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Cardiologist in Bangalore

A cardiologist is a physician who is certified to treat problems of the cardiovascular system—the heart, arteries, and veins. Cardiology is classified as an internal medicine subspecialty.Knowledge of internal medicine and other specialties is required to obtain certification.

Cardiologists treat and diagnose disorders of the cardiovascular system. Persons with heart and coronary artery disease are referred to cardiologists. Persons who have had or require heart surgery are referred to cardiovascular surgeons.

City like Bangalore has most number of Cardiology related issues but we have best Cardiologist of world in City and we are very proud of have Dr. Rehan Sayeed and Dr. A. Gopi in our City.

Dr. Rehan Sayeed is the best Cardiologist in Bangalore who is proud owner of the single largest series of Minimal access off pump bypass surgery in the world he has been an innovator always looking for new frontiers. He does most of his surgeries through the minimal access approach and has the largest single surgeon series in the country.

Dr. Rehan Sayeed, a Cardiologist, is an alumnus from the prestigious Madras Medical College where he did his basic medical education and went onto to complete his general surgery training. His quest for knowledge and skill took him to the United Kingdom where he graduated to become a Fellow of the Royal college of Surgeons of Edinburgh. He subsequently returned to India to do his Cardiothoracic training from Apollo Hospitals, Chennai under the mentorship of Dr. M R Girinath where he graduated with a Diplomate of the National Board of Examinations.

In 2004 he joined the prestigious Children’s Hospital of Boston, Harvard University as Senior Resident in Pediatric Cardiac surgery training to do complex congenital heart surgery. The last but not the least leg of his training years were spent at The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, America’s No.1 heart center for the last 13 years in a row. Here he specialized in Heart failure surgery and Mechanical Assist devices/cardiac transplantation. He is certified in Cardiac Transplantation and was a part of the team that implanted the early Total Artificial hearts ( cardiowest). At the clinic he also trained in minimal access cardiac surgery and valve repair surgery. Today he has to his credit over thousand plus minimal access procedures.

On the other front Cardiovascular Medicine, we have best doctor in Cardiovascular Medicine in Bangalore

Dr. A. Gopi is best doctor in Bangalore for Cardiovascular Medicine. During the last 11 years of practice has done over 8000 diagnostic catheterization procedures and around 1500 interventional procedures. Areas of special interest are Primary angioplasty in Acute Myocardial Infarction (Heart Attack) and Carotid Angioplasties. Was part of the team that performed the first successful heart failure device implantation in the state and the first Combo (HFD + ICD) device in South India.

Dr. A. Gopi completed his MBBS from Kempegowda Institute of Medical sciences, Bangalore. After his MBBS course he joined Bangalore Medical College and completed his MD in General Medicine. Simultaneously obtained his Diplomate of the national board (DNB) in Internal Medicine from the National Board of Examinations, New Delhi. Immediately after completing his MD.

He was selected for the DM cardiology course at Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for edical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST), Trivandrum. SCTIMST is an autonomous institute of national importance.

Testimonial link

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/3359001.cms

http://www.apollolife.com/www/healthtopics/cardiac-care/featured-article/smokers-more-likely-to-die-of-heart-disease-than

http://www.hindu.com/2007/09/30/stories/2007093061310400.htm

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/canvas/2004/05/22/stories/2004052200020400.htm

Reference:

http://www.heartcareforyou.in

Medical Institutions of karnataka

Most of the major hospitals of the state are attached to the Medical colleges and they are providing clinical facilities along with almost all specialist services. They function as a referral hospitals to the other institutions which come under their jurisdiction. They are having specialities like Medicine, Surgery, Obstetric, Gynaecology, ENT, Skin and VD, Pathology and Bacteriology, Radiology, Anasethesia, Dental etc., besides latest modern medical services. A brief account of some of the major hospitals of the state is as follows.

1) Bowring and Lady Curzon Hospital, Bangalore (1866) was the only Civil medical institution till 1900 in Bangalore. It had a bed strength of 104 at the beginning and at present, it has a bed strength of 686.

2) Victoria Hospital, Bangalore (1900) inaugurated by Lord Curzon is the biggest hospital in Karnataka. To begin with the accomodation was provided to 100 inpatients. It has facilities like operation theatre, laboratory, pharmacy section etc., It is a teaching hospital. It has a burns ward sponsored by the Mahabodhi Society.

3) K.R.Hospital, Mysore (1876) was a dispensary and in 1918 it was upgraded to a general hospital. Later on, it was converted into a teaching hospital attached to Mysore Medical College. It started with a bed strength of 20 and presently the bed strength has been raised to 1,070.

4) St. Marthas Hospital, Bangalore (1886) was a 40-bed hospital. Now the bed-strength is over 600. There is a school of Nursing attached to it. All types of diseases are treated here. It is equipped with modern medical and surgical facilities.

5) Father Mueller’s Charitable Institution Mangalore had its beginning in the modest Homeopathic Poor Dispensary founded by father Mueller, a German Missionary in 1880. Gradually, it is expanded into a General Hospital by 1895. Now, it is a full- fledged general hospital with all modern facilities.

6) Mary Calvert Holdsworth Memorial Hospital, Mysore (1906) is a hospital for women and children. At present it has grown to 280-bed hospital with all modern facilities.

7) Ellen Thoburn Cowen Memorial Hospital, Kolar, (1910) is a property of Methodist Church in India. It is a 210-bed hospital.

Minto Regional Institute of Opthalmology, Bangalore was founded in 1913 as the Minto Opthalmology Hospital. In 1982, it was upgraded as Minto Regional Institute of Opthalmology with a provision of 277 beds.

9) The Karnataka Health Institute, Ghataprabha, Belgaum District was founded in 1935 with a purpose of bringing modern medical facilities to the doors of neglected villages. It is a 166-bed hospital along with 55- bed maternity ward. Medical and public health services 273

10) Vanivilas Hospital, Bangalore started functioning in 1935 with 250 bed strength exclusively for women and children.

11) St. Philomena’s Hospital, Banglore was founded in 1937 is one of the well equipped hospital with 255-bed provision.

12) The Kempa Cheluvamba (K. C.) General Hospital, Bangalore was started as a maternity hospital in 1939 with a provision of 40 inpatients. Later in 1962 it was converted into a General Hospital with 313 bed strength.

13) Karnataka Medical College Hospital, Hubli, started in 1960 as a teaching College with 150 beds. At present the bed strength is 770. This hospital caters to all branches of medicine with laboratory and pharmacy facilities.

14) St. John’s Medical College Hospital, Bangalore started in 1975. It is a fully equipped modern hospital to treat all types of diseases. The present bed strength is 401.

15) Sanjay Gandhi Institute of Accident, Rehabilitation and Physical Medicine is an autonomous body receiving grant from Government. It started working from April 1984. The Kasturba Medical College Hospital at Manipal and the Government Medical College Hospital at Bellary are also two notable institutions.

There are many private hospitals and Nursing homes in Bangalore. Of them Manipal Hospital, Mallya Hospital and Sri Satya Sai Institute .of Higher Medical Sciences and Super Speciality Hospital in Bangalore are prominent. Manipal, Mangalore, Hubli, Belgaum etc., have full fledged private nursing homes to treat almost all major ailments.