HOSPITAL/LOCATION: - Fortis Escorts Heart Institute, New Delhi SPECIALIZATION: - Paediatric Cardiologist - Complex neonatal cardiac surgery - Cardiac surgery in malnourished infants and children - Congenital heart disease - Cost effective cardiac care EDUCATION: - MBBS, All India Institute of Medical Sciences,New Delhi - MS, AIIMS ,New Delhi - MCh, AIIMS, New Delhi WORK EXPERIENCE: - Associate Professor, AIIMS ACHIEVEMENTS: - Dr Krishna S Iyer is one of the leading paediatric cardiac surgeons in India.
- He is renowned for his clinical expertise and widespread involvement in cardiac care for children in India and other developing nation. - Dr Iyer began the first dedicated pediatric cardiac care program in Northern India, at Fortis-Escorts Heart Institute in 1995. - He has performed more than 10,000 pediatric cardiac surgeries with congenital heart diseases comprising various procedures like arterial switch procedure, double switch operation - APVC repairs, Fontan and Fontan type procedures, corrections for tetralogy of Fallot, DORV, Truncus etc. - Dr Iyer completed his MBBS, MS (General Surgery) and Mch (Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery) from the renowned All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi - He took training in paediatric and infant cardiac surgery from Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia. - Dr Iyer has over a hundred of research publications in both national and international journals. - He has also authored sections in medical books on paediatric and neonatal cardiac surgery - He has been the founder President of Asia-Pacific Paediatric Cardiac Society and has also the President of Paediatric Cardiac Society of India. - He is an active member of Steering Committee of the World Congress of Paediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, World Society of Congenital Heart Surgery and the Asian Society of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeons - He had the privilege to be invited as an international member of the American Association of Thoracic Surgeons - Dr Iyer has his expertise in surgical treatment of all forms of congenital heart disease in new-borns to adults, complex transpositions, late presenting CHD, pulmonary hypertension and complex neonatal surgery - Awarded Institute Gold Medal for Best Graduate of the year at the MBBS examination in Dec.1977 - Secured following awards in All India Institute of Medical Sciences between 1973 and 1977 : - Institute Merit Awards for securing highest grades in the following subjects: * Anatomy * Read more...
