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Dr. Dhananjay Malankar

Sr. Consultant – Pediatric Cardio Thoracic Surgery

Cardiac SurgeryPaediatricsVascular Surgery

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About

Dr Dhananjay Malankar is a Cardiothoracic Surgeon trained at AIIMS New Delhi with a 2-year fellowship at The Cleveland Clinic, USA for Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery and LVAD/Heart Transplant, and fellowship at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia for Congenital Heart Disease surgery.

Years of Experience

12

Languages

English, Hindi, Marathi

Qualifications

  • ✓ MBBS, MS (General Surgery)
  • ✓ M.Ch. (Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgery) – All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi
  • ✓ Fellowship in Heart failure and complex adult cardiac surgery – The Cleveland Clinic, Ohio, USA
  • ✓ Fellowship in Congenital cardiac surgery – The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • ✓ Fellowship in Adult cardiac & Heart failure surgery & Pediatric and neonatal cardiac surgery

Expertise & Skills

  • ✓ Trained at AIIMS New Delhi – premier institute of India for cardiothoracic surgery
  • ✓ 2-year Fellowship at The Cleveland Clinic, Ohio, USA for state-of-the-art Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery and Heart failure surgeries
  • ✓ Fellowship at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia for Congenital Heart Disease and neonatal/pediatric cardiac surgery
  • ✓ Areas of interest: Paediatric and neonatal cardiac surgery, Mechanical circulatory support (ECMO & VAD placement), Heart Failure Surgery and Heart Transplantation, Valve repair (mitral valve repair and tricuspid valve Ebstein's repair)

Achievements

  • ✓ Fellowship at The Cleveland Clinic – one of the top institutes in the USA for Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery and Heart failure surgeries (LVAD insertion and Heart transplant)
  • ✓ Completed training in Congenital Heart Disease and neonatal/pediatric cardiac surgery at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
  • ✓ Conducted numerous Pediatric cardiac surgical camps in Iraq at Al-Sadiq hospital in Babylon and Imam-Al-Hasan hospital in Karbala
  • ✓ Operated on more than 200 children with Congenital Heart Defects (CHD) in camps in Iraq
  • ✓ Operated on more than 5000 children with CHDs over 12+ years as an independent consultant
  • ✓ Successfully performed complex pediatric cardiac surgeries: Double switch operation, Truncal switch operation, Norwood procedure, permanent HeartMate3 LVAD implantation and Heart transplants