Qualification 

• MBBS: Government Medical College, Aurangabad, Maharashtra [1993-1998]
• MD (Pediatrics): SRTR Government Medical College, Ambajogai, Maharashtra [1998- 2001]
• DNB [Pediatrics]
• DNB (Cardiology): [2002-2006]
• Fellowship in Interventional Cardiology (ICPS, Paris, France)

 Work Experience 

• Worked as Asst. Lecturer at SRTR Govt. Medical College Ambajogai, Maharashtra, India during 3rd year of residency [04-12-1999 to 11-01-2001]
• Worked as an Asst. Professor at Pravara Rural Medical College, Loni, Ahmadnagar, Maharashtra, India [12-01-2001 to 25-12-2002]
• Completed 3 year of Senior Residency in DNB Cardiology at Medwin Hospitals, Andhra Pradesh, India under National Board of Examinations, New Delhi, India. [01-01-2003 to 31-12-2005]
• Worked as a Senior Registrar in Cardiology at Medwin Hospitals, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India [01-01-2006 to 31-05-2006]
• Worked as Consultant Cardiologist at Medwin Hospitals, Andhra Pradesh, India. [01-06-2006 to 20-12-2006]
• Worked as Assistant Professor in Cardiology at Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences [NIMS] – University as per State Government Act [Teaching referral hospital], Dept. of Cardiology, Hyderabad, AP, India [21 -12 -2006 to 01-10-2010]
• Fellow in Interventional Cardiology at Institut Cardiovasculaire Paris Sud, Massy, Paris for One year (Oct. 2009 – Oct. 2010)
• Worked as Assistant Professor in Cardiology at Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences [NIMS] – University as per State Government Act [Teaching referral hospital], Dept. of Cardiology, Hyderabad, AP, India [01-10-2010 to 31-12-2010]
• Worked as a Consultant Cardiologist at Apollo Hospitals, Hyderguda, Hyderabad [01-1-2011 to 30/06/2013]
• Worked as a Consultant Cardiologist at Indo- US Hospitals, Shyam Karan road Ameerpet, Hyderabad [30/06/2013 to 30/06/2014]
• Worked as a Consultant Cardiologist at Kamineni Hospitals, King Koti, Hyderabad [30/06/2014 to 30/06/2015]
• Worked as a Consultant Cardiologist at Maxcure –Mediciti Hospitals, Opposite secretariat, Hyderabad

 Special Interests 

• Coronary and peripheral interventions: Performed and interpreted more than >10,000 Coronary Angiograms
• Percutaneous trans luminal coronary Angioplasty: Performed more than > 5000 cases. Left main Stenting, Bifurcation Lesions, complex coronary angioplasty. Rotablator, CTOs.
• Endovascular interventions: Carotid Interventions; Aorto-iliac Interventions; Peripheral Intervention including Axillary, Subclavian, Above & below knee interventions; Percutaneous Aneurysm repairs – stent graft for AAA.
• Structural heart diseases [pediatric and adult congenital heart diseases] - performed more than 500 cases.
• Catheterization studies and angiography for congenital heart diseases
• Pediatric and Adult interventions: ASD, PDA, and VSD device closures - Including evaluation for suitability, Sizing of device With TEE and 3 D echocardiography; PBAV, PBPV, Percutaneous Balloon Mitral Valvuloplasty [PBMV] – more than 250 cases; Endo-myocardial Biopsies; Coarctation dilatation/Stenting; Coil and vascular plug Closures; Percutaneous Alcohol Septal Ablation for HOCM; Trans/Percutaneous Aortic valve implantation [TAVI]; Hybrid catheterization procedures.

 Professional Membership 

• Member of National Academy of Medical Sciences [MNAMS]
• Member of European Academy of PCI [EAPCI]
• Member of Cardiology Society of India
• Member of American College of Cardiology, European society of Cardiology

 Research & Publications 

• Absent right superior vena cava in viscero-atrial situs solitus: Anesthetic and critical care implications Annals of Cardiac Anesthesia Jul 2006; 9:138-140
• Unusual Vena-caval Anomalies in a Patient with Atrial Septal Defect. Asian Cardiovascular Thorac Ann 2008; 16:492-494
• A Case of Aneurysm of Left Anterior Descending Artery Rupturing Into Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Presenting As Acute Anterior MI secondary to Behcet's Syndrome. Indian Heart J. 2009; 61:117-120
• Development of a Coronary Artery Aneurysm (CAA) following Implantation of a Bare Metal Stent in a Patient with Chronic Renal failure – A Case Report. Indian Heart J. 2009; 61:281-284
• Patients with Chronic Stable Angina – Scope of PCI. Ed: Dr. Amal Kumar Banerjee” Annual Update of Cardiological Society of India” 2009; Page 161-169
• Double Orifice Mitral valve with Muscular Ventricular Septal defect: A case report. The Internet Journal of Cardiology.2009; Volume 7(1)
• Complications of Coil Closure of Patent Ductus Arteriosus. The Clinical Proceedings of Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences. 2010; 20(1):21-23
• Diagnosis and management of failed thrombolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction. Indian Heart J. 2010 Jan-Feb;62(1):21-8
• Tenectaplase in the Treatment of Acute Myocardial Infarction. Indian Heart J. 2009; 61:437-442
• Hypoparathyroidism – A Cause of Reversible Dilated Cardiomyopathy. Journal of the Association of physicians of India. August 2010, VOL. 58
• Role of Beta-blockers in Acute Myocardial Infarction. Indian heart journal. 2010; 62(2). : 154-157
• Cardiac assist devices: Review. Cardiology Today. Vol. XIV No. 5 Sept. – Oct. 2010: 194-206. [1st Author]
• Guest Editorial on Direct thrombin Inhibitors. Indian Heart J.2011; 63, 5SC, 7-8. [1st Author]
• Need for Direct Thrombin Inhibitors: Pharmacokinetics and Adverse effects. Indian Heart J.2011; 63, 5SC 28-33.
• History of anti-thrombotics – Book chapter in ‘History of Cardiology’ Springer link Publications Bifurcation Angioplasty Using Drug Eluting Stents of Post-AF Ablation Severe Pulmonology Vein Stenosis. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2012 Mar 6. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2012.03346.
• Anomalous origin of the common left coronary artery from the right coronary sinus: an unusual anatomical variation. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2014 Oct;7(10):e147-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2014.03.014.
• Diuretic therapy in acute decompensated heart failure--bolus or continuous? Indian Heart J. 2014 May-Jun;66(3):317-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ihj.2014.05.014. Congenital anomalous/aberrant systemic artery to pulmonary venous fistula:
• closure with vascular plugs & coil embolization. Indian Heart J. 2014 Jan-Feb;66(1):95-103. doi: 10.1016/j.ihj.2013.10.009. Acute myocardial infarction following blunt chest trauma with intracranial bleed: a rare case report. Indian Heart J. 2013 May-Jun;65(3):311-4. doi: 10.1016/j.ihj.2013.04.018.
• 3D transthoracic echocardiography of Brucella endoaortitis and endocarditis of the aortic valve and ascending aorta. Echocardiography.
• 2013 Aug;30(7):E215-7. doi: 10.1111/echo.12209. Myocardial abscess secondary to staphylococcal septicemia: diagnosis with 3D echocardiography. Indian Heart J. 2013 Jan-Feb;65(1):124-5. doi: 10.1016/j.ihj.2012.12.005.
• 'FREEDOM' trial: have the interventional cardiologists lost their freedom? Indian Heart J. 2013 Jan-Feb;65(1):114-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ihj.2013.01.002
• Biventricular Mural Thrombi in Patients With Dilated Cardiomyopathies: Case Reports and Review. Arch Cardiovasc Imaging. 2014 November; 2(4): e19863.
• Spontaneous coronary artery spasm
during coronary angiography: An uncommon manifestation of variant angina.
• Journal of Indian college of cardiology 5 (2015) 103-106. Book Chapter in CSI Update 2014- Chronic Total Occlusion: Management Strategies 2014.
• Unusual Cause of Pleural Effusion after Surgery for Left Atrial Myxoma. Austin J Clin Cardiology - Volume 1 Issue 5 – 2014.
• Book Chapter in CSI update 2016 - Pulmonology artery denervation in severe pulmonary hypertension – concept and results.
• Book chapter for STEMI India – Use of unfractionated Heparins in STEMI. CD20 negative B-cell lymphoma presenting as constrictive pericarditis: Rare etiology of acute heart failure.

 Awards and Achievements 

• Received Best prize for case presentation at Mid-term Indian Interventional council meeting 2009 held at Hyderabad
• Received Best prize (1st Degree) for ‘call for clinical Case’ at EuroPCR 2009 and invited as a Guest Faculty for EuroPCR 2010
• Received ‘Data scope (Maquet) IABP scholarship for case presentation’ at TCT 2009, San Francisco and Invited as Guest Faculty Received ‘Data scope (Maquet) IABP scholarship for case presentation’ for TCT 2010, Washington, DC and invited as a Guest Faculty
• 1st Prize for Drs. JC Patel and BC Mehta Best Paper award under the category of Case Report for the year of APICON 2010. - entitled “Hypoparathyroidism – A Cause of Reversible Dilated Cardiomyopathy” – Pankaj V. Jariwala et al – Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences, Punjagutta, Hyderabad 500 082. J Assoc Physicians India 2010; 58 (08): 500 - 02. Paper was awarded on 6th Jan. 2011 at annual APICON conference, Ahmedabad
• Received Prestigious ‘Vaidhya Shree Award’ 2013 from Dr. Kakarla Subba Rao, former NIMS director organized by Megacity Navakala Vedika Received ‘Best Cardiologist of Hyderabad’ award at Hotel Radisson Blue from Mr. Kirti Azad MP at an event organized by Global Prime time Group on 18th October 2015.