Best Cardiologists & Heart Surgeons in Jaslok Hospital, Mumbai, India

Dr. Suresh Joshi is amongst the best Cardiac Surgeons in India, with over 49 years of experience. He has performed over 15,000 surgeries, including complex heart valve replacement procedures, minimally invasive heart bypass surgery, and aortic aneurysm repair. 

Being the first trained Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgeon in Western India, Dr. Joshi performed the first Open-Heart surgery on a newborn baby in Mumbai. He is the first to introduce ‘Minimally Invasive and Thoracoscopic Cardiac Surgery’ in India.

Dr. Joshi has also established a ‘Centre of Excellence’ for Heart valve-related Diseases at the Jaslok Hospital.

• Dr. Cyrus B Wadia is an eminent Interventional Cardiologist with a thriving experience of nearly 48 years.
• He has expertise over the treatment of Heart Failure, Heart Transplant, Heart Valve Repair, Heart Valve Replacement, Peripheral vascular disease, Stenting, and Angioplasty.
• Professionally, he is associated as a member with Cardiac Society Of Indian, Indian Medical Association (IMA), Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine (ISCCM), Indian College of Cardiology (ICC), and Indian College of Interventional Cardiology.
• He served as former Professor of Medicine, Grant Medical College, University of Mumbai.
• He has achieved fellowship in Cardiology at M.T. Sinai Medical Centre, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Wisconsin USA.\
• Dr Cyrus has publications in international as well as national peer-reviewed journals.

• Dr. C.J. Hemant Kumar is an eminent Cardiac surgeon with experience of nearly 30 years.
• He has successfully performed more than 15,000 heart surgeries.
• His interest is coronary arteries, valves, carotid arteries, aortic aneurysm, cardiac arrhythmias, and myocardial total arterial revascularization.
• Dr. Kumar has vast experience in the treatment of Endovascular Stentings for aortic aneurysms and Hybrid surgeries.
• He has a special interest in teaching and served as a PG teacher for MCh and DNB Students.
• Dr. Kumar has given post-doctoral training of international standards to many surgeons.

• Dr. S.R. Handa is an Interventional Cardiologist with a rich experience of over 30 years in this specific field.
• He has expertise in the treatment of Coronary Angioplasties and an expert in doing complex cases with IABP Support and various difficult subsets involving Acute myocardial infarction (PAMI), Thrombus containing lesions, and CTO
• Dr. Handa has performed more than 25,000 Coronary Angiograpies and more than 15,000 Coronary Angioplasties as primary.
• He regularly attends seminars and conferences in India and internationally in his field of expertise and specialization and has held multiple live demonstrations of Angioplasties both in India and abroad.
• He is the author and co-author of several research papers and publications in the field of Interventional Cardiology.
• Dr. S.R. has also participated in an advanced training program in Coronary Angioplasty at Hospital Charles Nicolle, Rouen, Paris, France. 

• Dr. Hemant Pramod Pathare is a renowned Cardiac surgeon.
• He has a thriving experience of nearly 20 years in this specific area.
• His expertise lies in Thoracic SX -Lobectomy & pneumonectomy, Decortication, Mediastinal mass, VATS pleurodesis, Minimally invasive MVR/AVR, TAVR, and Vascular SX.
• Dr. Pathare is also known for the treatment of complicated bypass low EF, redo valve surgeries, and lung surgeries.
• He is India’s youngest surgeon to implant Left ventricular assist device.
• He has performed more than  2500 CVTS surgeries and currently heading the Surgical Heart Failure program at Jaslok Hospital.
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• Dr. Ashish Johari is a renowned Cardiac surgeon with experience of nearly 26 years.
• He has expertise in Carotid Endarterectomy and Endovascular Procedures incl. EVAR.
• He has completed his fellowship in Vascular Surgery, from NIMS, Hyderabad, Vascular & Endovascular Surgery from St. George's, Sydney, and Endovascular Surgery, Epworth, from Melbourne.
• Dr. Johari has research publications in both international as well as national medical journals.

• Dr. Shoaib Padaria is a renowned Cardiologist and Vascular Surgeon. 
• He has more than 34 years of experience in the field of Vascular Surgery. 
• In 2015, he represented the Indian Delegation to the International UIP Chapter meeting in Seoul, South Korea. 
• He has been invited as a Guest Speaker at various prestigious medical institutes and conferences. 
• He holds expertise in Coronary Angioplasty, Peripheral Angioplasty, Endovenous Laser Treatment for Varicose Veins, Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy, Treating issues related to phlebology, and vascular sciences and varicose veins.
• He is actively associated with various organizations including the Association of Physician of India, Cardiological Society of India, Indian Medical Association, and Associate Editor of the Asian Journal of Clinic.

• Dr. Ajay Hirakannawar is a renowned Cardiac Surgeon with experience of nearly 15 years.
• His expertise lies in coronary artery bypass surgery, CABG, TAR, aortic aneurysm repairs, 9aortic dissection repairs, arrhythmia surgery.
• He has completed his Fellowship in adult cardiothoracic surgery from Australia.
• Dr. Ajay has vast experience over the treatment of all types of lung surgeries, especially thoracoscopic minimally invasive procedures, keyhole surgeries.
• He has publications in both international as well as national medical journals.

• Dr. Ajit Desai is one of the eminent Interventional, Non-invasive, and Pediatric Cardiologists.
• He has a thriving experience of nearly 43+ years.
• He has expertise over the treatment of Coronary Angioplasties, Pediatric angiographies and Balloon mitral valvuloplasties, and other valuloplasties. He also performs Cardiac Catheterizations, 2 – Dimensional Echocardiography, Stress Testing, Vector Cardiography, Apexcardiography, Pacing, Electrocardiography / IABP / Percutaneous Cardiopulmonary Support.
• Dr. Desai has publications in International as well as in national peer-reviewed journals.
• He has attended several seminars, symposiums, conferences, and presented his research work.