Dr. Anand Somaya received his medical education in the prestigious Armed Forces Medical College in Pune. He spent seven years as a doctor in the Armed Forces from 1971 to 1978. During this period, he was involved in treating battle casualties from the 1971 Indo Pak War in a high altitude hospital in Leh, Ladakh.

He then trained in Cardio Vascular Surgery under Dr. Nemish A. Shah and Dr. T. P. Kulkarni, who were both pioneering leaders in cardiac and vascular surgery. He did a Fellowship at the Texas Heart Institute under the direction of the world renowned Cardio Vascular Surgeon Dr. Denton A. Cooley. He also trained with Dr. Donald Ross in London. He underwent a transplant fellowship at the foremost transplant centre in the world under Dr. Thomas Starzl at the University College Hospital at Pittsburg, U.S.A. He has been involved in treatment of the diseases of the heart and blood vessels from 1980 onwards and he is attached as a Consultant to the Bombay Hospital and Medical Research Centre, Bhatia Hospital, the B.D. Petit Parsee General Hospital, the P.D. Hinduja Hospital & Medical Research Centre, Wockhardt Hospital and the Masina Hospital. He was the Consultant – Cardio Vascular Surgeon to His Excellency, the Governor of Maharashtra and to the Greater Mumbai Police.