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Making of a Cardiologist | Dr. Ashwin Balachand Mehta | TEDxJaslok Hospital and Research Centre

The ingredients a doctor needs to become a Skilled and Good cardiologist is exemplified in this TEDx talk. It is quite insightful and gives a peek into the making of a good heart specialist in spite of many odds. Dr. A. B. Mehta has rich experience of more than 50 years in the field of Cardiology. By thistime, he has performed and supervised more than 20,000 Angioplasties and 100,000 Angiographies.His special interests are: Complex Angioplasty, Rotablation, Laser Atherectomy,Intravascular Ultrasound(IVUS) & Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR). He has received the prestigious Padmashree Award from the President of India in 2004. He has received Life Time Achievement Award from many organisations apart from many other awards. Above all, he has received the Jaslok Ratna Award (2020); so far not given to anybody else in the history of Jaslok Hospital.He has enjoyed the position of President of World Congress of Coronary Heart Disease (1981 & 1986) & the position of President of Cardiological Society of India (1998). He has done pioneering work and was responsible for placing First Drug Eluting Stent (DES) in thecountry in May 2002. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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