Dr. Udgeath Dhir
Experience: Over 24 years
Fortis Memorial Research Institute (FMRI)
Gurugram, India
Introduction
Dr. Udgeath Dhir is the Principal Director of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery at Fortis Memorial Research Institute. Did over ten thousand cardiac surgeries. And one particular milestone that separates this CV from most, he performed the first successful heart transplant in a private hospital in North India.
About Dr. Udgeath Dhir
Dr. Udgeath Dhir has been operating on the human heart for twenty-four years. He has successfully completed over 10,000 complex cardiac surgeries. That kind of volume means he handles incredibly delicate, high-pressure situations with total muscle memory. He actually holds the major distinction of performing the very first successful heart transplant in a private hospital in North India.
After getting his MCh in CTVS from Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute in Lucknow, he traveled to the UK to earn his FRCS in Glasgow. He also picked up highly specialized training in Thailand for complex valve repairs. Before taking the lead at Fortis, he was a senior consultant at Medanta and Escorts Heart Institute.
Qualifications
- MBBS — Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University, Agra.
- MS (General Surgery) — King George’s Medical University, Lucknow.
- MCh (CTVS) — SGPGI, Lucknow.
- FRCS (Cardiothoracic Surgery) — Royal College of Glasgow.
- Mitral Valve Repair Training — Central Chest Institute, Bangkok.
- TAVI Training.
Awards & Recognition
- First successful heart transplant in a private hospital in North India.
- Over 10,000 cardiac surgeries performed.
- Best Paper Award at the International Coronary Congress for CABG in severe LV dysfunction.
- Previously at Medanta and Escorts Heart Institute.
- Member of STS, EACTS, and ISMICS.
Specialities & Expertise
- Total arterial coronary bypass
- Beating-heart bypass surgery
- Minimally invasive valve and coronary surgery
- Heart transplantation
- LVAD implantation
- Aortic surgery, Bentall’s, and TEVAR
Patient Experience & Approach
Bypass patients say the total arterial approach was explained clearly by Dr. Udgeath Dhirwhy. Those who got beating-heart surgery mention feeling sharper afterward because the brain wasn’t affected by the heart-lung machine. Families staring down heart transplant say the conversation was straight like what the wait looks like, what LVAD can do in the meantime, and what life after transplant realistically involves.