Dr. Shiv Kumar Choudhary

About Dr. Shiv Kumar Choudhary

Dr. Shiv Kumar Choudhary is a leading cardiothoracic and vascular surgeon (CTVS) and Executive Director of Cardiac Sciences at Fortis Okhla, New Delhi. A former Professor and Head of the Department of CTVS at AIIMS New Delhi — India’s most prestigious medical institution — Dr. Choudhary brings over 33 years of experience in heart surgery and is widely regarded as one of India’s top aortic surgeons.

Dr. Choudhary has performed over 30,000 heart surgeries, with a specialization in complex aortic surgery, major vascular procedures, and all aspects of adult cardiac surgery. He established AIIMS as a national center of excellence for aortic interventions. His clinical expertise spans valve repair, minimally invasive valve surgery, redo cardiac operations, total arterial CABG, MICS-CABG, poor-LV CABG, pulmonary thromboendarterectomy, HOCM surgery, heart failure surgery, heart transplant, VAD implantation, endocarditis surgery, TAVI explant, and surgery for mitral annular calcification (MAC).

A highly acclaimed academic and research surgeon, Dr. Choudhary has published over 470 research papers in national and international peer-reviewed journals and delivered 452 educational lectures worldwide. He has trained hundreds of cardiac surgeons from India and abroad in aortic interventions, developed innovative surgical techniques, and contributed to national cardiac surgery guidelines.