Qualification 

MBBS; MD (Internal Medicine); DM (Cardiology)

 Work Experience 

• Consultant Cardiologist, Apollo Hospitals, Chennai (1983 - 1985)
• Asst. Prof. of Cardiology, NIMS (1985 – 1986)
• Asst. Prof. Cardiology, Osmania Medical College (1986 – 1987)
• HOD, Dept. of Cardiology, Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad (1987 till date)

 Services  

Angioplasty, Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator, Transesophageal Echocardiogram, Permanent Pacemaker, Catheter Ablation, Mitral Valve Repair, Balloon Mitral Valvotomy, Arrhythmia Treatments

 Awards and Achievements 

• I st in Microbiology
• II nd in Medicine
• I st in MD Exams: Delhi University
• Jagdish Kapila Award for Outstanding Senior Resident in Cardiology, AIIMS (1982)
• Uttama Seva Patra Award of AP Govt. for being prime member of the team which performed FIRST ANGIOPLASTY in Acute MI in India (1985)
• Set up Cath lab at Apollo Chennai, NIMS & Apollo Hyderabad.  Prime member of the team which did the First Primary PTCA in Acute MI

 Research and Publications 

17 PUBLICATIONS/ABSTRACTS 4 PUBLICATIONS IN FOREIGN JOURNALS IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS OF RHEUMATIC FEVER & RHD.IND.JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC.1982 LEFT VENTRICULAR VOLUMES OF JUVENILE MS( PUBLISHED IN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY) SMALL INTESTINAL FUNCTIONS IN GRAVE'S DISEASE WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THYROID ANTIBODIES.INDIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH; 1981

 Summary 

MBBS from JIPMER, Pondicherry (1975)MD Internal Medicine from Moulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi (1980)DM Cardiology from AIIMS, New Delhi (1982)Advanced Training in Invasive Cardiology in the US & Europe