Dr Bali has more than 30 years of experience in cardiology. He introduced Primary Angioplasty for management of Heart attacks in this region. He has performed more than 15000 Coronary Interventions as primary operator. He was Additional Professor in PGI, Chandigarh. His areas of expertise include: Coronary Artery Diseases (Elective and Primary PCI), devices in management of Advanced Heart Failure – Biventricular Pacemakers (CRT-P), Combo Devices (CRT- D) and ICDs. He also has extensive experience of performing Carotid Artery Stenting, Subclavian Artery Angioplasty/Stenting, Aortic Stenting, Angioplasty/Stenting of other Peripheral Arteries and Below Knee Interventions (BKI). He also introduced Trans Cutaneous Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVI) in this region. He is also proficient in performing Endovascular Stent Grafts in treatment of Arterial Aneurysms, be it Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms or Infra Renal Aortic Aneurysms (AAA). He regularly performs non surgical treatment of aortic dissections with stent grafts.
Outstanding Achievements:
Dr Bali was the first in the world to show the efficacy of stenting for the management of patients with Takayasu’s Arteritis (Pulseless disease)
He has been awarded Kataria Memorial Gold Medal in 1985, the highest academic awrd of PGI, Chandigarh
In 1990, he was awarded D P Basu award by cardiological society of India for being the best young investigator of the year