Experience:
37 year experience in Cardiac surgery
Consultant Cardiac Surgeon at Leeds General Infirmary 1/11/00 to date
Locum Consultant Cardiac Surgeon at Leeds General Infirmary 27/1/98 to 31/10/00
Consultant Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeon at NM Wadia Institute, Pune, India 1/8/96 to 25/1/98
Senior Registrar, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Royal Brompton Hospital, London 1/7/94 to 30/6/96
Registrar, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Leeds General Infirmary 13/7/93 to 30/6/94
Postgraduate Fellow, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Australia 13/7/91 to 30/6/93
Consultant Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon, CMC Vellore, India 6/6/90 to 5/6/91
Research Fellow, Registrar and Senior Registrar, CMC Vellore, India 8/11/86 to 15/1/90
Surgical Outcomes:
1986 – 2023 (37 years, 29 in the UK, 2 in Australia and 6 in India): 5962 open heart operations with 98.36% hospital survival; 4278 CABGs with 99.21% hospital survival
1998 – 2022 (25 years, in Leeds): 5381 open heart operations with 98.48% hospital survival; 3817 CABGs with 99.44% hospital survival
2019 - 2023 (Leeds, last 5 years): 727 open heart operations with 98.9% hospital survival and 431 CABGs with 99.77% hospital survival.
Research:
Clinically oriented research addresses the entire spectrum of adult cardiac surgery. Has published articles in peer reviewed journals on coronary artery disease and complications, myocardial revascularisation and its current perspectives and controversies, aortic, mitral and tricuspid valvular surgery, TAVI, endocarditis, aortic aneurysms, aortic arch surgery, surgery on bovine and other variants of arch aneurysms, descending aortic surgery with hybrid and debranching, cerebral protection, aortic dissections including complicated dissections with aortic rupture, atrio-esophageal fistula, stroke and myocardial infarction, retrograde aortic dissections, cardiac and thymic tumors, permanent pacemakers,Tetralogy of Fallot, Burkitt lymphoma, chondrosarcomas, pericardial cysts, superior venacava and middle lobe syndromes, accidental hypothermia, post infarction VSD, free wall rupture of right and left ventricles, ruptures of atrioventricular groove, left ventricular aneurysms, myocutaneous flaps, cardiac trauma, coronary anomalies, pleuropericardial anomalies, etc.
On the Editorial Board of the following journals: Journal of Cardiology and Therapy, Journal of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Therapy, Journal of Cardiology and Vascular Research, The Open Access Journal of Science and Technology, Austin Radiology, Radiology and Imaging: open access, Clinical Radiology and Imaging Journal (CRIJ), Global Journal of Addiction and Rehabilitation Medicine, Juniper online Journal of Orthoplastic and Microsurgical Reconstruction, GSL Journal of Dermatology, International Journal of Cancer and Therapeutics and The Online International Journal of Oncoscientific Networks and Oncology.
On the Panel of Reviewers of the following journals: Medical Science Monitor, Nature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Practice, The Journal of Medical Case Reports, BMJ, Perfusion, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine International, Clinical Anatomy, Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Annals of Respiratory Medicine, Journal of Cardiology, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine International, Clinical Medicine, World Journal of Surgical Oncology, International Journal of Cardiology, Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery, Comprehensive Research Journal of Medicine and Medical Science, Heart and Vessels, Minerva Chirurgia, Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice and Clinical Practice Insights : Cardiology.
Awards
Holds Clinical Excellence Awards for 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2015 and 2019. Long Service Award 2019.
Memberships
Member SCTS (Society of Cardiothoracic Surgery of Great Britain and Ireland), EACTS (European Association of Cardiothoracic Surgery), STS (Society of Thoracic Surgeons, USA) and World Society of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeons (WSCTS). Fellow IACTS (Indian Association of Cardiovascular-Thoracic Surgeons), ISC (Indian Society of Cardiology) and The RCSEd (The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh).
Other commitments:
Honorary Senior Lecturer at Leeds School of Medicine, Intercollegiate MRCS Examiner at The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, Ex-Member Cardiothoracic Surgery Specialist Training Committee at The Yorkshire and Humber Deanery, Trainer Intercollegiate Basic Surgical Skills course at The Royal College of Surgeons of England and Educational Lead at the Cardiac Surgical Unit at The Leeds General Infirmary
Web links:
https://scts.org/consultant/pankaj-kaul/
http://www.ctsnet.org/home/pakaul
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Pankaj_Kaul
www.pubfacts.com/author/Pankaj+Kaul
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=eEeXu8UAAAAJ&hl=en
www.nhs.uk>profiles>consultant Pankaj Kaul
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/pankaj-kaul-65448545
Training Attended
37 year experience in Cardiac surgery.
Consultant Cardiac surgeon at Leeds General Infirmary 1/11/00 to date
Locum Consultant Cardiac Surgeon at Leeds General Infirmary 27/1/98 to 31/10/00
Consultant Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeon at NM Wadia Institute, Poona, India 1/8/96 to 25/1/98
Senior Registrar, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Royal Brompton Hospital, London 1/7/94 to 30/6/96
Registrar, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Leeds General Infirmary 13/7/93 to 30/6/94
Postgraduate Fellow, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Australia 13/7/91 to 30/6/93
Consultant Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon, CMC Vellore, India 6/6/90 to 5/6/91
Research Fellow, Registrar and Senior Registrar, CMC Vellore, India 8/11/86 to 15/1/90
Qualifications & Accreditations
MBBS, University of Kashmir, India, 1982
MS, General Surgery, University of Kashmir, India, 1986
MCh, Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, CMC Vellore, India, 1990
DNB, Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, National Board of Examinations, Delhi, India, 1990
FRCS, Surgery in General, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, UK, 1999
FRCS, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Intercollegiate Board in Cardiothoracic Surgery, UK, 1999
Fellowship of Indian Society of Cardiology (FISC) 2009