Selecting the best heart specialist from a large pool of doctors can be overwhelming and challenging.

There will be a lot of questions running through our minds like do they have clinical experience? Will they pay attention to my interests? Will they address my inquiries? And so on.

Cardiologists diagnose, assess and treat patients with defects and diseases of the heart and the blood vessels, which are known as the cardiovascular system.

Usually cardiologists cannot perform surgeries, there are some specialized procedures that they can perform.

Here is the list by Karetrip of some of the best cardiologists in India.

Dr. Ashok Seth, New Delhi

Interventional Cardiologist, Fortis Escorts Heart Institute, New Delhi

Qualification: MBBS, MD, FRCP, MRCP, Fellowship USA.

Experience: 38 years

Awards: Padma Bhushan, Padma Shri, Lifetime Achievement
Award for clinical and preventive cardiology

• Dr Ashok Seth is the chairman of Fortis Escorts Heart Foundation, New Delhi, Administrator of Fortis Medical care Clinical Committee, and Assistant Lecturer of Cardiology at JN Medical College (Aligarh Muslim University) and National Board of Examinations.

• Dr. Seth has driven the field of Interventional Cardiology for the most recent 35 years and has contributed broadly to the turn of events, logical advancement and training in this field and spearheaded various angioplasty methods for India and the Asia Pacific.

• Dr.Seth has been regarded by Doctorates from six renowned public colleges BHU, AMU, Jamia Millia Islamia, Harmony, Shiv Nadar and Teerthanker Mahaveer University. He has been presented as Adjunct Professorship of Cardiology of J N Medical School, Aligarh Muslim University and the National Board of Examinations.

• He is Pioneer/Course Overseer of five significant Public and Worldwide Angioplasty Teaching Courses - India Live, India Valves, CHIP-CTO India, AICT-Asia PCR and Imaging and Physiology Council of India. He is additionally Partner Overseer of TCT Logical Meetings (USA) and Program Council Individual from EuroPCR.

• Dr. Seth has been welcome to address at in excess of 450 public and global gatherings and to show complex angioplasty strategies through Live Exhibition at in excess of 100 public and global gatherings across the world including the esteemed TCT (Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics) in USA, EuroPCR in Paris and Singapore Live in Singapore.

• He has more than 350-distributions in peer evaluated Indian and Worldwide clinical diaries, has sections in 30-books on Cardiology and has been the Manager of 3-books.

• He is an acclaimed educator and has prepared more than 500-cardiologists of India and abroad in cutting edge strategies of angioplasty.

Grants and Honours: Dr. Seth has been granted the Public Distinction of Padma Shri in 2003, Padma Bhushan in 2015 and B.C.Roy Public Honor for the most Famous Clinical Individual by the Leader of India in January 2017.

Dr. Naresh Trehan, Gurgaon

Cardiovascular and cardiothoracic surgeon, Founder, Chairman, Managing Director, and Chief Cardiac Surgeon, Medanta the Medicity, Gurugram.

Qualification: MBBS, Diploma in Surgery, and Diploma in cardiothoracic surgery in the USA

Experience: 40 years

Award: Padma Bhushan, Padma Shri, Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award, Dr. BC Roy award.

• Dr Naresh Trehan is currently the chairman and managing director and is the chief cardiac surgeon at Medanta hospital, Gurgaon. He has an experience of over five decades in the field of cardiovascular surgery.

• He is a graduate from King George Medical College. He has done over 48000 heart surgeries to his name. He has also served as personal surgeon to the President of India since 1991.

Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty, Bangalore

Founder, Chairman, senior consultant cardiac surgeon, Narayana Institute of Cardiac Sciences, Bangalore.

Qualification: MBBS, MS, FRCS (Royal College of Surgeons of England)

Experience: 35+ Years

Awards: Padma Bhushan 2012, Padma Shri, 2004, Dr. B.C ROY Award 2003

• Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty is a cardiac surgeon with over 36 years of experience. He is the Founder and Chairman of Narayana Health. In the three decades of his profession, he has conducted over 15,000 surgeries, including India’s first neonatal cardiac surgery in 1992. For his service he received Padma Shri in 2004 and Padma Bhushan in 2012.

Dr. Ramakant Panda, Mumbai

Vice-Chairman and Managing Director and Chief Consultant for Cardiovascular Thoracic Surgery, Asian Heart Institute.

Qualification: MBBS, Fellowship in cardiovascular and thoracic surgery, M. Ch in cardiovascular and thoracic surgery.

Experience: 35+ years

Award: Padma Bhushan

• Dr. Panda has performed over 20,000 cardiac surgeries including over 1,000 Redo Bypass Surgeries and over 3,000 high-risk surgeries.

• He has specialised in Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting using only arterial grafts, beating heart surgery, redo bypass surgery, valve repair, complex aneurysms.

• He is the the first in the country to introduce the concept of 'Total Arterial Revascularisation', as well as being one of the pioneers of "off-pump" bypass surgery, redo bypass surgery, and high-risk surgery

Dr. Purushottamlal, Noida

Chairman - Metro groups of hospitals and director Interventional Cardiology Metro Hospitals Heart Institute, Noida

Qualification: M.B.B.S, M.D AB, FRCP, FACM, FICC, FACC, FSCI

Experience: 38 years

Awards: Padma Bhushan 2003, Padma Vibhushan, Dr. BC Roy Award, Rajiv Gandhi Excellence Award and Jawaharlal Nehru Excellence Award Mentioned several times in Limca book of records

• Dr. Purushottamlal is a well-known internationally acclaimed cardiologist who has dedicated himself to the service of humanity, especially the poor and the needy.

• Dr. Purshotam Lal has been trained at world renowned medical institutions in UK, Germany and USA.

• Dr. Lal is a Fellow of American College of Cardiology; American College of Medicine; Royal College of Physicians (Canada); Indian College of Cardiology & Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions (USA).

Hopefully, this blog has given you some idea about the best cardiologists in the country. Now, making the right choice will be an easier one with us.