Dr Pratap Chandra Rath

Sr. Consultant Cardiologist & Director, Cath Lab & Interventional Cardiology with 35+ years of experience

Dr Pratap Chandra Rath is a profound and highly exprienced doctor based in Hydrabad .His area of expertise includes all branches of cardiology.In his star-studded career Dr Rath has performed a large number of operations with hundred pecent of profiecency.Serving for such a long period in the feild has provided him with a vast and rich experince.He has also served as a lecturer, Cardiology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, 1986 - 1988.Dr  Rath has added numerous publications in national and international journals to his credit and has been an active participant of various conferences ,seminars and workshops.

Membership:

• American College of Cardiology
• European College of Cardiology
• Indian College of Cardiology
• Hon. Director, Research & Development, Catheter & Cardiovascular division 'MEDICORP' International, France & Citadel Healthcare Informatics, India
• Founding Trustee, Indo French Foundation on Interventional Cardiology

Awards and achievements:

• Performed more than 20,000 Angiograms, 3,000 PTCA , 2,500 Coronary stentings, 75 cases of Percutaneous Trans Myocardial Laser Revascularization(PTMR), 500Valvuloplasty, 200 cases of peripheral, renal, carotid Interventions including ASD and PDA closure, 12 cases of Drug eluting stent.
• Developed Mitral commissurotome along with Prof. Alain Cribier and performed first 7 cases of mitral dilatation in the world using Metallic Commissurotome
• Largest series of Balloon Mitral Valvuloplasty in the world using Bifoil balloon catheter (published in Journal of Cardiovascular diagnosis).
• First time performed Trans Radial Coronary Angioplasty and stenting in Asia Pacific region in ’94 ( Published in Indian Heart Journal also reported in the Limca book of world records).
• First time performed Venous graft intervention using protection device in India (published in Indian Heart Journal).
• Performed one of the highest number of Percutaneous Transluminal Myocardial Laser Revascularization (PTMR) in India (published in Indian Heart Journal).
• First time performed Carotid stenting by using protection device in India. (published in Indian Heart Journal)
• First time performed Drug Eluting stent in Asia Pacific region.

Education:

• MBBS
• MD
• DM (Cardiology)
• FICC
• FACC