He is currently serving as Senior Consultant & Chief-Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgery (CTVS), Max Healthcare

Dr. Virdi did his post graduation in General Surgery and obtained his MS from the Govt. Medical College, Patiala. He then did his M.Ch in Cardiothoracic Surgery from the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh.

In 1995 he joined the Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, Delhi as a Senior Consultant - Cardiothoracic Surgeon and succeeded in setting up a world class unit. He performed 2000 heart operations and 200 major thoracic procedures, over the next six years, with results comparable to the best CTVS units in the world.

He returned to Australia in 2002, as a Senior Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon and later joined the academic faculty as an Adjunct Associate Professor in the James Cook University. When the opportunity of developing a Department of Cardiothoracic & Vascular surgery of international standards came up at Max Healthcare, he decided to take up the challenge.

He proceeded to England as the British Heart Foundation Fellow in Cardio-thoracic Surgery. He obtained his FRCS from Edinburgh University and also an FRCS in Cardiothoracic Surgery from the Inter Collegiate Board. Senior surgical career beckoned him to the Australian Heart and Lung Transplant unit at St. Vincent's Hospital in Sydney, Australia. Besides, gaining expertise in the surgical management of terminal heart and lung diseases, he obtained his Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS) as well.

Dr. Virdi's areas of expertise include: Adult Heart and lung surgery, including transplantation of thoracic organs both heart and lungs. Coronary Artery Surgery, Valvular Heart Disease in particular repair of the mitral valve, arrhythmia surgery (especially for atrial fibrillation), aortic root surgery, thoracic aortic dissections, aneurysms and lung surgery especially for cancer remain his major areas of interest. He is also formally trained in 'Robotic Heart Surgery'.

Dr. Virdi has published many articles in several peer reviewed journals and has trained more than a dozen cardiothoracic surgeons who are now running successful cardiac surgical programmes of their own.
 

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