Dr. Bijoy G Rajbanshi

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Dr. Bijoy G Rajbanshi

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Dr. Bijoy G Rajbanshi is the Principal Consultant and Head of the Department of Cardio Vascular and Thoracic Surgery at Nepal Mediciti Hospital and serves as the President of the Cardiac Society of Nepal, the largest organization for heart disease physicians in the country. He completed his MBBS at Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College and his MS in Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery from BSM Medical University in Bangladesh. Further advancing his expertise, Dr. Rajbanshi undertook a Clinical Fellowship in Cardiac Surgery at the prestigious Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, and an Advanced Clinical Fellowship in Adult Cardiac Surgery with a focus on Aortic and Endovascular Surgery at Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut.

Dr. Rajbanshi has performed over 6,000 heart surgeries and has been instrumental in introducing and conducting complex procedures in Nepal, including aortic surgeries and those involving circulatory arrest. His specialized skills cover a broad range of cardiac interventions, such as coronary artery bypass, heart valve surgery, mitral valve repair, and minimally invasive surgery. He also addresses various aortic diseases across different age groups, including children and infants.

In addition to his clinical practice, Dr. Rajbanshi has made significant contributions to education and research in cardiology. He has organized and participated in educational programs in collaboration with institutions such as Mayo Clinic and other prestigious establishments in the US, Europe, and Southeast Asia. His leadership roles include serving as Vice-President of the Asia Pacific Society of Cardiology and as a Council Member of the Association of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons of Asia. Dr. Rajbanshi has delivered multiple presentations at national and international conferences and has published extensively in reputed journals, including writing chapters in heart surgery textbooks. His special interests encompass a wide range of cardiac conditions and treatments, including coronary artery disease, heart valve surgery, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, and vascular surgery.

 

 

 

 

Education

Area of Focus

  • Adult Cardiac Surgeon
  • Aortic and Endovascular Surgery
  • Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Language spoken

  • ENGLISH
  • NEPALI
  • HINDI
  • BENGALI

  1. Lakhey PJ, Rajbanshi BG, Singh YP, Vaidya P, Khakurel MK. Splenic Abscess: an experience at TUTH. J Society of Surgeons of Nepal 1999;2:50-52
  2. Rajbanshi BG, Rodrigues E, Lynch JJ, Gulati R, Sundt TM 3rd. Coronary artery spasm after Cryo Maze III procedure. Ann Thorac Surg.2011;92(5):1884-7
  3. Rajbanshi BG, Phillips SD, Burkhart HM. Minimally invasive surgical resection of right atrial aneurysm. J Am Coll Cardiol.2011;58(23):e41
  4.  Rajbanshi BG, Hughes JE, Desimone DC, Maleszewski JJ, Baddour LM, Dearani JA. Surgical excision of invasive aspergillosis of the right ventricle presenting as intractable ventricular arrhythmia and right ventricular mass. Mayo Clinic proceedings Mayo Clinic. 2012;87(9):926-8. Epub 2012/09/11.
  5. Rajbanshi BG and Dearani JA. Minimally Invasive Surgical Correction of Scimitar Syndrome, 2013. Available at http://www.ctsnet.org/sections/videosection/videos/vg2013_rajbanshi_scimitar.html
  6.  Rajbanshi BG, Burkhart HM, Schaff HV,  Daly RC, Phillips SD, Dearani JA.  Surgical Strategies for Anomalous Origin of Coronary artery from Pulmonary artery in Adults. J Thorac Cavdiovasc Surg. 2014 Jul;148(1):220-4
  7. Elefteriades JA, Rajbanshi BG. Surgical Management of an Aneurysm in the Aortic Arch and Thoracic Aorta. In:Rossingnol, Chang J, Grundy (eds). Encyclopedia of Life support Systems. EOLSS Publishers, 2013.
  8. Rajbanshi BG, Suri RM, Nkomo VT, Dearani JA, Daly RC, Burkhart HM, Stulak JM, Joyce LD, Li Z, Schaff HV. Influence of mitral valve repair versus replacement on the development of late functional tricuspid regurgitation. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2014 Nov;148(5):1957-62. Epub 2014 Apr 23.
  9.  Ziganshin BA, Rajbanshi BG, Tranquili M, Fang H, Rizzo JA, Elefteriades JA. Straight Deep Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest for Cerebral Protection During Aortic Arch Surgery: Safe and Effective. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2014 Sep;148(3):888-98.
  10. Rajakaruna C, Rodriguez GM, Rajbanshi BG, Ziganshin BA, Elefteriades JA. Novel technique for delayed sternal closure: soft tissue approximation with substernal bridge. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.2014 Nov;148(5):2427-9.
  11. Rajbanshi BG, Charilaou P, Ziganshin BA, RajakarunaC, Maryann T, Elefteriades JA. Management of Coronary Artery Disease in Patients with Descending Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms. J Card Surg. 2015 Sep;30(9):701-6
  12. Charilaou P, Ziganshin BA, Peterss S, Rajbanshi BG, Rajakaruna C, Zaza KU, Salloum MN, Mukherjee A, Tranquilli M, Rizzo JA, Elefteriades JA. Current Experience with Acute Type B Aortic Dissection: Validity of the Complication-Specific Approach in the present era. Ann Thorac Surg. 2015 Oct 27, Epub ahead of print.
  13. Sharma P, Shakya U, Sayami G, Rajbanshi BG. Lipoblastoma: an unusual tumor of the left ventricle. Eur J Cardiothroac Surg. 2016 May;49(5)e147-8
  14. Rajbanshi BG, Gautam NC, Pradhan S, Sharma A, Ghimire RK, Joyce LD. Complex Cervical Aortic Arch with Hypoplasia: A simple Solution to a Complex Problem. Ann Thorac Surg. 2016 Jul;102(1):e27-29 
  15. Sharma A, Panthee N, Bajrachary SM, Rajbanshi BG, Koirala RR, Sharma J, Pokharel JN. Predictors of in-hospital mortality following mitral or double valve replacement for rheumatic heart disease. Nepalese Heart J 2016;13(2):25-27
  16. Rajbanshi BG, Elefteriades JA. Management of Valvular Heart Disease – Surgical Perspective. In: Chang PF (eds), The Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Diseases. EOLSS Publishers, 2017.
  17. Acharya A, Koirala R, Rajbhandari N, Sharma J, Rajbanshi BG. Anterior Pericardiectomy for Post Infective Constrictive Pericarditis; intermediate term outcomes. Ann Thorac Surg. 2018;106(4):1178-1181
  18. Rajbanshi BG, Joshi D, Pradhan S, Gautam NG, Timala R, Shakya U, Sharma A, Biswakarma G, Sharma J. Primary surgical repair of coarctation of the aorta in adolescents and adults: intermediate results and consequences of hypertension. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2019;55(2):323-330. 
  19. Joshi D, Timala R, Pradhan S, Sharma J, Rajbanshi BG, Gautam N, Koirala R, Sharma A. Prevalence of Coronary Artery disease in Rheumatic patients undergoing valve surgeries in Nepal. J Cardiol Vasc Res. 2018;2(3):1-4
  20. Sharma A, Sharma A, Acharya A, Aryal D, Rajbanshi BG, Bhattarai PR, Regmi A, Ghimire A. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in aluminum phosphide poisoning in Nepal: a case report. J Med Case Rep. 2018;12(1):311
  21. Rajbanshi BG, Rajbhandari N, Pradhan S, Karki A, Gyawali P, Lakhey M, Sharma D, Sharma A. Submitral Anuerysm: an unusual aneurysm of the left ventricle. Ann Thorac Surg.2019;108(1):e11-e13.
  22. Rajbanshi BG, Acharya A, Neupane P, Gautam M, Sharma A, Kayastha B, Ghimira RK, Sharma R, Joshi LN. Double Aortic arch with coarctation of aorta in an Adolescent: Unraveling the vascular ring. Aorta.2020; 8(6):169 - 171
  23. INCAPS COVID Investigators Group. International Impact of COVID-19 on the Diagnosis of Heart Disease. J Am Coll Cardiol.2021;77(2):173-185
  24. INCAPS-COVID Investigators Group. Impact of COVID-19 on Cardiovascular Testing in the United States versus the rest of the world: The INCAPS-COVID Study. 2021.JACC Cardiovasc Imaging;10:S1936-878X
  25. Jha DK, Lakhey S, Rana R, Rajbanshi BG, Acharya A, Rai P, Chitrakar N, Thakur J. Common Illiac artery and vein injury associated with Pelvic fracture. Nepal Ortho Assoc J. 2021;7(1):29-31

 

  1. President, Cardiac Society of Nepal, August 2021 - till date
  2. Member, Cardiac Society of Nepal
  3. Member, Nepal Medical Association
  4. Member, Executive Committee for Global Outreach Program, CTS Net Organization, Chicago, United States of America
  5. General Secretary, Cardiac Society of Nepal; 2015 – 2019.
  6. President-Electret, Cardiac Society of Nepal; 2019 – July 2021
  7. Member, Asian Society of Cardiovascular Thoracic Surgery; April 2016 – till date.
  8. Vice President, American Nepal Medical Foundation, May 2017 – 2019 
  9. Vice President, Executive Committee Member, Asia Pacific Society of Cardiology, 2017 – 2019
  10. Council Member, Association of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons of Asia, 2017 till date.
  11. Member, Society of Surgeons of Nepal.

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