About Dr. Ramji Mehrotra

Dr. Ramji Mehrotra is Chairman and Chief of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery (CTVS) at BLK-Max Super Speciality Hospital, New Delhi. With over 33 years of surgical experience and 18,000+ heart procedures, he is a pioneer in total arterial off-pump CABG (beating heart bypass surgery). Harvard-trained in pediatric and adult cardiac surgery, he specializes in valve repairs, aortic root reconstructions, and heart failure therapies.

Education & training

M.B.B.S

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M.S.

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M.Ch.

CTVS

Fellowship

Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA

Work experience

Director (CTVS)

Fortis Ecorts Heart Institute, New Delhi

Sr. Consultant CTVS

Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi

Consultant Cardiac Surgeon

Asian Heart Institute, Mumbai

Fellow, Cardiac Surgery - Brigham & Women's Hospital

Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA

Fellow, Cardiac Surgery

Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA

Specializations

Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery

Full profile

Overview & Expertise

Dr. Ramji Mehrotra is a cardiothoracic and vascular surgeon in India. He serves as Chairman & Chief of CTVS at BLK-Max Super Speciality Hospital, New Delhi, and has completed over 18,000 cardiac procedures.

His core surgical clinical domain spans total arterial off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), minimal-access valve repair and replacement, Bentall procedures for aortic aneurysms, transcatheter valve implantation (TAVI/TAVR), and pediatric heart surgeries.

Education & Harvard Fellowships

Dr. Mehrotra completed his MBBS and MS in General Surgery at the Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University (BHU). He earned his super-specialty MCh in Cardio-Thoracic Surgery from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi.

He completed advanced surgical fellowships in the USA at Harvard Medical School affiliate institutions, including Brigham & Women's Hospital and Boston Children's Hospital.

Milestones & Honors

Dr. Mehrotra performed the first total arterial revascularization using bilateral internal mammary arteries at Apollo Hospitals New Delhi and set up the pediatric cardiac surgery program there.

He is a recipient of the Times of India "Legends of Cardiac Surgery" award.

Dr. Ramji Mehrotra