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Dr. Ashok Seth

Specialization - Cardiologist

Department - Cardiology

Designation - Chairman

Works at - Fortis Memorial Research Institute

New Delhi, India

Career Profile

Dr Ashok Seth is presently the Chairman of Fortis Escorts Heart Institute and the Chairman of Cardiology Council, Fortis Group of Hospitals. He has led the field of Interventional Cardiology for the last 30-years and has contributed extensively to the development, scientific progress and education in Interventional Cardiology in India and across the world. Over the past 30-years, he has pioneered numerous angioplasty techniques for India and Asia Pacific region like Directional Atherectomy, Angioscopy, Stents, Thrombectomy devices & Drug-Eluting Stents, use of Impella heart support device failing heart, Bioabsorbable Stents and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI). With a thriving experience of over 30 years, he is renowned for performing over 50,000 angiograms and 20,000 angioplasties. Dr Seth is the first cardiologist in the Asia Pacific region to perform an Angioscopy and directional Atherectomy. He is also counted amongst the few cardiologists in the world to perform the procedure – Percutaneous Myocardial Laser Revascularization. He is an acclaimed teacher and has trained more than 500-cardiologists of India and abroad in advanced techniques of angioplasty.

Education & Training

  • Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (M.B.B.S.).
  • J N Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University, India, 1978.
  • Doctorate of Science (D.Sc) Honoris Causa, Banaras Hindu University, India, 1998.
  • Doctor of Science (D.Sc) Honoris Causa, Amity University, Noida (U.P.), India, 2012.
  • Doctorate of Science (D.Sc) Honoris Causa, Tirthankar Mahavir University, Moradabad, India, 2012.
  • Doctor of Letters (D.Litt.) Honoris Causa, Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi, India, 2012.
Clinical Focus
  • Angioplasty Techniques.
  • Directional Atherectomy.
  • Angioscopy.
  • Stents.
  • Thrombectomy devices and Drug Eluting Stents.
  • Use of Impella heart support device failing heart.
  • Bioabsorbable Stents and TAVI.
Awards
  • He has been featured in the “LIMCA” Book of records for performing one of the highest numbers of angiograms and angioplasties in the world.
  • Dr Seth is one of the youngest people to be honoured with the Doctorate of Science (D.Sc.) honoris Causa by Banaras Hindu University.
  • Dr Seth has been honoured with the prestigious National award of “Padma Bhushan” and “Padma Shri” Award by the President of India.
  • He is the First Cardiologist from Asia to be elected on the Board of Governors of Society of Cardiac Angiograms and Intervention (USA).

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