Dr. Dhiren Shah

Consultant Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgeon with 20+ years of experience

• Dr Dhiren Shah is well known and highly skilled Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgeon with more than 20 years of.
• His areas of expertise are Angina Pectoris, Myocardial Infarction, Heart failure, Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm, Treatment Of Arrhythmia, Atherosclerosis, Cardiomyopathy, Coronary Artery Disease, Peripheral Artery Bypass, Pregnancy Hypertension (Preeclampsia/ Eclampsia) etc.
• He completed his M.B.B.S. from B.J. Medical College & Civil Hospital, Ahmedabad in 1996, M.S. (General Surgery) from Civil Hospital & B. J. Medical College, Ahmedabad in 1999 and M.Ch (C.V.T.S.) from G. B. Pant Hospital, New Delhi (Delhi University) in 2002.
• He is performing over 1000 cases of open heart surgery every year
  and has done almost more than 13,000 open-heart surgeries.

Education

• M.B.B.S. from B.J. Medical College & Civil Hospital, Ahmedabad in 1996
• M.S. (General Surgery) from Civil Hospital & B. J. Medical College, Ahmedabad in 1999
• M.Ch (C.V.T.S.) from G. B. Pant Hospital, New Delhi (Delhi University) in 2002

Additional Training

• Trained for Mitral valve repair surgery from Dr Alian Carpaintuer and Dr Van Phan from Ho Chi Min, Vietnam.
• Trained for MICS (KEYHOLE) heart surgery from Leipzig Heart Centre Germany under Dr Fedrich Mohr.
• Trained for Heart Transplant and Artificial Heart implantation and LVAD for UPMC Pittsburgh USA.
• Trained for Aortic Valve replacement by MICS procedure from Mt. Sinai Hospital, Miami Florida USA.
• Trained for TAVR in Medtronic international centre Switzerland Europe.

Professional Experience

• Doing over 1000 cases of open heart surgery every year and experiencing over 13000 open heart surgeries.
  Director of one of the best hospitals in Gujarat the green hospital name CIMS Hospital.
  Executive council member of the Indian Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation (INSHLT).
• September 2002 till date Working as consultant and Director of C.V.T.S with Care Cardiovascular Consultant group Attached with Sterling Hospital and Shalby Hospital Ahmedabad.
• May 2002 – Aug 2002 Senior Residency at G. B. Pant Hospital, New Delhi, Delhi University. Specialized training in Valvular Heart Disease, Congenital Heart Disease & Adult Cardiac Disease.Consultants: – 1) Dr M. Nigam 2) Dr A. Banerjee 3) Dr D. K. Satsangi 4) Dr S. Dubey 5) Dr M. Gheelani 6) Dr. V. Grover.
• February 2000 – April 2000 Senior Resident at Jaslok Hospital, Mumbai in C.V.T.S. Dept.Consultants : – 1) Dr. R. Panda 2) Dr. S. Joshi 3) Dr. A. Mehra 4) Dr. Honnikari 5) Dr. Hemant Kumar.
• January 1997 to January 2000 Residency in General Surgery at B. J. Medical College & Civil Hospital, Ahmedabad (Gujarat University). Training in à General Surgery Speciality Training in: 1) C. V. T. S. 2) Paediatric Surgery 3) Traumatology 4) Gastrosurgery 5) Oncosurgery 6) Plastic Surgery.

Research and Publication

• Member of the Ethics committee and IRB of SAL Hospital and Research Institute.
• Member of IRB of VIBGYOR Research Limited.
• Co-investigator in STICH TRIAL for LV dysfunction surgery CORONARY Trial FREEDOM Trial ARC Trial –Stem Cell therapy for Ischaemic Dilated cardiomyopathy Transfusion Trial —In collaboration with Cleveland clinic.
• Pulsatile flow during cardiopulmonary bypass using intra aortic balloon pump favours cardiac surgery outcome in pregnant woman, Poster presentation at IACTS 2005.
• Ventricular overlap- an alternative to heart transplantation: our early experience -paper presentation in IACTS 2005, and JATS 2005.
• An atypical presentation of Aneurysm of sinuses of Valsalva (ASV)—Poster Presentation at IACTS 2005.