Area Of Interest

• Clinical Cardiology
• Interventional Cardiology
• Complex Coronary Interventions

• Pioneer of Angioplasty in India and has one of the largest experience in South-East Asia. Has performed over 10,000 Angioplasties. Started Coronary Angioplasty programs in most of the hospitals in India and has trained many Interventional Cardiologists in India, all over South East Asia and Australia. Worked in 136 Catheterization Laboratories in 12 different Countries, teaching Angioplasty.
• First Indian Cardiologist to start various newer techniques like Angioplasty with Percutaneous Bypass, Coronary Stenting, Carotid Stenting, Rotablator Atherectomy etc. (Over 800 cases of Rotablation and over 3000 cases of Intra Coronary Stenting)
• President - Asian Pacific Society of Interventional Cardiology – 1996 - 1998
• Recipient of the prestigious Padmashree National Award from His Excellency, The President of India -2000
• Recipient of the prestigious Dr.B.C.Roy National Award in recognition of services in the Development of the Speciality of Cardiology from His Excellency, The President of India - 1996
• Recipient of “Doctor of Science” Honoris Causa Award from Tamilnadu Dr.M.G.R.Medical University on 30.6.2003
• Recipient of “For the sake of honour” award 2006 from Rotary club of Madras Metro
• Recipient of “Life Time Achievement Award 2008 in the field of Cardiology from His Excellency Abdul Kalam, President of India Uma Rani Baneerjee Oration at Cardiological Society of India in the field of Coronary Artery Disease 1990.
• Pharmacia Oration during the V Indian College of Cardiology conference on - Past, Present and Future in Coronary Intervention July 1998

• Investigator for "Early and Late outcomes after the Minicrown Stent placement in small vessel native coronary arteries". – Multi-Center Asia Pacific study .Enrolled 15 patients in our site over 3 months period.
• Investigator for the Reopro Asia Pacific Observational Registry – RAPOR STUDY
• Investigator for the Intra-Coronary Radio therapy device for preventing restenosis in patients with Intra-Stent Re-stenosis using the Novoste Betacath System with Strontium 90 isotope.
• Investigator for the Reopro Indian Patients Experience Registry – RIPER Study
• P.I.X.E.L Study – Multi-center International randomised trial comparing the outcome of pre-dilatation vs no pre-dilatation strategy of Coronary Stenting using the PIXEL Stent. Ours is the only study site in the Asia-Pacific region apart from other sites in the European Continent.
• Investigator for the pre-market performance evaluation of the ACS Multilink Duet over the wire balloon mounted stent delivery system in coronary arteries.
• Investigator for the pre-market performance evaluation of the ACS Tetra rapid exchange monorail balloon mounted stent delivery system in coronary arteries.
• Investigator for the pre-market performance evaluation of the ACS Penta rapid exchange monorail balloon mounted stent delivery system in coronary arteries.
• Investigator for pre-market performance evaluation of the Medtronic S7 balloon mounted coronary stent delivery system.
• Investigator for pre-market performance evaluation of the Medtronic LT 30 with the fixed wire balloon (non compliant balloon system) mounted coronary stent delivery system.
• DECODE study, where Sirolimus eluting stents and non coated stents are compared in diabetic patients with long lesion in small diameter coronaries.
• REALITY study where Sirolimous stents and Paclitaxel eluting stents are directly compared to each other in coronary artery disease
• Primary Investigator : The e-SELECT Registry: A multicenter post- market surveillance study
• Primary Investigator : Absorb Extended Trial
• Primary Investigator : SPIRIT V & VI
• Primary Investigator : BIOMIME