Dr. Zainulabedin Hamdulay

Dr. Zainulabedin Hamdulay is Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon at Masina Hospital and Chairman of Masina Heart Institute, Mumbai, with more than 25 years of practice. His current hospital profile focuses on heart transplantation, coronary bypass, valve surgery and minimally invasive cardiac surgery.

His qualifications include MBBS, MS in Surgery, MCh in Cardiothoracic Surgery and DNB in Cardiothoracic Surgery. His advanced training includes experience at Toronto General Hospital in Canada, Manchester Royal Infirmary in the United Kingdom and Royal Liverpool Children’s Hospital in the United Kingdom.

His principal expertise includes heart transplantation and total arterial coronary bypass surgery using LIMA-RIMA-Y, together with heart-valve repair or replacement, minimally invasive cardiac surgery and sutureless valve surgery. Masina Hospital also lists him within its cardiac, vascular and thoracic surgical services.

Masina Hospital reports that he has attended and performed more than 10,000 cardiac surgeries, treating patients across a broad age range and from multiple countries. The hospital also records the Captain Thareja Award and a thoracic-surgery fellowship sponsored by the Indian Cardiothoracic Surgical Society among his professional recognitions.

For patients seeking cardiac surgery in Mumbai, treatment planning depends on coronary anatomy, ventricular and valve function, previous interventions, comorbidities and operative risk. Angiography, echocardiography, CT or other cardiac imaging and previous surgical records should be reviewed by the cardiac team before travel or a definitive operative plan is confirmed.