After his master’s in General surgery, Dr Saumya Sekhar joined as a resident in Cardiovascular & Thoracic surgery in the prestigious G.B. Pant hospital, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, where he was thoroughly groomed in preoperative assessment of patients with Heart and Lung diseases, extensive intraoperative procedures, and postoperative management in cardiac intensive care unit. Under the guidance of eminent cardiac surgeons, he was trained with surgical skills in complex congenital cardiac diseases, beating heart coronary artery bypass, complex valvular surgeries, aortic and vascular surgeries and thoracic surgeries.
Post MCh, he joined as an Associate Consultant in dept of Cardiac Sciences, KIMS Bhubaneswar, Odisha, where he was provided with opportunity to perform Heart valve and Coronary artery surgeries independently. Besides Beating heart bypass surgeries, Valve replacement and repair surgeries, Vascular surgeries, and Congenital cardiac surgeries, he was also exposed to Minimally invasive Cardiac surgeries, Surgical RFA, TAVR and ECMO.
In November 2018, he joined as a fellow in Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani hospital, Mumbai for advanced training in Adult Cardiac Surgery & Heart and Lung transplant. He was thoroughly trained in clinical assessment and management of heart failure patients, Donor organ harvesting, Heart and lung transplant and postoperative intensive care of transplant recipients. He was actively involved in installation and management of Mechanical Circulatory Support devices in Cardiogenic shock in both acute and chronic heart failure patients. He got numerous hands-on opportunity to improvise skills in beating heart total arterial CABG and Valvular heart surgeries, MAZE procedure for arrhythmia, Aortic Dissection surgeries, Minimally invasive cardiac surgeries, MID-CAB procedures, Pulmonary endarterectomy surgeries, and Lung resection surgeries along with a comprehensive and advanced post-operative cardiac care in a NABH & JCI Accredited hospital.
In June 2021, Dr Saumya Sekhar joined as a consultant in adult Cardiac unit of SUM Ultimate Medicare hospital, Bhubaneswar, Odisha where he performed conventional and minimally invasive coronary bypass surgeries and valve surgeries. During the COVID 19 pandemic he has successfully managed patients with respiratory failures with ECMO support.
In July 2022 He joined as a Consultant in CVTS, Heart & Lung Transplant in Jupiter Lifeline Hospitals, Thane.