Dr. Anil Bhan

• Started cardiac surgical programs at Puttaparthi, Whitefield, and Max

• Leading the designing and development of over 50 surgical instruments

• Dr. Bhan is an outstanding cardiovascular surgeon and a graduate of Medical College Srinagar (Best outgoing graduate-Gold Medalist).

• Dr. Bhan was one of the team members that performed the first successful Heart Transplantation in India (1994).

• He is associated with starting the three cardiac surgical programs at Putta-parthi, 1992, Whitefield 2001 and Max Heart and Vascular Institute Saket (2004).

MCh, MS, MBBS

• Delivered the prestigious P.K. Sen Oration at the CT Conference, 2009

• Performed the youngest bypass in the world literature with coronary aneurysm repair at the age of 18 months, in 2007

• Did the first extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) in India, in 2000

• Used for the first time harmonic scalpel for the harvest of radial/internal mammary artery conduits in India, 1995.

• Life Member, Indian Association of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeons

• Member Delhi Chapter of CSI,

• Member Cardiothoracic Surgical Network (USA)

• Life Member of the Pediatric Cardiac Society of India

• Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery- USA: Performed total arterial revascularization on the youngest patient in world literature, 2005

• Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery-USA: Described a new operative technique for coarctation of aortic with type – B aortic dissection, 2002

• Indian Heart Journal: Published one of the largest experiences of arterial switch procedure for transposition of great arteries, 2002

• Annals of Thoracic Surgery (USA) accredited by Medtronic: Reports on angiographic follow-up of OPCAB (Beating Heart CABG) from India, 2000

• Annals of Thoracic Surgery-USA: Third report in the world literature on radial artery angiographic follow-up, 1999

• Annals of Thoracic surgery-USA: Described a new – operative technique for repair of supra-cardiac total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage, 1996.