Doctors

Brief Profile:

Dr. Krishna Iyer is one of India's most experienced pediatric cardiac surgeons, recognised for his clinical expertise and involvement with cardiac care for children in India and other developing nations.

After his medical training he joined the faculty of cardiac surgery department of AIIMS, New Delhi. Hethen trained in infant cardiac surgery in Australia and then established neonatal cardiac surgery at AIIMS.

Dr. Iyer began the first dedicated pediatric cardiac care program in North India at EHIRC (now FEHI) in 1995. Under his guidance, this pediatric cardiac program has become the benchmark for cardiac care for children in India and its South East Asian neighbours. Dr. Iyer has operated on more than 14,000 patients with congenital heart diseases from all parts of India and International patients from over 15 countries. He has performed the first successful rapid two stage arterial switch and double-switch operation in India.

He has more than hundred research publications in national and international journals and travels extensively to cities across India and abroad to deliver lectures.

He has been the Founder President of Asia-Pacific Pediatric Cardiac Society, Society of Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgeons and President of Pediatric Cardiac Society of India.

Education and Training:

M.B.B.S. All India Institute of Medical Sciences New Delhi, 1978

M.S. (Gen. Surgery) All India Institute of Medical Sciences, 1981

M.Ch. (CTVS) All India Institute of Medical Sciences, 1984

Fellowship (Neonatal cardiac surgery) Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne ,1989.

Expertise:

Paediatric Cardiologist

Complex neonatal cardiac surgery

Cardiac surgery in malnourished infants and children

 Congenital heart disease

Cost effective cardiac care

Experience:

Executive Director Cardiac Sciences*

Fortis Escorts Heart Institute, New Delhi

Assistant Professor at All India Institute of Medical Sciences - 1985 - 1995

Membership and Fellowship:

Founder member of Paediatric Cardiac Society of India.

International member of the American Association of Thoracic Surgery.

Governing Council member of the World Society of Congenital Heart Surgery.

Fellow and Life member of the Indian Association of Cardiovascular Thoracic Surgeons.

Vice President of Paediatric Cardiac Society of India (2003-2005).

Founder, President of Asia Pacific Paediatric Cardiac Society (2005-2006).

President of Paediatric Cardiac Society of India (2005-2007).

Permanent Member, Steering Committee for World Congress of Paediatric Cardiology & Cardiac Surgery (2009 onwards).

Council member of the Asian Society of Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery.

Member, Speciality Board of National Board of Examinations capture.

Editor-in-Chief of the Indian Journal of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery.

Member, Editorial Board of the Annals of Paediatric Cardiology.

Awards and Achievements:

Awarded the Doppler award for best paper at the Sixth International Symposium on Echocardiography in Cardiac Surgery, held in Washington D.C. on Nov.1994.

Awarded a Citation and Certificate of Appreciation for notable service and excellent contribution to EHIRC Dr A.P.J.Abdul Kalam, Honourable President of India on December 13th, 2002, New Delhi, India.

Awarded and delivered the Dr. Armida Fernandez oration on 14th August 2005, in Mumbai.

Awarded the Notable Service Award for outstanding contribution in the field of Clinical & Preventive Cardiology in the world by the World Congress on Clinical & Preventive Cardiology (WCCPC 2006) on September 22nd 24th, 2006, Mount Abu, Rajasthan, India.

Awarded Certificate of Appreciation for the selfless services rendered by the Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee at Rajiv Bhavan, on December 9th 2006, New Delhi, India.

Awarded Certificate of Appreciation for the significant contribution at The 16th Asian Pacific Congress of Cardiology in December 13-16, 2007, Taipei, Taiwan.

Awarded the Paul Harris Fellow in appreciation of tangible and significant aid given for the furtherance of better understanding and friendly relations among peoples of the world by The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International on 23rd Feb 2008, New Delhi (India).

Awarded Dynamic Indian of the Millenium award by the KG Foundation, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu in August, 2009.

Has been awarded and delivered Sadasivan Oration at the Annual Conference of the Association of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgeons of India held in Kolkata in Feb, 2011.