Academics:

• MBBS - 1996- 2002 - Rajah Muthaiah Medical College, Annamalai University
• DNB Gen Medicine - 2004-2006, Southern Railways Headquarters Hospital, Chennai
• DNB CARDIOLOGY - 2008- 2011 Southern Railways Headquarters Hospital, Chennai
• Fellow in European Society of Cardiology
• Special Training - Coronary Imaging in ASAN institute, Seoul
• FSCAI- Fellow in Society for cardiovascular angiography and intervention
• Special Training – TAVR Istanbul, Turkey,
• Certified at Interventional Academy of America for OCT & FFR at ORLANDO, USA
• Guiness World Record Holder (24^th Sept 2018)
• Maruthuva Natchathiram award from TN Health minister @2024
• Gold Member – Heart Failure Association of India – Elected in 2025

Expertise in:

• Clinical Cardiology and Cardiac Rehabilitation
• Echo Cardiogram: Trans Thoracic Echo, Trans-Esophageal Echo, Intra -Cardiac Echo, Stress Echocardiogram
• Coronary Angiogram & Right heart catheterization & Hemodynamic assessment
• Simple and complex angioplasty
• Imaging Techniques including Optical Coherence Tomography, Intra Vascular Ultrasound
• Physiological assessment including FFR & CFR
• Ballon mitral valvotomy & Aortic, pulmonary balloon valvotomy
• Device closures of Congenital Heart Disease (ASD, PDA, VSD) & Ventricular Septal Rupture, Free wall Rupture
• Transcutaneous Aortic Valve Replacement, Endo vascular Aneurysm Repair
• Pacing & Device Therapies Including Permanent Pacemaker Implant, Cardiac Resynchronization Therapies, Intracardiac Defibrillator Implantation
• Mechanical circulatory support devices with IABP, ECMO

Field of Interest:

• HEART FAILURE AND TRANSPLANT 
• Cardiac Rehabilitation & Yoga Care 

Clinical & Academic Experience:

Fellowships / Memberships:

• Cardiological Society of India.
• Indian Medical Association.
• Society For Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions.
• Fellow of European Society of Cardiology.
• Fellowship in CORONARY imaging at Asan memorial institute Seoul

Publications & Lectures

Co-Investigator

• SENSIBLE Study (PCI Reds device to assess lung water content in patients with acute decompensated heart failure).

Journal Publications

• Refractory Angina – Fact or Fiction, International Journal of Medical.
• Vulnerable Plaque, International Journal of Medical Today.
• Study Investigator in PROFESS 1 & PROFESS 2 (NEJM), CREATE STUDY (LANCET).
• Safety and Efficacy of OPN balloon in patients with calcified coronary artery disease, Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine.
• Procedural Safety and Long-Term Clinical Outcomes in Patients Receiving Ultra-Long Everolimus-Eluting Stent: A Single-Centre Real-World Experience.
• Comparison of the effect of Morphine and Fentanyl in patients with acute coronary syndrome – The COMET randomized controlled trial. Published: Feb 15, 2021. DOI link.
• Analysis of Coronary Artery Ectasia: Experience from a Tertiary Care Hospital in South India, International Journal of Scientific Study, Nov 2015, Vol 3, Issue 8.
• Comparison of Adverse Events between Ramipril and Perindopril in Contemporary Cardiac Practice, Annals of Clinical Cardiology.
• Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Coronary Artery Disease among South Indian Women – A Retrospective Study.
• ACEI-Induced Cough: A Review of Current Evidence and Practical Implications for Optimal CV Risk Reduction, Indian Heart Journal (Elsevier).
• Applying Resting Global Longitudinal Strain by Two-Dimensional Speckle Tracking as a Non-Invasive Diagnostic Tool in Predicting Coronary Artery Disease. J-PCS link.
• COVID-19 and its Impact on the Management of Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome during the First COVID Wave – A Questionnaire-Based Survey among Interventional Cardiologists from Southern India. J-PCS link.
• GC-MS Analysis and Antioxidant Studies of an Ayurvedic drug, Partharishtam, Int. J. Pharm. Sci. Rev. Res. 34(2), Sept-Oct 2015; Article No.45: 273–281.
• Analysis of Coronary Artery Ectasia: Experience from a Tertiary Care Hospital in South India. DOI: 10.17354/ijss/2015/529.
• Improvement in Clinical Outcomes, Right Ventricular Function and Pulmonary Artery Hypertension after Half Dose Thrombolysis in High-Risk Sub-Massive Pulmonary Thromboembolism, J. Evolution Med. Dent. Sci. 2019;8(34):2681-2686; Cardiol Res. 2022;13(2):104-109.
• Clinical Profile and Management of Patients with Acute Pulmonary Thromboembolism: A Large Experience from a Quaternary Care Centre in Southern India, J Am Coll Cardiol. 2020; 75(11_Suppl_1):2247.
• Demographic Analysis and Clinical Outcomes of COVID-19 and Myocardial Infarction from a Tertiary Care Centre in South India, European Heart Journal, 2022; 43 (Suppl 1).
• ECHO Assisted CHIP PCI for a patient with Single Surviving Vessel with Severe Calcified Disease and Biventricular Dysfunction, JACC, Vol.79, No.15, Suppl S, 2022.
• CHIP – Choice or Only Option? For Complicated Post-COVID Case with Severely Calcified LM Trifurcation Lesion, JACC, Vol.79, No.15, Suppl S, 2022.
• A Study of Salt and Fat Consumption Pattern in Regional Indian Diet among Hypertensive and Dyslipidemic Patients – Script Study, JAPI, Dec 2016.
• Clinical Profile and Management of Patients with Acute Pulmonary Thromboembolism – A Single Centre, Large Observational Study from India, Pulmonary Circulation, Vol.11(1), Feb 2021.
• Improved Diagnosis through Diastolic Hyperemia-Free Ratio (DFR) over Fractional Flow Reserve (FFR) in Intermediate Coronary Lesions, Cardiol Cardiovasc Med. 2023;7(2):108-116.
• An Interesting Complex Coronary / Valvular / Electrophysiological Intervention, JACC, Vol.81, No.16, Suppl S, 2023.
• Severity of Mitral Regurgitation and its Association with Left Ventricular Dysfunction and BNP Levels in Acute Decompensated Heart Failure, Georgian Med News, Nov 2023; (344):90-93.

Faculty Development Work:

• Faculty Development Workshop organized by – Regional Centre Workshops on Medical Education Technologies at MCI recognized nodal Centre at Sri Ramachandra University on March 6 to 8^th 2014.
• Workshop on “ICT in Teaching- Learning & Research” on 6^th and 7^th March 2015 at Sri Ramachandra University.