A renowned cardio-thoracic and vascular surgeon, Dr. Anvay Mulay is Head of the department of Cardiac Surgery and Heart Transplant program. Dr. Anvay Mulay has worked in US and UK before settling in India. Dr. Anvay Mulay has done pioneering work in adult Cardiac Surgery, especially in the field of Coronary Bypass Artery Graft Surgery (CABG). He has the largest series of beating heart coronary bypass surgeries done. He has over 29 years of experience and more than 4000 successful beating heart bypass surgeries to his credit. He spearheaded many new techniques in cardiac surgery, from complex surgeries such as ‘beating-heart bypass’ and ‘valve replacement’(first of its kind in Pune), use of mammary artery as an alternative to radial artery for grafts, to the patient-friendly minimally invasive surgeries, that aided faster recovery. He pioneered implantation of Left Ventricle Assist Device(LVAD) for Western and Central India, in a lifesaving surgery on a 49 yr old patient.