Dr. Anita Saxena — Executive Director in Delhi NCR

Dr. Anita Saxena is Executive Director of Paediatric Cardiology at Fortis Escorts Heart Institute in Delhi NCR, with more than 40 years of experience. Her record lists paediatrics and paediatric cardiac sciences, and her qualifications are MBBS, MD in medicine and DM in cardiology.

Her work is catheter-based rather than surgical. Pediatric echocardiography is the imaging that finds and measures a defect. ASD, VSD and PDA device closure seal the three commonest holes in a child's heart through a catheter passed from the groin, with no chest incision. Balloon pulmonary valvotomy opens a narrowed pulmonary valve by the same route. Congenital heart disease treatment in children covers the rest. For a family travelling for treatment, the distinction is practical: these are procedures a child usually recovers from in days rather than weeks.

She is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology and of the National Academy of Medical Sciences. Besides Fortis Escorts on Okhla Road in New Delhi, her record lists the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi, the University of Manitoba in Canada, and Pt. BD Sharma University of Health Sciences in Rohtak, where she served as Vice Chancellor.

Her academic output is the largest part of her profile. She has published 368 research papers, mentored over 40 doctoral students, delivered more than 200 lectures across India and represented the country at over 60 global forums. In 2023 she was named among the world's top 2% scientists, and she holds lifetime achievement awards from both the Cardiological Society of India and the Pediatric Cardiac Society of India.