Dr. V. Vijay is both a cardiologist and pilot.
Practising Surgeon at The Mount Sinai Hospital, New York City and trained Pilot with assignments at Sky Lease Cargo, Greensboro, North Carolina.
V. Vijay flies Boeing-747 cargo flights to cities in China, Japan and Malaysia to bring back PPE’s and essential medical supplies to the U.S to battle the Covid-19 pandemic.
Education :
- MBBS – Sai Venkateswara Medical College, Tirupati
MD, FRCSC
- General Surgical Training – Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York City
- Fellowship in Rheumatic Heart Valve & Pediatric Heart Surgery – Medical University of Southern Africa, MEDUNSA, Pretoria
- Cardiothoracic Surgical Training – The Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York
Firsts:
- Surgical member of the Team that performed First live-related kidney transplantation in the Caribbean
- First Fellow – Rachel Cooper Foundation for pediatric surgery at Babies Hospital, Columbia University and Montefiore Childrens Hospital, New York
- First Artificial Heart Transplantation in Long Island, New York- 1999
- Founder – Cardiac Transplantation – division of Winthrop University Hospital
Patents :
Several on cardio-pulmonary by-pass machines
Publications :
Several papers on cardio-pulmonary bypass machines