About Doctor

• Dr. Vijit K. Cherian has an experience of over 20 years in the field of Cardio thoracic surgery. Having qualified in Cardiac surgery from the Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, he obtained an overseas fellowship in coronary artery surgery from the Royal Australian College of Surgeons. He is a graduate of Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai.
• Dr. Cherian has a vast experience in the area of beating heart Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting. Almost all CABGs are done by the beating heart technique which has proven to reduce morbidity of these surgeries.
• He specialises in using arterial conduits and also is an expert in Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery (MICS). Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Repair / Replacement, Aortic Valve Replacement and CABG are done routinely.
• Dr. Vijit has operated on a large number of patients with heart failure, many of them presented with low pumping failure of the heart, high risk CABGs, CABGs with mitral valve repair, surgical ventricular restoration procedure wherein the left ventricle of the heart is repaired and reshaped.
• Heart transplantation is another area where he has experience in. Transplantation of the heart for end stage heart failure gives a new lease of life to these patients.
• Dr. Cherian treat these patients along with a team of doctors involving the Interventional radiologists and Cardiologists. Open surgery, Endovascular stent repair and Hybrid procedures are regularly performed at the MIOT International with good results.
• Dr. Cherian has an interest in general thoracic surgery, having treated disease of the lung, mediastinum and trachea.
• He has performed a large number of mitral valve repair with good results. Mitral valve repairs benefit the patient significantly by retaining the patient’s own valve tissue.
• Having served as Associate Professor in CMC, Vellore earlier, he has a keen interest in academic studies. He has various publications in national and international journals.