Cardiology & Electrophysiology

Managing Director & Consultant Cardiologist, Aayush Hospitals, Vijayawada

Educational Qualifications: MBBS, MD (Medicine), DM (Cardiology)

1972-78, MBBS, Guntur Medical College, Guntur

1978-79, Rotating Internship, Government General Hospital, Guntur 

1980-83, Post graduation training in Internal Medicine (MD), Guntur Medical College and Government General Hospital, Guntur

1983-85, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Guntur Medical College and Government General Hospital, Guntur

1986-87, Post graduate training in Cardiology (DM), Gandhi Medical College and Gandhi Hospital, Hyderabad 

1987-1997, Asst. Professor & Assoc. Professor of Cardiology, Gandhi Medical College, Hyderabad, Andhra Medical College, Visakhapatnam and Sri Venkateswara Medical College, Tirupathi

1997-2000, Fellowship in Interventional Cardiology, St. Vincent’s and St. Vincent’s Private Hospital, Fitzroy, Melbourne, Australia

2000-2006, Senior Consultant Interventional Cardiologist, Seven Hills Hospital, Visakhapatnam

2006- 2012, Professor & Head, NRI Medical College & General Hospital, Chinakakani

2012- till date, working as Chief Cardiologist & Managing Director, Aayush Hospitals, Vijayawada

Formal training in coronary and noncoronary interventions in St. Vincents’ and St. Vincents’ Private hospital, Melbourne, Australia from Dec 1997 to March 2000. Done more than 4,500 interventions and also interested in pacemaking, ICD and CRT implantation. Primary interests are in clinical cardiology and primary angioplasty. Associated with post graduate (DM, cardiology) training for more than a decade. Worked as a Professor & Head, Dept. of Cardiology, NRI Medical College & Hospital, which is a 1000-bed teaching hospital and provided training in interventional cardiology for young cardiologists and doing 2500 invasive procedures and 600 interventions per year. Attended as faculty and delegate various international conferences like Euro PCR, ESC and CCT.

General Information

1. Gender : Male
2. No. of Years in Practice : 39
3. Professional Experience :

   Clinical Cardiology, Interventional Cardiology from 1988 (25 years). Fellowship in Interventional Cardiology St.Vincent's Hospital, Fitzroy, Melbourne, Australia

4. Academic Qualification : MD DM, Fellow in Interventional Cardiology (Australia)
5. Achievements :

   Attended as faculty and delegate various international conferences like Euro PCR, ESC and CCT etc.

Presently working as a Head of Cardiology, Aayush Hospitals, Vijayawada

Credentials:

1. Trained in Coronary and Non Coronary Interventions in NizamsIsntitute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad.
2. As a primary operator performed more than 10,000 diagnostic and 1800 interventional procedures.

1. Coronary including Left Main Ostial Bifurcation & CTO
2. Non Coronary – Pulmonary, Aortic, Mitral Balloon Valvuloplasties, ASD and PDA Device closures.
3. Peripheral – renal artery angioplasty, carotid, iliac, femoral including silverhawkatherectomy and permanent pacemaker implantation, IVC angioplasty, Bronchial and uterine artery embolization.
4. Permanent pacemaker implantation.

Membership:

• Joint Organising Secretary, Cardiological Society of India, A P Chapter, 2009
• Organising Secretary, Aayush CME, Acute (Brain) Stroke Symposium in Vijayawada, 2013.

Achievements:

• Won first prize for CD Case presentation “IVC angioplasty in a case of Budd Chiari Syndrome” in 2^nd European course on Revascularization held in December 2008 at New Delhi, India.

Publications:

• 10 Abstract presentations published in Indian Heart Journal.
• 5 Abstract presentations in IECR Journal 2009 introductory issue.

Participation in National and International Cardiology conferences and workshops:

1. International Trans Radial interventional course in coronary and peripheral in January, 2008 Ahmedabad, India.
2. Advanced Echo Cardiography, October 2008, Bangalore, India
3. First Amrita Transradial summit, September 2008, Kochi, India
4. Complex Angioplasty & CTO Summit, January 2009, Hyderabad, India
5. Accelerated course in Interventional Cardiology, February 2008, New Delhi, India
6. Advanced Cardiovascular Therapeutics – Chennai, India
7. Annual conference of Cardiological Society of India
8. National Interventional Council of India – Mid term meeting, April 2009
9. EURO PCT, 2008 – Barcelona, Spain
10. Singapore Live February – March 2009
11. TCT 2009, Sanfransisco, USA
12. European Society of Cardiology conference held in Sweden, September 2010
13. EURP PCR 2011, Paris, France
14. American college of Cardiology, 2012 Chicago, USA
15. EUO PCR 2013, Paris, France.

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1. Gender : Male
2. No. of Years in Practice : 20
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4. Academic Qualification : MBBS, MD(Medicine), DM (Cardiology, NIMS)
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Director of Cathlab, Aayush Hospitals, Vijayawada

Workled as a Consultant Cardiologist - Manipal Superspeciality Hospital, Vijayawada for 2 years

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1. Gender : Male
2. No. of Years in Practice : 9 years
3. Professional Experience :

   Workled as a Consultant Cardiologist - Manipal Superspeciality Hospital, Vijayawada for 2 years

4. Academic Qualification : MD DM (Cardiology)
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1. Gender : Male
2. No. of Years in Practice : 9 years
3. Professional Experience :

   Fello in Electrophysiology Jayadeva Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangalore

4. Academic Qualification : MD DM Fellowship in Electrophysiology
5. Achievements :

   MD DM Fellowship in Electrophysiology

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   Working as a Consultant Cardiologist

4. Academic Qualification : MD DM
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1. Gender : Male
2. No. of Years in Practice : 32 years
3. Professional Experience :

   More than 25 years

4. Academic Qualification : MBBS PGDHS DCC
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