eur ys ms . ▁Dr . ▁P anda ' s ▁ 9 9 . 6 % ▁success ▁rate ▁in ▁by pass ▁surg ery ▁is ▁widely ▁recognized ▁as ▁a ▁world - class ▁standard . ▁Dr ▁P anda ▁is ▁also ▁called ▁' one ▁of ▁the ▁saf est ▁heart ▁sur ge ons ▁in ▁the ▁world ' ▁and ▁' the ▁' sur geon ▁with ▁the ▁saf est ▁hands '. ▁Med gate ▁Today ▁hon ored ▁Dr . P anda ▁as ▁the ▁No ▁ 1 ▁heart ▁sur geon ▁and ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 5 ▁living ▁leg ends ▁in ▁the ▁health care ▁of ▁India . ▁ ▁Early ▁life ▁and ▁education ▁Ram ak anta ▁P anda ▁was ▁born ▁at ▁Dam od arp ur ▁village ▁of ▁J aj pur ▁district . ▁He ▁studied ▁for ▁two ▁years ▁at ▁B JB ▁College ▁and ▁then ▁went ▁to ▁SC B ▁Medical ▁College , ▁C utt ack ; ▁he ▁was ▁the ▁university ▁to pper ▁in ▁both ▁places . ▁He ▁was ▁to pper ▁at ▁the ▁All ▁India ▁Institute ▁of ▁Medical ▁Sciences ▁( A II MS ), ▁where ▁he ▁did ▁his ▁post grad u ation ▁in ▁surg ery ▁and ▁heart ▁surg ery ▁between ▁ 1 9 8 0 ▁and ▁ 1 9 8 5 . ▁ ▁He ▁completed ▁his ▁fellow ship ▁training ▁at ▁the ▁Cleveland ▁C lin ic , ▁USA . ▁He ▁has ▁also ▁worked ▁for ▁one ▁year ▁as ▁Sr . ▁Reg istr ar ▁at ▁the ▁H are field ▁Hospital , ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁Kingdom , ▁where ▁he ▁had ▁the ▁opportunity ▁to ▁train ▁under ▁Professor ▁Mag di ▁Y