A recognized name in the field of Cardiology, Dr. Ashok Seth is an eminent Cardiac Surgeon having more than three decades of experience. He is currently working as a Chairman of the Cardiology Department at Fortis Escorts Heart Institute. This Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan awarded doctor is known for executing more than 50,000 angiograms and 20,000 angioplasties. Also, he is the first surgeon to perform Angioscopy and directional Atherectomy. He is proficient in performing the procedure of Percutaneous Myocardial Laser Revascularization.

Specialization:

• Cardiology
• Angioscopy
• Stents
• AICD
• Angioplasty techniques
• Directional Atherectomy
• Bioabsorbable Stents and TAVI
• Thrombectomy devices and Drug Eluting Stents
• Use of Impella heart support device failing heart
• Renal Angiogram
• Peripheral Angiogram
• Coronary Angiogram
• Cerebral Angiogram
• Coronary Angioplasty
• Peripheral Angioplasty
• PTCA-Percutaneous Transluminal
• EPS-Electrophysiological
• Radiofrequency Ablation
• IVC Filter Insertion
• Aortic Stent Grafting
• Biventricular Pacing
• Trigger Point Injection (TPI)
• PPI-Permanent Pacemaker Implant - Single Chamber
• PTMC - Percutaneous Transvenous Mitral Commissurotomy

Educational Qualifications:

• MBBS, Jawahar Lal Nehru University, Aligarh
• MD, SGPGI, Lucknow
• MRCP, Member of the Royal College of Physicians, U.K.
• FRCP, Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, London
• Fellowship, U.S.A.

Awards & Achievements:

• Padma Bhushan award by the President of India
• Padma Shri, awarded by the President of India
• “Lifetime Achievement Award” for his exceptional contribution in the domain of Clinical & Preventive Cardiology
• Doctor of the Year Award - Escorts
• Honored with Doctorate of Science (D.Sc.) Honouris Causa by Banaras Hindu University
• Awarded with the Fellowship of all the three Royal Colleges of London, Edinburgh & Ireland
• First cardiologist chosen on the Board of Governors of Society of Cardiac Angiographies and Intervention (USA)
• Featured in the “LIMCA” Book of records for carrying out one of the highest numbers of angiographies and angioplasties in the world
• More than 250 publications both nationally and internationally
• Articles published in Times of India, Economic Times