Dr. Yugal K Mishra

World renowned and highly experienced Dr. Yugal K Mishra is the Head - Cardiac Sciences and Chief - Cardio Vascular Surgery and Clinical Services at Manipal Hospitals, Dwarka. He was one of the core team members that built the Escorts Heart Institute.

To his credit, he has more than 19,000 open heart surgeries, which include minimally invasive cardiac surgery, port access approach (keyhole) for valve surgery, Atrial septal defect (ASD) closure, carotid artery  endarterectomy , aortic aneurysms,  Extra corporial life support ECMO, cardiac arrhythmia surgery , total arterial revascularization, minimally invasive coronary artery bypass surgery on beating heart, Bentall’s operation , Aortic arch and thoracic  abdominal aortic repair with excellent results.

Dr Mishra has conducted more than 500 successful robotic cardiac surgery and 1000 Redo Cardiac Surgeries.  He has been a leading member of the core Heart team for development of TAVR in Fortis Escorts Heart Institute and has also played an active part in Heart Transplantation and Ventricular Assist Device procedures.

His global outreach includes patients he has operated on from countries like USA, UK, Iraq, UAE, Oman, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nepal, Africa (Mauritius, Djibouti, Sudan, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Nigeria, Kenya, Botswana) and Central Asia (Kazakhstan Uzbekistan Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Afghanistan).  He has exhibited his excellence in surgical procedures by performing Live cases in the workshop in Thailand, Bangladesh and Nepal.

He has also founded the Robotic Cardiac Surgery Program at Escorts Heart Institute and he has performed more than 500 successful robotic surgeries. Besides clinical work, Dr. Yugal K Mishra has a keen interest in training, education and research work. He has published more than 80 scientific papers. His expertise in cardiac surgery is widely acknowledged and he has been invited to deliver lectures all over the world. Dr Mishra holds awards like Lifetime achievement award conferred by President Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam and Doctor of Science Award conferred by Governor of Madhya Pradesh and Chancellor of Rani Durgavati Vishwavidyalaya.