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| Our Doctors
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| Dr.
S. S. Ramesh,
Chief Cardiologist |
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Dr. S. S. Ramesh,
born in the Coorg District of Karnataka,
India, was educated in Davangere,
Karnataka. He did his graduate and
postgraduate studies at the JJM Medical
College, Davangere and did D.M. Cardiology
at KEM Hospital, Mumbai. Dr. Ramesh
has also trained extensively at various
leading institutions of the U.S. -
The University of Alabama, Cleveland
Clinic, Milwaukee and Washington DC.
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Dr. Ramesh's institution
building started with the establishment
of the Department of Cardiology at
the St. John's Medical College Hospital
in 1980, He was instrumental in creating
cardiology departments at S.P.D.H.
Sindhi Hospital, Yellamma Dasappa
Hospital and Apollo Mallya Hospital
in 1997.
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At present, he
is the Chairman and Managing Director
of Vivus which he established in 1999.
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| His primary interest
being coronary angioplasty and other
interventions in Cardiology, Dr. Ramesh
has pioneered interventional cardiology
in Karnataka. He was the first interventional
cardiologist to do Coronary Angiogram,
Coronary Angioplasty and various interventional
procedures in Karnataka. |
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| Dr. Ramesh is actively
involved in various professional organizational
activities. He is the Indian representative
of the Asia Pacific Society of Interventional
Cardiology and the Convenor for Karnataka
State Medical & Dental Alumni Association
of America. With nearly 100 scientific
papers to his credit, Dr. Ramesh has
been recognized by 'Marquis - Who is
Who in Medicine & Healthcare in
the World'. |
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| The underlying principle
of Dr. Ramesh's work has been a steady
commitment to render quality care to
patients at an affordable cost. |
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| Dr.
Keshava R., Director Cardiac
Catheterisation Lab |
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Dr. R. Keshava
is a graduate of MBBS from Government
Medical College, Bellary. He completed
MD and National Board of examination
in Internal medicine from Bangalore
Medical College. He completed National
Board of examination in Cardiology
from Nanavati Hospital, Mumbai. Presently
he is Director- Cardiac Cathlab at
Vivus Heart Centre, BMJ Hospital.
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Dr Keshava has
carried out more than 10,000 angiograms
and more than 1000 angioplasties.
He has been trained in G.B. Pant Hospital,
New Delhi in the field of Cardiac
electrophysiology and ablation. He
has implanted more than 250 pacemakers
and 40 heart failure devices &
ICD. He is actively involved in Cardiac
EP programmes. In 2005 he trained
at University Hospital of Lariboisiere,
Paris in advanced Cardiovascular Electrophysiology.
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Dr. Keshava has
been principal investigator in about
twenty clinical trials conducted at
the Heart Centre. He is involved in
teaching the DNB students at the centre
and is a well-liked teacher at the
training programs arranged for the
physicians on cardiac related technologies.
He has published more than twenty
papers in National Interventional
Journals in the field of ICUS (Intra
Coronary Ultrasound), Lipids, Role
of Growth Hormone in dilated Cardiomyopathy
and Head Up Tilt Study.
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| Dr.
Satish Chandra Govind, Director
Non-invasive Cardiac Cardiology |
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Dr Satish Chandra
Govind is the Director of Non Invasive
Cardiac Lab, Vivus BMJ Heart Centre-Vivus
Group. He was instrumental in setting
up the non-invasive cardiology unit
at the Vivus BMJ Heart Centre. The
unit is fully equipped with the state-of-the-art
equipment catering to the full spectrum
of non invasive cardiac investigations.
The investigations include - routine
echocardiography, dobutamine stress
echo, trans oesophageal echo, tissue
Doppler echo, 3-D echo, peripheral
vascular imaging, Treadmill testing,
Holter monitoring, Event recorder
and Tilt table test.
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Dr Govind is the
recipient of a scholarship for research
in echocardiography, 2003-04, at Karolinska
Institute, Stockholm by the Swedish
Institute. He was awarded a PhD for
his pioneering work with Colour Tissue
Doppler imaging and Speckle imaging.
He was fortunate to have Professor
Lars Ake Brodin, Deputy Dean - KTH
as his chief supervisor for his dissertation
work.
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| Dr Govind
has published extensively in international
journals. Dr. Govind is also involved
in conducting clinical trials. His area
of interest is coronary artery disease,
diabetes mellitus, hypertension and
valvular heart disease using specialized
applications like Tissue Doppler imaging,
Speckle imaging, 3-D imaging in routine
echo and dobutamine stress echo. |
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| He is
the coordinator for Fellowship programme
in Non Invasive Cardiology (recognized
by the Karnataka State Health University)
at Vivus BMJ Heart Centre. He is also
the Course Director for training technologists
at the School of Non Invasive Cardiac
Technology, Vivus BMJ Heart Centre |
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| He is
a member of the Indian Academy of Echocardiography
(National and State), Cardiological
Society of India (National, State and
Bangalore), American Society of Echocardiography
and the European Association of Echocardiography.
He is presently the Secretary of the
Karnataka state chapter of Indian Academy
of Echocardiography. |
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| Dr.
Satish Kini, Consultant Cardiothoracic
Surgery |
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Dr. Kini completed
his MBBS and MS from Pune and M.Ch.,
CVTS from Mumbai. He was Associate
Professor in St. John's Hospital before
joining Vivus as Chief Cardiothoracic
Surgeon.
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| Dr. Satish
Kini comes with an experience of working
as a cardiac surgeon across the world.
He spent some years as a Fellow in transplants,
LVADS and Adult Cardiac Surgery in Houston
Texas. He was a Registrar at Royal Prince
Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia and
as a Senior House Surgeon In Cardiff,
U.K. |
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| He has presented
several papers in national and international
conferences and is a member of several
Medical Councils. |
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| Dr.
Bhairappa Shivakumar, Consultant
Cardiologist |
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Dr. Shivakumar
completed his MBBS and MD in Internal
Medicine from Gulbarga University
and his DM from Sir J J Group of hospitals
in Mumbai. Before joining Vivus as
a consultant cardiologist, Dr. Shivakumar
worked as lecturer at the Grant Medical
College, Mumbai.
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| As consultant cardiologist
at Vivus BMJ Heart Centre he has performed
all cardiac interventions including
coronary angioplasties , peripheral
vascular interventions , valvuloplasties
,permanent pacemaker implantations and
coronary interventions through the radial
route |
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| He is an active
participant in all the academic programs
offered by the group and is a Principle
investigator in a few prestigious global
multi-centric clinical trials. |
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| Dr.
Karthik Vasudevan, Consultant
Cardiologist |
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Dr. Karthik Vasudevan
did his M.B.B.S. from Bangalore Medical
College, Bangalore. He completed his
M.D. (Internal Medicine) from Bangalore
Medical College and then went on to
getting his D.M. (Cardiology) from
Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiology.
He as worked as Cardiologist in several
hospitals before joining the Vivus
Group. He has several publications
to his credit.
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| Dr.
D. V. Rama, Consultant Cardio-Diabetologist |
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Dr. Rama has
worked in the Endocrinology and
Diabetes department of Mallya hospital
before joining the Vivus group.
She completed her MBBS and MD from
Hubli and her DNB from St. Martha's
in Bangalore.
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She has participated
in several national conferences
and participates actively in the
training programs offered by the
Heart Centre.
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independently runs the Cardiac program
at the Sharada Rotary Medical Centre. |
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| Dr.
Srikanth K. V.,
Consultant Cardiologist |
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Dr. Srikanth
received his MBBS from Bangalore
Medical College. He went on to get
his MD in General medicine from
Cuttack and his DM Cardiology from
Grant Medical College, Mumbai. He
has several research papers to his
credit.
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| Dr.
Anupama Hegde,
Consultant Cardiologist |
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Dr. Anupama has
experience as a visiting consultant
at various hospitals and also running
her own clinic. After her MBBS she
has done her DNB in General Medicine
and was the first student to complete
her DNB in Cardiology from Heart
Centre.
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| She currently
has taken charge of the Vivus unit
at St. Theresa's, Bangalore. |
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