Kaushik Mandal, MD, MS, MPH, FESC, FHRS, FRCS(CTh)

Kaushik Mandal, MD, MS, MPH, FESC, FHRS, FRCS(CTh) is a cardiovascular surgeon with the Brown University Health Cardiovascular Institute. He specializes in minimally invasive and robotic surgeries, including mitral valve repairs, Maze procedures, and Transcatheter valve therapies. He is co-director of minimally invasive and valve surgery, as well as director of the Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes Program.

Dr. Mandal has held several leadership positions and faculty appointments in surgery at medical universities throughout the US including Wayne State University, Penn State College, and Johns Hopkins University, while also serving in leadership roles at their teaching hospitals. He is currently a professor of surgery at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. 

After earning his medical degree from All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India, Dr. Mandal went on to pursue high-quality research in the field of autoimmunity, inflammation, atherosclerosis and arrhythmia at the University of London, United Kingdom. This led to an honorary fellowship of the European Society of Cardiology.  He is a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, having successfully passed the intercollegiate specialty board exam in Cardiothoracic Surgery of the United Kingdom. His subspeciality training included a further fellowship in robotic and minimally invasive cardiac surgery at East Carolina Heart Institute, Greenville, NC. He also completed a residency in cardiothoracic surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, where he was chief resident of cardiac surgery.

Throughout his career, Dr. Mandal has presented at numerous conferences and collaborated on medical research and  published more than 150 peer-reviewed articles and abstracts in academic journals, many of which have been cited in peers’ scholarly papers.

Dr. Mandal serves on the editorial board of Heart Surgery Forum, Indian Journal of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery, and as ad hoc reviewer for many professional journals. He holds leadership positions with international organizations including the American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) and is a board member with industry companies including Corisma, Inc.

His active professional memberships are many and include the American Association of Thoracic Surgery, European Society of Cardiology, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, American Society of Artificial Internal Organs, and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons.