Dr. Ritwick Raj Bhuyan

Director - Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeon

Fortis Escorts Heart Institute, Okhla, New Delhi

Dr. Ritwick Raj Bhuyan is a renowned cardiologist with 22 years of working experience in high-volume cardiothoracic centers in India and Australia. He has been associated with nearly 30,000 open-heart procedures and independently performed about 12,000 complex open-heart procedures.

He has acquired special acumen in performing Video-Assisted Key-Hole Mitral Surgery. He is involved in the preoperative, operative, and postoperative management of adult and pediatric cardiac and thoracic patients. Dr. Bhuyan has extensive experience in rendering services in Australia, Uzbekistan, Iraq, and the Middle East.

Speciality

Cardiac Surgery

Education

MBBS - Guwahati Medical College, 1995
MS - General Surgery - Assam Medical College, Dibrugarh, 1998
MCh - Cardio Thoracic and Vascular Surgery - SreeChitraTirunal Institute for Medical Science and Technology, 2001

Areas of Expertise

Minimally Invasive or Keyhole Bypass Operation
Video-Assisted Keyhole Valve Repair & Replacement Operations
Heart and Lung Transplantation
Ventricular Assist Device Operations
Mitral Valve Repair
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation
Complex Aortic Operations
Endoscopic Vessel Harvesting Procedures
Redo Cardiac Operations
Cardiac Tumor Operations
Low-Cost Innovations for Cardiac Operations
Development of Innovative Artificial Heart

Working

Fortis Escorts Heart Institute, Okhla, New Delhi

Awards And Honours

Senior Fellow, Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery - Royal Adelaide Hospital, Australia
Senior Fellow, Aortic Surgery- Royal Adelaide Hospital, Australia
Fellow in Heart transplant and artificial heart – University Hospital Of South Manchester, UK
Senior Fellow, Mitral valve repair – Calvary Wakefield Hospital, Adelaide, Australia
Certified Fellow, Ventricular Assist Device - Lausanne University Hospital, Switzerland
Certified Fellow, TAVI – University of Lille, France
Certified Fellow, Mitral valve repair – Bangkok Chest Institute, Thailand
Attended and actively participated in numerous national and international conferences and workshops

Memberships

International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT)
International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery
Extracorporeal Life Support Organisation (ELSO)
Australia and New Zealand Association Of Cardiac Surgeons
Society Of Thoracic Surgeons (STS)
International Society for Minimally invasive cardiothoracic surgery (ISMICS)
Indian Association of Cardiovascular Thoracic Surgeons (IACTS)
Society of Minimally Invasive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeons of India (SMICTSI)
Australian and NewZealand Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons (ANZSCTS)
Indian Medical Association