Dr. Ashok Seth
Chairman of Fortis Escorts Heart Institute
40 years of overall experience
Works at Fortis Escorts Heart Institute, New Delhi
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About me
- Dr. Ashok Seth is a renowned Interventional Cardiologist with over 40 years of experience.
- He completed his MBBS from Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University, in 1978.
- Dr. Seth has pioneered numerous angioplasty techniques in India and the Asia Pacific region, including Directional Atherectomy, Angioscopy, and the use of Drug-Eluting Stents.
- He has performed over 50,000 angiograms and 20,000 angioplasties, a record noted in the ‘Limca Book of Records’.
- Dr. Seth has been honored with prestigious awards such as the Padma Shri in 2003 and the Padma Bhushan in 2015.
Special Interest
- Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI)
- Bioresorbable Scaffold (BRS) Stents
- Impella Heart Support Device
- Percutaneous Myocardial Laser Revascularization
Skilled At
- Cardiac Ablation
- Cardioversion
- Coronary Angioplasty / Bypass Surgery
- CT Angiogram
- Pacemaker Implantation
- Cardiac Rehabilitation
- Hypertension Treatment
- Cardiac Catheterisation
- Carotid Angioplasty and Stenting
- Mitral/Heart Valve Replacement
- Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators (ICDs)
- Acute Aortic Dissection
- ASD/VSD Device Closure
- Patent Foramen Ovale Closure
- Interventional Cardiology
Education
- MBBS from Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University (1978)
- MRCP from Royal College of Physicians of London (1984)
- MRCP from Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (1986)
Experience
- Chairman of Fortis Escorts Heart Institute, New Delhi
- Head of Cardiology Council, Fortis Group of Hospitals
- Former Consultant Cardiologist at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham University
Awards
- Padma Shri (2003)
- Padma Bhushan (2015)
- Doctorate of Science (Honoris Causa) from Banaras Hindu University