Vinay Bahl

Dr. Vinay Kumar Bahl is the Head of Cardiology and Center Chief of the Cardio-thoracic Center at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, India. Professor (Dr.) VK Bahl has been appointed Dean (Academic) at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. He is the Head of Cardiology and Center Chief of Cardio-thoracic Center at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. Born in 1955, Prof V.K. Bahl graduated from MLN Medical College, University of Allahabad, and completed his DM training at, G. B. Pant Hospital, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi. He joined AIIMS as faculty and went on to become one of the most erudite, distinguished, and respected professors of this institute. He is a completely balanced clinical cardiologist and researcher but interventional cardiology remains his first love. He is one of the Course Directors of India Live- – National Course on Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions.

Dr. Vinay Kumar Bahl was a Commonwealth Scholar in 1989/90, Senior Research Associate for Electrophysiology at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, the USA in the year 1994, and WHO Short-Term Consultant for teaching and training of Cardiologists in North Korea in 1998. Dr. Bahl’s contributions to the cardiology community are immense. He is past Editor of Indian Heart Journal, advisor to the Journal of American College of Cardiology (2015-16), and currently serves as its Emeritus Editor. He has served as Hony. Secretary of CSI Delhi Branch, Past President of National CSI, and Advisor, Academic Committee of CSI. He was nominated Member, of the National Academy of Medical Science and to the Advisory Board of the Asian Pacific Heart Association. Dr. Bahl sits on several National Regulatory Bodies and is the National Coordinator and Principal Investigator of several drugs and device-based multinational trials. He has immense contribution to the establishment of Heart House in Delhi.