Head of Cardiology and Center Chief of Cardio-thoracic Center at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, India
Head of Cardiology and Center Chief of Cardio-thoracic Center at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, India
Professor (Dr.) VK Bahl has been appointed Dean (Academic) at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. He is the Head of Cardiology and Center Chief of Cardio-thoracic Center at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.
Born in 1955, Prof V.K. Bahl graduated from MLN Medical College, University of Allahabad and completed his DM training from, G. B. Pant Hospital, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi. He joined AIIMS as faculty and went on to become one of the most erudite, distinguished and respected professors of this institute. He is a complete balanced clinical cardiologist and researcher but interventional cardiology remains his first love. He is the one of the Course Directors of India Live- – National Course on Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions.
He was a Commonwealth Scholar in 1989/90, Senior Research Associate for Electrophysiology at University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA in the year 1994 and WHO Short-Term Consultant for teaching and training of Cardiologists at North Korea in 1998. Dr Bahl’s contributions to cardiology community are immense. He is past Editor of Indian Heart Journal, advisor to Journal of American College of Cardiology (2015-16) and currently serves as its Emeritus Editor. He has served as Hony. Secretary of CSI Delhi Branch, Past President of National CSI and Advisor, Academic Committee of CSI. He was nominated Member, National Academy of Medical Science and to Advisory Board of Asian Pacific Heart Association. Dr Bahl sits on several National Regulatory Bodies and is National Co-ordinator and Principal Investigator of several drug and device based multinational trials .He has immense contribution to establishment of Heart House in Delhi.