Dr. Praveen Chandra

About Dr. Praveen Chandra

• Dr. Praveen Chandra serves as one of the top Indian heart doctor and chief of interventional cardiology at Medanta Medicity, Gurgaon, India.
• First time in India he did Percutaneous Aortic valve implantation without surgery as well as did the first ever percutaneous mitral valve repair.
• He is known as one of the top specialists in Angioplasty in the country and expert in lot of new equipment and technologies.
• He received award for excellence and achievement in the field of medical science with “Padma Shri” in 2016 by the President of India.
• He furthermore worked as director of cardiac Cath lab & acute MI services at Max Healthcare, and consultant cardiologist at Escorts Heart Institute, New Delhi.
• He is a fellow of the catheter-based Intervention society of India and the Asia-Pacific association of Interventional Cardiology.
• Dr. Chandra was a renowned faculty member in multiple international meeting, was the planner and director of the AMI course held in New Delhi for the years 2005 & 2006.
• He has published about 100 articles, reviews as well as synopses in many national and international journals
• He was granted the prestigious recognition award for excellence and achievement in the field of angioplasty in India, 1998.
• He was also the pioneer who used Angio Jet Thrombectomy Device, introduced Percutaneous Myocardial Laser vascularization Program in Asia and the First to use FFR & Bioabsorbable stents in India.

Special Interest

• Percutaneous Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVI)
• Percutaneous Mitral Clip Implantation
• Percutaneous Tricuspid Valve Replacement (PTRI)
• Percutaneous Mitral Valve Replacement (TMVR)
• Balloon Mitral Valvuloplasty (BMV)
• Acute Myocardial Infarction (MI) Angioplasty
• Coronary Angiography, Angioplasty & Stenting
• Carotid & Renal Angiography, Angioplasty & Stenting (PTA)
• Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA)
• Acute MI Angioplasty

Education

• M.B.B.S (Bachelor of Medicine
• M.D. (General Medicine)
• D.M. (Cardiology)

Treatment

Awards

• Awarded the Padma Shri by the President of India (2016)
• Achieved success and recognition in the field of angioplasty in India (1998)