Professional Summary
Consultant Interventional Cardiologist at KG Hospital, Coimbatore, with extensive experience in quaternary referral settings and a focus on complex coronary interventions.
Education & Professional Qualifications
- DM (Cardiology) — Government Medical College, Kozhikode.
- MD (General Medicine) — UCMS and GTB Hospital, New Delhi.
- MBBS — Stanley Medical College, Chennai.
Clinical Experience
- Current: Consultant Interventional Cardiology, KG Hospital, Coimbatore.
- Previous: Assistant Professor, Department of Cardiology, Government Medical College, Kozhikode, Kerala.
- Previous: Senior Resident, Department of General Medicine, Chettinad Medical College, Chennai.
Key Clinical Skills & Expertise
- Interventional Cardiology: Performed over 800 angiograms and 300 angioplasties (primary, Type A and Type B lesions).
- Procedures: Permanent pacemakers, Intravascular imaging (IVUS, OCT), ROTA, BMV, ASD, PDA device closures, and peripheral interventions.
- Imaging: Trained in Paediatric Echo, Transesophageal Echo, 3D Echo, and strain imaging.
Academic Activities & Presentations
- Presented papers at various state and national level conferences and published in national/international journals.
- Key presentations include research on BVS with OCT (CSI Kerala 2018), Right atrial Diverticulum, and various coronary intervention studies (ICCCON 2019, SCIP 2019).