Senior Consultant & Additional Director – Advanced Heart Failure & Cardiac Transplantation
OPD Timings:
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
11:30am -
05:00pm | 09:00am -
05:00pm | 11:30am -
05:00pm | 11:30am -
05:00pm | 11:30am -
05:00pm | 11:30am -
05:00pm | Not
Available |
Qualifications & Education:
- DM (Cardiology) – Grant Medical College & J.J. Hospital, Mumbai, Mumbai University (2006)
- MD (General Medicine) – SCB Medical College, Cuttack, Utkal University (2003)
- MBBS – Bangalore Medical College, Bangalore University (1998)
- Advanced Heart Disease Clinical Observation Program – Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, USA (2015)
Areas of Expertise:
- Advanced Heart Failure Management
- Cardiac Transplantation
- Interventional Cardiology
- Complex Coronary Interventions
- Primary PCI and Angioplasty
- Cardiac Catheterization Procedures
- Device Implantation
- Percutaneous Transmitral Commissurotomy (PTMC)
- Devices and Implants
Clinical Expertise:
- Advanced management of heart failure and complex cardiac conditions
- Comprehensive interventional cardiology procedures
- Primary and complex coronary angioplasty
- Cardiac catheterization and diagnostic coronary procedures
- Device implantation
- PTMC procedures
- Management of patients requiring advanced heart failure and transplant care
Professional Experience:
- Senior Consultant & Additional Director – Advanced Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplantation, KIMS Hospitals, Electronic City, Bengaluru
- Senior Interventional Cardiologist, Heart Failure & Transplant Specialist, Narayana Institute of Cardiac Sciences, Bengaluru
- Senior Interventional Cardiologist & Head – Department of Cardiology, HCG Heart Center, Bengaluru
- Interventional Cardiologist & Head – Department of Cardiology, St. Martha’s Narayana Hrudayalaya Hospital, Bengaluru
- Consultant Cardiologist, Bhagwan Mahaveer Jain Heart Centre, Bengaluru (2006–2011)
- Senior Resident, Grant Medical College & J.J. Hospital, Mumbai (2004–2006)
International Experience:
- Advanced Heart Disease Clinical Observation Program – Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, USA
- Cardiac camps in Maldives, Zanzibar and Pemba Islands
- Cardiac camps and CME programmes in Nigeria and Bangladesh
- Exposure to advanced heart disease management and transplant-related care
Research & Publications:
- Co-investigator in multiple international clinical trials involving acute coronary syndrome, PCI, antithrombotic therapy, atrial fibrillation and heart failure
- Principal Investigator in clinical studies involving NSTEMI and antithrombotic therapy
- DM Dissertation: Cobalt Chromium Stents – Six Months Clinical and Angiographic Follow-up Study
- Molecular Markers in Resistant Malaria – Medicine Update (2003)
- Incidence of Renal Artery Stenosis in Coronary Artery Disease Patients – 56th Annual CSI Conference (2004)
- Study of Combination of Eptifibatide and Streptokinase in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction – 56th Annual CSI Conference (2004)
- Circulating Th17 and Tc17 Cells and their Imbalance with Regulatory T Cells is Associated with Myocardial Infarction in Young Indian Patients – World Journal of Cardiovascular Diseases
Academic Contributions:
- Teaching faculty for DNB Cardiology, PGDCC-IGNOU and Fellowship in Clinical Cardiology – RGUHS
- Trained in a high-volume cardiac centre at Grant Medical College & J.J. Hospital, Mumbai
- Demonstrated and initiated PTMC procedures at Apollo Hospital, Bilaspur
Awards & Achievements:
- 2nd Rank in the State – PUC Examinations, 1993
- All India 4th Rank – Maharashtra SSET
Professional Memberships:
- Cardiological Society of India – Life Member
- Echocardiography Association of India – Life Member
- Heart Failure Association of India – Member
- American College of Cardiology – International Associate
- European Society of Cardiology – Fellow
- Indian Medical Association – Life Member
Languages Known:
English, Kannada, Hindi, Telugu, Bengali, Marathi, Odia, and Tamil
