Dr Ashok Seth is Chairman of Fortis Escorts Heart Institute, New Delhi, Chairman of Fortis Healthcare Medical Council, and Adjunct Professor of Cardiology at JN Medical College (Aligarh Muslim University). Dr. Seth has led the field of Interventional Cardiology for last 40 years, he has contributed extensively to the development, scientific progress and education in this field and pioneered numerous angioplasty techniques for India and Asia Pacific including Impella supported complex angioplasties, Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) and Intravascular Lithotripsy (IVL). Over his career, he has performed more than 25000 angioplasties and 60000 angiographies and is also listed in LIMCA Book of Records. He is the President of Asian Pacific Society of Interventional Cardiology (APSIC) and Past President of Cardiological Society of India (CSI). For his contributions, Dr. Seth has been awarded by the National Honour of Padma Shri in 2003, Padma Bhushan in 2015 and B.C.Roy National Award for Eminent Medical Person by the President of India in January 2017. He has also been awarded the National Honour of Republic of Spain Crus Officer with Insignia Order of Isabella the Catholic, Master Interventionalist (MSCAI) by the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions (USA), Lifetime Achievement in Interventional Cardiology Award by Chien Foundation (Singapore) in addition to 100 other national and international awards. Dr.Seth has been honoured by Doctorates from six prestigious national universities BHU, AMU, Jamia Millia Islamia, Amity, Shiv Nadar and Teerthankar Mahavir University. He has been listed as – • ‘Most Glorius Alumini of J N Medical College, AMU for past 50 Years’ at the Golden Jubilee of the College 2012 • ‘75 Changemakers of Indian Healthcare since Independence (last 75 years)’ by HEAL Foundation 2022 • ‘Game Changers in Healthcare’ by Outlook 2023 • At 45 in rank in the ‘100 most Notable Alumini of Aligarh Muslim University over the last 100 years’ by EduRank • At 20 in rank in the list of ‘Notable Alumini - Famous Persons of AMU’ by Notes My Foot. He is a Founder/Course Director of five major National & International Angioplasty Teaching Courses - India Live, India Valves, CHIP-CTO India, AICT-Asia PCR and Imaging & Physiology Council of India. Dr. Seth has been invited to lecture at more than 600 national & international meetings and to teach complex angioplasty techniques through Live Demonstration at more than 150 national & international meetings across the world including the prestigious TCT (Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics) in USA, Euro PCR in Paris and Singapore Live in Singapore. He has more than 500 publications to his credit in peer-reviewed Indian and International medical journals and has chapters in 30 books on Cardiology and has been the Editor of 3 books. He is an acclaimed teacher and has trained more than 500 cardiologists of India and abroad in advanced techniques of angioplasty. He has been the Principal Investigator of numerous studies especially for ‘made in India’ medical devices and is an honorary advisor/consultant to medical device innovation companies – Meril, Abbott, SMT etc. He also trains other interventional cardiologists in the technique of TAVI as proctor for Myval, Evolut and Accurate Neo transcatheter valves. Expertise: 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 | Peripheral Angioplasties

Dr. Seth has been awarded by the National Honour of Padma Shri in 2003, Padma Bhushan in 2015 and B.C.Roy National Award for the most Eminent Medical Person by the President of India in January 2017. He has also been awarded the National Honour of Republic of Spain Crus Officer with Insignia Order of Isabella the Catholic Master Interventionalist (MSCAI) by the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions (USA),Life Time Achievement in Interventional Cardiology Award by Chien Foundation (Singapore) in addition to 85 other national and international awards.