Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Cardiothoracic Surgery

Dept. data last updated on :30/04/2026

The Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery was created as a sub unit of Department of General surgery on 30th October 2012. After its creation the department started functioning independently and doing all types of closed cardiac, thoracic and vascular surgery. In October 2016 the long cherished dream of performing an open heart surgery in JNMC was fulfilled with mitral valve replacement surgery being carried out.

In 2017 the department collaborated with Government of India under Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karykram and started free heart surgery for children under 18 years of age. Till date we have done more than 2000 complex congenital surgeries/interventions with excellent results. Over the years our faculty has become experienced in doing complex cardiac, thoracic and vascular surgeries. We are regularly doing Minimally invasive cardiac surgeries (MICS) and Video assisted thoracoscopic surgeries (VATS). Another field of our expertise is foreign body retrievals from esophagus and bronchus. We are providing teaching and training to undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as we are involved in training of paramedical students like BSc in Operation theatre management, BSc in endoscopy management, and BSc in Physiotherapy.

The Department also has Memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Healing little hearts (HLH), a UK based NGO for collaborating in field of complex cardiac surgeries. The department has gradually expanded its repertoire of surgery and started small incision cardiac surgery in 2019. In the year 2021 department has started doing valve repairs, which makes it one of the few government centers in India doing minimally invasive cardiac surgeries (MICS) and valve repairs.

We have three faculty members Prof. Mohd. Azam Haseen working as Professor and Dr Syed Shamayal Rabbani and Dr.Aamir Mohammad as Assistant Professor.

Vision:

Centre of excellence in clinical, academic and research in cardio-thoracic and vascular diseases.

Mission:

Achieving academic excellence and promoting research
Management of complete spectrum of heart, lung and vascular diseases from neonatal period to elderly at affordable rates.
Collaborating with Government of India (GoI) in implementation of health schemes like RashtriyaBalSwasthyaKaryakram (RBSK), and PM-JAY(Ayushman scheme) & other government schemes
Adopting use of latest technologies.

Research output of the faculty members -

Papers published - 25 (from 2022-2025)
h index (average) - 2 - 9
i10 index (average) - 2 - 8
Citations - 161
Thesis supervised (MD/MS students) - 6
Phd supervised - 1

Awards -

Dr Mohd Azam Haseen felicitated by Additional Director Health Uttar Pradesh for doing surgery of Kids under Rashtriya Bal swasthyakaryakram(RBSK)
3^rd prize in free paper session at 18^th world congress of Anesthesiologists held at Singapore from 3^rd-7^th march 2024 presented by Dr. cclud Junior Resident Anesthesia (Co-author ) .
Awarded Aligarh Gaurav Ratan 2024 by Jan Kalyan samiti, an Aligarh based NGO for excellence in field of cardiac surgery.
2^nd prize in poster presentation at “International conference on Advancements in Surgical Pathology in the era of precision medicine” held at J.N.Medical college ,AMU, Aligarh on 24^th December 2024 presented by Dr Ejaz Ahmad Junior Resident surgery(Co-author ).
3^rd prize in poster completion held on occasion of “national seminar on recent advances in paramedical sciences held on 3^rd and 4^thFebruary at Jamia Hamdard,New Delhi.
1^st prize in poster completion at IACTS Techno college CME 2025 held at RMLIMS Lucknow presented by Dr Abu Fahad Senior Resident Cardiothoracic surgery(co-author) held on 9-10^th May 2025 .
2^nd prize in award paper competition at IACTS Techno college CME 2025 held at RMLIMS Lucknow presented by Dr Hazique Jameel Resident Surgery(co-author)held on 9-10^th May 2025.
1^st prize in E poster competition at IACTS Techno college CME 2025 held at RMLIMS Lucknow, presented by Dr Faiz Khan Yusufi Surgery ,Senior Resident Cardiothoracic surgery held on 9-10^th May 2025 (co-author).