About Doctor
Armed with over 25 years of experience in the field of Cardiology, Dr Ravi Kumar has extensive experience in heart transplant management, immunosuppression drugs, treatment of advanced heart failure including Impella pumps, EM biopsies and LV assist devices, for over 10 years. He also has 13 years of experience in modern catheterisation labs. As the Associate Clinical Lead of the Heart Failure Program, he has vast experience in the management of heart failure with application of biomarkers like NT-proBNP and ARNi class of drugs for the last few years.
Awards
1985
Annual Institution Gold Medal in Medicine
University of Madras
1989
Annual Institution Gold Medal in Cardiology
Pondicherry University
2009
Visiting Fellowship for Artificial Heart, ECMO devices and Heart Transplant
University of Michigan, Detroit, USA
2017-18
Selected to be an Abstract Reviewer and Faculty Discussant
International Society for Heart & Lung Transplantation Conferences, Nice (France) &
San Diego (USA)