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01-01-2021 | Heart Surgery | Review Article
Pioneers of congenital heart surgery in India: historical perspective
Mumbai - The Gateway of Congenital Heart Surgery to India
Published in: Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | Special Issue 1/2021
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Congenital heart surgery was born in the USA and then spread all over the world in the second half of the twentieth century. The speciality was brought to India by foreign-trained Indian surgeons as well as American and Canadian missionary surgeons. The first generation Indian surgeons were trained in the USA, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. In this article, an attempt is made to explore how the pioneer surgeons established this speciality in India by reviewing the published literature, visiting institutions of historical significance, and also interviewing few surgeons who took the key role in both laying the foundation as well as training the next generation surgeons.