Dr. Vishal N. Pingle MBBS, DNB (General Surgery), MCh (CVTS – Gold Medal), Fellow (UK)

Dr. Vishal Pingle is a highly accomplished Cardiothoracic and Heart Transplant Surgeon in Mumbai with over 5,000 cardiovascular and thoracic surgeries to his credit yet in 2025. He has independently performed more than 120 heart and lung transplants and managed over 100 cases of aortic dissection and aneurysm repair.

With advanced fellowships from premier UK centers including Freeman Hospital, Newcastle and Liverpool Heart & Chest Hospital, Dr. Pingle is among the very few Indian surgeons trained in heart and lung transplantation, ventricular assist devices (VADs), ECMO, robotic cardiac surgery, and complex aortic surgery.

• Fellowship – Heart & Lung Transplant and Mechanical Circulatory Support

  Freeman Hospital, Newcastle, UK (2019–2021)
  • Certified UK organ retrieval surgeon
  • Expertise in VADs (HeartWare, Impella 5.0, ECMO)
 
• International Fellow – Cardiac Surgery

  Liverpool Heart & Chest Hospital, UK (2018–2019)
  • Robotic cardiac surgery
  • Complex aortic repairs & TAVI
  • Aortic valve repair
 
• MCh (Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery) – Seth G.S. Medical College & KEM Hospital, Mumbai (2015) — Gold Medalist
 
• DNB (General Surgery) – NBE, New Delhi (2012)
 
• MBBS – Grant Medical College & Sir J.J. Hospital, Mumbai (2008, Distinction in Forensic Medicine & Microbiology)

• Heart & Lung Transplant Surgery
• Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery
• Valve Repair & Replacement (including robotic & endoscopic techniques)
• Complex Aortic Surgery (Dissection, Aneurysm, Frozen Elephant Trunk)
• Skeletonized LIMA–RIMA–Y CABG
• Ventricular Assist Devices (LVAD, RVAD) & ECMO

• Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon – Heart & Vascular Superspeciality Hospitals (aka HVS Hospitals), and other institutions in Mumbai
• Fellow, Heart & Lung Transplant & Mechanical Support – Freeman Hospital, Newcastle, UK
• International Fellow – Cardiac Surgery – Liverpool Heart & Chest Hospital, UK
• Junior Consultant – SevenHills Hospital, Mumbai
• Clinical Assistant – Jaslok, Wockhardt, Lilavati Hospitals (Mumbai)
• Superspeciality Medical Officer (CVTS) – KEM Hospital, Mumbai

• Multiple presentations at SCTS (UK), ISHLT (International Society for Heart & Lung Transplant), IACTS (India), ESC (Europe).
• Published on topics including aortic surgery, mitral valve repair, LVADs, and transplantation outcomes.
• Innovations include use of automated knot fastener in minimally invasive mitral valve repair (published in Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England).
• Contributor to CTSNet on advanced surgical techniques.

• Maharashtra Medical Council (2008/04/1635)
• General Medical Council, UK (7607222)
• Member, IACTS, ISHLT, and other cardiac surgical societies