Dr. Ashok Seth

Cardiac Surgeon

Specialist: Cardiac Surgery
Experience: 35+ years of experience
Hospital: Fortis Escort Heart Institute, New Delhi

Dr Ashok Seth is presently the Chairman of Fortis Escorts Heart Institute and the Chairman of Cardiology Council, Fortis Group of Hospitals.
Dr Seth has led the field of Interventional Cardiology for the last 30-years and has contributed extensively to the development, scientific progress and education in Interventional Cardiology in India and across the world.
Over the past 30-years, he has pioneered numerous angioplasty techniques for India and Asia Pacific region like Directional Atherectomy, Angioscopy, Stents, Thrombectomy devices & Drug-Eluting Stents, use of Impella heart support device failing heart, Bioabsorbable Stents and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI).

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With a thriving experience of over 30 years, he is renowned for performing over 50,000 angiograms and 20,000 angioplasties.
He has been featured in the “LIMCA” Book of records for performing one of the highest numbers of angiograms and angioplasties in the world.
Dr Seth is the first cardiologist in the Asia Pacific region to perform an Angioscopy and directional Atherectomy.
He is also counted amongst the few cardiologists in the world to perform the procedure – Percutaneous Myocardial Laser Revascularization.
Dr Seth is one of the youngest people to be honoured with the Doctorate of Science (D.Sc.) honoris Causa by Banaras Hindu University.
Dr Seth has been honoured with the prestigious National award of “Padma Bhushan” and “Padma Shri” Award by the President of India.
He is the First Cardiologist from Asia to be elected on the Board of Governors of Society of Cardiac Angiograms and Intervention (USA).
He is an acclaimed teacher and has trained more than 500-cardiologists of India and abroad in advanced techniques of angioplasty.

Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (M.B.B.S.),
J N Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University, India, 1978.
Doctorate of Science (D.Sc) Honoris Causa, Banaras Hindu University, India, 1998
Doctor of Science (D.Sc) Honoris Causa, Amity University, Noida (U.P.), India, 2012.
Doctorate of Science (D.Sc) Honoris Causa, Tirthankar Mahavir University, Moradabad, India, 2012.
Doctor of Letters (D.Litt.) Honoris Causa, Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi, India, 2012.

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It was established in 1988 and is JCI accredited.
Fortis Escorts Heart Institute is a premier multi-disciplinary hospital providing tertiary care and is recognized worldwide for its clinical excellence in cardiac care.
The 310-beded hospital is a globally renowned centre boasting admirable outcomes for interventions like Cardiac Bypass Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgery, Interventional Cardiology, Non-invasive Cardiology, Paediatric Cardiology and Paediatric Cardiac Surgery.