Dr. Ashok Seth

Dr. Ashok Seth is the Chairman and Chief Interventional Cardiologist at Fortis Escorts Heart Institute in New Delhi — India's most prestigious cardiac centre and one of Asia's busiest cardiac catheterisation laboratories. With over 40 years of experience in clinical and interventional cardiology, Dr. Seth is widely regarded as India's most eminent interventional cardiologist and a globally recognised authority in the field. He has performed over 35,000 cardiac catheterisation procedures and holds a Guinness World Record for performing the most coronary stenting procedures in 24 hours. He served as President of the Cardiological Society of India and has been the recipient of the Padma Bhushan — India's third-highest civilian honour — awarded by the President of India for distinguished service to the nation. His philosophy is to achieve the best possible outcome for every patient through state-of-the-art interventional technique, rigorous patient selection, and a team approach to complex cardiac disease.

Dr. Seth completed his MBBS and MD in Internal Medicine from leading Indian medical institutions, followed by specialty training in cardiology. He obtained his Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians, London (FRCP) — one of the most prestigious medical credentials in the world — followed by advanced interventional cardiology training at leading European and US cardiac centres. He holds triple international Fellowship: FRCP (London), Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology (FESC), and Fellow of the American College of Cardiology (FACC). He was awarded the Padma Bhushan by the Government of India in recognition of his exceptional contributions to cardiology and medical education in India.

Dr. Seth's interventional expertise is among the most comprehensive in the world. His particular strengths include complex coronary interventions — rotational atherectomy for severely calcified arteries, bifurcation stenting, left main PCI, and chronic total occlusion (CTO) recanalisation — all of which require the highest level of technical skill and are avoided or referred by many cardiologists. He leads Fortis Escorts' structural heart disease programme, performing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) for aortic stenosis and MitraClip procedures for mitral regurgitation without open surgery. He operates a 24/7 primary PCI programme for emergency heart attack treatment. Fortis Escorts Heart Institute has a dedicated team of interventional cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, and cardiac intensivists supporting his complex case load.

Fortis Escorts Heart Institute is one of India's most internationally recognised cardiac hospitals and routinely treats patients from across South Asia, Southeast Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and beyond. Dr. Seth's team offers video consultations for international patients to review angiography reports, echocardiograms, and clinical history before planning travel. The hospital provides comprehensive international patient services including visa assistance, travel coordination, accommodation, translation, and post-discharge follow-up via telemedicine. New Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport is a major international hub. All consultations are available in English and Hindi. Treatment costs for complex coronary interventions are significantly lower than in the UK, US, or Europe.

Dr. Ashok Seth is one of India's most decorated physicians. He received the Padma Bhushan (2015) from the President of India. He holds the Guinness World Record for the highest number of coronary stenting procedures in 24 hours. He was President of the Cardiological Society of India and has received the CSI Lifetime Achievement Award. He has been awarded by the Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions (SCAI), the PCR (Paris Course on Revascularization), and has delivered the prestigious TCTAP (Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics Asia-Pacific) and ESC main arena lectures. He has published over 200 peer-reviewed papers and book chapters and has trained hundreds of cardiologists across India and internationally. He is listed among the world's top interventional cardiologists by multiple international cardiology societies.