Dr. Krishna S. Iyer
Qualification: MBBS, MS, M.Ch
Designation: Executive Director – Pediatric & Congenital Heart Surgery
Hospital: Fortis Escorts Heart Institute, Okhla, New Delhi
Professional Positions:
- President – Indian Association of Cardiovascular Thoracic Surgeons
- President – Society of Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery
Previously
- Associate Professor – Department of CTVS, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
- Founder President – Asian Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Society
- Past President – Pediatric Cardiac Society of India
- Part Editor – IJTCVS, APC
About Dr. Krishna S. Iyer
Dr. Krishna Iyer is one of India’s most experienced pediatric cardiac surgeons, recognized for his clinical expertise and involvement with cardiac care for children in India and other developing nations.
After his medical training, he joined the faculty of the Cardiac Surgery Department of AIIMS, New Delhi. He then trained in infant cardiac surgery in Australia and established neonatal cardiac surgery at AIIMS.
Dr. Iyer began the first dedicated pediatric cardiac care program in North India at EHIRC (now FEHI) in 1995. Under his guidance, this pediatric cardiac program has become the benchmark for cardiac care for children in India and its South East Asian neighbours.
Dr. Iyer has operated on more than 14,000 patients with congenital heart diseases from all parts of India and international patients from over 15 countries.
He has performed the first successful rapid two-stage arterial switch and double-switch operations in India.
He has more than a hundred research publications in national and international journals and travels extensively to cities across India and abroad to deliver lectures.
Expertise
- Surgical Treatment of All Forms of Congenital Heart Disease (Simple or Complex)
- Complex Transpositions
- Redo Surgeries
- Late Presenting CHD
- Pulmonary Hypertension
- Complex Neonatal Surgery
