Dr. Panda is one of the best Cardiac Surgeons in the country and has performed over
8000 Heart Surgeries including over 600 second bypass surgeries. Dr. Panda has
pioneered the use of arterial conduit surgery on high-risk patients and Redo (several)
bypass surgery in the country. He is one of the safest Cardiac Surgeons in the world with
a mortality rate of 0.6% in isolated bypass surgery for last 5 years.

Under his leadership as Chief Cardiovascular Surgeon & Chief Executive Officer at the
Asian Heart Institute, within a span of over one year, the team is doing the highest
number of Cardiac surgeries in Mumbai, with the lowest complication rate in the country.
Dr. Panda has been regularly profiled among the top 5 Cardiac Surgeons in the Country.
Dr. Panda has been invited to many National & International seminars where he has
presented papers & chaired sessions. He also has many publications both in National &
International journals.

EXPERIENCE & TRAINING

Asian Heart Institute

Chief Executive Officer & Chief Cardio thoracic surgeon - January 2003 onwards

Jaslok Hospital /Breach Candy /Lilavati / Nanavati Hospitals, Mumbai-

Senior Consultant, Cardiac Surgery 1993 to 2003

Harefield Hospital, London-- Under Prof. Sir Magdi Yacoub

Overseas Senior Registrar May 1991-August 1992

Cleveland Clinic Foundation,Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Associate Staff Surgeon July 1989 to April 1991

Cleveland Clinic Foundation,Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Clinical Fellow, July 1986 to June June 1989

All India Institute of Medical Science, New Delhi

Registrar January 1981 to June 1986

PUBLICATIONS

1. Offpump Coronary Artery Bypass (OPCAB) in LV Dysfunction Our Experience
   
   Panda R., Mehrotra R., Rath P.K., Vanzara S., Patil U., Vaishnav S., Gararch N. IACTS, 2004
   


2. Offpump Coronary Artery Bypass (OPCAB) in Elderly
   
   Mehrotra R., Rath P. K., Vanzara S., Patil U., Vaishnav S., Garach N., Panda R. IACTS, 2004
3. Use of Bilateral Internal Mammary Artery In Diabetics
   
   Vanzara S. Rath P. K. Mehrortra R., Patil U., Vaishnav s., Garach N., Panda R. IACTS, 2004



4. Offpump Reoperative Coronary Artery Bypass
   
   Mehrotra R., Rath P. K., Vanzara S., Patil U., Vaishnav S., Garach N., Panda R. IACTS, 2004
   
   
5. Offpump Coronary Artery Bypass (OPCAB) in significant Left Main Stem Stenosis
   
   Rath P. K., Mehrotra R., Vanzara S., Patil U., Vaishnav S., Garach N., Panda R. IACTS, 2004



6. How safe is Multi Vessel Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery?
   
   R. Panda, P. K. Rath, S. Vanzara, U. Patil, N. C. Garach, B. James IJTCVS, 2001: 17:2: 2



7. Total Arterial OPCAB in Critical Left main Stenosis
   
   R. Panda, P. K. Rath, S. Vanzara, U. Patil, N. C. Garach, B. James IJTCVS, 2001: 17:3: 7



8. Early Experience with Battista Operation
   
   R. Panda, P. Rath, N. Garach, D. Daruwala
   13th Biennial Asian Congress on Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 1998: MP300: 207



9. Coronary Reoperations In Patients With Severely Impaired Ventricular Function
   
   R. Panda, P. Rath, D. B. Pahlajani, M. G. Pillai, A. B. Mehta, 13th Biennial Asian Congress on Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 1998: UP424: 224



10. Intermediate Term Follow-Up of Radial Artery Graft
    
    P. Rath, R. Panda, N. Garach, S. R. Handa, D. B. Pahlajani
    13th Biennial Asian Congress on Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 1998: O161: 114
    
    
11. Aggressive Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting In Patients With Diffuse CAD
    
    P. Rath, R. Panda, N. Garach, S. Bhojraj, A. B. Mehta 13th Biennial Asian Congress on Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 1998: UP426: 225
    
    
12. Arterial Grafting in Patients with Severely Impaired LV Function
    
    R. Panda, A. B. Mehta, M. G. Pillai, N. Garach, P. Rath Indian Heart Journal, Nov-Dec, 1998: 151
    
    
13. Early and Post operative Angiographic Studies of Sequential Mammary Artery Grafts
    
    A. B. Mehta, S. R. Handa, D. B. Pahlajani, M. G. Pillai, A. Desai, R. Panda Indian Heart Journal, 1998: 142
    
    
14. Arterial Revascularization in Left Main Stenosis
    
    R. Panda, D. B. Pahlajani, M. G. Pillai, N. Garach, S. Shetty, S. R. Handa, A. Desai, A. Punjabi, M. Mashru, A. B. Mehta Indian Heart Journal, 1998: 132
    
    
15. Coronary Reoperation in Patients with Patent Internal Mammary Artery Graft
    
    R. Panda, A. B. Mehta, D. B. Pahlajani, S. R. Handa, M. G. Pillai, A. G. Desai Indian Heart Journal, 1998: 325
    
    
16. Arterial Revascularization in CABG
    
    R. Panda, D. B. Pahlajani, A. B. Mehta, A. Desai, M. G. Pillai, S. R. Handa, S. Shetty, A. Punjabi, J. Parikh, M. Mashru Indian Heart Journal, 1998: 324
    
    
17. Early postoperative Angiographic Study of Indian Patients Undergoing CABG
    
    R. Panda, D. B. Pahlajani, S. R. Handa, R. Pandey, A. B. Mehta, M. G. Pillai, A. Punjabi, B. Pinto, P. Vyas, S. C. Munshi, J. Parikh Indian Heart Journal, 1998: 25
    
    
18. Arterial Grafting in Patients with impaired Ventricular Function
    
    R. Panda, D. B. Pahlajan, A. B. Mehta, A. Punjabi, M. G. Pillai, J. Parikh, M. Mashru, S. Shetty, A. Thawani, S. R. Handa Indian Heart Journal, 1998: 27
    
    
19. Early Results of Coronary Reoperation
    
    R. Panda, D. B. Pahlajani, A. B. Mehta,Parikh J., Shetty S.,Punjabi A.,Pillai M. G.,Shah V. P., B. Pinto,Pandy R., Mashru M.,Handa S. R. Indian Heart Journal, 1998: 249