Anil Bhan

Anil Bhan
Nationality	Indian
Education	M.Ch Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery
Alma mater	Graduated from GMC Srinagar, Post graduation from PGIMER Chandigarh, M.Ch AIIMS New Delhi
Medical career
Profession	Surgeon
Field	Cardio-vascular surgery
Website	dranilbhan.com

Anil Bhan is an Indian physician and the chairman of Cardiac Surgery Heart Institute, Medanta Hospital, Gurgaon. He graduated from Government Medical College, Srinagar. He has the largest experience in aortic surgery in India since he has designed and developed more than 50 surgical instruments in the field of cardiac surgery. He was one of the team members to perform the first successful heart transplant in India in1994. ^[1] He served as a co-founder of Max Heart and Vascular Institute, Saket, New Delhi, Director and Chief Co-Ordinator, Cardio thoracic and Vascular Surgery, MHVI, Saket. Additional Professor, Cardiothoracic Surgery and Vascular Surgery, AIIMS, New Delhi.

Awards and recognitions

Bhan studied in C.M.S. Tyndale Biscoe School, Srinagar. He was awarded the certificate of Honor as "Best All Round Boy" in school. Also awarded Certificate of Honor for Best Performance in Matriculation. Stood First in Kashmir Province. He is a graduate from Medical College Srinagar – Distinction holder in Pharmacology, Pathology, Forensic Medicine, Internal Medicine, Surgery and Gynae/Obst. He did his Internship from Christian Medical College Vellore. He worked as a Pool Officer in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences.

He is recipient of Certificate of distinction for first rank in Pre – Medical Examination of University of Kashmir, received certificate of distinction for securing first position in order of merit in MBBS examination of University of Kashmir. ^[2]

National awards

• Awarded "Silver Medal" at P.G.I. Chandigarh for first order performance in M.S.,General Surgery examination.
• Awarded life Time Achievement Award at the world Congress of clinical and Preventive Cardiology, 2006. Conferred by former President of India Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam in Rashtrapati Bhawan.
• Conferred the P K Sen Oration in 2009 by the Indian Association of Cardiovascular Surgery.
• Conferred the K.N.Dastur Oration in 2013 by the Indian Association of Cardiovascular Surgery.
• Awarded Life Time Achievement award by the Human Care Charitable Trust in 2014.
• Awarded Life Time Achievement Award by KECESS, Kashmir Education, Cultural and Science Society in view of my outstanding contribution in the field of Medical Sciences 2015.
• Awarded DMA Chikitsa Ratan Award by Delhi Medical Association in 2014.
• Felicitated by the Society of Heart Failure and Transplantation in Kochi, 2016 in recognition of the contribution in the Thoracic organ Transplantation in India.
• Felicitated by the Kashmir Medicos – Old Students Forum on 1 December 2007 for my outstanding and meritorious Services to Medical profession.
• Felicitation in view of my valuable contribution in Indian organ Donation and Awareness Program in Year 2015.
• IMA-New Delhi Branch, Distinguished Service Award for my contribution to CME promotion – 18th March2007.
• Awarded Magnanimous Award for outstanding contribution in the field of cardiac and thoracic surgery by IMA Academy of Medical Specialities, Sept. 2007
• Appreciation award by Rotary Clubs of Faridabad in 2005. District 3010
• Received "Nagrik Abhinandan" by the Gauravgatha Abhinandan Samaroh Samiti in 2010 at Agra. ^[3]

Contributions

• Part of the team that conducted the first successful Heart Transplantation in India under Professor Panangipalli Venugopal on 3 August 1994.
• Conducted the youngest Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery for patient aged 20 months. ^[4]
• Modified Circuit for Retrograde Central Perfusion- Asian Cardiovascular Thoracic Annals, 2003, March:11(1);85-86 ^[5] (Aortic surgery program).

Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery (CABG)

• Published one of the earliest reports on angiographic follow-up of OPCAB (Beating Heart CABG) from India. Accredited by Medtronics(U.S.).(Annals of Thoracic Surgery.2000;vol.69(4): 1216–1221). ^[6]
• Published third report in the world literature on Radial artery angiographic follow up. (Annals Thoracic Surgery.1999;67(6):1631–1636) ^[7]
• Published the data on adenosine preconditioning of the Myocardium in patients with ventricular dysfunction undergoing myocardial revascularisation.(Eur. J of Cardiothoracic Surgery. 2001;19(1):41-6.) ^[8]
• Used for the first time Harmonic scalpel for the harvest of Radial and Internal mammary Artery conduits in India. (Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals. March, 7;(2001)) ^[9]

Pediatric cardiac surgery

• Described a new – operative technique for repair of supracardiac total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage. (Published in Annals of thoracic surgery- USA) ^[10]
• Described a new operative technique for coarctation of aortic with type – B aortic dissection(Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery USA) ^[11]

Breakthrough cases

Thoraco-abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Retractor

• 11-month-old Nigerian baby undergoes rare heart surgery. ^[12]
• 3-Month-Old Gets New Life After Heart Surgery – 12 May 2007 ^[13]
• Heart Bypass Surgery Done on 20-Month-Old – 29 May 2009 ^[14]
• 20-Month-Old Boy Undergoes Bypass ^[15]
• Rare Heart Surgery Performed on Infant ^[16]
• Indore creates record with first heart transplantation ^[17]
• Total arterial revascularisation in a child with familial homozygous hypercholesterolemia ^[18]

Instruments designed

Self Retaining Mitral Valve Retractor

MICS instruments with unique licking aortic clamp

Designed and developed more than 50 instruments for minimally invasive cardiac surgery. Thoracic and thoraco-abdominal aortic aneurysms, mitral valve surgery and the beating heart coronary artery bypass surgery. ^[19]

References

1. "Dr. Anil Bhan the best cardiac surgeon at Medanta Hospital Gurgaon". Indiacardiacsurgerysite. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
2. "About Dr. Anil Bhan". dranilbhan.com. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
3. "Awards – Dr. Anil Bhan". dranilbhan.com. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
4. "20-month-old undergoes bypass surgery". 30 May 2009.
5. Bhan, Anil; Agarwal, Saket; Saxena, Praveen; Venugopal, Panangipalli (2002). "Retrograde cerebral perfusion". The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 73 (6): 2038. doi:10.1016/s0003-4975(02)03441-0. PMID   12078831.
6. Bhan, Anil; Choudhary, Shiv Kumar; Mathur, Alok; Sharma, Rajesh; Sahoo, Manoranjan; Agrawal, Rajiv; Venugopal, Panangipalli (April 2000). "Surgical myocardial revascularization without cardiopulmonary bypass". The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 69 (4): 1216–1221. doi: 10.1016/S0003-4975(99)01581-7 . PMID   10800822.
7. Bhan, Anil; Gupta, Vivek; Choudhary, Shiv Kumar; Sharma, Rajesh; Singh, Balbir; Aggarwal, Rajiv; Bhargava, Balram; Sharma, Ashutosh V.; Venugopal, Panangipalli (June 1999). "Radial artery in CABG: could the early results be comparable to internal mammary artery graft?" . The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 67 (6): 1631–1636. doi:10.1016/S0003-4975(99)00223-4. PMID   10391266.
8. Wasir, H.; Bhan, A.; Choudhary, S. K.; Sharma, R.; Chauhan, S.; Venugopal, P. (January 2001). "Pretreatment of human myocardium with adenosine". European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. 19 (1): 41–46. doi: 10.1016/S1010-7940(00)00605-9 . PMID   11163559.
9. Bhan, Anil; Choudhary, Shiv Kumar; Saikia, Manuj; Sharma, Rajesh; Venugopal, Panangipalli (1 March 2001). "Harmonic Scalpel: Initial Experience" . Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals. 9 (1): 3–6. doi:10.1177/021849230100900102. S2CID   71707417.
10. Choudhary, Shiv Kumar; Bhan, Anil; Sharma, Rajesh; Mathur, Alok; Airan, Balram; Saxena, Anita; Kothari, Shyam Sunder; Juneja, Rajnish; Venugopal, Panangipalli (1 July 1999). "Repair of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection in infancy: experience from a developing country". The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 68 (1): 155–159. doi: 10.1016/S0003-4975(99)00375-6 . PMID   10421132.
11. Bhan, Anil; Agarwal, Saket; Sharma, Rajesh; Venugopal, Pannangipalli (1 February 2002). "Juxtaductal coarctation with type B dissection of the aorta: A new operative technique". The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 123 (2): 365–367. doi: 10.1067/mtc.2002.119332 . PMID   11828305.
12. "11-month-old Nigerian baby undergoes rare heart surgery". Hindustan Times. Hindustan Times. 23 September 2013.
13. "3 Month Old Gets New Life After Heart Surgery". The Times of India. 12 May 2007.
14. "Heart bypass surgery done on 20-month-old". Hindustan Times. 29 May 2009.
15. "20-month-old undergoes bypass surgery". Deccan Herald. 30 May 2009.
16. "Rare heart surgery performed on infant". The Tribune. 12 July 2005. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013.
17. "Indore creates record with 1st heart transplantation". The Times of India. 10 March 2017.
18. Bhan, Anil; Swain, Sunil; Juneja, R.; Saxena, P.; Venugopal, P. (1 April 2005). "Total arterial revascularization in a child with familial homozygous hypercholesterolemia". The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 129 (4): 932–934. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2004.03.054 . PMID   15821666.
19. "Doctors turn to "designer" tools" (PDF).