العلاج في دلهي (الهند)

Superspecialist Surgeon with an experience of more than 5,000 Phacoemulsification surgeries

Awards and Recognition of Maj Gen (Dr) Sagarika Patyal SM, VSM (Retd)

Dr. Krishna Iyer is one of India's front ranking paediatric cardiac surgeons, recognised for his clinical expertise and wide ranging involvement with cardiac care for children in India and other developing nations, Dr. Iyer initiated the first dedicated paediatric cardiac care program in Northern India , a pioneering initiative, at Escorts Heart Institute Research Centre( now Fortis-Escorts Heart Institute ) in 1995. Under his guidance this paediatric cardiac program has become the benchmark for cardiac care for children for India and its South East Asian neighbours. Dr. Iyer has operated on more than 10,000 babies, children and adults with congenital heart diseases comprising various procedures like arterial switch procedure, double switch operation TAPVC repairs, Fontan and Fontan type procedures, corrections for tetralogy of Fallot, DORV, Truncus etc. Senning operation, conduit repairs and wide range of one stage and multi-stage corrections for complex congenital heart diseases. He has done original work on rapid two-stage arterial switch procedure and performed the first successful rapid two stage arterial switch and double-switch operation in India. His current interests are perfecting complex neonatal cardiac surgery, cardiac surgery in malnourished infants and children, salvaging late presenters of congenital heart disease, and developing cost effective cardiac care for children in developing countries. After basic training, he joined the Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery at AIIMS and was Additional Professor at the time he moved to Escorts Heart Institute to set up its paediatric cardiac care division. He trained in paediatric and infant cardiac surgery under the guidance of the renowned paediatric cardiac surgeon Dr. R.B.B.Mee as Senior Fellow at the Department of Paediatric Cardiac Surgery at Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne in Australia in 1989. He is involved in many charities for underprivileged children, most notably the 'Gift of Life' program of Rotary International.

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

• M.Ch - Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery,
• MS - General Surgery,
• MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery).

PRESENTATIONS IN NATIONAL CONFERENCES

• A clinical study of reverse sural artery flap cover for compound wounds of lower third of leg and foot. Paper presentation in International WOUNDCARECON 2021.
• A realistic approach to locally advanced breast carcinoma. Paper presentation in MASICON 2016.
• Splenomegaly with choledochal cyst. Poster presentation in ICSISCON 2015 (Bharti Vidyapeeth University Medical College, Pune).

PUBLICATIONS

• A clinical study of reverse sural artery flap cover for compound wounds of lower third of leg and foot. IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences 2022.
• A study on clinical profile and management of mastalgia. International Surgery Journal 2018.
• Primary Pelvic Hydatid Cyst: A Rare Case Report. Journal of Medical Science and Clinical Research 2017.
• A comparative study of conventional endoscopy and chromoendoscopy for detection of premalignant gastric lesions using methylene blue stain. International Surgery Journal 2018.
• Role of magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography in diagnosing pancreatobiliary pathologies: a prospective study. International Surgery Journal 2018.

OTHERS (Contributions in other publications)

• Duplication of IVC Diagnosed on Multi Detector Computed Tomography - A Case Report. International Journal of Health Sciences and Research 2016.
• Intramuscular Haemangioma in Masseter Muscle: A Case Report. International Journal of Health Sciences & Research 2016.
• Median arcuate ligament syndrome diagnosed on multi-detector computed tomographic angiography. Med J DY Patil Univ 2017.

CONFERENCES, WORKSHOPS

• ICSISCON 2015 (Pune)
• MASICON 2016 (Kolhapur)
• Advances in breast carcinoma 2016 (Tata Memorial Hospital)
• International WOUNDCARECON 2021
• APSICON 2021
• Live injectable Workshop (Neurotoxin, Fillers, Threads) New Delhi 2023

AFFILIATIONS

Life member: Indian Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (IAAPS): Membership No.: 2023/ND/95.