Dr. Suresh G Vijan
Department of Cardiology
M.D, M.R.C.P. FACC., FESC, FSCAI, FEISI.

Profile

Dr. Vijan has an overall experience of 35 years. Some of Dr. Vijan’s overseas stints,

  • He has undergone training in the prestigious Texas Heart Institute, Houston .
  • He has worked as Senior Registrar in cardiology at University of Leicester and later as Senior Lecturer and Hon. Consultant in Cardiology.

Area Of Interest

  • Cardiac Catheterisation and Angiography, both pediatric& adult.
  • Coronary Angioplasty with rotablator and stent.
  • Peripheral vascular angiography and angioplasty.
  • Electro physiology investigations.
  • Catheter ablation techniques for treatment of Cardiac arrhythmias.
  • Implantation of permanent pacemakers, Implantable defibrillators and biventricular pacemakers.
  • Septal ablation for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
  • Carotid angiography and angioplasty with stents.
  • Dedicated Bifurcation stents for bifurcation lesions.

Awards and Recognition

  • Membership of the Royal College of Physicians.
  • Received the prestigious Hiranandani Oration Award in 1998 for his contributions to interventional cardiology in India.
  • Implanted the 1st AICD in Bombay.
  • Performed the 1st multivessel angioplasty in Bombay.
  • Performed the 1st left main drug eluting stenting in Bombay.
  • Implantation of Automatic cardiovascular defibrillator for malignant ventricular arrhythmia
  • Forefront of Interventional Cardiology with implantation of intracoronary stents since 1993.
  • Designed as Proctor for training cardiologists in the technique of coronary angioplasty with stent implantation.
  • Conducted live training Programes in angioplasty in China and Vietnam.
  • Introduced the technique of Septal ablation for Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy in 1997.
  • 1 st to perform AXXESS birfurcation stenting in Asia.
  • Designated Proctor for AXXESS birfurcation stents.