• Dr. Krishna Iyer is one of India's front ranking paediatric cardiac surgeons, recognised for his clinical expertise and wide ranging involvement with cardiac care for children in India and other developing nations
• Dr. Iyer initiated the first dedicated paediatric cardiac care program in Northern India , a pioneering initiative, at Escorts Heart Institute Research Centre( now Fortis-Escorts Heart Institute ) in 1995. Under his guidance this paediatric cardiac program has become the benchmark for cardiac care for children for India and its South East Asian neighbours.
• Dr. Iyer has operated on more than 10,000 babies, children and adults with congenital heart diseases comprising various procedures like arterial switch procedure, double switch operation TAPVC repairs, Fontan and Fontan type procedures, corrections for tetralogy of Fallot, DORV, Truncus etc. Senning operation, conduit repairs and wide range of one stage and multi-stage corrections for complex congenital heart diseases.
• He has done original work on rapid two-stage arterial switch procedure and performed the first successful rapid two stage arterial switch and double-switch operation in India.
• His current interests are perfecting complex neonatal cardiac surgery, cardiac surgery in malnourished infants and children, salvaging late presenters of congenital heart disease, and developing cost effective cardiac care for children in developing countries. After basic training, he joined the Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery at AIIMS and was Additional Professor at the time he moved to Escorts Heart Institute to set up its paediatric cardiac care division.
• He trained in paediatric and infant cardiac surgery under the guidance of the renowned paediatric cardiac surgeon Dr. R.B.B. Mee as Senior Fellow at the Department of Paediatric Cardiac Surgery at Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne in Australia in 1989.
• He is involved in many charities for underprivileged children, most notably the 'Gift of Life' program of Rotary International.

Education

• MBBS
• MS
• M.Ch (AIIMS)

Experience

• Chief Consultant of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery at Fortis Escorts Heart Institute, New Delhi since 1995
• Associate and Assistant Professor of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery at All India Institute of Medical Studies, New Delhi from 1985 to 1995

Membership

• Founder member of Paediatric Cardiac Society of India.
• International member of the American Association of Thoracic Surgery.
• Fellow and Life member of the Indian Association of Cardiovascular Thoracic Surgeons.
• Vice President of Paediatric Cardiac Society of India (2003-2005).
• Founder, President of Asia Pacific Paediatric Cardiac Society (2005-2006).
• President of Paediatric Cardiac Society of India (2005-2007).
• Permanent Member, Steering Committee for World Congress of Paediatric Cardiology & Cardiac Surgery (2009 onwards).
• Council member of the Asian Society of Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery.
• Member, Speciality Board of National Board of Examinations capture.
• Editor-in-Chief of the Indian Journal of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery.
• Member, Editorial Board of the Annals of Paediatric Cardiology.

Expertise

• Surgical treatment of all forms of congenital (simple or complex)
• Complex transpositions
• Redo surgeries
• Late presenting CHD
• Pulmonary hypertension
• Complex Neonatal Surgery

List of Treatment

• Paediatric Cardiac Surgery
• Cardiac Ablation
• Cardiac Catheterisation
• Cardioversion
• Carotid Angioplasty And Stenting
• Coronary Angiogram
• Coronary Angioplasty / Bypass Surgery
• Mitral/Heart Valve Replacement
• CT Angiogram
• Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators (ICDS)
• Pacemaker Implantation
• Acute Aortic Dissection
• Cardiac Rehabilitation
• Heart Conditions
• ASD / VSD Device Closure
• Hypertension Treatment
• Patent Foramen Ovale
• Non-Invasive Cardiology
• Paediatric Cardiac Surgery