Dr. Vijay Kohli

About
Dr. Kohli is an outstanding cardiovascular surgeon, with wide and varied clinical experience and expertise in different aspects of cardiovascular and thoracic surgery. He has worked in the field of heart failure with Professor Randas Batista in Brazil and Professor Hertzer at Berlin Heart Institute, Germany. He has worked with Professor George Wieselthaler at Vienna General Hospital, Austria on implantation of various VADs (Ventricular Assist Devices) and heart transplantation and management of heart failure patients. He has also had the opportunity to work with Professor Vincent Dor on the outcome of Dor's procedure for ventricular aneurysm repairs and with Prof Antonio Calafiore Chieti, Italy on the principal of septal exclusion technique and repair of mitral valve in remodeling of the ventricular anatomy. Dr Kohli was the first surgeon to perform coronary artery bypass in Jammu Medical College in 2001. He is also the first surgeon to have performed coronary artery bypass on a beating heart in Kathmandu, Nepal in 2002.

Memberships & Certifications
    International Society of Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery
    American Association of Thoracic Surgeons
    American Heart Association
    Asian Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons
    Cardiological Society of India
    IACTS (Indian Association of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeons)
    Vascular Society of India
    EP Society of India

Awards & Accomplishments
    Distinguished Service Award in Cardiac Surgery, Government of India, 2002
    Achievment Award for starting the cardiac surgery programme in Norvic Hospital, 2002
    Gold medal for best scientific publications by Cardiologist Society of India, 2001
    Distinguished Services Award for starting the cardiac surgery programme in Jammu Medical Collegeital, 2001