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Dr. Arunkumar Gopalakrishnapillai
Consultant CardiologistOP Timing
Monday - Saturday
9.30 AM - 5.30 PM
MEDICAL QUALIFICATION
- Fellow of American College of Cardiology - 2017
- DM Cardiology, Kerala University of Health Sciences - - 2013
- MD General Medicine (All India Quota) ,Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences Ranchi, Jharkhand - 2008
- MBBS, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Academy of Higher Education Mangalore, Karnataka - - 2000
DOCTOR'S EXPERIENCE
- Consultant Interventional Cardiologist, SGMMH Parumala - Aug2021 – Till Date
- Performing Coronary Angiogram, Coronary Angioplasty including primary, elective and complex angioplasties like Bifurcation Angioplasties, Left Main Intervention, CTO Angioplasties, SVG intervention, Post CABG native vessel intervention, Intravascular Lithotripsy
- Confident and Experienced to perform Balloon Mitral Valvuloplasty, ASD device closure, Permanent pacemaker implantation, Temporary pacemaker implantation, IABP intervention and pericardiocentesis
- Assistant Professor in Cardiology Government Medical College ,Ernakulam -June2018 – Aug 2021
- Instrumental in setting up the new Cath Lab and in designing the Cardiology Department of the upcoming super specialty block
- Performs complex coronary interventions including bifurcation angioplasty, left main angioplasties and primary angioplasties
- Consultant Interventional Cardiologist, Lourdes Hospital, Ernakulam - Nov2014 - June2018
- Chief of Unit lll, responsible for managing ICU , In-patient and out-patient departments
- Perform Coronary Angiogram(700/year), Coronary Angioplasty including primary, elective and complex angioplasties(225/year)
- Perform SVG intervention and Post CABG native vessel intervention
- Performs Balloon Mitral Valvuloplasty(6), ASD device closure(4), Permanent pacemaker implantation(10/year) ,Temporary pacemaker implantation (15-20/year), IABP intervention and pericardiocentesis
- Performs peripheral angiograms and peripheral artery interventions including iliac ,SFA and below knee interventions
- Assistant professor, Department of Cardiology, Medical College Calicut - Oct2013 to Oct 2014
- Manage inpatients, outpatients & CCU o Performed over 1000 Echocardiography Examination
- Performed as a primary operator 120 elective angioplasties, 50 primary angioplasties 6 pacemaker Implantations, Assisted 30 CTO interventions, done peripheral angioplasties, in addition to assisting several complex coronary interventions and peripheral angioplasties, BMV, Aortic Aneurysm Stenting, Device Closure of PDA, ASD, Pacemaker Implantations
- DM Cardiology, Department of Cardiology, Medical College Calicut - Feb 2010 to Oct 2013
- Reported more than 700 TMT
- Performed more than 3500 Echocardiography Examination including pediatric echo &Transesophageal Echo
- Performed more than 700 coronary angiograms
- Assisted more than 500 Coronary Angioplasties, Peripheral Artery Interventions, Aortic Aneurysm Stenting, Coarctation of Aorta Stenting, Pacemaker Implantations, Device Implantation in Congenital
- Heart Disease
- Performed more than 75 TPI, and more than fifty Pericardiocentesis
- Consultant Physician at St Vincent De Paul hospital - July 2009 to Oct 2009
- Kuzhuppally, Ernakulam
- Assistant Professor in Dept of internal medicine - May 2008 to July 2009
- Travancore Medical College, Kollam
- Junior Resident (academic) in department of Internal Medicine - Mar 2005 to Mar 2008
- Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences, Ranchi, Jharkhand (All India Quota) Passed MD medicine -2008
- Junior Resident (academic) in Department of Pediatrics - April 2004 to Feb 2005
- PTJNMMC ,Raipur, Chhattisgarh (All India Quota)
- Causality Medical Officer at various hospitals in Alappuzha district - Sept 2000 to Feb 2004
- MM hospital Chengannur SN hospital Cherthalai
Philip Memorial Hospital Mavelikara
Visiting medical officer at palliative clinic Punnapura
- MM hospital Chengannur SN hospital Cherthalai
- MBBS (KMC Mangalore, Manipal Academy of Higher Education) - 2000
- 3 months house surgency @KMC Mangalore
- 9 month house surgency @TDMC Alappuzha - completed in 2000
PUBLICATIONS
- Cystic lymphangioma of pericardium presenting as isolated chylopericardium - A case report: Indian Heart J.2014 Jan - Feb ; 66(1): 119-121
- A rare complication of coronary angiography: ‘iodide mumps: C G Sajeev, Sandeep Mohanan,
- Arunkumar Gopalakrishnapillai, Kader Muneer’ Heart 2013;99:16 Author of case reports in Heart Asia and Indian Heart journal