About Doctor

• Dr. Ashok Seth is a highly experienced and well-known Interventional Cardiologist in Delhi NCR.
• With 40 years of experience in Interventional Cardiology, Dr. Seth has made significant contributions to the advancement and education of the field. 
• He pioneered various angioplasty techniques in India and the Asia Pacific region, such as Impella-supported complex angioplasties, Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI), and Intravascular Lithotripsy (IVL).
• Throughout his career, he has performed over 25,000 angioplasties and 60,000 angiographies, earning recognition in the LIMCA Book of Records.
• Dr. Seth is the President of the Asian Pacific Society of Interventional Cardiology (APSIC) and has previously served as President of the Cardiological Society of India (CSI).
• His contributions have earned him prestigious national honors, including: Padma Shri (2003), Padma Bhushan (2015), and B.C. Roy National Award for Eminent Medical Person (2017)
• He was also recognized with many International honors including Republic of Spain's National Honor (Crus Officer with Insignia, Order of Isabella the Catholic), Master Interventionist (MSCAI) by the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions (USA), and Lifetime Achievement in Interventional Cardiology by the Chien Foundation (Singapore)
• He has received over 100 national and international awards and has been granted honorary doctorates from six prestigious universities, including BHU, AMU, Jamia Millia Islamia, Amity, Shiv Nadar, and Teerthanker Mahaveer University.
• Dr. Seth has been listed among: ‘Most Glorious Alumni of JN Medical College, AMU in the past 50 years’ (Golden Jubilee 2012), ‘75 Changemakers of Indian Healthcare since Independence’ (HEAL Foundation, 2022), ‘Game Changers in Healthcare’ (Outlook, 2023)
• He was also ranked 45th in the ‘100 Most Notable Alumni of Aligarh Muslim University’ (EduRank), and Ranked 20th in the ‘Notable Alumni of AMU’ (Notes My Foot)
• He is the Founder and Course Director of five major angioplasty teaching programs: India Live, India Valves, CHIP-CTO India, AICT-Asia PCR, and the Imaging & Physiology Council of India.
• Dr. Seth has delivered lectures at over 600 national and international conferences and demonstrated complex angioplasty techniques through live demonstrations at more than 150 events worldwide, including TCT (USA), EuroPCR (Paris), and Singapore Live (Singapore).
• He has contributed to over 500 publications in peer-reviewed journals and authored chapters in 30 books on cardiology, in addition to editing 3 books.
• He is an acclaimed teacher who has trained over 500 cardiologists in advanced angioplasty techniques in India and abroad.
• Dr. Seth has served as the Principal Investigator for multiple studies, particularly focusing on "Made in India" medical devices, and acts as an honorary advisor/consultant to leading medical device companies like Meril, Abbott, and SMT.
• He is also a proctor for Myval, Evolut, and Accurate Neo transcatheter valves, training cardiologists in TAVI techniques.
• His area of expertise lies in Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR), MitraClip (TMVR), Tricuspid Valve Implantation, Structural Interventions, Complex and High-Risk Coronary Angioplasties, Laser Angioplasty, BioAbsorbable Stents, Impella Pump Supported Angioplasty, Rotational and Orbital Atherectomy, Shockwave Lithotripsy, Aortic Aneurysm Stent Grafts, Carotid Angioplasties, and Peripheral Angioplasties.

Education

• MBBS, JawaharLal Nehru University, Aligarh, 1978
• MD, SGPGI – Lucknow
• FRCP, Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians , London,
• MRCP, Member of the Royal College of Physicians , U.K.
• Fellowship, U.S.A.

Work Experience

• Professor of Cardiology at Dr DY Patil University, 2008
• Chief Cardiology at Max Healthcare, Delhi, 2007
• Professor of Cardiology at Bangladesh Medical College, Bangladesh
• Professor of Cardiology, Association of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeons of India
• Visiting Professor of Cardiology Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham

• Professor of Cardiology at Gandhi Medical College, 2001
• Professor of Cardiology at the Medical College, 2001

Awards

• Padma Shri (2003), 
• Padma Bhushan (2015),
• B.C. Roy National Award for Eminent Medical Person (2017)
• Republic of Spain’s National Honor (Crus Officer with Insignia, Order of Isabella the Catholic), 
• Master Interventionist (MSCAI) by the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions (USA)

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