Dr. Vidyadhar Lad

Dr Vidyadhar Lad is a highly esteemed Cardiothoracic Surgeon in Mumbai with 32 years of experience.

He is currently associated as a Consultant in Adult Cardiac Surgery and Heart Transplantation with Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital and Medical Research Institute, Mumbai.

Doctor Vidyadhar Lad has contributed to handling numerous complex medical cases in several hospitals. He is known for his attention to accurate diagnosis and for treating patients empathetically.

He has performed over 13,000 cardiac surgeries with exceptional success rates. His mortality rate for elective CABG and valve surgeries is 0.3%, which is much less than international standards.

He underwent advanced training under the legendary Prof Tirone David at Toronto General Hospital, Canada.

He has previously worked at Dr LH Hiranandani Hospital Mumbai as Chief Surgeon and Program Director, and at National Heart Center Singapore.

He initiated the Adult ECMO program and was instrumental in successfully initiating the Heart Transplant program at Kokilaben Hospital.

Dr Vidyadhar Lad is fluent in English, Hindi and Marathi.

The speciality interests of Dr Vidyadhar Lad are:

• Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (Beating Heart CABG)
• Valve Replacement and Repair Surgery
• Aortic Aneurysm and Dissection Surgery
• Modified Maze Surgery for Atrial Fibrillation
• Heart Transplant Surgery
• Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) Implantation
• ECMO (Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation)
• HOCM Surgery (Septal Myectomy)
• Minimal Access Cardiac Surgery
• Surgery for Cardiac Tumours
• Surgery for Chronic Pulmonary Thromboembolism
• Complex Redo Heart Operations

He is also an active member of the following professional organisations:

• Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (FRCS)
• Indian Association of Cardiovascular Thoracic Surgeons (IACTS)
• International Society of Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery (ISMICS)
• Cardiothoracic Surgery Network (CTSNet)

Dr Vidyadhar Lad did his:

• MBBS from KEM Hospital and Seth GS Medical College, Mumbai in 1994
• MS (General Surgery) from Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai in 1997
• MCh (Cardiothoracic Surgery) from KEM Hospital and Seth GS Medical College, Mumbai in 2001
• DNB (Cardiothoracic Surgery) from National Board of Examinations, New Delhi
• FRCS from Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
• Fellowship in Complex Heart Surgeries from Toronto General Hospital, Canada

He has authored numerous high-impact publications in journals including Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Heart Lung and Circulation and Cardiovascular Pathology.

He has delivered close to 300 talks on heart diseases at national and international conferences.

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