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Chief Consultant - Heart failure clinic & Echocardiography

Dr.R. Shanmuga Sundaram

MD Gen. Medicine, DM Cardiology

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Doctor Schedule
New OP Days
Wednesday8am - 5pm
Review OP Days
Saturday8am - 5pm
Clinical Experience
16 Years
Specialty
Heart Failure Clinic & Echo Cardiography
Languages
  • Tamil & English

Educational Qualifications

  • M.B.B.S : PSG Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
  • M.D (Internal  Medicine) :  Institute of Internal Medicine, Madras Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
  • DM (Cardiology) : Sri Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences And Technology, Trivandrum, Kerala

Clinical Expertise

  • Dr Shanmuga Sundaram is currently working as a Chief consultant, Heart failure and Echocardiography in GKNM Hospital, Coimbatore.
  • He completed his Super speciality training in Cardiology at Sri Chitra
    Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology. He was working as an Assistant professor in the Department of Cardiology, Christian Medical College, Vellore. Subsequently he was working as an Associate Professor and then as a Professor in the Department of Cardiology, at PSG Institute of Medical Sciences and Research.
  • He has published more than 20 articles in various National and International journals. He has been an Examiner for DM cardiology Courses under Various Universities.
  • He underwent training for Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation at Papworth Hospital UK. Currently he is running the Heart failure Clinic in GKNM Hospital Coimbatore. Cardiac catheterization, endomyocardial biopsy, Ambulatory inotropic therapy and Cardiac rehabilitation are some of the services being offered in Heart failure clinic.
  • Multidisciplinary team management involving Heart Failure Cardiologist, Electrophysiologist and Cardiac surgeons ensures optimal management of patients with advanced heart failure including device therapy (ICD and CRT), Left ventricular Assist devices and Heart transplantation.
  • He is also running Echocardiography services at GKNM Hospital. Advanced Echocardiography, Stress Echocardiography, Contrast Echocardiography, 3D echocardiography and Trans Esophageal Echocardiography are some of the services being offered in the division of Echocardiography apart from routine Transthoracic Echocardiography.
  • Worked as an Interventional Cardiologist in the Department of Cardiology PSG hospitals from 2010 to 2020. Has special interest and training in Advanced Heart Failure and Heart Transplantation.
  • Underwent training in Advanced Heart Failure and Heart Transplantation in Papworth Hospitals UK (2018)
  • Observership in Advanced Heart Failure and Heart Transplantation in Gleneagles Global hospital Chennai
  • Observership in Advanced Heart Failure and Heart Transplantation in Fortis Malar hospital Chennai
  • Running multidisciplinary Heart failure clinic in GKNMH
  • In charge of Echocardiography lab in GKNMH

Awards & Achievements

  • Awarded “Edmond Lorede Gold medal” in the examination conducted at Institute of Internal Medicine, Madras Medical College, Chennai. (May 2005)
  • Awarded distinction during MBBS career in Anatomy, Biochemistry, Pharmacology, Opthalmology and Oto Rhino Laryngology. (July 1995 to Jan 2001)
  • Presented multiple research papers in Many national conferences

Professional membership

  • Indian Medical Association
  • Cardiological Society of India
  • Indian Academy of Echocardiogrphy
  • Member Cardiological society of India
  • Member Cardiological society of India-Coimbatore
  • Joint secretary Cardiological society of India-Coimbatore
  • Member International society for Heart and Lung Transplantation
  • Member of Heart Failure Association – ESC

Research & Publications

  • Contribution in Textbooks: Manual of Heart Failure Management by Heart
    failure association of India – Chapter “FOLLOWING UP OF PATIENTS WITH
    HEART FAILURE IN THE OUTPATIENT SETTINGS:THINGS TO REMEMBER”
  • Contribution in Textbooks: Hypertension new frontiers – First edition (1 January 2021) By HK Chopra –
    Chapter “Echocardiographic assessment in patients with Systemic hypertension”
  • Contribution in Textbooks: A chapter on “Vasoreactivity testing in Pulmonary hypertension” –
    CSI Update 2021.
  • Publications: Published more than 20 articles in various national and international journals.
  • Aashiq Ahamed, Nimmy George, Shanmugasundaram Radhakrishnan , Sivakumar Velusamy, Tamilarasu Kaliappan, Impact of clinical audit on adherence to the guidelines directed medical therapy in patients admitted with heart failure. Curr Drug Saf 2020;15(2):117-123
  • Shanmuga Sundaram, Tamilarasu Kaliappan, Rajendiran Gopalan, Ramasamy Palanimuthu, Premkrishna Anandhan, Rinku Mary Joseph Mechanism and Immediate Outcome of Significant Mitral Regurgitation Following Balloon Mitral Valvuloplasty with JOMIVA Balloon. Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research. 2017 Mar, Vol-11(3)
  • Shanmuga Sundaram Rathakrisnnan, Ramona Ramasamy, Tamilarasu kaliappan, Rajendiran Gopalan, Ramasmy palanimuthu, Premkrishna Anandhan Immediate Outcome of Balloon Mitral Valvuloplasty with JOMIVA Balloon during Pregnancy Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research. 2017 Feb, Vol-11(2)
  • Shanmuga sundaram Rathakrishnan, K.Tamilarasu kaliappan,Rajendiran Gopalan, Dr. Ramasamy Premkrishna Anandhan Vascular Dysfunction in Patients with Coarctation of the Aorta Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences  Volume 15, Issue 11 Ver. X (November. 2016)
  • Venkateswararao S, Rajendiran G, Shanmuga Sundaram R, Mounika G. Kounis syndrome secondary to intravenous cephalosporin administration. J Pharmacol Pharmacother. 2015 Oct-Dec;6(4):225-7
  • Shanmuga Sundaram Rathakrishnan, Murali Alagesan, Tamilarasu Kaliappan, Rajendiran Gopalan. Recurrent Iodinated Contrast Material-Induced Sialadinitis: Heart India 2015 Oct – Dec ;3(4)
  • Shanmuga sundaram rathakrishnan, Tamilarasu,Rajendiran Beware of Venous Anomalies in Young Patients with Sick Sinus Syndrome: A Report of Two Cases of Sick Sinus Syndrome with Systemic Venous Anomalies.  Heart Views 2015;16:107-10.
  • R Shanmuga sundaram, G Rajendiran, MB Pranesh, E Prasanna Venkatesan Transient memory steal: A rare phenomenon of subclavian steal syndrome. Journal of postgraduate medicine 2015.Jan-Mar; 61 (1): 54
  • Shanmuga sundaram Rathakrishnan, Rajendiran Gopalan, Tamilarasu Kaliappan  All Breathlessness in Mitral Stenosis is Not Pulmonary Edema- A Case of Mitral Stenosis with Cardio Respiratory Arrest. Journal of Cardiovascular Disease Research 2014 .Oct-Dec; 5(4):57-9
  • Shanmuga sundaram Rathakrishnan, Murali alagesan, Rajendiran.G  Therapeutic dilemma- Acute coronary syndrome in the presence of severe mitral stenosis Journal of Indian College of Cardiology 2014. June;4(2):128
  • Joseph G, Thomson VS, Shanmuga sundaram.R. Corsair microcatheter for retrograde coronary chronic total occlusion recanalization: early experience outside the realm of dedicated recanalization specialists. Indian Heart J. 2012 Jul-Aug; 64 (4): 388-93
  • Shanmuga Sundaram R, Tamilarasu K, Rajendiran G, Murali A  An uncommon presentation of a rare disease – high-degree AV block with takotsubo cardiomyopathy. Indian Heart J. 2012 Sep-Oct; 64 (5): 511-4
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