Dr. Roopesh BVS

OPD Timings:

Professional Summary:

Pediatric Cardiologist with formal subspecialty training (DrNB Pediatric Cardiology) from Madras Medical Mission Hospital, Chennai, and MD Pediatrics from JIPMER, Puducherry. Currently serving as Consultant Pediatric Cardiologist at Sri Padmavathi Child Heart Centre with ten months of clinical and interventional experience. Skilled in comprehensive evaluation and management of congenital and acquired heart diseases in neonates, children and adults, performing advanced echocardiography, cardiac catheterization and basic interventional procedures independently. Actively involved in peri-operative cardiac care including post cardiac transplant patients, longitudinal follow-up, and multidisciplinary clinical decision-making, with a strong academic orientation and patient-centered approach.

Education:

• DrNB (Pediatric Cardiology): Completed his 3-year subspecialty training (2022–2025) at The Madras Medical Mission Hospital, Chennai.
• MD (Pediatrics): Earned his degree from JIPMER, Puducherry (2016–2019)
• MBBS: Graduated from Andhra Medical College, Visakhapatnam in 2014.

Experience:

• May 2025 – April 2026: Worked as a Consultant Pediatric Cardiologist at Sri Padmavathi Child Heart Centre, Tirupati, accumulating 10 months of clinical and transcatheter interventional experience.
• April 2022 – May 2025: Completed a 3-year subspecialty training fellowship program as a DrNB Pediatric Cardiology Trainee at The Madras Medical Mission Hospital, Chennai. 
• August 2021 – March 2022: Served as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at NRIMS Hospital and Medical College, Visakhapatnam for 6 months.
• March 2020 – July 2021: Worked as a Senior Resident in the Department of Pediatrics at NRIMS Hospital and Medical College, Visakhapatnam for 1 year and 3 months. 
• November 2019 – February 2020: Worked as a Senior Resident in the Department of Pediatrics at GEMS Medical College and Hospital, Srikakulam for 3 months.  
• 2016 – 2019: Completed a 3-year MD Pediatrics residency at JIPMER, Puducherry, gaining specialized rotation experience in the PICU, NICU, pediatric emergency, and pediatric specialty clinics.
• 2014 – 2015: Completed a 1-year Compulsory Rotatory Residential Internship at King George Hospital, Visakhapatnam. 

Presentations:

• Poster presentation (PCSI 2023) - Antegrade Transvenous Balloon Coarctoplasty in Very Preterm Neonate.
• Poster presentation (PCSI 2024) - Conduction system pacing for heart block in a patient with Eisenmenger syndrome in DORV, large subaortic VSD.
• Poster presentation (PCSI 2024)  -Transcatheter correction of iatrogenic cyanosis due to surgical diversion of superior vena cava to the left atrium in Sinus venosus defect

Publications:

• Roopesh BV, Haritha G, Kishore SV, Sivaprakasam MC, Maiya S, Rajan S, et al. ThoroughFare atrial pressure controller device to create a controlled interatrial right-to-left shunt in advanced pulmonary arterial hypertension – A pilot study. Ann Pediatr Card 2024; 17:408-14.
• Roopesh BV, Sivakumar K, Sagar P, Mullasari AS. Sequential percutaneous intervention for sinus venosus defect and significant coronary artery disease. Ann Pediatr Card 2024; 17:459-65.
• Roopesh BVS, Kumar GA, Pavithran S, Agarwal R, Sivakumar K. Anomalous systemic venous drainage in truncus arteriosus - An unusual association. Ann Pediatr Cardiol. 2025 Mar-Apr;18(2):169-172.

Clinical & Interventional Expertise:

• Independent Procedures: Experienced as a primary operator for critical procedures including ASD, PDA, and VSD device closures, balloon pulmonary/aortic valvotomies, and balloon dilatation of coarctation of the aorta.  
• Advanced Imaging: Competent in performing Transthoracic (TTE), Transesophageal (TEE), and Fetal Echocardiography.  
• Critical & Peri-operative Care: Actively manages post-operative congenital cardiac surgery patients in the ICU, handling hemodynamic stabilization and medical optimization.

Languages Known:

English, Telugu, Hindi, and Tamil