Padma Bhushan Dr. T. S. Kler is a globally recognized cardiologist with over 37 years of excellence in interventional cardiology and electrophysiology. He has performed more than 35,000 coronary, renal, carotid and peripheral angioplasties and pioneered India’s first electrophysiology department. Dr. Kler introduced advanced procedures such as ICD, CRT-P, CRT-D implantation and performed India’s first HIS Bundle Pacing in 2015. He has trained over 300 doctors from India and abroad and serves as an Honorary Professor of Cardiology at BHU and O.P. Jindal University. A prolific author with around 150 publications, he is a sought-after international speaker and scientific advisor. His achievements have earned him the Padma Bhushan, D.Sc (Honoris Causa), and multiple lifetime achievement and legend awards in medicine.

Educational Qualification:

• MBBS
• MD (Medicine)
• DM (Cardiology)
• MRCP (U.K.),
• FRCP (U.K.)
• FACC (U.S.A.)
• D.Sc (Honoris Causa)

Professional Experience:

• Chairman & HOD – BLK-Max Heart & Vascular Institute; Chairman Pan Max – Electrophysiology (current)
• Chairman – Fortis Heart & Vascular Institute, Fortis Memorial Research Institute, Gurugram & Fortis Hospital, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi
• Chairman – Pushpawati Singhania Hospital & Research Institute Heart Institute, New Delhi
• Executive Director – Escorts Heart Institute, New Delhi

Awards and Achievements:

• Padma Bhushan by the Government of India for outstanding contribution to medicine (2005)
• D.Sc (Honoris Causa) – Punjab University
• Lifetime Achievement Award – Indian Medical Association
• Times Healthcare Achievers Award – Legend of Medicine
• Delhi Medical Association Centenary Award
• Established India’s first electrophysiology department at a leading Delhi hospital
• First in India to implant ICD, CRT-P, and CRT-D devices
• First in India to perform HIS Bundle Pacing (2015)
• Initiated RF ablation and cardiac device implantation programmes across India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Pakistan
• Trained more than 300 doctors in interventional cardiology and electrophysiology
• Authored around 150 articles in national and international journals
• Frequently invited as Guest Faculty in the USA, France, Australia, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Singapore, and Pakistan

Professional Membership:

• Founding President of Member of Heart Rhythm Society of India
• Life Member of Cardiological Society of India
• Life Member of Indian College of Cardiology
• Life Member of Indian Medical Association
• Life Member of Association of Physicians of India
• Life Member of Delhi Medical Association
• Life Member of American Society of Pacing & Electrophysiology (NASPE)

Fellowship:

• Life Fellow of American College of Cardiology (FACC)
• Fellow of Royal College of Physicians (FRCP, UK)