Dr. Ashok Seth

About Doctor

Dr. Ashok Seth is a highly respected Cardiologist in India, known globally for his significant contributions to interventional cardiology.

Dr. Ashok Seth has led the field of Interventional Cardiology for the past 32 years, making significant contributions to its development, scientific progress, and education, as well as pioneering several angioplasty procedures for India and the Asia Pacific.

Doctorates have been bestowed upon Dr. Ashok Seth by six major national universities: BHU, AMU, Jamia Millia Islamia, Amity, Shiv Nadar, and Teerthankar Mahavir University.

He was appointed as an Adjunct Professor of Cardiology at J N Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University, and the National Board of Examinations.

He is the founder/director of five major national and international angioplasty teaching courses: India Live, India Valves, CHIP-CTO India, AICT-Asia PCR, and the Imaging & Physiology Council of India.

He is also the Associate Director of TCT Scientific Sessions (USA) and a member of the Euro PCR Program Committee.

Dr. Ashok Seth has been invited to lecture at over 450 national and international meetings, as well as to teach complex angioplasty techniques via Live Demonstration at over 100 national and international meetings around the world, including the prestigious TCT (Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics) in the United States, Euro PCR in Paris, and Singapore Live in Singapore.

He has over 350 papers in peer-reviewed Indian and international medical journals, chapters in 30 books on cardiology, and has been the Editor of three volumes.

He is a well-known educator who has trained over 500 cardiologists from India and internationally in sophisticated angioplasty procedures. 

Medical Qualifications

• MBBS from Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, 1980
• MD, SGPGI - Lucknow
• Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Canada (FRCP Canada) - Canada , 1995
• FACC from American College of Cardiology, 1995 

Clinical Expertise

Professional Work Experience

• He was an honorary Professor of Cardiology at Gandhi Medical College
• He was an honorary Professor of Cardiology at the Medical College
• He was an honorary Professor of Cardiology at Padmashree Dr. D Y Patil University
• He was an honorary Professor of Cardiology at Bangladesh Medical College, Bangladesh
• He was the Chief of the cardiology department at Max Super Specialty Hospital, Gurgaon

Career Highlights

• Dr. Ashok Seth is right up there with the finest in interventional cardiology in India.
• He has been practicing for almost 32 years and is well known for having performed over 50,000 angiograms and 20,000 angioplasties.
• Because of his large volume of work, he is listed in the "LIMCA" Book of Records as having performed the most angiographies and angioplasties ever.
• Dr. Ashok Seth has performed the first Angioscopy and directed Atherectomy by a cardiologist in the Asia Pacific region.
• Furthermore, he is one of the select few cardiologists worldwide who is qualified to carry out Percutaneous Myocardial Laser Revascularization.
• The Royal Colleges of Medicine in London, Edinburgh, and Ireland all awarded him a Fellowship while he was still a relatively young doctor.
• Dr. Seth has been awarded two national honors by the President of India: the Padma Bhushan and the Padma Shri.
• Dr. Seth has given demonstrations of modern angioplasty procedures at more than 400 international conferences and seminars in different Asia-Pacific countries.
• He has also instructed more than 350 cardiologists in India and overseas.

Research and Fellowships

• Over the course of his career, he has contributed to over 250 articles published in high-quality periodicals both at home and abroad.
• MRCP - Royal Colleges Of Physicians & Surgeons In Ireland, 1986
• Doctor of Science (DSc.) - Banaras Hindu University, 1998
• Fellowship of the European Society of Cardiology (FESC) - European Society of Cardiology, 1995

Awards and Recoginition

• Dr. Ashok Seth is among the youngest recipients of a Doctor of Science (D.Sc.) Honoris Causa from Banaras Hindu University.
• His writing has appeared in respected periodicals like Economic Times and Times of India.
• In the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Intervention history, he is the first Asian cardiologist to be elected to its Board of Governors (USA).