Dr. Anvay Vinayak Mulay

A renowned cardio-thoracic and vascular surgeon, Dr. Anvay Mulay is Head of the department of Cardiac Surgery andDirector of Heart Transplant program at Fortis Hospital Mumbai. Dr. Anvay Mulay has worked in US and UK beforesettling in India. Dr. Anvay Mulay has done pioneering work in adult Cardiac Surgery, especially in the field ofCoronary Bypass Artery Graft Surgery (CABG). He has the largest series of beating heart coronary bypass surgeriesdone. He has over 25 years of experience and more than 15,000 successful CABG including beating heart bypasssurgeries to his credit. He spearheaded many new techniques in cardiac surgery, from complex surgeries such as‘beating-heart bypass’ and ‘valve replacement’(first of its kind in Pune), use of mammary artery as an alternative toradial artery for grafts, to the patient-friendly minimally invasive surgeries, that aided faster recovery. He pioneeredimplantation of Left Ventricle Assist Device(LVAD) for Western and Central India, in a lifesaving surgery on a 49 yearold patient. In 2015, Dr Mulay created medical history by performing a lifesaving heart transplant in the state,47years from the first attempt. With success of the first transplant, Dr Mulay ushered in a new era in clinicalmedicine, offering hope to patients and their families. Since then the legacy continues with 97 transplants to hiscredit. This clinical milestone, catalyzed mindset change amongst the medical and nonmedical community, sensitizingthem to curb organ wastage.