Dr. Sameer Diwale the HOD and a Senior Consultant Adult Cardiovascular & Thoracic surgeon, Department of CTVS, Continental Hospitals. He has successfully performed over 7000 heart surgeries. His expertise is beyond a regular cardiothoracic surgeon as he excels in doing beating heart, total arterial grafts for bypass surgery (CABG) that leads to patency of the grafts for 20+ years. This surgical skill is deemed to be rare in our country. Dr. Diwale operates on a large number of overseas patients and is held in high esteem amongst patients from the CIS (Central Asian) and south-central African countries. Dr. Diwale area of expertise are Adult cardiac surgeries like on and of pump coronary bypass surgery.
AREA OF INTERESTS

• Extensive experience Complex Mitral Valve Repairs, Aortic Root Operations, Open and Endovascular surgery on the Aorta Hybrid procedures and Minimally Invasive Surgery.
• High risk procedures like Valve-CABG, acute Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation repairs and post Renal Transplant CABGs
• Complex valve surgeries including valve replacement with stentless bioprosthses, homografts, and Adult congenitals and redo- surgeries.
• Heart surgery for atrial fibrillation Aortic surgery including aneurysm and dissection repairs, Pulmonary resections and decortications, Endoscopic radial/vein harvesting.