Dr. Prateek Bhatnagar

About Doctor

Dr. Prateek Bhatnagar did the world’s first successful coronary bypass surgery in a rotated heart (mesocardia) on 17th September 2016. Did India’s first re-redo (3rd time) coronary bypass surgery using beating heart total arterial revascularization in 2005. Did Hyderabad’s first Multivessel Awake bypass surgery (without using a ventilator) in 2005.

Dr. Bhatnagar is one of the world’s leading experts in beating heart coronary bypass surgery, “Y” grafting surgery, BIMA (Bilateral Internal Mammary Artery) coronary bypass surgery and total arterial revascularization in bypass surgery.  He established these techniques in Hyderabad and demonstrated their safe, secure and advantageous use over the last 18 years. He has been associated with more than 12000 heart surgeries till date.

Dr. Bhatnagar is doing almost 100% coronary bypass surgeries on the beating heart (one of the top figures in India and abroad). Surgical success 99.2%, one of the best internationally. He regularly organizes Live Symposia and Conferences on BIMA surgery - the best technique of coronary bypass surgery. He also pioneered the technique of Awake bypass surgery in Hyderabad, by which a patient can undergo CABG without being put on a ventilator. He has been a faculty in national & international conferences and has delivered lectures. He has more than 20-year experience in heading cardiac surgery department in leading corporate hospitals. Dr. Bhatnagar is an expert in handling complex bypass surgeries, high-risk surgeries, redo and re-redo coronary bypass surgeries. He has a patient base in almost all parts of India and regularly operates international patients too. He was appointed by Maharashtra Government as a Visiting Specialist Cardiac Surgeon in 2003.

Dr. Bhatnagar was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award by Mahaveer International Trust in 2015. He has also received Dr. Purshottam Singh Award from IMA, GEMS International Award and Dr. SN Mathur Oration Award, among many others.

Dr. Prateek Bhatnagar  had done M.Ch in cardiothoracic surgery from the prestigious PGI Chandigarh, in 1990. He subsequently did Fellowship in heart surgery from Australia and trained for 4 years with the most outstanding heart surgeons in  Sydney and Melbourne – Prof. Brian Buxton, Dr. Alan Farnsworth and Dr. Roger Mee, while receiving expertise in coronary bypass surgery, valve repair and replacements, paediatric heart surgery and heart transplants.

Dr. Bhatnagar topped in MBBS in 1982 winning 10 gold medals. He was awarded as one of the outstanding graduates of GSVM Medical College in the last 50 years, at the Golden Anniversary celebrations of the medical college in 2007.

• Coronary Bypass Surgery (CABG)
• Beating Heart Surgery
• BIMA Bypass Surgery
• Total Arterial Revascularisation
• Redo CABG
• High-Risk CABG
• Emergency CABG
• CABG in Acute MI
• Awake CABG
• Valve Repair and Replacements
• Aortic Surgery
• Routine Pediatric Cardiac Surgery

• Faculty Speaker at Annual Techno College Conference of IACTS in 2019
• Faculty Speaker at Annual Techno College Conference of IACTS in 2018
• Convener of Symposium On CABG At National Conference of IACTS in 2016
• Faculty Speaker at The 1st Indian Coronary Surgery Congress at Bangalore in 2015
• Faculty Speaker at Cardiomersion Conference at Dubai in 2015
• Guest Lecture on Beating Heart CABG At Austin Hospital, Melbourne, Australia in 2009
• Organised Live Workshops in Hyderabad on Beating Heart CABG With BIMA/Radial Total Arterial Revascularisation in 2003, 2005 & 2015. Operated & Demonstrated These Latest Techniques in CABG to International Audience of Cardiac Surgeons 8.Faculty Speaker in Multiple Annual Conferences of IACTS And State CSI Meetings

• Multivessel Total Arterial Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in Mesocardia. Published in Annals of Thoracic Surgery in July 2018.
• Combined CABG With La Myxoma Removal in a Chronically Anuric Patient on Alternate Day Haemodialysis (Under Publication).

• Topped in MBBS With 10 Gold Medals From GSVM Medical College, Kanpur (1982) Declared Best Student of Medical College
• MCh in Cardiothoracic Surgery From PGI Chandigarh (December 1990)
• Fellowship in Cardiac Surgery From Australia (1991-1995)

• Declared One of the Best Alumni of G.S.V.M.medical College, Kanpur, at the Golden Jubilee Celebrations of the Medical College Held in 2007. Awarded for Outstanding Service to the Society by Being One of the Pioneers in Total Arterial Revascularisation With Beating Heart Surgery, in the Country.
• Lifetime Achievement Award by Mahavir International Trust in 2015 (Very Early in Active Professional Life) for Pioneering Work in Latest Techniques of Bypass Surgery in India and for Helping Poor Patients in Their Surgical Needs.
• Dr. Purshottam Singh Oration Award by Indian Medical Association, in 1995, for Developing - Total Arterial Revascularisation in Coronary Bypass Surgery.
• Dr. S.N.mathur Oration Award by Gems International, in December 2000, for Developing Beating Heart Surgery With Total Arterial Revascularisation, in Coronary Bypass Surgery.

• English, Hindi

• Fellow of Indian Association of Cardiothoracic Surgeons (IACTS)
• CTS Net

• Director Cardiac Sciences, Sunshine Hospitals, Gachibowli & Senior Consultant Cardiac Surgeon, Sunshine Hospitals, Secunderabad (2011-2019)
• Director Cardiac Surgery, Image Hospitals ( 2007-2011)
• Senior Consultant Cardiac Surgeon, CARE Hospitals, Nampally (2004-2007)
• Chairman Department of Cardiac Surgery, Medwin Hospital (2001-2004)
• Senior Consultant Cardiac Surgeon , National Heart Institute, New Delhi (1997-2001)
• Director Cardiac Surgery, Choithram Hospital, Indore (1995-1997)
• Cardiac Surgery (Australia) - St. Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney And Austin Hospital, Melbourne (1991-1995)
• Fellowship in Cardiac Surgery (Australia)