About
Dr.Vivek Jawali is Chief cardiothoracic & vascular surgeon and as a Chairman, he heads the department of cardio vascular sciences at Fortis Hospitals, Bangalore.
He is a pioneer in minimally invasive cardiac surgery in India and has performed over 18,000 cardiothoracic & vascular surgeries till date. he performed India's first beating heart bypass surgery in 1992 and performed India's first minimally invasive bypass surgery(MIDCAB)in Sept 1994.
Dr. Jawali did India's first awake cardiac surgery (surgery without ga or ventilator, done under continuous high thoracic epidural) in June 1999. He also performed world's 1st awake open heart surgery (on a 74 year patient who underwent triple bypass with aortic valve replacement without g.a. or a ventilator) in April 2002.
He is the founder member of the International Society of Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgeons (ISMICS) and is the only Indian on the editorial board of its journal "Innovations in Cardiac Surgery". He is also the council member of the Asian Association of Cardiothoracic Surgeons.
Education
MS - General Surgery - Jagadguru Jayadeva Murugarajendra Medical College (JJMMC), 1980
MCh - Cardio Thoracic Surgery - G S Medical College, KEM Hospital Mumbai, 1984
DNB (Cardiology) - National Board Of Examination, 1981
MBBS - Mahadevappa Rampure Medical College, Gulbarga, 1976
Awards and Recognitions
1st in MBBS - Karnataka University
BC Roy award for medical excellence
Established Open Heart Surgery programme at Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiology
Spear headed growth of OPCAB in India
Performed India's 1st MIDCAB & 1st Minimally Invasive Replacement
Performed more than 15,000 CVTS operations
Responsible for establishing Wockhardt Heart Institute
Performed India's 1st awake bypass in May - 2002
In 2004 performed 1st awake major Open Heart Surgery
Memberships
Indian Association Of Cardiovascular And Thoracic Surgeons (IACTS)
Medical Council of India (MCI)
Vice President of Indian Medical Association
Fellow of IACTS
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