Fellowship & Work Experience
A journey shaped by prestigious fellowships and decades of innovation in interventional cardiology
Fellowships Conferred
FSCAI: Fellow of the Society for Coronary
Angiography & Interventions, USA (2008)
FMMC: Fellow of Madras Medical College (2010)
FCSI:Fellow of Cardiological Society of India (2012)
FRCP: Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, Glasgow (2013)
FACP: Fellow of the American College of Physicians (2013)
FRCP: Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, London (2016)
Current Positions:
Secretary General, Asia Pacific Society
for Interventional Cardiology
Founder Director, Imaging and Physiology
Council of India
Founder Course Director, India Valves
Director, Heart Valve Foundation of India
Associate Director, Asia PCR
Program Committee Member
Tokyo Valves
Scientific Advisory Board Member
Asia Pacific Society of Cardiology
Advisory Board Member
Cardiovascular European Research Centre CERC Asia (Singapore)
Section Editor, Asia Intervention Journal
(Europa, France)
Editorial Board Member
Indian Heart Journal
Interventional Cardiology Experience
Performed over 20,000 coronary procedures, mostly radial access
Extensive expertise in complex PCI, left main and bifurcation,
bioresorbable scaffolds, rotablation, orbital atherectomy,
shockwave lithotripsy and laser.
Key opinion leader in intra coronary imaging (OCT & IVUS)
and physiology techniques
Key opinion leader in India
on Transcatheter valve therapies
Accomplished leader in structural heart interventions including TAVI,
TMVR, TEER therapy, pulmonary and tricuspid interventions
Pioneered several landmark procedures, including India’s first
TAVI with carotid protection
Procedures performed for the first time
First time in the world: Two Absorb scaffolds for Bifurcation
using TAP technique
India’s first to use Absorb Bioabsorbable Vascular Scaffold
Dec 2012,TAVI with carotid protection,
Next day discharge after TAVI Feb 2017
TAVI for Rheumatic AS, balloon expandable native
pulmonary valve implantation
Introduced first time in India: DFR resting physiology assessment,
HD IVUS, Omniwire, OCT Ultreon 2, Manta
First successful Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVI)
for aortic valve stenosis in Tamil Nadu and first TAVI in Apollo group
First time in South India: Edwards Sapien 3, Evolut Pro valve,
Clearway catheter, Opticross IVUS, Minvasys bifurcation system,
M Guard Stent Technology, Sentinel.
Fellowships Conferred:
- FSCAI – Fellow of the Society for Coronary Angiography & Interventions, USA (2008)
- FMMC – Fellow of Madras Medical College (2010)
- FCSI – Fellow of Cardiological Society of India (2012)
- FRCP – Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, Glasgow (2013)
- FACP – Fellow of the American College of Physicians (2013)
- FRCP – Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, London (2016)
Professional Leadership & Affiliations
- Secretary General, Asia Pacific Society for Interventional Cardiology
- Founder Director, Imaging and Physiology Council of India
- Founder Course Director, India Valves and Director Heart Valve Foundation of India
- Associate Director, Asia PCR
- Program Committee Member, Tokyo Valves
- Scientific Advisory Board Member, Asia Pacific Society of Cardiology
- Advisory Board Member, Cardiovascular European Research Centre CERC-Asia (Singapore)
- Section Editor, Asia Intervention Journal (Europa, France)
- Editorial Board Member, Indian Heart Journal
Interventional
Cardiology
Experience
Core Expertise
- Performed over 20,000 coronary procedures, primarily via radial access
- Extensive skill in complex PCI, including left main and bifurcation lesions
- Advanced use of bioresorbable scaffolds, rotablation, orbital atherectomy, shockwave lithotripsy, and laser techniques
- Key opinion leader in intra-coronary imaging (OCT & IVUS) and physiology-guided PCI
Transcatheter Valve Therapies
- Recognized leader in India for TAVI, TMVR, TEER, as well as pulmonary and tricuspid interventions
- Pioneered India’s first TAVI with carotid protection
Landmark Firsts & Innovations
Global First
• First in the world to use two
Absorb scaffolds for bifurcation using
the TAP technique
India Firsts
• First to use Absorb Bioabsorbable
Vascular Scaffold (Dec 2012)
• First TAVI with carotid protection
• First next-day discharge after
TAVI (Feb 2017)
• TAVI for Rheumatic Aortic Stenosis
• First balloon-expandable native
pulmonary valve implantation
• Introduced in India: DFR, HD IVUS,
Omniwire, OCT Ultreon 2, Manta
South India /
Tamil Nadu Firsts:
• First successful TAVI in
Tamil Nadu and the Apollo Group
First use of:
• Edwards Sapien-3
• Evolut Pro Valve
• Clearway Catheter
• Opticross IVUS
• Minvasys Bifurcation System
• M Guard Stent Technology
• Sentinel Embolic Protection Device
Expert cardiology in Chennai
Restoring hearts, Reviving lives.