Overview

Dr. Kulbhushan Singh Dagar is one such revered pediatric heart surgeon whose career spans 31 years. He is now the Principal Director, Chief Surgeon, and Head of the Neonatal and Congenital Heart Surgery at Max Healthcare. Dr. Dagar has expertise in complex congenital heart defects and repairing valves in infants and children, and has demonstrated experience in handling even the most difficult cases. Having studied at GB Pant Hospital, New Delhi, and Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, he is a specialist in new methods such as extracorporeal life support and heart transplants. Such prestigious awards as the 1st Prize in the ISCET cardiopulmonary bypass management in infants with sickle cell disease have been won by Dr. Dagar. He is a prolific medical writer who has written many books and chapters in textbooks. His report at the Asia Pacific Paediatric Cardiac Society meeting improved the success of surgery in severe pulmonary hypertension.