Dr. Ajay Kaul
Chairman & HOD Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgery
Qualification
- MBBS
- MS (General Surgery)
- M.ch. (Cardiothoracic Surgery)
- Sr. Registrar in Adult Cardiac Surgery from Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia
- Sr. Registrar in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery from Royal Melbourne Children's Hospital, Melbourne
- Fellowship in Heart & Lung Transplant from Hannover Medical school Germany
- Fellowship in Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery from Lipzig Heart Centre, Germany
- Fellowship at Berlin Heart Center, Berlin
Experience
Presently working as a Chairman & HOD in Cardio Thoracic and Vascular Surgery (CTVS) Department at BLK Super Speciality Hospital, New Delhi
Previous Experience
- Director - Fortis Escorts Heart Institute, New Delhi
- Director - B.M. Birla Heart Research Centre, Kolkata
- Visiting Professor - Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
- Guest Professor - Hannover Medical School, Hannover Germany
- Consultant Cardiac Surgeon & Unit Head, Bombay Hospital & Research Centre, Mumba
Surgical Experience
Performed 10,000 adult cardiac surgeries, over 3000 total arterial beating heart coronary bypass surgery and more than 2000 pediatric cardiac operations.
Teaching Experience
- Teacher in Cardiothoracic Surgery, Bombay University
- Examiner for M.Ch (Cardiac Surgery), Bombay University
- Associate Professor - LTM Medical College, Sion Hospital, Bombay
Publications
Over 70 publications in national & international journals Transventricular mitral valve dilator
- An improved design concept . J. Thra cardiovascular Surg.1995 ; 110 : 856-9. strut inverter for tissue valve replacement. Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 1992;8(1) 65-66.
- Blalock Taussigtype shunt for palliation for cyanotic infants and children. Indian Journal of Postgraduate Medicine. 1993;39(1);17-19.
- Dual isolation technique for pediatric lung surgery. Accepted for publication in Indian Journal of Postgraduate Medicine. Single Lung anesthesia foe pediatric thoracic surgery. Journal of Anesthesia and Pharmacology, July 1986. Association of nonspecific aortoarteritis with idiopathic submitral Aneurysm. Indian Heart Journal . 1988; 40/6.
- Use of colostomy bag for thoracic drainage. Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 1989;52 : 697.
- Homograft valve revisited . Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular surgery . 1993; 9/2 : 78-80.
- Homograft conduit : the superior in expensive alternative ? Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 1993; 9/2 : 89-92.
- Clinical use of glutaraldehyde preserved stent mounted semi lunar valves. Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 1993;9/2 : 86-88.
- Visiting Professor - Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
- Stent design and in vitro studies of homograft bioprosthisis . Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 1993; 9/2 : 81-85.