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Dr. Bijoy G Rajbanshi
Principal Consultant & HoD
Dr. Bijoy G Rajbanshi is the Principal Consultant and Head of the Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery at Nepal Mediciti. He is also the President of the Cardiac Society of Nepal, the country’s largest association of cardiologists and cardiac surgeons. With extensive experience and international training, Dr. Rajbanshi is recognized as one of Nepal’s leading heart surgeons.
Dr. Rajbanshi completed his MBBS from Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College and pursued his MS in Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery from BSM Medical University, Bangladesh. He further honed his surgical skills through a Clinical Fellowship in Cardiac Surgery at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota (USA), and an Advanced Clinical Fellowship in Adult Cardiac Surgery with specialization in Aortic and Endovascular Surgery at Yale University School of Medicine, Connecticut (USA).
With over 6,000 successful heart surgeries, Dr. Rajbanshi has played a pioneering role in developing advanced cardiac surgery in Nepal. He is highly skilled in performing complex aortic surgeries, procedures involving deep hypothermic circulatory arrest, coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), heart valve repair and replacement, mitral valve repair, and minimally invasive cardiac surgery. His expertise also spans the treatment of aortic diseases in patients of all ages, including infants and children.
Beyond clinical care, Dr. Rajbanshi is actively involved in medical education, research, and international collaboration. He has led and participated in various academic programs in partnership with world-renowned institutions like the Mayo Clinic, Yale University, and several centers in Europe and Southeast Asia.
Dr. Rajbanshi holds key leadership positions in regional and international cardiovascular communities. He serves as the Vice-President of the Asia Pacific Society of Cardiology and is a Council Member of the Association of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons of Asia (ATCSA). He has delivered lectures and presented research at numerous global conferences and contributed to peer-reviewed medical journals and cardiac surgery textbooks.
His special clinical interests include the management of coronary artery disease, heart valve disorders, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, aortic aneurysms, vascular surgery, and complex cardiac procedures requiring advanced surgical techniques.
Education
Area of Focus
- Adult Cardiac Surgeon
- Aortic and Endovascular Surgery
- Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
Language spoken
- ENGLISH
- NEPALI
- HINDI
- BENGALI
- 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
- 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
- Rajbanshi BG, Phillips SD, Burkhart HM. Minimally invasive surgical resection of right atrial aneurysm. J Am Coll Cardiol.2011;58(23):e41
- 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.
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- 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
- INCAPS COVID Investigators Group. International Impact of COVID-19 on the Diagnosis of Heart Disease. J Am Coll Cardiol.2021;77(2):173-185
- 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
- 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
- President, Cardiac Society of Nepal, August 2021 - till date
- Member, Cardiac Society of Nepal
- Member, Nepal Medical Association
- Member, Executive Committee for Global Outreach Program, CTS Net Organization, Chicago, United States of America
- General Secretary, Cardiac Society of Nepal; 2015 – 2019.
- President-Electret, Cardiac Society of Nepal; 2019 – July 2021
- Member, Asian Society of Cardiovascular Thoracic Surgery; April 2016 – till date.
- Vice President, American Nepal Medical Foundation, May 2017 – 2019
- Vice President, Executive Committee Member, Asia Pacific Society of Cardiology, 2017 – 2019
- Council Member, Association of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons of Asia, 2017 till date.
- Member, Society of Surgeons of Nepal.
