Dr. Mandeep Mehra (MGIMS Sevagram alumnus; Class of 1983) today published a landmark trial in the New England Journal of Medicine.
His paper showed that a mechanical pump implanted in the heart of patients with advanced heart failure could make the patients breathe better, and walk longer—without increasing the risk of pump-induced strokes.
To earn a NEJM publication is almost like winning an Oscar. And Mandeep has achieved this distinction twice in two years!
No wonder that yesterday, the paper received a thunderous applause at the American College of Cardiology meeting at Orlando.
The audience was all ears as Mandeep Mehra, the president of the Heart Failure Society of America, shared his heart-warming data with the top cardiologists of the world.
“It took me 20 years to engineer the pump,” replied Mandeep to my congratulations note. “Progress—one small step for science and a giant leap for patients,” he wrote with humility.
This was a dream come true for Mandeep: he had worked very hard to promote and enrich the lives of patients who are barely able to walk because of heart failure. The life-changing device would add life to their years.
For patients awaiting heart transplantation, this device could help the cardiologists buy time while they prepare their patients for the most advanced treatment of heart failure.
Congratulations, Mandeep. Today, MGIMS basks in your reflected glory.
