Dr.Milan Chag

CIMS अस्पताल में निदेशक और वरिष्ठ अन्तःक्षेपी हृदय रोग विशेषज्ञ के प्रबंध।

Pioneer in establishing coronary, non-coronary, paediatric and structural heart disease interventional programs in Gujarat, India.

One of the most experienced cardiologist of India having extensive training at Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre, Mumbai, Christian Medical College, Vellore and Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute, Lucknow.

The first doctor from Gujarat to possess two highest degrees in cardiology – DM and DNB. With 30 years of experience in cardiology, he has been appointed as a post-graduate teacher in Cardiology by National Board of Examination, New Delhi – the highest medical education body in India.

Milan Chag has been awarded “Distinguished Service Award in Cardiovascular Science, Medicine and Surgery” by International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences, Winnipeg, Canada in February 2011.

With 30 years of dedicated work in field of cardiology, he has been awarded with Fellowship of American College of Cardiology.

He is the First/ pioneer Cardiologist of Gujarat for establishing several clinical and Interventional programs in Cardiology:

Neonatal and Paediatric Interventions- 1993 onwards

Structural Heart Disease Interventions ( Including Valvuloplasty, Device closure of ASD, VSD and PDA, Para-valvar leaks, Coarctation angioplasty and stenting) – 1993 onwards

Primary Angioplasty in Acute Myocardial Infarction Program -2001 onwards

Percutaneous Transseptal Myocardial Ablation (Alcohol Septal Ablation) for Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy- 2003 onwards. Has single operator series of 58 such cases, done successfully so far: the highest number in India

Transcatheter Endovascular Repair (TEVAR) for Aortic Dissection and Aortic Aneurysms – 2010 onwards

The First Trans-Aortic Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement of India – done in March 2015: Successfully Established TAVR program at CIMS ( Five cases have been done at CIMS so far, the highest in Gujarat)

After getting training of Heart- Lung Transplant and LV Assist Devices (Artificial Heart) at University of Pittsburgh Medical Centre (UPMC), Pittsburgh, USA in March 2016 along with surgical and anaesthetist colleagues, established the Heart Transplant Program at CIMS by successfully doing four heart transplants so far since December 2016.