Dr. P Ashok Kumar

OP Timings:

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
10:00am - 04:00pm	10:00am - 04:00pm	10:00am - 04:00pm	12:00pm - 04:00pm	10:00am - 04:00pm	12:00pm - 04:00pm	Not Available

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:

• Interventional Cardiology Procedures
  • Primary Angioplasty for Acute Heart Attacks
  • Complex Coronary Interventions such as Left Main Interventions, Bifurcation PCI, and Calcium Modification Procedures – Rotablation, IVL, Orbital Atherectomy
  • Imaging-Guided Interventions – OCT, IVUS
  • Functional Studies – iFR, FFR
• Advanced Heart Failure – Evaluation and Management
  • Right Heart Study
  • Heart Transplant
  • LVAD, RVAD
  • Device Therapies for Advanced Heart Failure
  • Endomyocardial Biopsy
• Structural Interventions
  • TAVI
  • Device Closures for Various Holes in the Heart
• Cardiac Device Implantations
  • Pacemaker Implantations, AICD, CRT
• Valvular and Cardiovascular Disease Management
  • Management of Valvular Heart Diseases, Hypertensive Heart Disease, and Cardiomyopathies
  • Complete Evaluation and Management of Pulmonary Hypertension

Clinical Interests:

• Advanced Heart Failure including Mechanical Circulatory support (ECMO, VAD`s) and heart Transplant 
• Pulmonary Hypertension

Professional Experience:

• Consultant Cardiologist- Narayana Health at St Martha`s Heart Centre, Bangalore (2012-2020)
• Senior Consultant Cardiologist and Heart Failure Specialist – Sparsh Hospitals, Bangalore (2020-2024)
• Senior Consultant Cardiologist & Heart Failure Specialist – Sakra Hospital,  Bangalore(2024-2025)

Research & Publications:

• Comparative study of echocardiography and electrocardiography criteria for detecting left ventricular hypertrophy in hypertensive patients Int J Res Med Sci. 2021 Nov;9(11):3364-3369
• Unusual cause of chest pain: Congenital absence of pericardium: Curr Trend cardiol 2021Vol 5 Issue 5
• Strain imaging in STEMI- Young investigator award at the Annual CSI conference at Kolkota, 2010
• Poster presentation on Strain rate imaging in patients with AMI in Echo India conference
• An Interesting Case of Tricuspid Atresia with long survival in the Annual CSI conference, Kochi 2009
• A case of Hypertension in the young- best case presentation award in the annual Hypertension conference award (2011)

Memberships:

• Cardiological Society of India
• International Society of Heart and Lung Transplant 
• Indian Society of Heart and Lung Transplant
• Bangalore Society of CSI
• FSCAI (Fellow of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions)

Languages Known:

English, Hindi, Kannada, Tamil, and Telugu