Dr. Rachit Saxena

Dr Rachit Saxena is a profoundly experienced, highly acclaimed Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeon in Ghaziabad with 17 years of elite clinical experience in executing massive, high-risk open-heart surgeries and lethal aortic reconstructions.

He currently serves as the Director and Unit Head of the CTVS Department at the highly prestigious Yashoda Medicity Hospital in Indirapuram.

He is highly polyglot, fluent in English, Hindi, and Kannada, ensuring incredibly clear, deeply reassuring communication with patients and families navigating the extreme anxiety of massive cardiovascular surgeries.

Demonstrating unmatched clinical supremacy, Dr Saxena acts as a definitive authority in end-stage heart failure surgeries. He possesses the extreme surgical mastery required to execute complex Cardiac Transplants, physically replacing a dying heart with a donor heart.

For patients ineligible for transplant, he implants highly advanced Ventricular Assist Devices (LVAD), embedding a mechanical turbine into the chest to pump blood and keep the patient alive.

Beyond heart failure, he is an absolute master of massive Aortic and Structural reconstructions. He routinely executes extreme-risk Aortic Root Enlargements and the highly complex Ross Procedure for failing aortic valves.

He is also a leading surgeon in the emergency management of lethal Acute Aortic Dissections and massive Aortic Aneurysms, performing massive chest reconstructions to prevent the patient from bleeding to death internally.

He is a heavily published clinical researcher and brings decades of formidable institutional leadership to his practice.

He previously served as a Senior Consultant at the massive Medanta Hospital in Gurugram, Director of CTVS at Narayana Superspeciality Hospital, and held critical surgical roles at his alma mater, AIIMS New Delhi.

Specialty Areas and Treatments

Dr Rachit Saxena provides world-class, extreme-precision cardiovascular and thoracic surgery, utilizing advanced surgical techniques to rebuild failing hearts and massive arteries.

Heart Failure and Advanced Cardiac Surgeries

He executes the most complex surgeries in all of medicine for end-stage heart failure:

• Complex Cardiac Transplants (Heart Transplant)
• Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) Implantation
• Single and Multiple Valve Replacements

Aortic Reconstructions and Aneurysm Surgery

He performs extremely high-risk surgeries to reconstruct ruptured and failing massive arteries:

• Emergency Surgery for Acute Aortic Dissection
• Aortic Root Enlargement Procedures
• The Ross Procedure for Aortic Valve Disease
• Complex Aortic Aneurysm Treatment

Paediatric Cardiac Surgery

He reconstructs the failing hearts of infants born with complex congenital defects:

• Paediatric Cardiac Surgery for Truncus Arteriosus
• Complex Congenital Heart Defect Repairs

Education and Qualifications

• MBBS — BRD Medical College, Gorakhpur
• MS in General Surgery — Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore
• MCh in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery — AIIMS, New Delhi

Publications and Research

Dr Saxena is a heavily published clinical researcher, authoring critical literature on complex cardiac surgeries and rare cardiac tumors:

• Talwar S, Saxena R, et al. (2012). Persistent truncus arteriosus repaired beyond infancy. Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery.
• Garg P, Saxena R, et al. (2013). Role of systemic to pulmonary artery shunt after cavopulmonary anastomosis. Journal of Cardiac Surgery.
• Nath D, Saxena R, et al. (2017). Familial biatrial cardiac myxoma with glandular elements: A Rare entity with review of literature. Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology.
• Saxena R, et al. (2014). Migrated Kirschner wire in the posterior mediastinum. Heart, Lung and Circulation.

Professional Memberships

• Royal College of Physicians
• Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI)

Professional Experience

Dr Rachit Saxena currently practises at the following facilities:

• Director and Unit Head, CTVS, Yashoda Medicity Hospital, Indirapuram
• Director (Former), Narayana Superspeciality Hospital, Gurugram
• Senior Consultant (Former), Medanta Hospital, Gurugram
• Consultant (Former), AIIMS, New Delhi

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