Dr.Vivek Jawali
MBBS,MS,MCh,DSc Chairman- CV sciences & the Executive Council, Fortis hospitals,Banglore
India
-Played the Key role in founding :
1) The Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiology at Banglore
2 ) The Wockhardt hospitals Ltd,Banglore .Dr VJ was on the board of directors of Wockhardt ltd.Its now merged and is the present Fortis hospitals in Banglore.
– WAS FIRST IN INDIA to perform the
1) off pump(beating heart) bypass surgery in 1991
2 ) Minimally invasive bypass surgery in 1995
3) minimally invasive cardiac valve suregry 1996
4 ) Awake (non incubated) cardiac surgeries in 1999.-world pioneer.
-Total surgeries done under him : more than 30,000
-11 national orations
-innumerable national & international guest lectures & demonstration of live surgeries in India and abroad
-Former President,Indian Association of CardioThoracic Surgeons ( IACTS) in 2008
Exec . Council member -Association of cardiovascular & thoracic surgeons of Asia (ATCSA)
Founder member-International society of minimally invasive cardiac surgeons (ISMICS)
Former vice-president of indian collage of cardiology ( ICC) – 2007
Member,Editorial board-“innovations in Cardiac surgery” ( only Indian on board)
Member, editorial board-cts.net(a web site of cardiac surgeons of the world)
Founder- IACTS.org ( a web site of the Indian association of Cardiothoracic surgeons)
Formerly member: Medical council of India ( academic council)
-RECIPIENT of “the Harvard medical international’s lifetime achievement award for medical excellence in India”
-Innumerable national & state awards