Consultant Cardiologist - General Hospital Eranakulam
01 November 2019 - Till Date
Professor of Cardiology - Pariyaram Medical College, Kannur
05-01-2018
Associate Professor - Pariyaram Medical College, Kannur
27-07-2014
Assistant Professor of Cardiology - Govt. Medical College, Kottayam
17-3-2011 to 12-4-2012
Senior Resident in Cardiology - Govt. Medical College, Kottayam
2007-2010
Medical Officer - In Kerala Health Services
1997-2007
Resident in Paediatrics - KMC, Mangalore, Karnataka
1993-1996
Medical Officer - In Kerala Health Services
1990-1993
Resident Medical Officer in Medicine - PM Hospital, SL Puram
1987-1990
House Job - Pushpagiri hospital, Thiruvalla
1987-1988
Internship - Govt. TD Medical College, Alleppey, Kerala
MBBS (1980-1985) : Government Medical College, Alleppey, Kerala, India
MD - GDAP ( Adolescent Paediatrics) (1993-1996) : Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore (University – Manipal Academy of Higher Education)
DM (2007-2010) : Government Medical College, Kottayam, Kerala, India (University – MG University
Structural Heart Disease
Complex Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
Intra Coronary Imaging
Interventional Cardiology
NONINVASIVE CARDIOLOGY
Conversant in 2 Dimensional, Contrast, Trans Oesophageal Echo
Paediatric and Adult 2D Echo
INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY
Performed 6000 Coronary Angioplasties as Primary Operator (Both Elective and as Primary Angioplasties)
Trans-radial Angiogram more than 8500 and Trans-radial PCI more than 5000
Atrial Septal Defect – Device Closure 58 and Patent Ductus Arteriosus – Device Closure 21
Uterine Artery Embolisation 1
Balloon Mitral Valvotomy -9, Coarctoplasty -2, Peripheral Angioplasty – 55
INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY OVERSEAS EXPERIENCE
Complex Coronary Intervention Training at Korea University Guro Hospital, Seoul, Korea under Dr. Seung –Woon Rha, September 2013
INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP
Fellow of American College of Cardiology (FACC) 2014
Fellow of Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Intervention (FSCAI) 2016
Fellow of European Society of Cardiology (FESI) 2017
Fellow of Royal College of Physicians (FRCP) (Edinburg)
Fellow of Royal College of Physicians (FRCP) (Glasgow)
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES ATTENDED
Complex Coronary Intervention Training 2013 Seoul, South Korea
SINGLIVE 2014 Singapore
TCT 2014 San Francisco, USA
SCAI 2015 Washington
ACC 2015 Sandiego
CSI Emirates 2018 Dubai
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL BODIES
Life Member of Indian Medical Association
Life Member of Indian Association of Paediatrics
Life Member of Cardiological Society of India
SOME OF THE LECTURES DELIVERED
Difficult Primary Angioplasties – ICCK meeting 2009
Native Vessel Angioplasty in Post CABG pt 2009
Atrial Fibrillation –Management– Over view of guidelines, Heart Club, Kottayam 2009
Clinical Profile of Patients with RVMI, CSI 2009
LAD Ostial PCI – ICCK 2010
Left Artrial Volume Index in Patients with Dilated Cardiomyopathy- CSI 2010
Uterine Artery Embolisation in Intractable Uterine Bleeding in a Post PCI Patient, CSI Annual Conference 2013
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS
Clinical Profile and in-hospital Outcome in Patients with Right Ventricular Myocardial Infarction (Interventional Journal of Clinical Medicine 2014, 5, 459-463)
Left Atrial Volume Index in Dilated Cardiomyopathy Patients (World Journal of Cardiovascular diseases 2016, 6, 312-319)
Angiographic Profile of Females with Chest Pain Suggestive of CAD (World Journal of Cardiovascular diseases 2017, 7, 225-232)
Study of Cardiovascular Involvement in Kawasaki disease
Study of HCM with emphasis on Diastolic Dysfunction
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
I have been involved in training post graduates in cardiology and internal medicine. I conduct continued medical education once in a month for general practitioners and physicians in our area. Over the last two years I have presented more than 20 seminars, 30 journal clubs and over a hundred bedside case discussions.
I am involved in training junior colleagues, MD residents and DM senior registrars. I conduct regular bedside clinics, seminars, journal clubs for the DM trainees.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
I have been involved in training post graduates in cardiology and internal medicine. I conduct continued medical education once in a month for general practitioners and physicians in our area. Over the last two years I have presented more than 20 seminars, 30 journal clubs and over a hundred bedside case discussions.
I am involved in training junior colleagues, MD residents and DM senior registrars. I conduct regular bedside clinics, seminars, journal clubs for the DM trainees.
Job Role:
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Pariyaram Medical College is a 1500 bedded multispecialty medical college run by govt. with an annual intake of 100 medical students. There are also dental, pharmacy, nursing college and many other paramedical courses run in this institution. The medicine department has post graduate trainee program with 4 residencies posting yearly.
Cardiology department is under the name of Sahakarana Hrudayalaya with 150 bedded inpatient facilities. There are two cardiology units each has 4 cardiologists. We have cardiology post graduate training programme (DM Cardiology). We have 2 well equipped cath labs, echo lab, 35 bedded coronary care unit. We perform around 2500 interventions and around 4500 angiograms yearly. There is a cardiothoracic surgery unit with cardiothoracic surgeons and 2 cardiac anesthetists.
I was working as Professor of Cardiology and Senior Interventional Cardiologist. I am actively involved in training cardiac intervention to my fellows and junior colleagues. I performed around 700 angiograms and around 425 PCI every year. I also perform peripheral intervention, pacemaker implantations including Artificial Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator, Atrail Septal Defect and Patent Ductus Arteriosus Device Closures, Balloon Mitral Valvotomy and Pulmonary Valvotomy. Recently I performed a uterine artery embolization.
Job Role:
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Working as consultant interventional cardiologist at General Hospital, Ernakulam. This is 400 bedded hospital with two cath labs and 46 ICU beds and 40 IP beds exclusively for cardiology. Around 500 angiograms and 300 angioplasties are being done monthly here. All types of complex angioplasties are done here. IVUS, OCT Rotablator are available here.
HUT, TEE are done, whenever needed. Two DNB (cardiology) students are admitted per year. Clinical presentations/ Topic presentations/ Journal club are done every day. Bedside case discussions are done twice a week.
Peripheral angioplasty, ASD device closure, PDA device closure, Balloon pulmonary Valvotomy are also being done here.
Jyothy, Ernakulathappan Road,
opposite Maharaja's College,
near IMA Blood Bank,
Eranakulam, Kerala 682011