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DR TAPAS RAYCHAUDHARY
Surgical Cardiologist/Heart Surgeon
Introduction
Dr. Tapas Raychaudhury is one of the best Surgical Cardiologist in Anandapur, Kolkata with an experience of 35 years in this field. Dr. Tapas Raychaudhury is currently attached to Fortis Hospital at Anandapur, Kolkata. Dr. Tapas Raychaudhury graduated from Calcutta Medical College in 1974. There after Dr. Tapas Raychaudhury was trained in UK and Australia for 12 years. In February 1996 Dr. Tapas Raychaudhury performed the first Beating Heart Bypass surgery in Eastern India and in the same year. Dr. Tapas Raychaudhury performed the first ‘Mini-Bypass Surgery’ (MIDCAB) of Kolkata through a small 4 inch cut in the left side of the chest. From 2002 onwards, this pioneer bypass surgeon, along with his team members performed over 8,000 Bypass surgeries for low and middle income group at an affordable mean cost of only Rs 65,000 with 99% success rate in a Charitable Hospital in Salt Lake. Dr. Tapas Raychaudhury, who has more than 100 national and international scientific publications and presentations, is a past President of the Association of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeons of West Bengal. In addition he has written the chapter of ‘Heart surgery’ in the most popular text book of surgery in India by Dr. Asita Lal Som. Dr. Tapas Raychaudhury and his team have already performed over 2500 state of the art LIMA: RIMA Bypass surgeries at Woodlands as a pilot project, with an astounding success rate of 99.8%, a feat which is unmatched by any new heart centre in India. Dr. Raychaudhury is currently working on performing LIMA: RIMA Bypass surgery through a small thoracic incision with the aid of.
Hospital Associations
Fortis Hospital, Anandapur, Kolkata
Professional Memberships
Past President - Association of Thoracic and Cardio-vascular Surgeons of West Bengal, 'Life member' and 'Past National Executive Committee member of Indian Association of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeons, 'Life member' - Cardiological Society of India. 'Life member' - Association of Surgeons of India, Expert panelist in Cardiac surgery ~ West Bengal Medical Council
Awards and Recognitions
Dr. K. N. Dastur Memorial Oration ~ “Challenges in Off Pump CABG”. Delivered during annual meeting of Indian Association Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeons, Pune, February, 2008.
Education
MBBS , FRCS( General Surgery) , FRCS( General Surgery).
I Speak
English