Dr. Sai Satish is a globally renowned Senior Interventional Cardiologist in India. He is not only an esteemed practitioner in the field but also serves as a dedicated faculty member at the prestigious Gottsegen Institute of Cardiology in Budapest, Hungary, which is recognized as one of the world's foremost training centers for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI).
Dr. Sai Satish has earned a prominent place in the medical community for his pioneering work in transcatheter valve therapies. Notably, he holds the distinction of having conducted the highest number of percutaneous edge-to-edge mitral repairs in the Indian subcontinent, primarily utilizing MitraClip implants.
As an international trainer specializing in transcatheter aortic valve implantation, he has had a significant impact on the global medical community by training physicians from more than 20 countries through his hands-on training programs.
Furthermore, Dr. Sai Satish's influence extends to the establishment of transcatheter valve therapies in over 30 medical centers across India, Asia, and Europe. He has played a pivotal role in inaugurating India's first dedicated international transcatheter training center, which is located at Apollo Hospitals in Chennai.
One of Dr. Sai Satish's notable contributions is his involvement in India's groundbreaking MitraClip journey, a revolutionary procedure designed to address leaking mitral valves in critically ill and inoperable heart failure patients, offering them a renewed chance at life. This highly specialized procedure is so technically demanding that only three centers in India have been authorized to perform it. Impressively, Dr. Sai Satish has successfully implanted up to six MitraClips consecutively.
His most recent accomplishment includes the completion of a fully transcatheter mitral valve replacement via transeptal access for a surgically implanted mitral valve that had been in place for 14 years, showcasing his unwavering commitment to advancing the field of interventional cardiology and transcatheter valve therapies.
