New Delhi, India
10th September 2019
Dr. Vivek Jawali has received a Top Prestigious Award from Uganda by Heal The Planet Global Organisation- HTP at the sidelines of the on going United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, Land Degradation & Drought at – India Expo Centre and Mart that began on 29th August to 13th September 2019.
Handing over the Award to him on 10th September 2019, HTP President Kivumbi Earnest Benjamin described Dr.Jawali as an outstanding asset that the world should applaud.
Speaking to HICGI News Agency, Mr. Kivumbi said that awarding Dr Jawali at UN Convention was to honor him for the services that he has given to Uganda and the world.
Dr. Jawali in his acceptance remarks for this Award, appreciated Uganda through Heal The Planet for awarding him at a colorful ceremony of the United Nations.
Ms . Judith Obina Okumu, Private Secretary to the President of the Republic of Uganda in Charge of Political Affairs and Head of Documentation Department , who was present at the Ceremony, expressed her appreciation for an open heart surgery she underwent on 25th of May 2015 performed by Dr. Vivek Jawali at Fortis Hospitals Bangalore . In her soft spoken touching remarks, Judith also HTP Director Department of Public Administration applauded Dr Jawali, for a job well done when she was in theater for 8 hours where her fate was in the hands of God. she referred the son of India as an amazing compassionate and brilliant human being; we all admire for both his commitment for humanity especially to all those patients and families he touches every day. She noted that, the gallant son of India is a pioneer in minimally invasive cardiac surgery in the whole world to date.
Who is Dr Vivek Jawali?
Born on April 13th 1953, at Barshi, Vivekanand Siddaramappa Jawali spent his childhood on the family farm in and around Barshi. His schooling was in Marathi, at the Sulake Prathamik Shala and Sulake High School. An average student, Vivekanand was passionate about painting and was a favourite with his painting teachers. He was also a voracious reader and writer and many of his writings & cartoons were published in Marati children’s magazines.
He learnt English during his college days.
He passed his MBBS from MR Medical College, Gulbarga in 1975, bagging the first rank and a gold medal in Surgery. He was also awarded the “best all round outgoing student”.
With an M.S from JJ M Medical college, Davengere, he worked briefly as an assistant professor in surgery in M.R Medical college , Gulbarga .
He then worked with the celebrated vascular surgeon Dr. T.P Kulkarni as his clinical assistant at the Bombay hospital, where he fine-tuned his vascular surgery skills. He developed sound foundations of peripheral vascular & aortic surgery & also became a skilled angiographer.
In 1981, he joined the MCH program at the KEM Hospital & Seth GS Medical college in Bombay & was trained by Dr D.B Parulekar, Dr.Sharad Pandey and Dr S.S Bhattacharya.
Recognizing his talent, the Government of Karnataka invited him to shoulder the responsibility of establishing the Jayadeva Institute of Cardiology – a dream project of the then Government of Karnataka.
Reciprocating this honor, he shifted to Bangalore in September 1984 – giving up lucrative career opportunities in Bombay.
Bangalore at that time was medically primitive, thereby posing a greater challenge to Dr.Jawali.
Undeterred by the hurdles, his passion held forth and he, along with Dr. Chinnaiah struggled hard and laid a solid foundation for creating one of the finest cardiac teaching institutions and the largest Government teaching heart hospital of India The Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiology.
In 1988, he met Mr. Habil Khorakhiwala , who had established Wockhardt Pharmaceuticals. Dr Jawali’s dream of starting a quality private Heart hospital in Bangalore found a patron and soon, the 1st Wockhardt Hospital & Heart Institute was born.
The creation of these two institutions – Jayadeva & Wockhardt fueled a revolutionary change in the healthcare landscape of Bangalore, and triggered a new era of healthcare activities in Karnataka & the neighbouring States of tamilnadu,Andhra Pradesh and Kerala.
The success of Wockhardt Hospital & Heart Institute triggered the formation of the Wockhardt chain of 22 hospitals with 10,000 beds with a pan-India presence. Wockhardt’s pinnacle of success was the partnership with Harvard Medical International – an achievement credited to Dr.Jawali’s leadership.
Dr. Jawali was appointed the director of this company.
Today, Wockhardt Hospitals has been rechristened as FORTIS Hospitals, after its merger with Fortis and Dr.Jawali continues to be the Director.
Being a restless innovator, his quest for breakthroughs has been persistent through the years.
In 1992, he pioneered beating heart bypass surgery in India when it was just an idea from the Latin American world. Within 2 years he completed more than 500 surgeries and thus began his persistent efforts to popularize this form of cardiac surgery, fruits of which are visible today. Beating heart bypass surgery was not pioneered in Bombay or Delhi as it is popularly believed.
His friendship with Dr Benetti, Eric Jannsen, Antonio Calafiori & Subramanyam was helpful in building a solid program of OPCAB which trained many surgeons in India & abroad.
From 1994 onwards, began his trail of unmatched achievements.
In September 1994, he performed India’s first MICAS(minimally invasive coronary bypass surgery) and then the first minimally invasive mitral valve replacement.
In 1999, he performed India’s first awake MICAS, followed by the first awake multi-vessel OPCAB through full sternotomy.
In 2002, he performed an awake multi vessel CABG with an aortic value replacement without intubation – general anesthesia or ventilator on a 74 year old man, the first of its kind in the world.
Added to these, he has performed other firsts and rare surgeries. Many of his accomplishments have become milestones in the Indian medical history.
With a record of more than 600 awake surgeries and 21 publications on this issue, he is considered to be a leader and has been teaching awake cardiac surgery in India & abroad.
He also has 200 scientific papers to his credit.
He was the president of the Indian Association of Cardiothoracic Surgeons in 2008.He is a council member of the Asian association of cardiothoracic surgeons and has been the vice president of the Indian association of cardiology and secretary of the cardiology society of India, Banglore chapter and the Bangalore surgical society.
He is a founder-member of International Society of Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgeons, and the only Indian on the editorial board of Innovations in Cardio Thoracic Surgery, an international journal published from USA that deals with new ideas of minimally invasive cardiac surgery.
He is also on the editorial board of cts.net – a global website of the cardiothoracic surgeons of the world .
He is also on the editorial board of the Indian journal of cardiothoracic surgery and the Indian journal of cardiac anesthesia. He was responsible for founding and administrating http://www.iacts.org – the official website of the Indian association of cardiothoracic surgeons.
He has Delivered 9 national orations and demonstrated live surgeries and talks in many centers abroad including the Chicago, Washington and Harvard universities.
He recently led an Indian delegation to Israel as a key opinion leader on Life sciences & Healthcare.
He has also been featured extensively in Indian and international media like the Time, Newyork Times, Paris Match, Guardian, The Economist and many more in addition to being featured on international Television channels.
He has received the “Lifetime Achievement Award for Medical Excellence in India” from Harvard University, USA, the Dr.B.C.Roy Award for Medical Excellence, the Karnataka Rajyotsava Award and the Outstanding Citizen’s Award by the Banglore municipal corporation and the Giant’s International with many other international recognitions.
His wife Sadhana,who also hails from Barshi, and daughter Nivedita have always remained his strong source of emotional and moral support. His other interests are travelling, music, painting and photography.
Dr.Vivek Jawali is a leader par excellence. He inspires power and energy and he has had the greatest influence on Indian Cardiac Surgery.
He has also deeply touched the lives of over 30,000 people including many celebrities and doctors who have been operated by him.
He has been responsible for operating many Seniors citizens of Uganda for successful high risk heart surgeries.
His virtues of compassion, humility, practicality and sheer hard work continues to motivate the young generation.
HICGI News Agency 
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