Dr. Gokhale and his team successfully performed the First Lung Transplantation in Andhra Pradesh at Yashoda Hospitals, Secunderabad, taking the medical facilities at Hyderabad one more step forward. Besides Yashoda Hospitals, there is only one center in India where such facilities for both lung and heart transplantations are available under one roof.
Cardiothoracic surgery team at Yashoda Hospitals, Secunderabad, headed by Dr A.G.K. Gokhale, Chief Cardiothoracic, Transplant and Minimal Access Heart Surgeon and Dr G. Subramanyam, Senior consultant Anesthetist, transplanted a lung on 8th of September, 2012, for a 34 years old Mrs. Archana from Pune , making her breathe comfortably again after a long time.
Dr. Gokhale CT Associates in association with Yashoda Hospital, Secunderabad organised a Continuing Medical Education (CME) Program on Minimal Access Cardiovascular Interventions here at Hotel Marigold, Greenlands, Hyderabad. arious medical specialties spoke on topics such as Percutaneous Valve Therapies (Speaker: Dr. A. Srinivas Kumar, Cardiologist, Care Hospitals); Minimal Access Cardiac Surgery (Speaker: Dr. A. G. K. Gokhale, Cardiothracic surgeon, Yashoda Hospitals); Endovascular Interventions & Hybrid Procedures for Aortic Disease
Osmania General Hospital, Dept of Cardiology, HOD Dr YV Subba Reddy invited Dr AGK Gokhale for Academic Program to deliver a lecture on "Management - Bridge to Transplant and Heart Transplantation Surgery" of their Faculty, DM Student and PG Students.
Dr Gokhale delivered a lecture on" Surgical Options for Heart Failure in Indian Scenario". He pointed out that in India, as the incidence of Diabetes, Hypertension and heart diseases are increasing, Heart Failure has become a very common clinical problem.
The hospital is planning to perform the first heart transplantation early next year. "We will do routine cardiac surgeries for a while. We have to do the regular job before taking up transplantations. A team will visit Australia for two weeks to study the practice there," Dr Gokhale G.K. Alla, a consultant cardiothoracic and vascular surgeon.
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Yashoda Hospital, Secunderabad in Association with API-Bidar Chapter organized Interactive session with Dr AGK Gokhale on 26th Feb 2014 at Hotel Mayura, Bidar. Eminent Physicians of Bidar participated in the Interactive Session and discussed regarding "Clinical Management of Heart Failure and Drugs/Surgery in Heart Failure"
Dr AGK Gokhale at Yashoda Hospital performed AP's first successful lung transplant surgery to give a 34-year-old woman a second shot at life. On a positive note, for a woman who had just a few weeks to live, she now has an increased life expectancy
The aim of the program was to provide up-to-date information and upgrade knowledge in all aspects of minimally invasive cardiothoracic surgery informed Dr. A.G.K. Gokhale, Cardiothracic Surgeon, Yashoda Hospitals and co-organiser of the CME program.
The first of its kind surgery in Andhra Pradesh that doctors have implanted a Heart Assist Device to save the life of a 63-year-old heart patient underwent the complicated surgery at private hospital.Doctors said that Kasturi was suffering from a heart valve problem on the left side with an extremely poor heart function.
Organ Donation awareness day celebrations.Due to lack of awareness among public and professionals about organ donation, organs are not being donated and this is why events were conducted all over India to raise this awareness.
Due to lack of awareness among public and professionals about organ donation, organs are not being donated and this is why events were conducted all over India to raise this awareness.
The Forte Group and leading consultants of the cardiology department of the National Hospital, Sri Lanka, conducted a scientific session on the 'Recent Advances in Cardiac Sciences' on 3 October. This session was attended by around 150 doctors and proved to be extremely enlightening as many important papers were presented and case studies were discussed
"Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Panabaka Lakshmi on Sunday appealed to private hospitals to offer subsidised services to the poor, as part of their social responsibility.
Inaugurating the first national annual conference of the 'Heart Failure Society' here, she referred to the high treatment cost of lifestyle diseases while stating that the Centre was setting up AIIMS-type institutions in six States and assisting in upgrading medicare in other States."