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20,000 surgeries and counting!
Renowned heart surgeon and Chief Cardio-Thoracic Surgeon of Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad, Dr Vijay Dikshit, was felicitated by Dr Prathap C. Reddy, Chairman, Apollo Hospitals Group and eminent citizens and doctors from the city, for accomplishing a rare distinction of performing over 20,000 cardiac surgeries.
Renowned heart surgeon and Chief Cardio-Thoracic Surgeon of Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad, Dr Vijay Dikshit, was felicitated by Dr Prathap C. Reddy, Chairman, Apollo Hospitals Group and eminent citizens and doctors from the city, for accomplishing a rare distinction of performing over 20,000 cardiac surgeries.
Dr Dikshit, who performed the first cardiac surgery way back in 1991, reached the milestone in March, 2016. Dr Vijay Dikshit, who originally hails from Lucknow and made Hyderabad his home - in his illustrious career of over twenty five years, most of which at Apollo Hospitals, has accomplished several landmarks.
He holds a unique record of performing 362 consecutive Coronary Bypass Surgeries without any mortality or serious complication from 1991 to 1993. Dr Dikshit performed a delicate and complex heart surgery successfully on a two-day old baby born with congenital heart disease, in his initial years in the profession.
“Only a handful of cardiac surgeons have treaded this distance in the annals of cardiothoracic surgery, world over, therefore this accomplishment of Dr Vijay Dikshit is highly commendable,” said Dr Prathap Reddy.
Dr Dikshit was instrumental in pioneering many advanced techniques of Coronary Bypass surgery in India, like routine use of Internal Mammary Artery Graft, Coronary Endarterectomies, Bypass Surgery on Beating Hearts, Minimal Invasive Coronary Bypass Surgeries and use of Radial Artery for bypass graft and other arterial conduits for Bypass surgeries.
He is one among the first cardiac surgeons to have started doing Redo Coronary Bypass Surgeries (Repeat Bypass surgery) in India. He performed the first heart transplant in November 2013 under the Jeevandan Scheme of Government of Andhra Pradesh. He has the experience of highest number of Mitral Valve Replacement Operation with Complete Chordal Preservation and Artificial Chordal Reconstruction.
Speaking after the felicitation, a humble and gentle man, Dr Dikshit said, “The love and bonding I get from my patients is overwhelming, nothing can beat that. The cheer I see on their and their families' faces is what keeps me going and perform even better.”
Present on the occasion were members of Apollo Hospital Group Sucharitha Reddy, Preeta Reddy Vice-Chairperson, Sangita Reddy Jt. MD, actor Chiranjeevi, MAAA president Rajendra Prasad, Mayor B Rammohan, Justice (Retd.) Sudarshan Reddy, Dr Hari Prasad President and other senior doctors, patients and well wishers.
