Doctor's
Name : Dr. Shantesh Kaushik { Cardio - Thoracic & Vascular Surgeon }
Qualification ---: M.S.D.N.B. (Gen Surg.), M. Ch. (Thor. Surg.) D.N.B. (Cardio-thor. Surg.), M.D. (USA)
Dr. Kaushik
has an experience base of performing the whole spectrum of Cardio - Thoracic
& Vascular Surgeries at an early stage of his career.
Dr. Kaushik had a privilege of learning & practicing at renowned places
in India, Australia and USA including the Royal Melbourne Hospital (the second
largest cardio thoracic center in Australia), Boston Medical Center in Boston,
USA and the Lahey Clinic, USA. At the Boston Medical Center he gained experience
in Heartport / Minimally Invasive Surgery under Dr. Shemin. During the Lahey
Clinic rotation Dr. Kaushik benefited from Dr. Svensson's guidance in Complex
Aortic Surgery. In his combined overseas experience he has been exposed to
4000 cases of which he has performed about 900 cases. In the past two years
at Wockhardt Hospital he has performed over 200 cases with an overall mortality
rate of 1.5 %.
Surgical Expertise :
Total Arterial Coronary Revascularisation.
Minimal Invasive Valve and
Thoracic Surgery.
Video Assisted Thoracic Surgery.
Honours And Awards :
The Dr. Bhave Prize (Pune
University) for standing second in the subject of surgery at the MBBS
-----------------examination.
The Godbole Prize, the Dr.
B.N.Ranade Prize and the G.M. Phadke Prize (Pune University) for standing
-------first at the M.S. (Gen. Surgery) examination
(Jan 1992).
The Parsuram Memorial Award
of the Indian Association of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
------------------(I.A.C.T.S.) on being adjudged the best young investigator
of the year 1994.
