Dr. Ravikanth Telikicherla

Educational Qualifications:

• MBBS - NRI Medical College, Chinakakani, Guntur (Aug 2006 – Mar 2012)
• MD (General Medicine) - Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Medical College, Bengaluru (Jun 2012 – May 2015)
• DM (Cardiology) - SCTIMST, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala (Jan 2017 – Dec 2019)

Professional Experience:

• Consultant Cardiologist & Cardiac Electrophysiologist - Apollo Hospitals, Visakhapatnam
• Associate Consultant – Cardiac Electrophysiology & Cardiac Pacing - Fortis Escorts Heart Institute, New Delhi
• Junior Consultant Cardiologist - Apollo Hospitals, Visakhapatnam
• Senior Resident – Cardiology - SCTIMST, Thiruvananthapuram
• Assistant Professor – General Medicine - Kannur Medical College, Kerala
• Junior Resident – Internal Medicine - Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Medical College & Hospital, Bengaluru

Areas of Expertise:

• Cardiac Electrophysiology
• Cardiac Pacing
• CRT-D/P Implantation
• Left Bundle Branch Pacing
• Leadless Pacemaker Implantation
• Catheter Ablation
• Pediatric Electrophysiology
• Atrial Fibrillation (AF) Ablation
• Ventricular Tachycardia (VT) Ablation

Awards & Achievements:

• Best Outgoing Student – 10th Standard
• Third Prize – State Level Quiz, KAPICON 2014
• Finalist – Torrent Young Scholar Award (TYSA), National Cardiology Competition
• International Travel Grant Recipient – Asia-Pacific Heart Rhythm Society (APHRS), Bangkok (2019)
• Selected as Future Speaker on Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices (CIED) representing APHRS at Sydney (2024) – Only representative from South India

Publications:

• Single Atrium in 42 year old Male, Dr. Ramesh B, Dr. Ravikanth, Dr. Vyshnav Roop singh - Scholars Journal of Medical case Reports 2014; 2(3):190-191
• Coronary calcium on X-Ray: Clinical-Medical Image- International Journal of clinical and medical images(2018)- volume 5, Issue 7
• Short term and mid term outcomes of Intravascular Lithotripsy (IVL) in patients with moderate to severe Calcific coronary artery disease (CAD) Dibya Kumar Baruah, Ravikanth Telikicherla - Journal of American college of cardiology Volume 79, Issue 15, Supplement, 19 April 2022, Pages S11-S12
• 3D mapping and ablation of left sided atypical atrial flutter - Bangladesh Heart, Vol 37, No.2, July 2022

presentations:

• Abstract titled “The patterns and Management of Cardiovascular implantable Electronic device (CIED) related infections: Study from a tertiary care center in South India”, at APHRS, 2019, conducted at Bangkok, Thailand 
• Abstract titled “Predictors of short term outcomes in Heart failure: Results from the Largest Indian study -Kerala Heart Failure Registry” at CSI HFCON-2018, Kochi
• Case presentation- An interesting case of Atypical postoperative Atrial flutter at KHRS (Kerala Heart Rhythm Society), 2018 at Trivandrum 
• Case presentation- An interesting case of Outflow tract ventricular premature complexes at KHRS (Kerala Heart Rhythm Society), 2017 at Kochi
• Case presentation- A case of  Peripartum cardiomyopathy in postoperative Fontan at Fontan Summit, 2018, at Trivandrum 
• Case presentation- SA node ablation for IST in a patient with RHD presented on 14th Feb 2026

Research Projects:

• Study of comparison of right ventricular diastolic dysfunction in asymptomatic diabetic hypertensives with diabetic non hypertensives-  Mandatory thesis submitted for the degree of MD General Medicine 
•  Predictors of left atrial thrombus resolution in patients with mitral stenosis planned for percutaneous transvenous mitral commissurotomy(PTMC)- Mandatory thesis submitted for the degree of DM Cardiology
• The patterns and Management of Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Device (CIED) related infections: A study from a tertiary care center in South India