Dr. Avinash Dal

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About Dr. Avinash Dal Currently associated as Chief, Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeon at Continental Hospitals, Hyderabad Performed more than 9000 major cardiothoracic and vascular surgical procedures till now Clinical specializations are Off-pump Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery, Minimal Access Cardiac Surgery, Thoracoscopy [VATS], Mediastinoscopy, Aneurysm Surgery for Aortic Dissections and Endovascular Repair. Performed the first elective AUTOTRANSPLANTATION of the heart [BENCH CARDIAC SURGERY] in 1997 for end-stage heart disease and Battista Operation [Reduction Cardiomyoplasty] for dilated cardiomyopathy in 1999 Iintroduced the VATS program in 2000 and so far performed over 1800 VATS surgeries. Performed CONCAB (Awake Cardiac Surgery) in 2004, for the first time in the state Pioneered Minimal Access Cardiac Surgery program at Apollo Health City, Hyderabad in 2007 and performed EVAR (Endovascular aneurysm repair of aorta) in 2008 Life member of various renowned organizations such as Indian Association of Cardiothoracic Surgeons (IACTS), Vascular Society of India (VSI) and Indian Association of Biomaterials and Artificial Organs (IABAO)