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Dr. Ramakanta
Panda |
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| Present Appointment |
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Vice Chairman and Cardio
Vascular Thoracic Surgeon, Asian Heart
Institute. |
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| Educational Background
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1. Received cardiac surgery
training from the All India Institute
of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.
2. Did Fellowship training at the Cleveland
Clinic, USA
3. Dr. Panda has also worked for one
year as Sr. Registrar at the Harefield
Hospital, in the United Kingdom, where
he had the opportunity to train under
Professor Magdi Yacoub, considered to
be one of the foremost cardiac surgeons
in the world. |
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| Professional
Experience |
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Over the past thirteen
years, he has been a consultant cardiovascular
surgeon and has operated in most major
Mumbai hospitals, including Jaslok Hospital,
Breach Candy Hospital, Lilavati Hospital,
and Nanavati Hospital. |
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| Credentials |
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Dr. Panda has been awarded
the prestigious Rashtriya Samman for
being one of the highest taxpayers during
the assessment years 1994-95 to 1998-99,
by the Central Board of Taxes, Government
of India. |
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| The
Pioneer |
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Dr. Panda is credited and recognized
amongst his peers as being among the
first surgeons in the country to introduce
the concept of ‘total arterial
revascularisation’, as well
as being one of the pioneers of “off-pump”
bypass surgery, Redo bypass surgery,
Operating on high risk patients and
so on.
Under his leadership, his surgical
team has performed in excess of 10,000
bypass surgeries, making him one of
the highest-volume surgeons in the
world. He is also credited with performing
more than 700 repeat (redo) bypass
surgeries, as well as more than 1500
high risk surgeries These surgeries
have offered a new lease of life to
many patients considered ‘inoperable’.
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| Social
Responsibility Initiatives |
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Dr. Panda has helped hundreds of
economically handicapped patients
by waiving off his professional fees
for surgery, as well as setting up
the Asian Heart Charitable Trust to
help patients. In his home state,
Orissa, Dr. Panda has set up the Sarla
Madan Charitable trust, which does
charitable work.
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| Contact via |
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| E-mail |
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rp@ahirc.com |
| Phone |
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Tel.
91-22-6698 6601 |
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Fax
91-22-6698 6639 |
