Dr.Ashwinl Kumar Pasarad,is consultant cardiac surgeon at SPARSH Hospital,Yeshwanthpur, Bangalore. He is one of the leading Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgeons in   the country with Gold Medal in MS General Surgery and has received his M.Ch super specialty degree from All India Institute of Medical Science {AllMS),Delhi. He further obtained a fellowship in pediatric and adult cardiac surgery from the University of Alberta Hospitals, Stollery Children Hospital and Mazankowski Alber ta Heart Institute (MAHI), Edmonton,Canada. He also underwent advanced training in minimally invasive and hybrid cardiac surgery from America's top institute. The Cleveland Clinic, OHIO, USA. He has performed more than 6000 surgeries in his 16 years of experience in this field. His expertise in surgical fields are - minimally invasive (key hole) cardiac surgery, beating heart coronary artery bypass surgeries, aortic root surgeries ,complex pediatric cardiac surgeries, hearttransplantation,surgeries for heart failure and ventricular assist devices.

He is an active blogger and has written many articles in prominent magazines, newspapers and International Journals.

Areasof Interest:

• Adult Cardiac Surgery

• Awake Cardiac Surgery

• Carotid Endarterectomy

• Minimally Invasive Valve Surgery

• Paediatric Cardiac Surgery

• Heart Transplantation