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GKNM Hospital > Cardiology > Dr. Rajpal K. Abhaichand
Senior Consultant Interventional Cardiologist, Fellow Interventional Cardiology, Paris (France), Director for Cardiovascular Research and Innovation

Dr. Rajpal K. Abhaichand

MD, DM Cardiology, FICPS, FCSI, FACC

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Doctor Schedule
New OP Days
Thursday8am - 5pm
Review OP Days
Mon & Wed8am - 5pm
Clinical Experience

33 years

Languages
  • Tamil, English, Hindi, Telugu Malayalam, Gujarathi & French

Clinical Expertise

  • Performed live CTO and Left main case transmissions in 6th Malaysian Cardiovascular Interventional Symposium (MYLIVE) 2009, “ 8th annual Complex Cardiovascular
  • Catheter Therapeutics (C3): Advanced Endovascular and Coronary interventional Global Summit, Asia PCR Singapore Live 2013, and in Indo Japanese CTO cardiac conference, Hyderabad 2014.
  • Pioneered Transradial coronary angiography and Angioplasty in India.
  • Is a proctor for complex coronary PCI and rotablation in various cities of southern India, including Chennai, Trivandrum, Kochi and Madurai..
  • Performed India’s first Transradial Rotastenting.
  • Was part of the team that performed the world’s first percutaneous management of Lutembacher’s syndrome.
  • Pioneered TAVI in the region.
  • Performed TAVI on 13th May 2016.
  • Teaching faculty for DNB candidates since 2000.
  • Course Director of SPANDAN conference a learning experience Live workshop on Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in 2023 and 2024.
  • Complex coronary interventional procedures
  • Balloon valvotomies
  • Device Closures
  • Rotablation
  • TAVI

Special Work Done

  • Pioneered Transradial coronary angiography and Angioplasty in India. Currently we have the largest series of Transradial coronary artery angiography and Transradial artery angioplasty in India
  • Is a proctor for complex coronary PCI and rotablation in various cities of southern India, including Chennai, Trivandrum, Kochi and Madurai.
  • Performed India’s first Transradial Rotastenting
  • Was part of the team that performed the world’s first percutaneous management of Lutembacher’s syndlrome
  • Euro PCR 2015 at France and also undergone TAVI training at France
  • Performed TAVI on 13th May 2016

Awards & Achievements

  • Distinguished Service to Community Award, Indian Medical Association, Coimbatore branch, India.
  • Distinguished Service Award, , G.Kuppuswamy Naidu Memorial Hospital, Coimbatore, India.
  • Rotary Vocational Excellence Award, Rotary Club of Coimbatore West, India.
  • “Stalwart" of health care award by Times of India Healthcare Achievers Tamilnadu 2018
  • “Inspiring Doctors of India 2018 Award” by Smt Anupriya Patel, Mr Ashwini Kumar Choubay Ministere of State of Health & Family Welfare, Government

Research and Publications

  • Published number of articles in national and international journals
  • Attended as Faculty in national and international conferences.
  • Wrote a chapter in books - • M C Morice, Abhaichand RK: Case 5.The Unprotected Left Main Coronary Artery (LMCA)- A New Frontier For Angioplasty? In:, ed: Case studies in interventional cardiology. Ed, Martin T Rothman, London: CRC press,Taylor & Francis Group, 2004:19-23
  • Wrote a chapter in books -Abhaichand RK, Karthik P, Wilson B: Tricks and techniques in Transradial Percutaneous Coronary Interventions. In: Cardiology Update 2013. Ed,K.Venugopal K, Cardiology Society of India, 2013: 187-192.

Professional membership

  • Indian Medical Association Coimbatore branch
  • Fellow of Cardiological Society of India
  • Fellow of American College of Cardiology
  • Fellow Indian College of Interventional Cardiology
  • Fellow Interventional Cardiology, Paris
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