Dr. Ramakanta Panda

Dr. Ramakanta Panda serves as Vice Chairman and Managing Director of Cardiovascular Thoracic Surgery. He is India’s first physician to pioneer the concept of Total Arterial Revascularization. He specializes in Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting employing exclusively arterial grafts, as well as beating heart surgery.
Dr. Panda has conducted over 20,200 cardiac procedures, including over 1,080 redo bypass surgeries and over 3,020 high-risk procedures. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan, India’s third-highest civilian accolade. He has done a number of high-profile heart procedures on members of the Indian government, including the then-Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, in recent years.

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Dr. Ramakanta Panda Clinical Interests

• Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting using only arterial grafts
• Beating heart surgery
• Redo bypass surgery
• Heart Valve Repair
• Complex aneurysms

Awards and Accolades

• Padma Bhushan Award – 2010
• Degree of Doctorate in Science (Honorius Causa) from Utkal University, Orissa
• Central Board of Taxes, Government of India, has awarded him the prestigious Rashtriya Samman Patra twice, for being one of the highest taxpayers in India.

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