Dr. P Ashok Kumar

Qualifications & Education:

• MBBS – Madurai Medical College & Govt. Rajaji Hospital, TN MGR Medical University
• MD (General Medicine) – Thanjavur Medical College, TN MGR Medical University
• DM (Cardiology) – Madurai Medical College & Govt. Rajaji Hospital, TN MGR Medical University
• Training in Coronary Imaging (OCT) – Wakayama University, Japan
• Observership – Advanced Heart Failure, LVADs, Heart Transplantation – University of Minnesota, USA

Areas of Expertise:

• Clinical and interventional cardiology
• Complex coronary interventions and coronary imaging
• Advanced heart failure management including LVADs and transplantation
• Structural heart disease
• Pediatric and adult echocardiography including TEE and strain imaging
• Pacemaker implantation
• Pulmonary hypertension

Clinical Interests:

• Heart failure and mechanical circulatory support
• Interventional cardiology and imaging
• Structural heart conditions and congenital anomalies
• Academic mentorship and cardiology education

Professional Experience:

• Senior Consultant – Cardiology, Sakra World Hospital, Bangalore
• Senior Consultant Cardiologist & Heart Failure Specialist – Sparsh Hospital, Bangalore
• Consultant Cardiologist – St. Martha’s Heart Centre, Narayana Health
• Consultant Cardiologist – NH, MS Ramaiah Memorial Hospital
• Assistant Professor of Cardiology – Madras Medical College, Chennai

Research & Publications:

• Comparative Study of Echocardiography and Electrocardiography in Detecting LVH in Hypertension – Int J Res Med Sci
• Congenital Absence of Pericardium: An Unusual Cause of Chest Pain – Current Trends in Cardiology
• Multiple ongoing research studies on Vitamin D, triglyceride levels, and LV mass correlation in ACS

Academic Work & Presentations:

• Faculty and co-guide for DNB Cardiology students – St. Martha’s Hospital
• Strain Imaging in STEMI – Young Investigator Award Finalist, CSI Kolkata
• Poster presentations on AMI and echo imaging – Echo India, Goa
• Award-winning case presentations on hypertension and congenital heart disease
• Active contributor at multiple national and international cardiology conferences

Memberships & Affiliations:

• Life Member – Cardiological Society of India (CSI)
• Life Member – Indian Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation (INSHLT)
• Fellow – Society of Coronary Angiography & Interventions (SCAI)
• Member – CSI Karnataka Chapter
• Member – Echo Chapter, Bangalore
• Life Member – Indian Medical Association (IMA)

Languages Known:

English, Hindi, Kannada, Tamil, and Telugu