Dr. Prof D. S. Gambhir

About Doctor

Dr. D.S. Gambhir has a medical career spanning more than four decades, as an Interventional Cardiologist and a distinguished medical academic, researcher, and innovator.

He graduated from Maulana Azad Medical College, University of Delhi with an MBBS and went on to earn a postgraduate degree, MD from the same University. Later he earned a DM, doctor of medicine from the same University.

He specializes in Hypertension, Heart Attack, Syncope, Heart Diseases, Balloon Angioplasty, Angiography Procedure, Irregular Heartbeat, and Blocked Arteries.

Dr. D.S. Gambhir's scholarly contributions include 115 original papers in national and international journals, chapters in textbooks, and the editing of 'Cardiology Update' in 2002 with the backing of the Cardiological Society of India.

He is an esteemed member of the Asian-Pacific Society of Cardiology, the North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology, the Indian College of Cardiology, and the Cardiology Society of India.

Dr. Gambhir received the prestigious Padma Shri Award. His accolades also include the State Award from the Government of Delhi and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Delhi Medical Association.

Medical Qualifications

• MBBS: Maulana Azad Medical College, University of Delhi in 1973.
• MD: Medicine from the University of Delhi in 1977.
• DM: Cardiology from the University of Delhi in 1981.
• FAMS 
• FICC
• FCSI
• FSCAI 
• FACC(USA)

Clinical Expertise

Professional Work Experience

• He was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Cardiology at G.B. Pant Hospital in New Delhi. 

Career Highlights

• Dr. D S Gambhir has published 115 original papers in national and international journals, he has also contributed chapters in various textbooks besides editing ‘Cardiology Update’ under the support of the Cardiological Society of India in 2002.
• He was the Principal Investigator of several multicenter national and international drug and device trials.
• He was an honorary editor of, the Indian Heart Journal. An official publication of the Cardiology Society of India. Supplement on Interventional Cardiology was distributed at TCT, Washington (1998), with an attendance of 7,000 doctors from all over the world.

Research and Fellowships

• Member: Asian-Pacific Society of Cardiology
• Member: North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology
• Member: Indian College of Cardiology
• Member: Cardiological Society of India
• Member: Editorial Board, Asian Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
• Member: Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions
• Member: British Cardiac Society
• Chairman: Scientific Committee,14th Annual Conference of Indian College of Cardiology
• Chairman: Scientific Committee, 54th Annual Conference of Cardiological Society of India

Awards and Recoginition

• Dr Gambhir was honored with the “Padma Shri Award” by the President of India in the year 2016. 
• He has been awarded the “State Award by the Government of Delhi” and the “Life Time Achievement Award” from the Delhi Medical Association.
• He has been bestowed with the “Distinguished Physician Award” from the Association of American Cardiologists of Indian Origin, USA.
• He has been recognized with the “Distinguished Alumnus Award” of Maulana Azad Medical College in 2017.
• Dr. Gambhir was felicitated for an ‘Inspiring Role’ as a Cardiologist in India by Economics Times and bestowed the “Vashist Chikitsa Award” by the Delhi Medical Association.