Member:
American College of Angiology
British Cardiac Society
Society of Cardiac Angiography and Interventions, USA
Asian Journal of Clinical Cardiology

Clinical Posts Held:
At King Edward Memorial Hospital, Mumbai. March 1983 to August 1988.
At Brook General Hospital, London, UK. January 1989 to November 1990.
Clinical and Research Registrar in Interventional Cardiology.
At Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester, UK November 1990 to November 1990.
Fellow in Peripheral Vascular Interventions. At Miami Vascular Institute, Miami, USA. January 1991 to February 1991.

Adult Invasive Cardiology:

Vast experience in Coronary Angiography and Angioplasty, including Directional Coronary Atherectomy, Rotablation and Stent Implantation.
Dilatation of cardiac valves using conventional and Inoue techniques.
Personally implanted more than 500 permanent Pacemaker. Currently one of the largest individual users of pacemakers in Mumbai.

Peripheral Vascular Diseases:

Expertise in the diagnosis, investigation and non-surgical Interventional treatment ' of Peripheral Arterial Obstructive Disease. Currently Consultant in charge at ' Jaslok Hospital; one of the Pioneers of this technique in India.

Papers Published In International Journals :

1) British Journal of Clinical Practice. Volume 47, No 4, 1993.
Long term safety and tolerability of Transdermal glyceryl trinitrate, when used with a patch free interval in patients with Stable Angina.
2) British Medical Journal. 1991 : 302 ; 555 - 60 Swift Trial. Should we intervene following thrombolysis.
Trial of delayed versus elective intervention versus conservative treatment after thrombolysis with anistreplase in acute myocardial infarction.
3) British Heart Journal. Abstract Issue, 1991. Elective versus follow on Coronary Angioplasty. Results in District General Hospital.
4) Pfizer Publications - Monograph on Amlodipine.

Professional Associations :

Visting Cardiologist:

1) Welcare Hospital, Dubai, UAE
2) Pandya General Hospital, Mombasa, Kenya.
3) Hindu Mandal Hospital, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania.

Fellow Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Canada
Fellow Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, UK
Fellow Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital, Liverpool, UK

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXAMINATION

Captain Thareja April-June 99: Thoracic surgery fellowship at Armed Force Fellowship Medical Hospital, Pune, India, competition successor among 300 candidates, sponsored by Indian Cardiothoracic Surgical Society, New Delhi, India.

Current Appointment:

• Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Prince Aly Khan Hospital, Nesbit Road , Aga hall Mazgaon, Mumbai 400 010 India

Previous Appointment Clinical Fellow

• Toronto General Hospital, Toronto.Ontario, Canada Dr. Tirone David, Dr. Feindel, Dr.Peniston January 2003 to June 2004 Dr. Brister, Dr. Yau, DrRalph.Edward, Dr. Rao, Dr.Borger.

ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES

Thesis

M.S (General Surgery)
Minimally Invasive Frayers prostatectomy and its outcome. Shivaji University, Kolhapur, India, submitted in November 1996. This was a prospective study involving 100 cases. The duration of patient stay in hospital, blood loss, cost effectiveness and morbidity was compared to routine Frayers prostatectomy and TURP. This study suggested that this new technique is alternative to TURP in rural setup with no added risk.

M.Ch. (Cardiothoracic Surgery)
Study of change in gradient across Mitral valve after close commissurotomy using Tubbs dilator, balloon dilatation using Inoue balloon, open commissurotomy. Bombay University , India , submitted in July 2000.

This was a prospective, study comparing 50 cases of each. The change in gradient after the procedure was noted. The Wilkins valve score for Mitral stenosis, age at presentation, sex, and associated cardiac condition was analyzed. This study suggested that the change in gradient achieved by any of the above procedure is similar and the results are at par irrespective of the procedure performed.

CONFERENCES ATTENDED:
(1) American Heart association Meet. New Orleans
(2) 82nd Annual Meeting of American Association For Thoracic Surgeons Toronto, Canada. April 2004
(3) 82nd Annual Meeting of American Association For Thoracic Surgeons Washington D.C, USA. May 2002

COURSES ATTENDED:
(1) Stentless Aortic valve workshop conducted at CTC, Liverpool. Ju1y2001
(2) Coronary anastomosis workshop III conducted at CTC, Liverpool. Dec 2000
(3) Stentless Aortic valve replacement wetlab workshop, MRI, Manchester July 2002