Profile Summary

Medical Qualification: MD (Medicine), DNB (Medicine), DNB (Cardiology), FICP, FRCP (London)

Designation: Associate Director, Department of Structural Heart Diseases

Years of experience: 10+ years

Areas of expertise:

• Interventional Cardiology & Angioplasty
• Structural Heart Disease & TAVI
• Heart Failure
• Hypertension
• Coronary Artery Disease

Introduction:

Dr. Nihar Mehta is an Interventional Cardiologist who specialises in TAVI & Structural Heart Disease.  He has been trained for TAVI in Budapest, Hungary & Los Angeles, USA. He also has been trained in Coronary Intervention, Imaging & Angioplasty in Seoul, South Korea as well as New York, USA. 

Dr. Nihar practices in South Mumbai since over 10 years. He has the reputation to build an excellent rapport with his patients and believes in tailoring treatment centric to every individual patient.

His academic background is also exemplary, being the editor of P. J. Mehta’s Practical Medicine for Practitioners as well as text books on ECG, Emergency medicines, Endocrinology and Hypertension. 

He has several publications to his name and is the primary investigator in various clinical trials in collaboration with International investigators as well as trials in India.

Awards & Publications:

Awards:

• Elected as Governing Body Member for the Association of Physicians of India (API) for a tenure of 3 years (2024-2027)
• Elected as Governing Body Member for the Cardiology Society of India, Mumbai Branch for a tenure of 5 years (2023-2027)
• Elected as Governing Body Member for the Association Physicians of India (API) for a tenure of 3 years (2020-2022)
• Examiner for the Royal College of Physicians, London since December 2019
• Nominated as Joint Secretary from the Presidents Place for the year 2017-2018 for the Association of Physicians of India Governing Body under the President Dr. B. R. Bansode
• Distinctions in Microbiology, Ophthalmology, General Medicine, General Surgery, Obstetrics & Gynaecology and Paediatrics during MBBS
• Vice Chancellor's Certificate of Merit for standing 1st in Final MBBS Examination 2003 held by Maharashtra University of Health Sciences, nashik
• Rai Bahadur Gold Medal for standing 1st in Final MBBS Examination 2003 held by Maharashtra University of Health Sciences, Nashik
• 1st in the Certificate Course of Diabetology held by college of Physicians & Surgeons, Mumbai (2008)
• Vice Chancellor's Certificate of Merit for standing 3rd in M.D. (General Medicine) Examination (2009) held by Maharashtra University of Health Sciences, Nashik

Foreign Examinations:

• ECFMG Certified
• Passed United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) Step 1 with a score of 231 & 94 percentile
• Passed USMLE Step 2 - Clinical Knowledge (CK) with a score of 256 and 99 percentile
• Passed USMLE Step 2 - Clinical Skills (CS) in the 1st attempt
• Passed MRCP (UK) Part 1 Examination with a score of 782

Conferences Organized:

• Organizing Secretary - GCDC 2023 held in Chennai on 23rd & 24th September by Dr. Arulraj
• TAVI Club 4th Edition: at Jaslok Hospital & Research Centre, held on 11tth August 2023
• Cardiology Clinics: Conducted by Jaslok Hospital and API; to be held every month on the 1st Friday, started on 4th August 2023, held virtually
• Coordinator for Cardiological Society of India, Mumbai Chapter Grand Rounds held virtually on 9th August on Granulomatous Cardiomyopathy
• Global Carido-diabetes Conclave (GCDC) 2021. Organizing Secretary for the conference held virtually on 18th & 19th December 2021
• CSI Mumbai Heart Failure. 29th July 2021, 7-10 pm. Program coordinator. Conference held virtually
• Global Cardio-diabetes Conclave (GCDC) 2020. Organizing Secretary for the conference held on 19th & 20th December 2020
• End Obesity 2.0 Virtual Congress. Member of Organizing Committee for the conference held on 8th & 9th August 2020
• Academy of Cardiology at Mumbai: Women & heart Disease. Joint Secretary for the conference held at Hotel Taj Santacruz, Mumbai on 11th & 12th January 2020
• India Live 2019. Member of Organizing Committee & Scientific Committee. Held at Hotel Renaissance, Powai, Mumbai on 1st, 2nd & 3rd March 2019
• India Live 2019 felllows course. Member of Organizing Committee & Scientific Committee. Held at Hotel Renaissance, Powai, Mumbai on 28th february 2019
• Academy of Cardiology at Mumbai: Acute Cardiac Care. Joint Secretary for the conference held at Hotel Taj Santacruz, Mumbai on 12th & 13th January 2019
• API Mumbai Branch: Basics & Beyond: Endocrinology - beyond Diabetes. Organizing Secretary. held in Saifee Hospital on 10th March 2018
• Academy of Cardiology at Mumbai: Lipids: Current Controversies & Consensus. Joint Secretary for the conference held at ITC Maratha, Sahar, Mumbai on 10th & 11th March 2018
• CME on Bifurcations & CTO Coronary Interventions: Organizing Secretary. Held at Hotel Renaissance, Powai on 26th november 2017
• API Mumbai Branch: Basics & Beyond: Pulmonary Hypertension. Organizing Secretary. Held in Saifee Hospital on 25th November 2017
• Core Curriculum in Cardiology: Co-Director: Held at Oberoi Rooftop, Mumbai on 26th September 2017
• Cureent Trends in Cardiology: TAVR/PAMI Meeting: Organizing Secretary. Held at Oberoi Rooftop on 22nd January 2017
• APICON 2017: Core Member of Scientific Committee of APICON 2017, held from 26th to 29th January 2017 in Mumbai
• Master Teachers Program for training in Clinical Cardiology held by Jaslok Hospital & Research Centre, Mumbai every 3 months. On organizing committee since October 2014

Textbooks:

• Editor of CLINICAL UPDATE: HYPERTENSION & CARDIOLOGY. Editor in chief Dr. S. Arulraj. Published in September 2023 by Jaypee Brothers
• Author of Manual of Essential Hypertension. Published in January, 2023 by Jaypee Brothers
• Editorial Board for PROGRESS IN MEDICINE 2023, Volume 33, Published in 2023 under the Indian College of Physicians (ICP-API).  Editor in Chief: Dr. Alaka Deshpande
• Sectional Editor for Section of Cardiology:  Medicine Update 2022. Editor-in-chief: Dr. Shyam Sudar. Published in 2022
• Assistant Editor of the API Text Book of Medicine. 12^th Edition. Editor-in-chief: Dr. Sandhya Kamath. Published in 2021
• Assistant Editor of the API Text Book of Medicine. 11^th Edition. Editor-in-chief: Dr. Sandhya Kamath. Published in 2019
• Joint Editor of P. J. Mehta’s ‘Practical Medicine for Students and Practitioners’, 17^th, 19^th, 20^th, 21^st, 22^nd Editions
• Joint Editor of P.J. Mehta’s ‘Common Medical Symptoms’, 7^th Edition
• Joint Editor of P.J. Mehta’s ‘Emergencies in Medical Practice’, 6^th Edition
• Published P. J. Mehta’s ‘Common Medical Symptoms’, 6^th Edition
• Co-Author of ‘Clinical Endocrinology’, 4^th Edition, 2012
• API Textbook of Medicine, 11^th Edition. 2018, Editorial Board
• Progress in Medicine 2017 (Volume 1) and Medicine Update 2017 (Volume 2 & 3). Editorial Board
• Medicine Update 2017. MCQ’s (Volume 4). Associate Editor
• Handbook of Hypertension, 2017. Contributor.  In Press
• Update on Interventional Cardiology, India Live. 2017. Co-editor
• Editor: Interesting Cases in Hypertension.  Useful Lessons on Management. Chief editor: Dr. Gurpreet Wander. Published by Jaypee Brothers. 1^st edition 2020

Journals:

• Member of Editorial Board of the Journal of Association of Physicians of India (JAPI) from 2022
• Assistant Editor of Clinical Journal of Hypertension. Official Publication of Hypertension Society of India.  From July-September 2016 till 2019

International Presentations:

• Presented a case at PCR LONDON VALVES 2022 titled ‘TAVR in an Iatrogenic Acute Native Pure Aortic Regurgitation’ held from 27^th to 29^th November 2022 at London, UK
• Presented a case at TCT FLORIDA (Trans catheter Therapeutics) on 2^nd November. Caval Valve Implantation (CAVI) as a Life Saving Intervention in Severe Tricuspid and Pulmonary Regurgitation in a patient with a Neuroendocrine Tumour (Carcinoid Syndrome). Attended virtually from 2-4^th November 2021

Guidelines:

• Edema India 2023. Indian Expert Consensus on Diagnosis and Management of Edema. By the Association of Physicians of India. Chief Editors: Dr. Girish Mathur and Dr. Agam Vora. Part of the Editorial board
• Indian Guidelines on Management of Hypertension (I.G.H) – IV 2019. Convener: Siddharth N. Shah. Core Committee Members: Aspi B. Billimoria, Sukumar Mukherjee, Sandhya Kamath, Y. P. Munjal, M. Maiya, G. S. Wander, Nihar Mehta.  Supplement to JAPI October 2019, Vol 67
• Indian Guidelines on Management of Hypertension (I.G.H) – III 2013. Convener: Siddharth N. Shah. Core Committee Members: Aspi B. Billimoria, Sukumar Mukherjee, Sandhya Kamath, Y. P. Munjal, M. Maiya, G. S. Wander, Nihar Mehta.  Supplement to JAPI, February 2013; Volume 61
• Consensus document on Anti-Platelet Agents in Coronary Artery Disease.Part of the committee for the consensus statement. Released in February 2019 at the India Live 2019 conference held at Hotel Renaissance, Powai, Mumbai
• Academy of Cardiology at Mumbai: Lipid Current Controversies and Consensus.  Part of committee for the Lipid Consensus Statement.  Held at ITC Maratha, Sahar, Mumbai on 9^th March 2018

Review Articles/ Textbook Chapters:

• Choice of patients for Mitra Clips at Therapy for Heart Failure. Nihar Mehta, Niraj Pawar.  CLINICAL UPDATE- CARDIO-DIABETES MEDICINE. 2^nd Edition. Editor in Chief: S Arulrhaj. Page 207-212
• Trans catheter Aortic Valve Replacement. Nihar Mehta, Nitish Prasad. PROGRESS IN MEDICINE 2023. Vol 33. Pg 351-354
• Morning Surger of Blood Pressure. BR Bansode, Ruchit Shah, Nihar Mehta, Zakiya Patni.  PROGRESS IN MEDICINE 2023. Vol 33. Pg 406-408
• Trans catheter Valve Interventions: The Next Frontier in Cardiology. Nihar Mehta, Niraj Pawar.  MEDICINE UPDATE 2023. Vol 33. Pg 30-35
• Trans catheter Aortic Valve Replacement: Current Status. Nihar Mehta, Jagadeesh Patil, Yogesh Solanki.  PROGRESS IN MEDICINE 2022. Vol 32. Pg 211-230
• IVUS, OCT, FFR: What the Physician must know.  Ruchit Shah, Br Bansode, Nihar Mehta. MEDICINE UPDATE 2022. Vol 32. Pg 103-107
• Coronary Intervention: What a Physician Should Know. Nihar Mehta, Harish Surwade. API MEDICINE UPDATE 2021. Vol 31. 163-171
• CABG or Multivessel Angioplasty – Making the Right Choice. Ruchit Shah, BR Bansode, Nihar Mehta. API MEDICINE UPDATE 2021. eBook Vol 31. 16-21 
• Angiotensin Receptor Blockers – Newer Insights. Nihar Mehta, Saurabh Dhariya. HYPERTENSION SOCEITY OF INDIA - MANUAL OF HYPERTENSION Second Edition. 2020. 346-351
• Issues in Diagnosis: Case 1 Role of Home Blood Pressure Monitoring in Patients with Hypertension. Case 2: Role of Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in Blood Patients with Hypertension. Nihar Mehta.  INTERESTING CASES IN HYPERTENSION.  USEFUL LESSONS ON MANAGEMENT.  Chief editor: Dr. Gurpreet Wander.  First Edition. Section 4. 57-62. 2020
• Diagnostic utility and safety of intracoronary nicorandil as a hyperemic agent for the measurement of fractional flow reserve. A.B. Mehta, Rahul Chhabria, Nihar Mehta.  INDIAN HEART JOURNAL. November–December 2020, Vol. 72(6); 603-605
• Coronary Arteriography and Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. Nihar Mehta. API TEXT BOOK OF MEDICINE 11th Edition Volume 2 (2019), 1552-1556
• Indian Guidelines on Management of Hypertension (I.G.H) – IV 2019. Convener: Siddharth N. Shah. Core Committee Members: Aspi B. Billimoria, Sukumar Mukherjee, Sandhya Kamath, Y. P. Munjal, M. Maiya, G. S. Wander, Nihar Mehta.  JOURNAL OF HUMAN HYPERTENSION JHH-19-0565RRRR. Acccepted for publication
• Expanding indications of Angiotensin Receptor Neprilysin Inhibitors: API MEDICINE UPDATE 2020, Vol.30 (2020) 89-93. Ameya Tirodkar, Nihar Mehta
• Coronary Arteriography and Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.  Nihar Mehta. API TEXTBOOK OF MEDICINE 11^th EDITION. 2019. Publisher: Association of Physicians of India.  Page 1552-1556
• Editorial: Uric Acid and Hypertension:  Siddharth N Shah, Nihar Mehta.  CLINICAL JOURNAL OF HYPERTENSION. Oct-Dec 2018, Vol 3 (2), 5-6
• Anticoagulant of Choice in Non-valvular Atrial Fibrillation: CARDIO DIABETES MEDICINE 2018 - Page 234-239. Nihar Mehta
• New Guidelines for AMI -2018: CARDIO DIABETES MEDICINE 2018 - Page 52-59. Nihar Mehta
• Predictors for Success in Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Chronic Total Occlusions. INDIAN HEART JOURNAL. Available online on 6^th April, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ihj.2018.03.010. AB Mehta, Nihar Mehta, Rahul Chhabria, et al.
• Physiological Assessment of Obstructive Coronary Artery disease. Paradigm Shift from Anatomy to Physiology.  API UPDATE 2018. AB Mehta, Nihar Mehta
• Editorial: Are Genomics Essential in Essential Hypertension?  Nihar Mehta.  CLINICAL JOURNAL OF HYPERTENSION. Oct-Dec 2017, Vol 2 (2), 5-6
• Current Status of Trans catheter Aortic Valve Replacement. INDIA LIVE UPDATE ON INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY 2017. Page 263-288. AB Mehta, Nihar Mehta
• Bifurcation Lesions. INDIA LIVE UPDATE ON INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY 2017. Page 70-96.  Nihar Mehta, Ashok Seth
• Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring. Geeta Makhija, Nihar Mehta. CLINICAL JOURNAL OF HYPERTENSION. Jan-Mar 2017. Vol. 1(3); 30-33
• Antiplatelet Therapy. Nihar Mehta, Nikesh Jain. API MEDICINE UPDATE 2017. 903-909
• Home Blood Pressure Monitoring. Nihar Mehta, Vishal Vanani. CLINICAL JOURNAL OF HYPERTENSION. Oct-Dec 2016. Vol. 1(2); 20-28
• Obesity in India: Prevalence, Implications and Management. Nihar Mehta, Vishal Vanani. API MEDICINE UPDATE 2016. 610-615
• Hypertension: Dyslipidaemia and Hyperuricemia. Nihar Mehta, Nikesh Jain. HYPERTENSION SOCIETY OF INDIA: MANUAL OF HYPERTENSION. 2015; 327 – 335
• Ostial Lesions – Tips and Tricks. A B Mehta, Nihar Mehta, Nilesh Tawade. CSI CARDIOLOGY UPDATE 2015.  744-752
• Rescue Angioplasty – an Update. Nihar Mehta, A B Mehta. STEMI UPDATE 2015. 1009-1014
• Fractional Flow Reserve – Review article. A. B. Mehta, Nihar Mehta. CARDIOLOGY TODAY – November – December 2013, Vol. XVII No 6, 257 – 263
• Left Main Stenosis – Need to Restart the Debate in 2011.  Ashwin B. Mehta, Nihar Mehta. CSI CARDIOLOGY UPDATE 2011. 270 – 288
• Coronary Bifurcation Lesions – the Challenges.  A B Mehta, Satyajeet Suryawanshi, Nihar Mehta. CSI CARDIOLOGY UPDATE 2012. 136 – 148
• Novel Emerging Therapies in the Management of Atherogenic Dyslipidemia. Ramchandra Vinnu, Nihar Mehta. CURRENT PRACTICE JOURNAL. January 2015. Vol. 1 (5), 13-15

Debate:

• Beta Blockers are a good choice as First Line Antihypertensive Agents. G. S. Sainani, Nihar Mehta. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL & PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY; April 2013, Vol 2. 95-100

Case Reports:

• Carbimazole associated Pancreatitis: a report from Western India. V Shivane, Nihar Mehta, Ajay Jhaveri, Saba Memon. JCEM Case Reports, 2024 (2), 1-5
• Intraprocedural Stent Thrombosis – Case Series of a Rare Complication Managed Successfully – Nikesh Jain, Nilesh Tawade, Nihar Mehta, Ajit Desai, Ashwin Mehta. CARDIOLOGY AND CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH. 2019, 3(2), 31-36
• Robotic Adrenalectomy: An Emerging option in the treatment of Pheochromocytoma. Ameya Tirodkar, Nihar Mehta, AB Mehta.  CLINICAL JOURNAL OF HYPERTENSION. Jan-Mar 2018, Vol 2 (3), 41-44
• Pneumopericardium.  Bharat Shivdasani, Rahul Chhabria, Nihar Mehta. Published online ASIAN CARDIOVASCULAR AND THORACIC ANNALS.  July 2017, Vol 25 (6), 476
• Non Hodgkins Lymphoma Involving Multiple Cardiac Chambers with Skeletal Muscle Involvement in a Hepatitis C Positive Patient.  Behranwala A, Bharat Shivdasani, Nihar Mehta, Amit Chandan.   JOURNAL OF VASCULAR MEDICINE AND SURGERY; April 2015, 3:191
• An Unusual Case of Distant Coronary Artery Perforation. Ajit Desai, S.R. Handa, Nihar Mehta, Nilesh Tawade, A.B. Mehta. JOURNAL OF INDIAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY – 2014; 178 to 181
• Acute Myocardial Infaction – An Unusual Presentation of Nonspecific Aortoarteritis. Ajit. Desai, Nihar Mehta, Rahul Chhabriya, S. C. Munshi. JOURNAL OF ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICIANS OF INDIA; July 2014 (62); 67-68
• Aortic Dissection – One Year after Aortic Valve Replacement.  A. Behranwala, S. R. Handa, Nihar Mehta. ASIAN CARDIOVASCULAR AND THORACIC ANNALS – Published online October 18, 2013; 0218492313493793
• Rotastenting in an Anomalously arising Right Coronary Artery after an ugly Dissection. A. B. Mehta, A. Desai, Nihar Mehta.  INDIAN HEART JOURNAL; July – August 2013, 65(4) 469-473
• Extraction of A Fully deployed Left Main stent after six weeks – Case Report. A. B. Mehta, Ajit Desai, S. R. Handa, Nihar Mehta. JOURNAL OF INDIAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY; March 2013, 1-5
• Left Coronary Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm Ruptured in to the Left Ventricle.  Ajit Desai, Nihar Mehta, Vivek Mandurke, Sanjeev Vichare, Anmol Sonawane. JOURNAL OF INDIAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY. Volume 3, Issue 1, Pages 32-36, March 2013
• Left Atrial Spindle Cell Sarcoma.  Nihar Mehta, Ajit Desai, Bharat Shivdasani, Satyajeet Suryawanshi, A.B.Mehta, A. Behranwala, Boman Dhabhar. INDIAN HEART JOURNAL; July - August 2012 (64) 416-419
• M.I.B.G Negative Pheochromocytoma. Nihar Mehta, Vijay Paniker, Arpit Shah.  JOURNAL OF ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICIANS OF INDIA; March 2010 (53) 186 – 187

Learning ECGS:

• Supraventricular Tachycardia: A case of acute palpitations. Nihar Mehta, Vivek Mandurke.  CURRENT PRACTICE JOURNAL; October 2014, Vol 1(4), 18-21
• Ventricular Premature beats, Recurrent palpitations in a woman.  Nihar Mehta, Vivek Mandurke. CURRENT PRACTICE JOURNAL; August 2014, Vol 1(3), 23-24

Paper Presentation:

• Presented a paper at a symposium on "Bacterial Pneumonia" at KEM Hospital & got 3rd Place in 2000

Dissertations:

• Magnesium Levels in Alcoholics – Submitted to Maharashtra University of Health Sciences, Nashik for the M.D. General Medicine Examination in 2009
• Thrombus Aspiration in ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction – Percutaneous Coronary Intervention – Submitted to the National Board of Examinations for the D.N.B. Cardiology Examination due in 2013-2014

Research Projects:

• Principle Investigator from Jaslok Hospital & Research Centre for the FREEDOM COVID Anticoagulation Randomized controlled trial – which is a multinational randomized controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of anticoagulation with low dose enoxaparin, high dose enoxaparin and apixaban in COVID patients.  This trial aims to enrol 3600 patients from countries in North and South America and Asia. The principle investigator is Dr. Valentin Fuster from Mount Sinai Hosptial, New York, USA
• Principle Investigator from Jaslok Hospital & Research Centre for the ICC - NATIONAL HEART FAILURE REGISTRY which is a multicentre observational registry of patients with Acute Decompensated Heart Failure requiring admission to the hospital.  The study intends to enrol 10,000 patients and follow them up at 30 days and one year. The principle investigator is Dr. P. B. Jayagopal from Coimbatore, India
• Principle Investigator from Jaslok Hospital & Research Centre for the ASSURE DES (Perioperative Antiplatelet therapy in patients with drug-eluting Stent undergoing noncardiac Surgery) trial, which is a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the perioperative use of antiplatelet drugs in patients who have received drug eluting stents in the past.  This trial is a 3-year trial which aims to enrol 2000 patients from 10 institutions in India and Korea. The principle investigator is Dr. S.J. Park from Asan Medical Centre, Seoul, South Korea
• Research Coordinator for the PROTECT Trial (Patient Related Outcomes with Endeavour Versus Cypher Stenting Trial) since 2011. The PROTECT Trial is an ongoing randomized controlled phase 4 interventional trial with 8800 patients and approximately 200 hospitals, to evaluate whether the Endevour stent (Zotarolimus eluting stent) protects against late stent thrombosis resulting in less death and myocardial infarction at 5 years when compared with the Cypher stent (Sirolimus eluting stent)
• Research Coordinator for the BioMatrix Registry since 2011. The BioMatrix registry is a multicenter post marketing registry with an objective to evaluate the 2-year clinical safety and efficacy outcomes in patients treated with BioMatrix stent (Biolimus A9 drug eluting stent with a biodegradable coating)
• Co-investigator for the Jaslok CTO Registry, a registry of approximately 150 cases of Chronic Total Occlusions in coronary artery disease for which percutaneous coronary intervention was performed.  This is an ongoing registry of cases done from 2010 to 2016 with a clinical follow up of 1 year
• Co-investigator for the Jaslok Rotablation Registry, which is an ongoing registry of rotablation done to calcified lesions in coronary arteries from 2010 to 2016 at Jaslok Hospital.  It involves a clinical follow up of one year
• Co-investigator for the Jaslok FFR/iFR Trial, which is a trial of FFR using adenosine versus nikorandil for hyperemia and iFR in intermediate coronary artery lesions conducted in 2017 at Jaslok Hospital & Research Centre

Achievements:

• Awarded the 1^st Prize for ‘Most Popular Case’ for a case of Caval Valve Implantation presented at SfHFTCON 2019: Conference on Heart Failure and Heart Transplant held in Mumbai from 23-35^th August 2019. Presentation by Dr. Saurabh Dhariya, senior resident in cardiology
• Awarded ‘Most Helpful Doctor’ at Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre for the year 2017
• Awarded ‘Dr. Coehlo Memorial Lectureship in Experimental Medicine’ at APICON 2016
• Awarded ‘Amar Gandhi Award for outstanding Resident’ in February 2013 in Jaslok Hospital & Research Centre
• Awarded Employee of the Month for the month of August 2013 in Jaslok Hospital & Research Centre
• Awarded the Certificate for standing1st in Final MBBS by the All India Jain Medical Students’ Conference in Mumbai in October 2005

Certificate Courses:

• Advanced Training in Trans-catheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI): Live sessions with Prof. Alain Cribier: Minimalist TF-TAVI Workshop.  15th and 16th October 2020, Rouen, France. (Virtual meeting)
• Advanced Training in Trans-Catheter Aortic Valve Replacement held in Mumbai on 9^th September 2018
• Advanced Training in Trans-Catheter Aortic Valve Replacement held in Mumbai on 14^th January 2017
• Training in Trans-Catheter Aortic Valve Replacement including a Hands-on Simulator workshop, held in Bangalore in May 2016
• Training in Trans-oesophageal Echocardiography at the ‘Hands-on TEE Workshop on Simulator’ held in Thane on 25^th & 26^th July 2015
• Training on Advanced ECG in Rhythm 2014 – An advanced ECG program held in July 2014 by Indian Society of Electro cardiology and American College of Cardiology
• Training on Advanced ECG in Rhythm 2013 – An advanced ECG program held in June 2013 by Indian Society of Electro cardiology and American College of Cardiology
• Fellows Course in India Live 2012 in New Delhi in February 2012
• 5th Infectious Disease Certificate Course held at P. D. Hinduja Hospital, Mumbai in August 2008
• Workshop on Respiratory Medicine in Nanavati Hospital in Mumbai in April, 2008
• ECG Learning Course held at Central Railway Hospital by the Indian Society of Electrocardiology, Mumbai in July 2007
• Certified in Advanced Cardiac Life Support in 2005
• National Pulse Polio Program attended in 2001 and 2004

Conferences Attended/ Lectures/ Chairperson:

• Speaker for ‘Unveiling latest insights on ACC 2024 Congress Highlights’ in the LEAD HF Program held on 20 April 2024 online
• Speaker on ‘Rational Combination Therapy in Hypertension’ for program ‘A Day with Hypertension’ held by Heart Foundation of India at Hotel Leela, Sahar on 31^st March 2024.   Panelist for post lunch session on hypertension management
• Critical Care Year in Review 2023-2024 by HN Reliance Foundation Hospital held online on 11-14^th January: Panelist for Interventional Cardiology review on 11^th January 2024
• KSDA Kurla
• API-NAMS Joint online CME – First Joint CME: Presented on Heart Failure Management on 8^th December 2023
• PCR London Valves 2023: Presented 6 cases at the PCR London Valves at ExCel Centre on 19^th – 21^st November 2023
• GCDC 2023 held in Chennai on 23^rd and 24^th September 2023 by Dr. Arulraj. Presented on Buffet of Structural Heart Interventions and Chairperson for a session of Atrial Fibrillation Rhythm control
• IIC Summit 2023 held on 19,20^th August in Gurgaon by Dr. Rajneesh Kapoor. Presented on TAVI with LV Embolization and Panelled a session on Mitral and Tricuspid Structural Valve Interventions
• TAVI Club 4^th Edition: at Jaslok Hospital & Research Centre, held on 11^th August 2023.  Presented on Valve in Valve TAVI
• Cardiology Clinics:  conducted by Jaslok Hospital & Research Centre and API; Presented on Hypertension Management on 4^th August 2023, held virtually
• Presented on ‘Solving the Puzzle – Extension of DAPT or Introduction of DPI’ at PCR Seminars at Intervention Live 2023 on 23^rd April 2023 at Mumbai
• Presented on Complex Imaging Guided Bifurcation Stenting with Rotatripsy at Asia Tech Exchange conference on 2^nd April 2023
• Presented on Intervention for Right Sided Heart Failure – CAVI at 4^th National Heart Failure Conference of Cardiological Society of India held in Lucknow at SGPGI Convention centre on 25^th and 26^th March, 2023
• Presented on TAVI Clinical Cases and Approach to Aortic Stenosis at GP Association Greater Mumbai Conference held on 18^th and 19^th March 2023 at Birla Matoshri Hall at Mumbai 2023
• Lecture on Heart Failure: from Theory to Practical with Case Based Learning; delivered to the GP association of South Bombay on 2^nd February 2023
• Chairperson at APICON 2023, Gandhinagar for session on Hypertension on 26^th January 2023
• Speaker at APICON 2023, Gandhinagar on TAVI on 26^th January 2023
• Lecture on Cardiologist's Perspectives and Expectations from Nuclear Cardiology for the Western Chapter of Society of Nuclear Medicine India, delivered on 19th January 2023
• Faculty at CSI INDIA 2022 held in Chennai from 8-11^th December 2022. Panellist in 2 sessions and Chairperson in 1 session
• Presented a case at PCR LONDON VALVES 2022 titled ‘TAVR in an Iatrogenic Acute Native Pure Aortic Regurgitation’ held from 27^th to 29^th November 2022 at London, UK
• EDUCON 2022: Presented on ‘Current Treatment of Aortic Stenosis’. Conference held on 6^th November 2022 in Mumbai
• CPR Training Workshop: Panellist. Conducted at Jaslok Hospital & Research Centre on 5^th November 2022 for Residents of neighbourhood around Jaslok Hospital & Research Centre
• India Valves 2022: Presented a case of complex TAVR in Iatrogenic Native Pure Aortic Regurgitation. Held on 9^th, 10^th and 11^th September 2022 at Goa
• Innovations in Cardiology Summit (IIC 2022): Presented a case of complex TAVR in Iatrogenic Aortic Regurgitation. Held on 27^th and 28^th August 2022 at Gurgaon
• Jaslok Webinar on ‘Advances on Cardiac 3T MRI and Cardiac Imaging’ held on 19^th December 2021. Delivered a lecture on Cardiac MRI: Cardiologists Perspective
• Global Cardio-diabetic Conclave 2021: held virtually on 18^th and 19^th December 2021: Delivered Three Lectures on COVID and Heart Failure, Diabetic Dyslipidaemia, Cardiac MRI-Cardiologists Perspective
• TCT FLORIDA (Trans catheter Therapeutics) Attended virtually from 2-4^th November 2021
• World Heart Day Seminar. Presented on Hypertension Guidelines: What should be our Targets? Held virtually on 3^rd October 2021
• World Heart Day Webinar for Reliance Industries Limited employees. Spoke on ‘Use the Heart to Connect’. Held virtually on 29^th September 2021
• Indian Medical Association Seminar on World Heart Day. Spoke on ‘Mitra Clips: A Novel Percutaneous solution for Mitral Regurgitation.’ Held virtually on 26^th September 2021
• Bifurcation Club Conference, Presented on ‘Side branch stent jeopardising the Main Vessel stent’. Held on 4^th and 5^th September 2021 at Mumbai
• TAVR Simplified Webinar Series held on 3^rd July 2021.  Aortic Stenosis: Natural History, Pathophysiology and Clinical Diagnosis.  Speaker
• Hypertension Summit held on 27^th June 2021. Presented on ‘Virtual Clinics and Remote Consultation in Hypertension’
• CSI Mumbai held on 27th May 2021. Covid and CVD. Presented on ‘Guidelines on Anticoagulation in COVID-19’
• Mitra Clip Update.  Held on 5th June 2021. Panelist. Conducted by Dr. Ravinder Rao
• Heart Team Academics for Physicians.  Presented on Clinical Features and Criteria for Rheumatic Fever: Application in Indian Scenario. 27th November 2020
• IVUS Masterclass: 13th and 15th October 2020. Conducted by Dr. Kirti Punamiya. Virtual Conference
• Academy of Cardiology (AOC) 2020: Women and Heart Disease held in Mumbai on 11th and 12th January 2020: Delivered a lecture on ‘Aspirin in Primary Prevention for Cardiovascular disease and Strokes’.  Chairperson for a session on ‘Rheumatic Heart Disease and Pregnancy: Case based discussion’ and a session on ‘ARNI in Heart Failure’
• APICON 2020: Held at Agra from 6^th to 9^th January 2020.  Speaker for ‘Expanding Indications of Angiotensin Receptor Neprilysin Inhibitors’
• Jaslok CRITICON 2019 held in Mumbai from 16-17^th November 2019: Speaker for ‘Code PAMI at Jaslok Hospital’. Panelist for a session on Golden Hour
• India Valves 2019 – Held in Chennai from 6-8^th September 2019: Member of National Scientific Committee. Presented ‘My most educational case’ as Speaker. Panellist on for a session on Valve in Valve TAVR
• Sentient 2019 held in Chennai from 7^th June to 9^th June 2019 on Trans catheter Aortic Valve Replacement and other Structural heart therapies.  Chaired a debate on Surgical versus Trans catheter AV Replacement in Low Risk Patients
• SfHFTCON 2019: Conference on Heart Failure and Heart Transplant held in Mumbai from 23-35^th August 2019. Faculty for the conference for HF – TV; Interviewed for ‘Nuances of Valve Intervention in Heart Failure’
• India Live 2019 held in Mumbai from 28^th February 2019 to 3^rd March 2019.  Delivered a lecture on Intravascular Ultrasound in Coronary artery disease and Importance of CT Scan and Imaging in Trans catheter Aortic Valve Replacement
• Hypertension Conclave held in New Delhi from 15^th to 16^th September 2018. Delivered a lecture on Pregnancy and Hypertension and Subsequent Maternal Cardiovascular Health.  Won third prize in a quiz
• Certified Advanced TAVR Training program. Held in Mumbai on 9^th September 2018. Presented three cases of TAVR: Too High, Too Low.  Discussion on Conduction Abnormalities, Bicuspid Aortic Valves and Valve in Valve TAVR. Conducted by Dr. Michael Caskey
• INDIA VALVE 2018 held at New Delhi from 31^st August to 2^nd September 2018.  Presented a case of TAVR – Planning, Predicting and Knowing when to Stop. Panellist on a TAVR – Valve in Valve session
• Hypertension Society of India Conference (HSICON) 2018 held at Trivandrum from 31^st August to 2^nd September 201.  Delivered lectures on ACE Inhibitors and ARBs – Newer Insights, conducted a workshop on BP Measurement, Delivered a lecture on Ambulatory & Home BP Measurement
• TAVR – UPDATE 2018. Presented a case of TAVR in 88/M: at Hong Kong on 18^th March 2018
• Heart Failure Association of India. Annual conference held on 24^th and 25^th February 2018.  Delivered a lecture on ‘Mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists – use them early, very early’, Panellist for discussion of Pulmonary Embolism and Chaired two sessions on Vaccines in Heart failure and Empagliflocin in Heart failure
• APICON 2018 held at GKVK, Bangalore from 22^nd to 25^th February 2018.  Judged the ePoster session on 23^rd February 2018
• Academy of Cardiology at Mumbai: Lipids: Current Controversies and Consensus.  Chaired a session on Cardiac CT Scans in Lipid Trials and Delivered a lecture on Lipoprotein (a) and Premature CAD: Case Report:  held at ITC Maratha, Sahar, Mumbai on 10^th and 11^th March 2018
• Academy of Cardiology at Mumbai: Lipid Current Controversies and Consensus.  Part of committee for the Lipid Consensus Statement.  Held at ITC Maratha, Sahar, Mumbai on 9^th March 2018
• Mumbai Interventional Cardiologist Association: Presented a case of Trans catheter Aortic Valve Replacement held on 21^st January 2018 at Grand Hyatt, Mumbai
• 26^th Annual Conference of Mahim Dharavi Medical Practitioners Association held on 7^th January 2018 at the Hotel Leela, Sahar, Mumbai: Delivered a lecture on ‘STEMI Management: Focus on Symptom to Door Time’
• Core Curriculum in Cardiology: held at Oberoi Rooftop, Mumbai on 26^th September 2017. Delivered a lecture on Trans catheter Aortic Valve Replacement
• Hypertension Society of India Conference (HSICON) 2017 held at Kolkata from 18^th to 20^th August 2017.  Judged the Free Poster Presentation on 18^th August 2017. Delivered a lecture on Home and Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in a BP Measurement workshop on 19^th August 2017
• India Live 2017 held at New Delhi from 2^nd to 4^th March 2017
• 46th Annual Conference of General Practitioners Associations Greater Mumbai: Delivered a lecture on Primary Angioplasty: Stitch in Time Saves Nine: held on 18th & 19th February 2017 at Birla Matushri Sabhagar, Marine Lines, Mumbai
• APICON 2017 held in Mumbai from 26^th to 29^th January 2017. Delivered a lecture on Drug Dilemas – Antiplatelet Therapy on 27^th January 2017 and Chaired a session on Hypertension on 28^th January 2017
• Current Trends in Cardiology: TAVR/PAMI Meeting: Delivered a lecture on Timely Thrombolysis is not inferior in STEMI. Held at Oberoi Rooftop on 22^nd January 2017
• 2^nd International HOLD Conference held in Mumbai from 19^th to 21^st August 2016.   Delivered a lecture on Home Blood Pressure Monitoring on 19^th August 2016 and Panel Discussion on a session on Hypertension in difference case scenarios on 21^st August 2016
• National Intervention Council April 2016, held at Hyderabad on 15 – 17^th April 2016
• Cardiological Society of India 2015, held at Chennai on 10-13^th February 2016
• APICON 2016, held in Hyderabad on 26^th to 28^th January 2016
• Hyderabad Live 2015. Focus on Bifurcation Lesions.  Held in Hyderabad on 11^th & 12^th July 2015
• Master Teachers Program for training in Clinical Cardiology held by Jaslok Hospital, Mumbai every 3 months from April 2011 to October 2014.  Presented cases in September 2013, December 2013, July 2014 & October 2014
• Clinical Cardiology Conference held by Cardiological Society of India in New Delhi in August, 2013
• Clinical Cardiology Update 2014 held in Madras Medical Mission in Chennai in January 2014
• Clinical Cardiology Conference held by Cardiological Society of India in Kolkatta in December, 2013
• Clinico pathological meeting for Cyanotic and Acyanotic Congenital Heart Diseases held in Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani hospital in Mumbai in August 2013
• Clinical Cardiology Update 2013 held in Madras Medical Mission in Chennai in January 2013
• 64^th Annual Conference of the Cardiological Society of India held in New Delhi in December, 2012
• Congenital Disease and Anaesthesia – Basics and new insights; educational program held by the Association of Cardiovascular Thoracic Anaesthesiologists – Mumbai in Mumbai in December 2012
• Indian Cardiology Summit held by the Indian International Forum of Cardiology in Mumbai in March 2012
• 3rd National Course on Cardiovascular Interventions, India Live-2012 in New Delhi in February 2012
• Clinical Cardiology Update held in Frontier Lifeline and Dr. K.M Cherian Heart Foundation Institute in Chennai in January 2012
• 63^rd Annual Conference of the Cardiological Society of India held in Mumbai in December, 2011
• Cardiology Summit 2011, Mumbai in October 2011
• CAD Asia Intervention Summit (CAIS) in Pune in September, 2011
• i-Fisch 2011, Interactive Forum for Intervention in Structural and Congenital Heart Disease 2011 at Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research in August 2011
• Cardiology update – CME in Mumbai in May 2011
• APICON 2010 held in Jaipur from 7^th January to 10^th January, 2010
• 3rd National CME in Haematology in January, 2007

Webinars Conducted:

• Anticoagulation in COVID 19. Held on 25^th June 2021
• SGLT2 Inhibitors in HF with or without Diabetes.  Held on 21th June 2021
• Case based discussion on Clopidorel. On 1^st June 2021 with Dr. Ankeet Dedhia. Panelist
• API DIAS: Dissemination of Updated Information through API Speakers: Anchor. 22^nd May 2021
• API DIAS: Dissemination of Updated Information through API Speakers: Anchor. 20^th September 2020
• Hypertension Therapeutics Conclave: Panellist. 18^th September 2020
• Complex case presentation: Bifurcation PCI: Side branch stent jeopardising the MV Stenting. 5^th September 2020
• Classy Cardiologists Academy (CCA): Complex/Complication Case Learning. Speaker and Presenter on a Complex coronary case on PAMI in Primary PCI.  13^th September 2020
• Antithrombotic Therapy: Panel Discussion. 12^th September 2020
• TCT India/South Asia 2020: Panellist for Virtual Renal Denervation Workshop on 2^nd August 2020
• Acute Decompensated Heart Failure: Use of ARNI in DeNovo Heart Failure: Webinar with Dr. Nihar Mehta and Dr. Rushi Deshpande on 30^th July 2020
• TAVR: Sure, it’s your cup of tea; - TAVR in Bicuspid Aortic valves: Webinar with Dr. AB Mehta, Dr. Peter Andreka, Dr. Nihar Mehta and Dr. Maulik Parekh. 4^th July 2020
• Conducted a Quiz during the Cardiodiabetes webinar conducted by Dr. AK Das and Dr. Uday Jadhav on 28^th June 2020
• Heart Failure: Case based approach: 13^th June 2020
• Digital Patient consultation & Triaging post lockdown – Practical experience of Cardiologist – 16th May 2020
• Subset Analysis of the COMPASS trial – 12th May 2020
• Management of Comorbidities in Heart Failure – 9th May 2020 – attended by about 300 delegates

Memberships:

Memberships:

• Governing Body Member, Association of Physicians of India (API)
• Governing Body Member, Hypertension Society of India (HSI)
• Editorial Board, JAPI
• Governing Body Member, Cardiological Society of India, Mumbai Chapter