Dr Pramod Kumar

Director & HOD Cardiology - Interventional Cardiology Heart Hospital

Patna

About

Pioneered Transradial intervention in North India

Expert in pacemaker implantation, primary angioplasty and heart failure management

Received Times - Personality of the Year award and Bihar Lifetime Achievement award by The Cardiological Society of India

Dr. Pramod Kumar is the Director and Head of Department of Cardiology in Jay Prabha Medanta Super Specialty Hospital in Patna. He earned his MD at RIMS, Ranchi and his DM in Cardiology at G.B. Pant Hospital in Delhi. He has over 29 years of experience in transradial intervention, pacemaker implantation, primary angioplasty in acute heart attack, and heart failure management. In 2009, he was awarded the Best-Case Award at the prestigious TCT conference in San Francisco, USA. In 2014, he was named Times Personality of the Year, and in 2019, The Cardiological Society of India honoured him with the Bihar Lifetime Achievement Award.

Medical Qualifications

QUALIFICATIONS INSTITUTE / DEPARTMENT YEAR
DM CARDIOLOGYGB PANT HOSPITAL, DELHI1990
MDRIMS RANCHI1985

Specialization and Expertise

  • TRANSRADIAL COMPLEX INTERVENTION
  • COMPLEX PACEMAKER IMPLANTATION
  • PRIMARY ANGIOPLASTY IN ACUTE HEART ATTACK
  • HEART FAILURE MANAGEMENT

Memberships & Certifications

  • Best Case Award, TCT conference, San Francisco, USA 2009
  • Times Personality of the Year, 2014
  • Lifetime Achievement award CSI Bihar 2018
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