Dr. P Ashok Kumar is a renouned Cardiologist in Bangalore. Currently a Consultant in SPARSH Hospital, Infantry Road, he has over 12 years of experience in the field of Interventional Cardiology. After completing his DM in Cardiology from the prestigious Madurai Medical College, Madurai, he gained extensive experience in his area of specialization by working at renowned medical institutions like Narayana Hrudayalaya, St. Martha’s Hospital. He has performed more than 4500 Cardiac Interventions over the years.
Qualifications: MBBS., MD (Gen Med) DM(Cardiology)., FSCAI
Areas of expertise:
Coronary Interventions :
- Primary Angioplasty for Myocardial Infarction
- Complex Coronary Interventions including bifurcation stenting, rotational atherectomy
- Intra-coronary imaging- IVUS, OCT
- Pacemaker therapy/Device therapies for Heart Failure
Heart Failure :
- Advanced Heart Failure management- evaluation & management of HF patients including Heart transplant, LVADs
- Pulmonary Hypertension- Evaluation & Management- Balloon pulmonary Angioplasty for CTEP
Experience, Training & Achievements:
- Consultant Interventional Cardiologist Narayana Health at St Martha`s, Centre 2012-2020
- Consultant Interventional Cardiologist at Sparsh, Infantry Road, From 2020- till date
- Done more than 4500 coronary procedures
- Trained at The Wakayama Medical University, Osaka, Japan for intra coronary imaging- September 2017
- Advanced Heart Failure, Transplant cardiology, Mechanical circulatory support, Pulmonary hypertension management training at The University of Minnesota, USA- Sept-Oct 2022
- Program mentor of post graduate course in management of Hypertension- European Society of Hypertension
- Member of the Society of coronary Angiography & Interventions(SCAI), USA
