Experience:20+ years in cardiac and cardiothoracic anaesthesia
Specialties
- Anaesthesia for TAVI and structural heart procedures
- Intensive care management of cardiac surgical patients
- High-risk cardiac anaesthesia in elderly and multi-morbid patients
- Anaesthetic management for complex redo cardiac surgery
Every cardiac surgery and complex structural heart procedure at Apollo CVHF is performed under the care of Dr. Hinal Patel, Chief Cardiac Anaesthesiologist, a specialist whose role, while less visible to most patients, is central to the safety and success of every procedure.
Dr. Patel has over 20 years of experience exclusively in cardiac and cardiothoracic anaesthesia, one of the most demanding subspecialties in medicine. Managing anaesthesia for an open heart bypass or a TAVI demands a depth of physiological understanding and real-time clinical judgement that goes well beyond general anaesthetic practice. His involvement begins long before the patient enters the operating theatre in the pre-operative assessment that identifies risk, plans for complexity, and ensures every precaution is in place.
His expertise in post-operative intensive care is an equally important part of his practice. The period immediately after cardiac surgery is one of the most vulnerable phases of recovery. Dr. Patel's oversight during this phase is what makes the transition from operating theatre to recovery room as smooth and safe as possible.
Patients and families sometimes ask who looks after you during and after the operation. Dr. Patel is a significant part of that answer.
