricular-Global Longitudinal Strain.
Mohammad Kidwai, Sushil Azad, Sitaraman Radhakrishnan, Ankit Garg. Journal of The Indian Academy of Echocardiography & Cardiovascular Imaging, 6, 2022
Left Ventricular Function Assessment of Patients with Postoperative Ventricular Septal Defect Closure by Longitudinal Strain on Two-Dimensional Echocardiography 1 Year after Surgery. Ankit Garg, Sushil Azad, S. Radhakrishnan, Ashish Banpurkar, Journal of The Indian Academy of Echocardiography & Cardiovascular Imaging. 5. 2021.
Percutaneous paravalvular leak closure with their outcomes: A single center experience. Ankit Garg, Sushil Azad, S. Radhakrishnan . 2021 Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia. 24. 2021.
Isolated absent right pulmonary artery in an infant with 22q11 deletion.
Ankit Garg, Sushil Azad, S. Radhakrishnan. Cardiology in the Young. 31. 1-3, 2021.
Neonatal cardiac hypertrophy: A rare case of clinically suspected and genetically confirmed mitochondrial disorder presenting as hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Sushil Azad, Ashish Banapurkar, S. Radhakrishnan, Ankit Garg. Indian Journal of Case Reports. 6. 712-714 2020
Multiple diffuse coronary cameral fistulas from the left anterior descending artery and right coronary artery to both the right and left ventricle associated with left ventricular noncompaction: A rare combination. Roli Shrivastava, Sushil Azad, Sitaraman Radhakrishnan. (2020). Annals of Pediatric Cardiology. 13.2020.
Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on pediatric cardiac services in India.
Choubey, Mrigank & Ramakrishnan, Sivasubramanian & Sachdeva, Sakshi & Kalaivani, Mani & Gangopadhyay, Debasree & Sivakumar, Kothandam & Kappanayil, Mahesh & Jayranganath, Mahimarangaiah & Koneti, Nageswara & Awasthy, Neeraj & Bobhate, Prashant & Gupta, Saurabh & Azad, Sushil & Dhulipudi, Bhargavi & Sonawane, Bhushan & Bandopadhyay, Biswajit & Muthukumaran, Chinnaswamy & Das, Debasis & Sivalingam, Devaprasath & Rao, Suresh. Annals of pediatric cardiology. 14. 260-268.2021
Transcatheter closure of right pulmonary artery to left atrium fistula in an infant: technical consideration and possible closure techniques.
Vikas Arya ,Sushil Azad, Sitaraman Radhakrishnan. Cardiology in the young. 29.2019
Echocardiographic Evaluation of Atrial septal defect.
Sushil Azad. J of Echocardiographic and Cardiovascular Imaging. 4,3,253-259.2020.
Protein Energy Malnutrition in preschool tribe's children of Chhattisgarh.
Shachi Taran; Sushil Azad. International Journal of Pediatrics, 3, 4.2, 2015, 823-831
4th World Congress Pediatric congenital Cardiac surgery, 2005 Argentina: Impact of Inadequate rims on device closure of atrial septal defects
APCASH Hong Kong 2012: Percutaneous closure of ascending aorta pseudoaneurysm using Amplatzer Septal occluder. (Won second best paper Award).
Asia Pacific Pediatric Cardiac Society (APPCS 2014
Cyanosis with CHF in neonate: rare but correctable cause is pulmonary thrombosis RV outflow tract thrombus presenting as severe infundibular stenosis: A rare presentation.
Use of Bioabsorbable Metal Stent in critical Coarctation in infant with bronchopulmonary dysplasia (oral presentation)
Vitamin D Deficiency Associated with Left Ventricular Dysfunction: Our Experience (oral presentation).
Vitamin D Deficiency associated with left ventricular dysfunction: Our Experience (Oral presentation)