Cardiology

 
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Dr. Tilak Suvarna
SENIOR INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGIST
HEAD OF DEPARTMENT-CARDIOLOGY
Area of Specialization:

Coronary and Peripheral angiography & angioplasty Balloon Valvuloplasty


Educational Background:

MBBS, M.D (Internal Medicine)

D.N.B (Cardiology)


Professional Experience:

Over 15 years of experience

Has performed over 2000 interventional procedures


Credentials:

Serves as a member of the accreditation committee in the National Accreditation Board for Hospitals(NABH) for ensuring high standards of patient safety

Has a number of publications to his credit in various journals


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Dr. Nilesh Gautam
Interventional Cardiologist
Area of Specialization:

Specializes in coronary & other types of angiographies & angioplasties


Educational Background:

M.D., D.M. from LTMGH, Mumbai


Professional Experience:

Extensive experience in non invasive investigational & interventional procedures

Has performed more than 5000 angiographies & over 1000 angioplasties

Primary investigator in international clinical trials on newer drugs in treatment of hypertension

Sub PI in various interventional clinical trials in newer stenting techniques & treatment modalities of coronary heart disease

Seminars presented on various topics during Clinical Departmental Cardiology Meetings (2000-2007)


Credentials:

Has been a part of the Faculty at the Singapore Cardiology Conference (2007-08)

Published articles in various National & International journals

Presently Vice President, (West Zone), Heart Failure Society of India.


Membership:

Cardiological Society of India

Association of Physicians of India

Association of Medical Consultants

Indian Medical Association


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Dr. Pramod Sanghi
Interventional Cardiologist
Area of Specialization:

Coronary artery disease

Peripheral artery disease


Educational Background:

M.D.

M.P.H

F.A.C.C.


Professional Experience:

Over 5 years of experience in interventional Cardiology

More than 500 coronary interventions & more than 150 peripheral interventions

More than 2000 Echo & TEEs

Over 200 nuclear stress tests


Membership:

American College of Cardiology

American Heart Association

Society of Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions

Michigan Association of Physicians of India


Achievements:

Has many National and International publications to his credit Board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Interventional Cardiology and Nuclear Cardiology


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Dr. Santosh Kumar Dora
CARDIAC ELECTRO PHYSIOLOGIST
Area of Specialization:

Cardiac electrophysiology study and radiofrequency ablations including complex arrhythmia

Skilled to perform all kinds of Pacing & and ICD implantations


Educational Background:

MD from Orissa, DM from SCTIMST, Kerala

Fellowship in Cardiac Electrophysiology and Pacing from Kerala

Clinical Research Fellowship in Electrophysiology and Pacing under Dr. Thomas Peter Director in EP at Cedar Sinai Medical Center, USA.


Professional Experience:

Performs EP study and RF ablations regularly which includes complex arrhythmia like: scar related atypical atrial flutter, atrial fibrillation, ventricular tachycardia, etc.

Performs pacemaker implantations, biventricular pacing & AICD implantations regularly.

Performs around 250 EP study & RF ablation every year which includes complex arrhythmia like scar related atypical atrial flutter, atrial fibrillation, ventricular tachycardia, etc.

Performs around 150 pacemaker implantations (single & double chamber) every year


Credentials:

Has presented original clinical Electrophysiology papers in conferences held in India and abroad

He has to his credit, publications of many original clinical studies in National and International indexed journals


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Dr. Dev Pahlajani
CONSULTANT CARDIOLOGIST
Area of specialization:

Invasive Interventional Cardiology


Educational Background:

M.D. (Medicine) Post Doctoral Fellowship in Cardiology,USA


Fellowships:

Founder Fellow, Indian College of Physicians

Founder Fellow, Indian Society of Electrocardiology

Fellow, American College of Cardiology

Fellow Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions, USA


Credentials:

Published articles in various National & International journals


Membership:

President, Association of Physicians of India from 1990-91

President, Cardiological Society of India from 1994-95

President, World Congress on Coronary Heart Disease

President, American College of Chest Physicians & International Academy of Chest Physicians from 1984-85

President, Indian Society of Electrocardiology

Founder President, Academy of Cardiology

President, International Summit on Coronary Artery Disease, Mumbai in 2001 & 2005

Faculty Member, Various International Forums on interventional Cardiology


Social Responsibility Initiatives:

Chairman & Founder Trustee, Mahavir Heart Research Foundation

Attended & organized several camps in interior of Maharashtra & Gujarat


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Dr. Prafulla Kerkar
CONSULTANT CARDIOLOGIST
Area of Specialization:

Coronary, valvular and pediatric interventions

Specialized in closing congenital heart defects like PDA, ASD, VSD


Educational Background:

MD (Internal Medicine)

DM (Cardiology)

DNB (Cardiology)

FACC (Fellow of American College of Cardiology)

FESC (Fellow of European Society of Cardiology)

FSCAI (Fellow of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions)


Trainings Undertaken:

Trained in the field of Interventional Cardiology at
- Red Cross Hospital and Frankfurt Heart Centre, Germany
- The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, USA
- Cardiac Arrhythmia Research Laboratory, University of Western Ontario, Canada


Professional Experience:

Actively involved with the development of the Interventional Cardiology program ever since its inception in 1988 at the KEM Hospital.

Proficient in both adult and pediatric interventions, having performed more than 5000 catheterization procedures including, coronary angioplasty, mitral, pulmonic and aortic valvuloplasty, and closure of ASD, PDA, VSD, fistulas and other shunts.

Conducted several intervention workshops to train fellow cardiologists

On the editorial board of Postgraduate Journal of Medicine and section editor for the Cardiology section of the API text book of Medicine

Reviewer for peer reviewed international and national journals like Cardiac Catheterization and Interventions, American Journal of Cardiology, Annals of Pediatric Cardiology, and JAPI

Guest speaker and chairperson at many international and national conferences

Principal Investigator for several Clinical trials and research projects (Ongoing trials: Acute Coronary Syndrome, Pulmonary Hypertension, Stable Angina Pectoris, Chronic Heart Failure)


Credentials:

TCT award in Washington, USA for the most challenging Asia Pacific case, 2005

Worlds's largest series of non-surgical closure of RSOV (European Heart Journal 2010)

Best Doctor's Award from Youth Organization for Unity, 2006

Best Paper at Annual IMA conference, Nagpur in December 2007

Hargobind Medical Foundation Scholar, 1995

JN Tata Endowment Scholar, 1995

Presented papers in numerous international and national conferences

Several publications in national and international journals


Memberships:

Life Member of the Cardiological Society of India

Scientific Secretary of Cardiological Society of India, 2009 - 2010

President of the Mumbai Branch of the Cardiological Society of India, 2004-2006

Fellow of the Cardiological Society of India


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Dr. Shekhar Shriram Ambardekar
CONSULTANT CARDIOLOGIST
Educational Background:

MBBS and M.D. (D.M.) Cardiology from Grant Medical College, Sir J.J. Group of Hospitals, Mumbai.


Area of Specialization:

General Cardiology with special emphasis on ischemic heart disease in particular its prevention.

Non invasive & invasive cardiology.


Professional Experience:

Worked as a lecturer for 2 ½ years in Grant Medical College.

Has more than 24 years of experience


Membership:

Cardiological Society of India

Association of Physicians of India

Association of Medical Consultants

Indian Medical Association

Andheri Medical Association

Indian Academy of Echocardiography


Credentials:

Authored three editions of a book on heart disease titled "Hridaygoshti"

A number of national & international conferences attended. Papers read in national conferences

A number of papers published in national medical journals

A lot of articles published in lay press


Social Responsibility Initiative:

Talks given for public for awareness of heart disease and its prevention.

Participated as cardiologist in the "caring heart project" Mumbai which studied beneficial effects of yoga on heart disease. The work is published in medical journal (JAPI, April 2004).


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Dr. Akshay Mehta
CONSULTANT CARDIOLOGIST
Educational Background:

MD (Medicine) DM (Cardiology)


Credentials:

Govt. Open Merit Scholarship & National Scholarship


Professional experience:

Practicing as Interventional Cardiologist since more than 15 years


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Dr. Ankit Agarwal
Junior Cardiac Consultant
Educational Background:

MD (Medicine) DM (Cardiology)


Professional experience:

Routinely performs Radial and Femoral Angiographies and Angioplasties

Temporary and Permanent pacemaker implantation

Managing complex patients in wards and ICCU

Efficiently manages complex cases like Balloon Mitral Valvulotomy

Has hands-on experience in transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography both in adults and pediatric patients


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Dr. Santosh Khandekar
Junior Cardiac Consultant
Educational Background:

M.D. (Internal Medicine)

D.N.B. (Cardiology)


Area of Specialization:

Coronary Angiography and Angioplasties


Professional Experience:

Has performed more than 2000 cathlab procedures including diagnostic coronary angiograms, cardiac catheterization studies and coronary angioplasties(including complex cases).

Has performed over 3000 transthoracic echocardiography and over 50 transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) procedures.


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Dr. Praveen Kulkarni
Junior Cardiac Consultant
Areas of Specialization:

Adult and congenital interventional cardiology procedures


Educational Background:

MD (Medicine) DM (Cardiology)


Professional experience:

Independently performed more than 2000 coronary angiographies

More than 200 Transesophageal Echo

Hands on experience in performing Balloon Mitral Valvotomy and Balloon Pulmonary Valvotomy, Permanent Pacemaker Implantations and Basic Electrophysiological studies and RF Ablations


Credentials:

Ranked first in MD (Medicine) examination, May 2007 at PGIMER, Chandigarh


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