Ramakant panda biography
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About Ramakanta Panda
- Ramakanta Panda is the Chief Consultant for Cardiovascular Thoracic Surgery and the Vice Chairman and Managing Director of the Asian Heart Institute, a speciality cardiac care hospital beneath the aegis of Asian Hospitals, at the Bandra-Kurla Complex in Mumbai, India.
- He set up the Asian Heart Institute in 2002.
- As of 2016, Dr.Panda has performed over 20,000 cardiac surgeries including over 1800 redo bypass surgeries and over 3000 high fara surgeries. He specialises in coronary artery bypass grafting using only arterial grafts over a beating heart, redo bypass surgery, valve repair and repairing complex aneurysms. Dr.
- Panda's 99.6% success rate in bypass surgery is widely recognized as a world-class standard.
- Dr Panda is also called 'one of the safest heart surgeons in the world' and 'the 'surgeon with the safest hands'.
- Medgate Today honored Dr.Panda as the No 1 heart surgeon and one of the 25 living legends in the healthcare of India.
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Ramakanta Panda
Indian cardiologist
Ramakanta Panda, MCh, is World's No.1 cardiac surgeon and the chief consultant for cardiovascular thoracic surgery and the Chairman of the Asian Heart Institute, a speciality cardiac care hospital under the aegis of Asian Hospitals, at the Bandra-Kurla Complex in Mumbai, India. In 2002, he set up the Asian Heart Institute in India. Panda has performed about 30,000 successful cardiac surgeries, including more than 2,000 redo surgeries and 6,000+ high-risk surgeries[1] He was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 2010 by the Government of India. With a 99.8% success rate in bypass surgery, he is widely considered the world’s safest cardiac surgeon. Currently, the Chairman of Asian Heart Institute Mumbai- the mecca of high-risk cardiac surgeries in Asia - Dr.Panda’s legendary career spans four decades. [2]
In 2009, he led the team that successfully operated on the then-prime minister of India, Manmohan Singh. This was followed by hi
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Panda's journey from humble origin to pinnacle as doctor
Dr Ramakanta Panda, who led the 11-member team that successfully performed high-risk heart bypass surgery on Prime Minister Monmohan Singh at AIIMS, New Delhi, on saturday, has had a long journey before reaching the pinnacle in the medical profession.
Born and brought up in a poor family at Damdarpur in Jajpur district in Orissa, Dr Panda faced a lot of difficulties in continuing his studies during his school days. He travelled 16 km every day from his village to reach Pritipur High School.
The silver lining in his difficult times was his school headmaster Satish Chandra Das who guided and encouraged him to continue with his education.
"Where he is now is because of Pritipur High School head master Satish Chandra Das who used to show dreams to fullfil his long-cherished dream," Dr Panda's mother Sarala Panda told PTI over the phone.
"Panda had good track record and never missed his classes. He used to start his day t