MUMBAI (TIP): Internationally acclaimed Indian American Cardiac Surgeon Dr Mukesh Hariawala was recently honored with prestigious “Indian Healthcare Visionary of the Decade” award at 4th Annual Business Leadership Conclave in Mumbai. He was felicitated along with industrialists Ratan Tata, who received the Transformational Leader of the Decade award and Mukesh Ambani, who received with Millennium Business Leader of the Decade award.

Dr Hariawala is a national award winning and internationally acclaimed celebrity Indian American Cardiac Surgeon, Research Scientist & Healthcare Economist. In 1977, he went to medical school in India, then trained in cardiac surgery in London, UK and graduated with an FRCS from the prestigious Royal College of Surgeons of England. He was then subsequently invited in 1994 to USA. He then went on to also become a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons.

At the Harvard & Tufts affiliated hospitals in Boston, USA, Dr Hariawala has done pioneering research work in the field of Cardiac Angiogenesis, a topic on which he is frequently invited to deliver keynote lectures at worldwide academic medical conferences. He spearheads the implementation of novel economical cardiac treatments like Non Invasive Shockwave Therapy, Stem Cells at international hospitals including at Jaslok Hospital in Mumbai, India where he is an Honorary Visiting Cardiac Surgeon.

In 2009, Dr Hariawala acquired supplementary business education at University of Tennessee where he graduated with Honors and completed an Healthcare Executive MBA program. He has since been appointed on Faculty as Adjunct Professor at few MBA schools in US specialized in teaching International Healthcare.

In recognition of his scientific excellence, in 2012 Dr Hariawala was conferred ‘India’s Most Admired Surgeon’ by Governor of Maharashtra.

 Dr Hariawala was an integral member of John Wright’s surgical team that performed the first Bypass Surgery on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the Harley Street Clinic in 1990. He has operated on many celebrities and is also a visiting Honorary Cardiac Surgeon at Mumbai’s Jaslok Hospital where he intends to launch many revolutionary cardiac therapies in the country like Heartmate 2 – VAD (Ventricular Assist Device), Angiogenesis, Stem Cells and the Non Invasive Modulith SLC Shockwave therapy for the heart.

In the corporate world, Dr Mukesh Hariawala is the Chairman of American Healthcare International and sits on the Board of Directors of a few other corporations. Additionally, he is a Brand Ambassador for top US & European cardiac medical devices.