He was the first doctor to perform CABG surgery in Jammu Medical College in 2001.
Dr Vijay was also the first person to perform a beating heart patient in Kathmandu, Nepal in 2002.
He has worked with globally reputed surgeons and treated the cases of heart failure, such as Professor Randas Batista in Brazil, Professor Hertzer at Berlin Heart Institute, Germany, and Professor George Wieselthaler at Vienna General Hospital, Austria to perform surgeries like VADs, heart transplant and management of heart failures.
Some of the key areas of his interest are Cardiothoracic surgery, heart transplantation, CABG, and Reduction Ventriculoplasty.
Dr. Vijay Kohli has published more than 150 scientific research papers at national and international level.
He is a member of prestigious organizations such as the International Society of Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery, American Association of Thoracic Surgeons, Cardiological Society of India, Vascular Society of India and many others.
Medanta – The Medicity is amongst India’s largest and most renowned multi-super speciality healthcare centre with 1250 beds, 29 super speciality units and more than 800 accomplished doctors.
Supported by state-of-art infrastructure, all the departments in the hospital are fully equipped with cutting-edge technology, modular Operation Theatre and modernized monitoring systems in ICUs.
The panel of doctors from Medanta, headed by A.S.Soin performed the first successful intestinal transplant in India.