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Dr. Divakar Bhat Cardiothoracic Surgeon in Bangalore

Dr. Divakar Bhat

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MBBS, MS - General Surgery, MCh - Cardio Thoracic Surgery

Cardiothoracic Surgeon

34 Years Experience Overall  (24 years as specialist)

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Dr.Divakar Bhat is well known for his “Beating heart surgery” technique where in heart (engine) is repaired without stopping, thus helping the patient to recover very fast from major operation. Valve replacement, pediatric heart operations & lung surgeries are done with high success rate in his hands. By now he has performed more than 2800 operations independently, involved in more than 4300 operations as assistant surgeon, and actively involved in around 100 heart lung transplants when he was in Sydney. Dr. Bhat began his career in 1992 as a lecturer in Pathology at Pravarava Medical College and later joined Batra Hospital, New Delhi as a Senior Resident in Oncosurgery. Subsequently, he moved to "Escorts Heart Institute" Delhi, where he developed keen interest in Cardiac surgery.He had worked as cardio-thoracic surgeon in Institute of Medical Education and Research Chandigarh. Back to South India, he took up as cardiac Surgeon at Bhagwan Mahaveer Jain Heart centre, Bangalore. It was in his assignment at St’ Vincent’s hospital Sydney, that he has been awarded Fellowship in Heart Lung Transplant surgery. Presently, he is working as Chief Cardio-thoracic Surgeon in Mallya Hospital, Bangalore. Dr. Divakar Bhat is perhaps the youngest cardiac surgeon to occupy this challenging post among the city Hospitals.Between 1992 & 2009 he has presented various papers at the National and International level and has also submitted two dissertations, one on ‘acute appendicitis’ for the award of MS General Surgery, & ‘analysis of surgical results of ASD-Review of 25Yrs’ for the award of Mch Cardiac surgery. He has also published over five articles on various topics in his field.

JP Nagar, Bangalore

Aster RV Hospital

5.0

CA-37, 24th Main Rd, ITI Layout, 1st Phase, Landmark: Paakashala, Bangalore

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Mon - Sat

10:00 - 01:00
02:00 - 04:00

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Q: What is Dr. Divakar Bhat's education qualification?

A: Dr. Divakar Bhat has the following qualifications - MBBS, MS - General Surgery, MCh - Cardio Thoracic Surgery, Fellow in Pediatric Neurological Surgery, Fellowship in Neurosurgery Stereotactic and Functional, Comprehensive Adult and Pediatric Spinal Deformity. You can book the doctor through the doctor's profile on Practo.

Services

BP Monitoring
Device closure for congenital heart diseases
Dobutamine Stress Test
FFR (Fractional flow reserve)
Trans-esophageal ECHO
PAMI

Specializations

Education

MBBS - Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences, Hubli, (KIMS), 1990
MS - General Surgery - Government medical college,Mysore, 1996
MCh - Cardio Thoracic Surgery - POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH, CHANDIGARH, 2000

Memberships

Life member of the Indian Association of Cardio Vascular and Thoracic Surgeons (IACTS), LM 20521
Life member of the Karnataka Association of Cardiothoracic surgeons (KACTS)
Associate Member of Cardiology Society of India, Bangalore chapter
Medical advisory board member TSS hospital Sirsi
Pediatric Cardiac Society of India (PCSI)( L-485)

Experience

1990 - 1991 One year compulsory rotatory internship at KMC Hospital, Hubli
1992 - 1993 Asst Lecturer in Patholog at Pravara Medical College, Loni
1993 - 1996 Trained in General surgery operations at K R Hospital Mysore
1996 - 1997 Senior resident in Oncosurgery at Batra Hospital
1998 - 2001 Senior Resident in Cardiothoracic Surgery at PGIMER

Registrations

31177 Karnataka Medical Council, 1991

Trainings and Certifications

Fellow in Pediatric Neurological Surgery - University of Colorado, 2019
Fellowship in Neurosurgery Stereotactic and Functional - University of Colorado, 2020
Comprehensive Adult and Pediatric Spinal Deformity - Mayo Clinic, 2021

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₹ 1100 fee
Aster RV Hospital
51100Max 30 mins wait
JP Nagar