Dr. Vijay Kohli
Vice Chairman
43 years of experienceCardiac Surgeons, Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeons
MBBS, MS, MCh, Fellowship, FIACS
Medanta - The Medicity Medical Centre, Gurgaon
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Dr. Vijay Kohli is an esteemed Cardiac Surgeon with more than 43 years of professional experience. He focuses on 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 performed 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 Inst., and Professor George Wieselthaler at Vienna General Hosp., Austria. After completing his MBBS from Government Medical Coll. and Associated Hosp. in 1981, he also achieved an MS (General Surgery) from Government Medical Coll. and Associated Hosp. in 1985 and an MCh (Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery) from Post Graduate Inst. of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, 1991. He also received a Fellowship from St. Luke and Roosevelt Hosp. 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 Coll. in 2001 and the first CABG on a beating heart in Kathmandu, Nepal, in 2002. He has authored over 150 scientific research publications at national and international levels. He is a part of the Indian Association of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeons (IACTS).Education
MBBS, Government Medical Coll. and Associated Hosp., 1981 MS (General Surgery), Government Medical Coll. and Associated Hosp., 1985 MCh (Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery), Post Graduate Inst. of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, 1991 Fellowship, St. Lukes and Roosevelt Hosp. Medical Centre, New York, USA, 1995 Fellowships, Indian Association of Cardiothoracic Surgeons, 2003Past Experience
Senior Consultant, Indraprastha Apollo Hosp., New Delhi, 2009 Director, Fortis Escort Heart Inst. & Research Center, 2007 Principal Consultant, Fortis Escort Heart Inst. & Research Center, 2005 Senior Consultant, Fortis Escort Heart Inst. & Research Center, 2002Awards
Achievement accolade for starting the cardiac surgery program in Norvic Hosp. in 2002. Medal from the President of India - 2002. Distinguished Services accolade for starting the cardiac surgery program at Jammu Medical Coll., 2001. Cardiologist Society of India, 2001.
Associations/Membership
Indian Association of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeons (IACTS)
Paper Published
Dr. Vijay Kohli brings more than 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 professional 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 more than 15 years: A Single-Institution professional experience of 14,030 Cases Evolution of Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting more than 15 years: A Single-Institution professional 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 professional 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.
Area of Expertise
- 24-Hour Holter Monitoring
- 64-Slice CT Angiography
- Ablation Therapy
- Ambulatory BP Monitoring (ABPM)
- Aneurysm Surgery: Traditional Open Surgery
- Angiography