Dr. (Col) Manjinder Singh Sandhu
Experience: Over 37 years
Fortis Memorial Research Institute (FMRI)
Gurugram, India
Introduction
Dr. (Col) Manjinder Singh Sandhu is the Principal Director of Cardiology at Fortis Memorial Research Institute, a former Indian Army cardiologist who accompanied the President of India on official tours. He treats complex heart conditions, including stenting coronary blockages, opening severely calcified arteries, non-surgical closing of congenital heart defects, catheter-based valve replacement, and device therapy for heart failure.
About Dr. (Col) Manjinder Singh Sandhu
With 37 years of experience, Dr. (Col) Manjinder Singh Sandhu brings a deep sense of military discipline to his medical practice. He spent decades serving in the Indian Army Medical Corps as a Senior Adviser at the Base Hospital in Delhi. He actually holds the massive honor of serving as the accompanying Cardiologist to the President of India during official tours.
He earned his MD from AFMC Pune (winning a gold medal) and his DM in Cardiology from PGIMER Chandigarh. Over his career, he has independently performed over 20,000 interventional procedures. Most of his angioplasties are done through the wrist (radial approach), meaning patients can sit up and walk much sooner than with older groin methods.
Qualifications
- MBBS — AFMC, Pune.
- MD (General Medicine) — AFMC, Pune (Gold Medalist, First Position).
- DNB (General Medicine) — National Board of Examinations.
- DM (Cardiology) — PGIMER, Chandigarh.
- MHA — Walden University, USA.
- FACC, FSCAI, FESC.
Awards & Recognition
- Over 20,000 interventional procedures performed.
- Lt. Gen. Inder Singh Gold Medal.
- Accompanied the President of India as a cardiologist on official tours.
- Former Senior Adviser, Base Hospital Delhi Cantonment.
- Commendations from the Ministry of Defence and the Sri Lankan Ministry of Social Welfare.
- Member of CSI, API, and AHA.
Specialities & Expertise
- Complex coronary angioplasty and CTO recanalization
- Primary angioplasty for heart attacks
- TAVI for aortic valve replacement
- Device closure ASD VSD
- Pacemaker ICD and CRT implantation
- Rotablation and intracoronary imaging
Patient Experience & Approach
Heart attack patients say the primary angioplasty happened fast, such as the artery being opened, the stent being placed, chest pain gone all through the wrist, with no big wound. Families of heart failure patients say Dr. (Col) Manjinder Singh Sandhu, CRT device implantation was explained clearly, how the device resynchronizes the heart chambers, and what improvement to realistically expect. His military background shows in how efficiently and calmly procedures get executed even in emergency situations.