Dr. Vijay Kumar Chopra Speciality : Cardiac Surgery Experience : 48 years of experience Hospital : Max Super Speciality Hospital,Saket
Brief About Doctor:
Dr. Vijay Kumar Chopra has been one of the most experienced doctors in preventive cardiology and the management of patients with advanced heart diseases for over 41 years. Meanwhile, he is employed as a physician at Medanta The Medical City. He has a long history of professional involvement, including affiliations with numerous hospitals and other significant roles.
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He also holds an MBBS degree from G B Pant Hospital/Maulana Azad Medical College in New Delhi and a DM (Card) from PGI, Chandigarh.
Areas Of Interest
Heart Failure Advance Heart Diseases Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring Pulmonary Function Test (PFT) Cardiac Catheterisation Treadmill Test – TMT Ultrasound/Ultrasonography Holter Monitoring Mitral/Heart Valve Replacement Aortic Aneurysm Surgery / Endovascular Repair
Treatment
24 Hour Holter Monitoring 2D Echocardiogram AICD Implantation Treatment Heart Bypass – Minimally Invasive CABG Heart Bypass Surgery (CABG)
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Heart Double Valve Replacement Heart Failure Device Implantation (CRT-P and CRT-D) Heart Failure Surgery Heart Transplant Heart Valve Replacement Surgery Minimally Invasive Heart Bypass (CABG) Mitral Valve Replacement PDA Device Closure Pediatric Atrial Septal Defect (ASD) Surgery Pediatric Cardiomyopathy Treatment Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) Treatment Permanent Pacemaker Implant PPI-Permanent Pacemaker Implant – Double Chamber PTCA-Percutaneous Transluminal PTMC – Percutaneous Transvenous Mitral Commissurotomy TAPVC – Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection Repair Arterial Switch Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return (TAPVR) Treatment Total Arterial Bypass Surgery VP Shunt Surgery VSD Closure (Adult) Surgery
Membership
Fellow in Invasive & Interventional Cardiology, Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre, Okhla Road, New Delhi Fellow in Peripheral Vascular Interventions, Polyclinique Louis Pasteur, Nancy, France Fellow of European Society of Cardiology (FESC). Fellow of Asia Pacific Society of Interventional Cardiology. (FAPSIC) Fellow of the Society of Angiography & Interventions (FSCAI)
Experience
PGI, Chandigarh, Jr. Resident (Medicine), 1973 -1974 PGI, Chandigarh, Resident (General Medicine), 1974 – 1976 PGI, Chandigarh, Sr. Resident (Dept. of Medicine), 1976 – 1977 PGI, Chandigarh, Sr. Resident (Cardiology), 1977 – 1979 Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, Sr. Consultant – Cardiology, 1979 – 2005 Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre, New Delhi, Principal Consultant (Cardiology) 2005 – 2009 Medanta – The Medicity, Gurgaon, Director (Heart Failure Program), 2009 – 2019
Award:
International Scholar, Cleveland Clinic – 1984 Kutumbiah Prize in Clinical Medicine, CMC, Vellore – 1972 Certificate of Honor in Medicine, Surgery & Pathology, CMC, Vellore – 1972
EDUCATION:
MBBS – Christian Medical College & Hospital, Vellore, 1972 DNB – General Medicine – POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH, CHANDIGARH, 1976 DM – Cardiology – POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH, CHANDIGARH, 1979 FACC – American College of Cardiology, 2008
