Dr. Vijay Kohli

Vice Chairman

43 years of experience

Cardiac Surgeons, Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeons

MBBS, MS, MCh, Fellowship, FIACS

Reg. No.:04486, Haryana State Medical Council

Medanta - The Medicity Hospital, Gurgaon

English

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About Dr. Vijay Kohli

Dr. Vijay Kohli is an esteemed Cardiac Surgeon with over 43 years of experience.
He specializes in heart failure management, ventricular assist devices (VADs), heart transplantation, and ventricular aneurysm repairs.
A pioneer in coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) on a beating heart in Kathmandu, Nepal, he has conducted over 10,000 cardiac surgeries.
He contributed significantly to advancements in surgical techniques, such as the Dors procedure for ventricular aneurysm repairs and the septal exclusion technique for mitral valve repair.
Dr. Kohli collaborated with leading figures in the field, including Professor Randas Batista in Brazil, Professor Hertzer at Berlin Heart Institute, and Professor George Wieselthaler at Vienna General Hospital, Austria.
After completing his MBBS from Government Medical College and Associated Hospital in 1981, he also achieved an MS (General Surgery) from Government Medical College and Associated Hospital in 1985 and an MCh (Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery) from Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, 1991.
He also received a Fellowship from St. Luke and Roosevelt Hospital Medical Centre, New York, USA, in 1995 and from the Indian Association of Cardiothoracic Surgeons in 2003.
Dr. Kohli achieved milestones, including the first coronary artery bypass surgery at Jammu Medical College in 2001 and the first CABG on a beating heart in Kathmandu, Nepal, in 2002.
He has authored over 150 scientific research papers at national and international levels.
He is a member of the Indian Association of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeons (IACTS).

Education

MBBS, Government Medical College and Associated Hospital, 1981
MS (General Surgery), Government Medical College and Associated Hospital, 1985
MCh (Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery), Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, 1991
Fellowship, St. Lukes and Roosevelt Hospital Medical Centre, New York, USA, 1995
Fellowships, Indian Association of Cardiothoracic Surgeons, 2003

Past Experience

Senior Consultant, Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi, 2009
Director, Fortis Escort Heart Institute & Research Center, 2007
Principal Consultant, Fortis Escort Heart Institute & Research Center, 2005
Senior Consultant, Fortis Escort Heart Institute & Research Center, 2002

Awards

Achievement Award for starting the cardiac surgery program in Norvic Hospital in 2002.
Medal from the President of India - 2002.
Distinguished Services Award for starting the cardiac surgery program at Jammu Medical College, 2001.
Cardiologist Society of India, 2001.

Associations/Membership

Indian Association of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeons (IACTS)

Paper Published

Dr. Vijay Kohli has over 150 publications to his name, some of which are mentioned below:
- Role of the hybrid operating room in surgery for the right atrial thrombus, pulmonary thrombi, and ventricular septal rupture after myocardial infarction.
- Cardiac surgery during pregnancy: Continuous fetal monitoring using umbilical artery Doppler flow velocity indices.
- Ten-year experience with single-vessel and multivessel preoperative off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting
- Modified maze procedure using saline irrigated cooled tip radiofrequency for chronic atrial fibrillation in patients with mitral valve disease three years follow up study.
- Coronary Artery Bypass Grafts Assessment at One Year by Noninvasive Multislice Computed Tomography and Invasive Coronary Angiography
- Coronary Artery Bypass Grafts Assessment at One Year by Noninvasive Multislice Computed Tomography and Invasive Coronary Angiography
- Vascular complications of sheathless intra aortic balloon pump—Retrospective analysis of 200 patients
- Coronary artery bypass grafts assessment by multislice CT angiography versus conventional coronary angiography at one year in multivessel CABG
- A Prospective, Randomized, Controlled Trial Of Multivessel Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass (OPCAB) Versus Conventional Coronary Artery Bypass (C-CAB) Surgery: Clinical And Angiographic Outcomes At One Year
- Three-Dimensional Reconstruction of Ultrafast 16-Slice Computed Tomography Images and CT Angiography Versus Conventional Coronary Angiography at One Year in Multivessel Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
- Evolution of Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting over 15 Years: A Single-Institution Experience of 14,030 Cases
- Evolution of Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting over 15 Years: A Single-Institution Experience of 14,030 Cases
- Three-Dimensional Reconstruction of Ultrafast 16Slice Computed Tomography Images and CT Angiography Versus Conventional Coronary Angiography at One Year in Multivessel Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
- Endocardial pulmonary vein isolation in patients with chronic atrial fibrillation using saline irrigated cooled tip radiofrequency (SICTRA) in patients undergoing mitral valve surgery
- Predictors of Early Outcome After Coronary Artery Surgery in Patients with Severe Left Ventricular Dysfunction
- Surgical Treatment of Post Infarction Left Ventricular Aneurysms: Our Experience with Double Breasting and Dor's Repair
- Comparison of mini sternotomy with mini-thoracotomy regarding postoperative pain and internal mammary artery characteristics
- Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery without Cardiopulmonary Bypass: Short- and Mid-Term Results
- Significantly reduced incidence of stroke during coronary artery bypass grafting using transesophageal echocardiography.
- Subacute Left Ventricular Free-Wall and Double Cardiac Rupture: Clinical Features and Surgical Considerations of a Surgically Salvageable Condition.