Lieutenant General Anand Mohan Ahuja was a pioneering cardiothoracic surgeon in the Indian Armed Forces Medical Services. He was born at Lyallpur in the Punjab region of India on 1 November 1923, the second of five brothers. His father was Jivan Das Ahuja, a physician, who encouraged all his sons to become doctors. Ahuja studied medicine at Lahore Medical College and qualified in 1946. He subsequently travelled to the UK for surgical training and gained his FRCS in 1957. He also trained in cardiac surgery in Yugoslavia and went to Washington DC for training in open-heart surgery. He became a professor of surgery at the Armed Forces Medical College, Pune. In addition to his work in lung and open-heart surgery, he also introduced protocols for use in intensive care units and operating theatres across the Armed Forces. He was awarded the Ati Vishisht Seva medal by the president of India. He retired with the rank of lieutenant general and chief consultant. After his retirement he worked as a consultant general surgeon in the police hospital in Oman. In his final years he attended a charitable clinic and played golf. Ahuja died on 19 February 2015 in Bengaluru. He was 91.