Fortis Healthcare has roped in Dr TS Kler, an interventional cardiologist and electrophysiologist, to lead its Heart & Vascular Institute. He will lead the Fortis Heart & Vascular Institute from two of its hospitals in Delhi NCR; i.e. Fortis Memorial Research Institute (FMRI) at Gurugram and Fortis Flt Lt Rajan Dhall Hospital at Vasant Kunj.
Honoured with a Padma Bhushan, Dr Kler and his team will strengthen the healthcare service provider’s cardiology and vascular programme in two hospitals with special focus on electrophysiology and heart failure. He was the first doctor in India to implant an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator, Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (CRT) and Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Defibrillator (CRT-D) (Heart Failure Device). He performed the first His Bundle Pacing (Conduction System Pacing) in India in 2015.
Dr Kler initiated the Radio Frequency Ablations program at Escorts in 1993 and was instrumental in starting this initiative across many cardiac centers in South Asia. He started India’s first dedicated electrophysiology department at the Fortis Escorts in Okhla and was also the founding president of Indian Heart Rhythm Society (IHRS). Prior to joining his current role, Dr Kler was Chairman of the PSRI Heart Institute, New Delhi.
Commenting on his appointment, Dr Kler said, “We are on a mission to cure as many hearts as possible. With a focused approach to treat cardiac patients in the best possible standard of patient care, this mission is much easier. A dedicated team of experts in the field of cardiology, their nuanced marksmanship with in-depth experience in treating cardiac issues, along with best in the class infrastructure in both the hospitals, I am confident that the Fortis Heart & Vascular Institute will not only treat the cardiac patients but will also focus on prevention of heart diseases in our society. ”
On this occasion, Dr. Ashutosh Raghuvanshi, MD & CEO, Fortis Healthcare, said, “Dr Kler’s reputation in the field of cardiology is legendary. Along with his team of talented doctors, we are confident that Dr Kler will boost our cardiac programme even further especially at our hospitals in Gurgaon and Vasant Kunj. Our cardiac programme remains one of our top priorities and with the addition of this new institute, Fortis can humbly say that we have one of the finest cardiac care programmes in the country.”