Dr. Vivek Jawali | Top Cardio Thoracic Surgeon

Below is the resume of Dr. Vivek Jawali, M.S., MNAMS, M. Ch. (C.T Surg.), FIACS. Dr Jawali is the Chief Cardio-Thoracic and Vascular Surgeon at Wockhardt Super Specialty Heart Hospitals, Bangalore, India.

He has spearheaded the growth of off-pump coronary artery bypass (OPCAB) in India since 1992. Dr Jawali has performed more than 18,000 cardiac surgeries and has presented more than 100 scientific papers in national and international forums.

He has also performed India’s first minimally invasive bypass surgery (MIDCAB), and also a minimally invasive valve replacement. He pioneered the movement of minimally invasive heart surgery in India.

In 2004, he performed the world’s first awake open heart surgery (Aortic valve replacement with triple bypass), with a patient fully awake, without a ventilator, even when the heart was stopped. He has eight international scientific publications to his credit on this method of surgery.

Dr. Jawali has demonstrated newer techniques of bypass surgery at live surgical workshops in India and abroad. Many cardiac surgeons and cardiac anaesthetists from all over the world come and learn new techniques from him. He trains cardiac surgeons from China in the art of off-pump bypass surgery.

Vivek Jawali – CURRICULUM VITAE

SURGICAL EXPERTISE

Off-pump Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery (OPCAB)
Minimally Invasive Direct Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery (MIDCAB)
CABG with Total Arterial Revascularisation
Off-pump Total Arterial Revascularisation
Redo CABGs
Triple Valve Replacement
Mitral Valve Repair
Repair of LV Aneurysm + CABG
Grafting of Aortic Arch Aneurysm under profound Hypothermia and Total Circulatory Arrest
Aortic Root Replacement
Intracardiac repair of tricuspid atresia with TCPC

FELLOWSHIPS AND SURGICAL OBSERVATIONS ABROAD

With Dudley Johnson MD, St.Mary’s Hospital MILWAUKEE, USA (Redo CABG and Endarterectomy)
Mr. John Wright London Chest Hospital & The Princess Grace Hospital, London
Mr. Steven J.Westbay John Radcliff Hospital Oxford UK (Fast tracking)
Mr. Steven J.Philips, MD Mercy Hospital, Des Monies, USA (Primary CABG for Acute M.I)
Prof. Calafiore, University Hospital Chieti, Italy, (Total Arterial Revascularization, Warm Heart Surgery, MIDCAB, Skeletanisation of IMAS.)
Dr. Erick Jansen University Hospital Utrecht, Netherland, (CABG on Beating Heart with Octopus Tissue stabilisation & skeletonisation of IAMS)
Dr. Urbon Lonn, University Hospital Linchoping, Sweden

ACTIVITIES IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

President, Indian Association of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeons (IACTS)
Founder member of the International Society of Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgeons (ISMICS)
Member Executive Council of Indian Association of C.T Surgeons (IACTS) 1995
Vice president of Indian College of Cardiology (I.C.C) 1999-2002
Hon. Secretary, Cardiology Society of India, Bangalore Chapter 1987
Hon. Secretary, Bangalore Surgical Society 1992
Editor of Journal of Indian Association of C.T Surgery 2001
Member of the executive committee of Indian Medical Association, Bangalore chapter 1988
Vice president of Indian Medical Association, Karnataka chapter 2001
Chairman, Scientific Committee of the Annual Conference of Indian Association of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeons – 1995
Vice Chairman – Organizing Committee of the annual conference of the Indian Association of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeons 2005
Fellow of the IACTS (Indian Association of Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgeons)