Vinay Badhwar MD, FACS, FACC

Dr. Vinay Badhwar, the heart surgeon, graduated from the University of Ottawa in 1993. Dr. Badhwar is a certified fellow of the American Board of Surgery, the American College of Cardiology, and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons. He is a member of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery, the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, the American College of Cardiology, the European Society for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, and the International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery.

Dr. Badhwar was awarded the Enriquez Lopez Innovative Humanitarian Award in 2006 for his progressive reconstructive heart surgery techniques in Tampa, FL and he was named the 2010 Orlando Healthcare Hero by the Orlando Business Journal. In 2010, he was named as an American Top Doctor as well as America’s Most Compassionate Doctor by the National Patient’s Choice Award. During his time at the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Dr. Badhwar received the Faculty of the Year Award by the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery of the University of Pittsburgh Medical School in 2012 and 2013 for his leadership in education.