Cardiac Surgery

Vision & Mission

Vision

To provide safe, accessible, high-quality cardiac surgical care while promoting excellence in patient outcomes, education, research, and modern surgical techniques.

Mission

To deliver compassionate, ethical, and evidence-based cardiac surgical services through multidisciplinary teamwork, continuous professional development, and a commitment to patient safety.

Objectives & Functions

• Provide comprehensive surgical care for cardiac and selected vascular conditions.
• Ensure appropriate preoperative assessment, surgical planning, and postoperative management.
• Promote patient safety, infection prevention, and evidence-based clinical practice.
• Adopt appropriate modern and minimally invasive surgical techniques.
• Support postgraduate training, research, clinical audit, and continuing professional development.
• Coordinate care with cardiology, cardiac anaesthesia, intensive care, perfusion services, and other relevant specialties.

Clinical Services

The department provides the following services, subject to clinical indications and available facilities:

• Coronary artery surgery: Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG).
• Valvular heart surgery: Surgical management of valvular heart disease, including valve repair and replacement.
• Congenital cardiac surgery: Surgical management of congenital heart diseases.
• Aortic surgery: Bentall procedure and other indicated procedures for aortic diseases.
• Vascular surgery: Management of vascular conditions within the department’s scope of services.
• Minimally invasive cardiac surgery: Minimally invasive approaches for selected patients.
• Perioperative and postoperative care: Preoperative evaluation and optimization, postoperative monitoring, intensive care, management of complications, and follow-up.

Departmental Facilities

The department provides inpatient, outpatient, surgical, and postoperative services through the facilities of the Cardiac Center, PIMS Hospital, Islamabad.

Reported bed capacity

• Cardiac Surgery Ward: 14 beds
• Cardiac Surgical Intensive Care Unit (ICU): 6 beds

Outpatient Services & Working Arrangements

• OPD days: Monday and Wednesday
• OPD timings: 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM
• Location: Cardiac Center, PIMS Hospital, Islamabad
• Contact extensions: 3279 and 3296

Patients are assessed according to their clinical needs. Elective procedures are planned following appropriate evaluation and preoperative optimization, while urgent and emergency cases are managed according to clinical priority and hospital protocols. Postoperative patients receive appropriate ICU and ward care.

Faculty & Consultants

The departmental faculty and medical staff comprise:

The team provides clinical care, supervises patient management, supports surgical services, and participates in teaching and training.

Postgraduate Training & Academic Activities

The department offers postgraduate training in:

• Fellowship of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan (FCPS) in Cardiac Surgery.
• Master of Surgery (MS) in Cardiac Surgery.

Academic activities include ward rounds, clinical teaching, case discussions, supervised operative training, perioperative management, research, and other educational activities in accordance with relevant curricula and institutional requirements.

Recent Developments

Minimally invasive cardiac surgery is an important area of departmental development, reflecting efforts to adopt modern surgical approaches for appropriately selected patients, subject to clinical indications and available facilities.