About Dr. Nishith Chandra
He is Director Coronary Imaging with keen interest in Coronary OCT (Optical Coherence Tomography). He has been at Fortis for last 26 years. Dr. Chandra has been actively involved in the field of Interventional Cardiology for more than 26 years. He has been instrumental in setting up the highly acclaimed Air Ambulance Unit of Escorts Heart Institute that has enabled the transportation of more than 300 critically sick patients from all over India and neighboring countries. Beside this, Dr. Chandra has been the in-charge of the Emergency and Heart Command Centre of Escorts Heart Institute, for more than two decades. Dr. Chandra also has a keen interest in medical informatics and electronic medical records and is involved in digitizing the Cath lab processes. Dr.Chandra has authored many publications in peer reviewed national and international journals and has written chapters in many books.
Expertise
- Complex coronary interventions Rot ablation Carotid Interventions. Balloon Valvotomies Peripheral Vascular Interventions Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery Off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery Surgery of ascending aortic aneurysms and dissections Valve repair and replacement Carotid endarterectomy CABG in patients with poor ventricular function Major Vascular surgery Surgery for heart failure including heart transplantation and ventricular assist devices
Location
Professional Experience
Head of Department of Cardiology in Fortis Escorts Noida, New Delhi.
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