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Dr. K S Iyer
Consultant physician committed to accurate diagnosis and personalised treatment, working with a coordinated specialist team.
About Dr. K S Iyer
Dr. Krishna Subramony Iyer is Executive Director of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery at Fortis Escorts Heart Institute, New Delhi. AIIMS Gold Medalist with over 40 years of experience, he was trained at Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne. He performed India?s first successful Double Switch Operation (1993) and rapid two-stage Arterial Switch operation (1992).
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Overview & Expertise
Dr. Krishna Subramony Iyer (K. S. Iyer) is a pediatric cardiac surgeon in South Asia. Serving as Executive Director of Pediatric Cardio-Thoracic Surgery at Fortis Escorts Heart Institute, New Delhi, he has spent over four decades specializing in neonatal and pediatric congenital heart surgery.
His clinical expertise encompasses surgical corrections for complex transposition of the great arteries (TGA), tetralogy of Fallot, single-ventricle Fontan procedures, truncus arteriosus repairs, and infant heart surgeries.
Education & Australian Training
Dr. Iyer earned his MBBS (1978) from AIIMS, New Delhi, winning the Institute Gold Medal as Best Graduate of the Year. He completed his MS in General Surgery (1981) and M.Ch in CTVS (1984) from AIIMS, earning the Hira Lal Gold Medal for top postgraduate performance.
In 1989, he completed advanced fellowship training in neonatal cardiac surgery at Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne, Australia, under Dr. R.B.B. Mee.
Historical Surgical Milestones
Dr. Iyer achieved landmark surgical "firsts" in India, including performing the nation's first successful Double Switch Operation in 1993 and the first rapid two-stage Arterial Switch operation in 1992. Founder and past President of the Pediatric Cardiac Society of India, he serves as Editor-in-Chief of the Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery.
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