Introduction                                      Last Updated: 12/9/11

The Department of Cardiology at AIIMS was established under the leadership of Prof. Sujoy B. Roy. The department has developed excellent facilities for clinical care and has fully developed facilities for adult and pediatric interventions including coronary interventions, valvuloplasty, device closure of congenital shunts and electrophysiology services (including radiofrequency ablation, pacemaker, bi-ventricular pacemaker and cardioverter defibrillator implantation). Laboratory testing facilities include treadmill testing, holter recording, echocardiography (including transthoracic, transesophageal, 3-D and fetal echocardiography), Tilt testing for syncope and electrophysiology testing including CARTO system mapping. The department has done pioneering work in the field of rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease including juvenile mitral stenosis, coronary artery disease including angioplasties, arrhythmias, cardiomyopathies and congenital heart diseases.

Following are the names of the Heads of the Department of Cardiology since its inception:

Dr.  Sujoy B Roy

Dr.  Madan Lal Bhatia

Dr.  Rajan Tandon

Dr.  Harbans Singh Wasir

Dr.  Subhash Chand Manchanda

Dr.  Kewal Krishan Talwar

Dr.  K. Srinath Reddy

Dr.  Vinay Kumar Bahl (Present Head of the Department)