About Dr. Rajiv Kumar
Dr. Rajiv Kumar is one of India’s most experienced and internationally respected cardiothoracic surgeons, with over 5,400 cardiac operations performed across a 28-year career. As Senior Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon at Fortis Escorts Heart Institute — one of Asia’s most specialized cardiac centers — Dr. Kumar leads a surgical team that consistently achieves outcomes comparable to leading US and European cardiac centers.
Dr. Kumar completed his advanced cardiac surgery training at Harefield Hospital in London — one of the UK’s leading cardiac centers and home to the world-famous Heart and Lung Transplant Program — before returning to India to establish a minimally invasive cardiac surgery program at FEHI. In 2002, he undertook additional fellowship training in Leipzig, Germany, in minimally invasive techniques that were not yet widespread in India.
His documented 30-day mortality rate for isolated CABG is 0.6% — significantly below the Indian and global average and comparable to the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) benchmark. Dr. Kumar publishes his outcomes data annually in the Indian Heart Journal in the interest of transparency.
Education & Training
- MBBS — All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, 1990
- MS General Surgery — AIIMS, New Delhi, 1993
- MCh Cardiothoracic Surgery — AIIMS, New Delhi, 1996
- Fellowship in Cardiac Surgery — Harefield Hospital, London, UK, 1997–1999
- Fellowship in Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery — Leipzig Heart Center, Germany, 2002
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