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Dr. Manoj J Pradhan (MS, MCh) : Consultant, Cardiothoracic Surgeon at N. M. Wadia Heart Institute and Jehangir Hospital in Pune, Maharashtra (India)
Dr. Manoj J Pradhan is a leading name in Cardiothoracic surgery in India. He is attached to various Cardiac hospitals like NM Wadia Institute of Cardiology, Jehangir Hospital, Ruby Hall Clinic and K.E.M Hospital. He is also attached as a visiting surgeon to the Ashwini hospital in Sholapur (Maharashtra). He has an experience of over 22 years in Cardiothoracic surgery.

Education
Dr. Pradhan completed his MBBS in 1981 from the BYL Nair hospital in Mumbai, following which he completed his MS (General Surgery) in 1985 and MCh in Cardiothoracic Surgery in 1987 from the same institute. He worked as a lecturer in Cardiothoracic Surgery in the same institute until the last part of 1989. Thereafter, he went to London (UK) for specialized training in Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG) where until 1994 he worked at the two most prestigious teaching institutes in London – The Hammersmith Hospital and St. Mary’s Hospital.

Professional Career
After completing his surgical training in London, Dr. Pradhan returned to Pune, India as a consultant and Chief Surgeon at the prestigious NM Wadia Institute of Surgery where he developed CABG to its present state. He has also been attached to the Ruby Hall Clinic in Pune since 1998.

Dr. Pradhan has the following firsts to his credit in Pune, India: Dr. Pradhan’s specializes in carrying out high-risk surgeries on patients with serious complications like kidney failure, respiratory complications, hearts with very low Left Ventricle Ejection Factor (LVEF), etc who are refused surgical option by other Cardiac surgeons because of the risk involved. In November 2010, he joined the lead of a handful of Cardiothoracic Surgeons in India to successfully perform a redo-CABG surgery on a beating heart using the Inter-Aortic Balloon Pump (IABP) device. This surgery was first of its kind attempted by any Surgeon in Pune.
 * 1)  First Multiple Total Arterial Bypass Grafting.
 * 2)  First Minimally Invasive Coronary Bypass.
 * 3)  First Beating Heart Surgery using the Octopus.
 * 4)  First Beating Heart Surgery using the A-Med device.
 * 5)  First Endoscopic Radial Artery Harvesting, which eliminates the large ugly scars on the hand.