WORK EXPERIENCE
Professor and Head of Department / Chief of Interventional Cardiology,
St. Johns Medical College & Hospital (Bangalore - 560034, India)
Interventional Fellow , Cardiology
Cedars Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles, USA)
Interventional Fellow, Cardiology
Cedars Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles, USA)
Consultant Cardiologist
Chest Diseases Hospital (Kuwait)
Senior Registrar in Cardiology
Mallya Hospital (Bangalore, India)
Senior Registrar in Cardiology
Mallya Hospital (Bangalore, India)
Post Doctoral training in Cardiology
Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiology (Bangalore, India)
Senior Resident in Cardiology
Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (Madras Medical Mission, Madras,
Lecturer in Medicine
JJM Medical College (Davangere, Karnataka)
Internship
Christian Medical College Hospital (Vellore, India)
Past Secretary
Cardiological Society of India, Karnataka Chapter
University Gold Medal - 1983
Final MBBS, Bangalore University
Past President
Cardiological Society of India, Bangalore Chapter
Past President
Cardiological Society of India, Bangalore Chapter
Batch Topper
DM Cardiology - 1992
PUBLICATIONS
Angioplasty in the Stent Era: Results of a consecutive series of patients undergoing coronary angioplasty without surgical backup. - 1998
International Journal of Cardiology, 1998, 64 241-246.
Acute ST elevation myocardial infarction in a patient with caged ball mitral valve prosthesis: - 2007
International Journal of Cardiology. 2007 Aug 9
Evaluation of coronary artery disease - 1992
Physicians Update, Vol. 4, No2, 1992.
Validation of the GRACE score for prognosis in Indian patients with acute coronary syndromes. - 2012
Indian Heart J. 2012 May-Jun;64(3):263-9.
Intra-aortic balloon pump in toxic myocarditis due to aluminum phosphide poisoning. - 2009
2009 J Med Toxicol. 2009 Jun;5(2):80-3.
Extent and severity of Atherosclerotic Vascular Disease in patients undergoing Coronary Angiography - -the Kuwait Vascular Study. - 2003
Angiology; 54(1): 85-92. 2003
Predictors of coronary disease in patients with end stage renal disease - 2001
2001 Nov;23(6):797-806.
Unusual case of elevated Troponin I. - 2010
Biomedicine; 2010; 30(2):262-265
A randomized study of the safety and efficacy of reused angioplasty balloon catheters. - 2001
Indian Heart J. 2001 Mar-Apr;53(2):167-71.