Specialist: Cardiology Experience: 52+ years of experience Hospital: KIMS Global, Trivandrum
Brief About Doctor:
Dr. G Vijayaraghavan is a renowned Cardiologist of India with the experience of 52+years.
Dr Vijayaraghavan, Padmashree award from The President of India, is the Vice Chairman & Founder Director of the Kerala Institute of Medical Sciences and the President of the Society for Continuing Medical Education and Research, Trivandrum, Kerala.
Dr. G Vijayaraghavan is one of the senior most medical teachers of this country and is widely known in India for establishing the first 2dimensional echocardiography laboratory in India way back in 1980.
His research publications in this field in internationally reputed journals have been path-breaking.
His research on Cerebra Odollum poisoning (a suicidal plant poison used by poor people of S.lndia) during the 1970s, introduced innovative treatment modalities, which still saves numerous suicide victims.
In 1983 he was invited to work at the University of California, Los Angeles, and became one of the pioneer research workers in Doppler echocardiography and co-authored the first book on this subject from the USA (1985).
As Professor and Head of cardiology, Dr Vijayaraghavan established one of the most modern cardiology departments in this country at the Trivandrum Medical College.
With help from the World Health Organization & the Government of India, he demonstrated that heart attacks and their risk factors are very highly prevalent among the poor people of Kerala.
Dr Vijayaraghavan is the author of many books and contributes chapters to cardiology textbooks.
Dr. G Vijayaraghavan is a member of the editorial board of the Indian Edition of the American Heart Association journals, ‘Circulation’ & ‘Hypertension’ and is the Chairman of the Echocardiology Council of the Cardiological Society of India.
Dr Vijayaraghavan is the recipient of numerous awards & honors.
Dr. G Vijayaraghavan received honorary fellowships from the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (FRCP Edin), from the Royal College of Physicians of London (FRCP Lond), from the American College of Cardiology (FACe), and the Premier Golden Heart Fellowship from the American Heart Association (FAHA).
Lifetime achievement awards were given to him by the Indian Academy of Echocardiography, Indian College of cardiology and the Cardiological Society of India.
Dr. G Vijayaraghavan is the current Editor-in-Chief of the Indian Journal of Clinical Cardiology (IJCC).
CRT- D Implant (Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy)
PDA Device Closure
Single Bypass and Valve Replacement
Valve Replacement
Congenital Heart Disorder CHD
Heart Bypass – Minimally Invasive CABG
Heart Implants
Heart Surgery
Rotational Atherectomy
Redo CABG
Angioplasty – 1 Stent
Angioplasty – 2 Stent
Aortic Valve replacement – Mechanical Valve
Aortic Valve replacement – Tissue Valve
Mitral Valve replacement – Mechanical Valve
Mitral Valve replacement – Tissue Valve
Aortic Valve Repair
Mitral Valve Repair
VP Shunting – Programmable Device
AV Canal repair
Bentall procedure
PDA Ligation
CRT – D (MRI Compatible)
CRT – D (MRI Non-Compatible)
CRT – P
Transarterial Radioembolization – TARE
ICD Implantation
Cardiac catheterization
Balloon mitral valvotomy
Truncus Arterious Repair
Cardiac ablation
TAVI
LVAD
EDUCATION:
MBBS, Kerala University
MD, Kerala University
DM, Madras University
FRCP, Royal college of Physicans, London, U.K
FRCP, American Heart Association
AWARDS:
Padmashri by Government of India
Lifetime Achievement Award by Indian Academy of Echocardiography
Lifetime Achievement Award by Indian College of Cardiology
Lifetime Achievement Award by Cardiological Society of India
Lifetime achievement awards were given to him by the Indian Academy of Echocardiography, the Indian College of cardiology and the Cardiological Society of India.
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