Dr. Prateek Bhatnagar

Dr Prateek Bhatnagar is a globally venerated, pioneer Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeon in Hyderabad with a mathematically verified 44 years of elite clinical experience in executing complex open-heart surgeries, beating-heart total arterial bypasses, and high-risk re-do cardiac procedures.

He currently serves as the Clinical Director and Senior Consultant CTVS Surgeon at CARE Hospitals in Banjara Hills, while also consulting at Virinchi Peoples Hospital, SPMM Hospital, and Omega Multispeciality Hospital.

Over more than four decades of distinguished international practice, he has established an extraordinary reputation as a world record-holding titan of cardiac surgery, delivering hyper-accurate diagnostic clarity and life-saving open-heart reconstructions.

Demonstrating unmatched surgical supremacy and historic global achievements, Dr Bhatnagar performed the world's first successful coronary bypass surgery in a rotated heart (myocardial) in 2016 and India's first re-redo (3rd time) coronary bypass surgery using beating-heart total arterial revascularization in 2005.

He is a pioneer in BIMA (Bilateral Internal Mammary Artery) Total Arterial Revascularisation, executing complex multi-vessel bypasses on a pulsating heart without using a heart-lung machine.

Beyond beating-heart total arterial bypass surgery, he is an absolute master of extreme-risk cardiac reconstructions. He expertly performs High-Risk Redo CABG, Emergency CABG during acute heart attacks, Awake CABG, Complex Valve Repair and Replacements, and major Aortic Aneurysm surgeries.

Honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award by Mahavir International Trust and the Outstanding Service to the Society Award, he has saved thousands of high-risk patients considered inoperable elsewhere.

He is a formidable institutional leader, bringing decades of executive surgical experience from his former tenures as Director of Cardiac Sciences at Sunshine Hospital, Chairman of Cardiac Surgery at Medwin Hospital, and Director of Cardiac Surgery at Choithram Hospital.

His international fellowships combined with world-first surgical milestones make him one of the most sought-after CTVS surgeons for patients requiring absolute surgical perfection.

Specialty Areas and Treatments

Dr Prateek Bhatnagar provides world-class, technology-driven open-heart surgery, utilizing arterial grafts and beating-heart techniques to reconstruct complex cardiovascular structures.

Beating-Heart Total Arterial Revascularization and CABG

He executes extreme-precision open-heart procedures to bypass severe coronary blockages without stopping the heart:

• BIMA (Bilateral Internal Mammary Artery) Total Arterial Revascularisation
• Off-Pump Beating Heart CABG and Awake Coronary Bypass Surgery
• High-Risk Redo and Re-Redo (3rd Time) Coronary Bypass Surgery

Valvular Heart Surgery and Aortic Reconstruction

He reconstructs and replaces severely damaged heart valves and diseased aortic structures:

• Complex Mitral, Aortic, and Double Valve Repair and Replacement
• Surgical Repair of Thoracic and Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms
• Combined Valvular and Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery

Emergency and High-Risk Cardiac Surgery

He performs life-saving open-heart interventions for catastrophic cardiac emergencies:

• Emergency CABG for Acute Myocardial Infarction and Cardiogenic Shock
• Surgical Correction of Post-Infarction Ventricular Septal Rupture
• Routine and Complex Paediatric Cardiac Surgical Procedures

Education and Qualifications

• MBBS — GSVM Medical College, Kanpur (1982)
• MS in General Surgery — GSVM Medical College, Kanpur (1986)
• MCh in CTVS — Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh (1991)
• Fellowship in Cardiac Surgery — Australia (1995)
• FIACS — Fellow of the Indian Association of Cardiovascular-Thoracic Surgeons

Professional Memberships

• Indian Association of Cardiovascular-Thoracic Surgeons (IACTS)

Professional Experience

Dr Prateek Bhatnagar currently practises at the following facilities:

• Clinical Director and Senior Consultant, CTVS Surgery, CARE Hospitals, Banjara Hills
• Consultant, CTVS Surgery, Virinchi Peoples Hospital, Banjara Hills
• Senior Consultant, CTVS Surgery, SPMM Hospital, Ammapet
• Consultant, CTVS Surgery, Omega Multispeciality Hospital, Gachibowli
• Director Cardiac Sciences (Former), Sunshine Hospital, Gachibowli
• Chairman Department of Cardiac Surgery (Former), Medwin Hospital
• Director Cardiac Surgery (Former), Choithram Hospital, Indore
• Director (Former), Image Hospital
• Senior Consultant (Former), National Heart Institute, New Delhi

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