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.
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