Dr. Vishal Khullar
Director - CTVS and Heart and Lung Transplant
Cardiac Sciences, Cardiac Surgery (CTVS)
Nanavati Max Super Speciality Hospital, Mumbai
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About Dr. Vishal Khullar
Work Experience
- Assistant Professor of Surgery, Mayo Clinic School of Medicine & Senior Associate Consultant, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA (2018-2022)
- Consultant, Adult Cardiac Surgery, Bombay Hospital & Medical Research Centre, Mumbai, (2013-2014)
- Associate Consultant, Cardiac Surgery, P. D. Hinduja Hospital & Medical Research Center, Mumbai (2012)
Education & Training
- Clinical Fellow Heart & Lung Transplant and Mechanical Circulatory Support, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, USA (2017-2018)
- Clinical Fellow Advanced Aortic Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, USA (2016-2017)
- Clinical Fellow Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, USA (2015-2016)
- Clinical Fellow Cardiovascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic School of Medicine, Rochester, USA (2014-2015)
- MCh, Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery, Bombay Hospital & Medical Research Center, Mumbai (2007-2010)
- MS, General Surgery, KEM Hospital & Seth G S Medical College, Mumbai (2002-2005)
- MBBS, B. J. Medical College, University of Pune (1997)
Memberships
- The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
- The International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation
- American Medical Association
- Minnesota Medical Association
- Indian Association of Cardiovascular Surgeons
Awards
- Enriching clinical experience of Mayo Clinic and Cleveland Clinic—World’s best Institutions for Cardiac Surgery, Heart and Lung Transplant and Mechanical Circulatory Support cases.
- Participated in 100+ complicated Heart and Lung Transplants, 100+ VV and VA Ecmo cases and 50+ LVADs at Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, USA
- Participated in 200+ complicated Heart and Lung Transplants at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA
- Performed and participated in thousands of successful General Cardiac procedures including Bypass Surgeries, Valve Replacement, Complex Surgeries of the Aorta (such as Aortic Root Replacement, Ascending Aortic Replacement and Aortic Arch Reconstruction) and Heart and Lung Transplant.
- Principal investigator of 50+ publications and abstracts in various national and international journals and research projects
- Authored a book chapter on ‘Heart Transplant: Brain death, organ donation and transplantation,’ for Oxford University Press
Speciality Interest
- General Cardiac Surgeries:
- Complete Arterial Myocardial Revascularisation
- Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
- Heart Valve Repairs and Replacements
- Complex Surgeries of the Aorta, Aortic Aneurysms and Dissections, Aortic Root Replacement, Hemi-Arch, and Total Aortic Arch Replacement
- Transplant & Mechanical Circulatory Support Cases:
- Heart Transplant
- Lung Transplant
- En-bloc Heart and Lung Transplant
- Left Ventricular Assist Device and Right Ventricular Assist Device Implantation
- Veno-Venous and Veno-Arterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenator