Dr. Vivek Jawali

Chief Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgeon with 47+ years of experience

• Dr Vivek  Jawali is a highly qualified and well-experienced Cardiothoracic Surgeon with an experience of over 47 years in his field.
• His areas of expertise are Minimally Invasive Bypass Surgery, Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeries, Off-pump(beating heart), Minimally invasive cardiac valve surgery, and Non-Incubate Cardiac Surgery.
• He completed his MBBS from M R Medical College. Gulbarga, Karnataka, in 1974, MS from JJMMC, Davangere, MCh in CVT Surgery from KEM Hospital and Seth GS Medical College, Mumbai.
• He stood first in Karnataka University and also won the award for the ‘best all-around outgoing student’ for his participation in various extracurricular activities such as debating, writing painting, and student leadership.
• He is the world expert on "awake" open heart surgery and has 29 papers that are indexed.
• At numerous hospitals in India and overseas, he has done demonstrations of revolutionary heart surgery procedures and delivered more than 200 scholarly publications.
• He has performed more than 30,000 Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeries to date and is a pioneer in minimally invasive cardiac surgery in India.
• He performed India’s first beating heart bypass surgery in 1992 and performed India’s first Minimally Invasive Bypass Surgery(MIDCAB)in Sept 1994.
• He did India’s first Awake Cardiac Surgery (Surgery without GA or ventilator, done under continuous high thoracic epidural) in June 1999.
• He also performed the world’s 1st awake open heart surgery (a 74 yrs pt underwent triple bypass with aortic valve replacement without G.A. or a ventilator) in April 2002.

Education

• MBBS from M R Medical College. Gulbarga, Karnataka, in 1974.
• MS from JJMMC, Davangere
• MCh in CVT Surgery from KEM Hospital and Seth GS Medical College, Mumbai

Professional Experience

• Governing Council, JSS Hospital, Mysore  ( Karnataka, India)
• Governing Council -  BLD deemed university & Medical College, Bijapur ( Karnataka, India)
• The Managing Committee, Chowdaiah memorial hall, Banglore, India
• Trustee, DAV school, Banglore ( India)
• Management board,The sports school ,Banglore( India) (Integrated School for Sports & Academics)
• Member, Board of Directors: The Sports School, Banglore
• Exec. Council member Association of Cardiovascular & thoracic surgeons of ASIA  (ATCSA)
• Former vice-president of the Indian Collage of Cardiology (ICC) - 2007

Achievement

• He performed India’s first beating heart bypass surgery in 1992 and performed India’s first Minimally Invasive Bypass Surgery(MIDCAB)in Sept 1994.
• Dr Jawali did India’s first Awake Cardiac Surgery (Surgery without GA or ventilator, done under continuous high thoracic epidural) in June 1999.
• He also performed the world’s 1st awake open heart surgery (a 74 yrs pt underwent triple bypass with aortic valve replacement without G.A. or a ventilator) in April 2002.
• He was awarded the Harvard Medical International's lifetime achievement award in India, as well as numerous state and national awards.
• He stood first in Karnataka University and also won the award for the ‘best all-around outgoing student’ for his participation in various extracurricular activities such as debating, writing painting, and student leadership.

Publication

• 29 indexed papers
• 3 chapters in books
• 11 national orations
• Innumerable national & international guest lectures & demonstrations of live surgeries in India and abroad