Dr. Nityanand (Nitu) Mandke was born on 31st January 1948. After completing MBBS from B.J. Medical College, Pune, he came to Mumbai for his postgraduation in General Surgery and Cardio-thoracic surgery, which he did from KEM Hospital, Mumbai.
He went to UK and later USA and worked for a number of years with greats like Sir Magdi Yacoub Dr. Kirklin and Dr. Pacifico. He returned in 1985 and was consultant cardio-thoracic surgeon at a number of hospitals in Mumbai.He was equally at ease while operating upon a 6 month old blue baby as well as a 60 year old man for coronary artery disease. He was instrumental in pushing and developing offpump coronary bypass surgery in India. He was one of the few who arranged for the training of his residents abroad, on a regular basis.
He was a brilliant, patriotic surgeon who put the cardio-thoracic specialty of our country on an international map.
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Dr Mohan Agashe and Dr Abhay Bang should be included in this series.And I need not mention their achievements here.
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