30/05/2022
Welcome back to our ‘Meet the Pioneers in the Paediatrics World’ series!
Meet Dr. K. M. Cherian who is a cardiac surgeon in India and the United States. He is a pioneer in bypass surgery, paediatric cardiac surgery, heart and lung transplantation in India. He has worked at Christian Medical College Hospital in Vellore, the University of Oregon, and the Yangzhou University in China. Currently, he is the chairman and CEO of the International Centre for Cardio Thoracic and Vascular Diseases and the Dr. K. M. Cherian Heart Foundation at the Pushpagiri Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre in India.
From 1990 to 1993, he was the honorary surgeon to India's president. He has performed over 36,000 surgeries, including India's first heart transplant after brain death, the first bilateral lung transplant, India's first pediatric heart transplant and the nation's first heart and lung double transplant.
He is the first and only member from India of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine in London, England. Dr K.M.Cherian is truly an inspiration for the future generations.
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