Areas of expertise:

• Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

• Transradial Coronary Angiography and Angioplasty

• Complex Coronary Interventions

• Diagnostic Coronary Angiography

• Interventional Cardiology

• General Cardiology

Education and Training:

• DNB in Cardiology, Dr. Balabhai Nanavati Hospital, Mumbai, 2004–2007

• MD in General Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Wardha, 2001–2003

• MBBS, N.K.P. Salve Institute of Medical Sciences, Nagpur, 1994–2000

Awards and Accolades:

• Awarded a distinction in General Medicine during MBBS

• Presented a scientific paper on “Percutaneous Coronary Intervention of the Right Coronary Artery through the Right Radial Approach in a Patient with Arteria Lusoria” at the Cardiological Society of India Conference, New Delhi, 2006

Memberships:

• Cardiological Society of India

• Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions, USA

• European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions

• Asia Pacific Society of Interventional Cardiology

Research and Publications:

• “Safety and Efficacy of Radial Arterial Injection of Nicorandil Compared with the Conventional Combination of Nitroglycerin and Diltiazem During Radial Angiography.” Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2011;58:B142. 

• “Percutaneous Intervention of the Right Coronary Artery Through the Right Radial Approach in a Patient with Arteria Lusoria.” Journal of Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, September 2008;13(2):53–55.