Medaviate

Dr. K.K. Talwar

Experience: 55 years

Education: MBBS, MD (medicine), DM (cardiology)

Department: Cardiology

Specialization: Cardiologist

Hospital: PSRI Hospital

INTRODUCTION

Dr. k. k. Talwar introduced the endomyocardial biopsy (EMB) procedure at AIIMS in 1986. He deployed the technique in the evaluation and diagnosis of tropical heart muscle diseases, and his findings on the occurrence of inflammatory myocarditis in Takayasu’s arteritis patients have been documented. The first instance of the topic was published in medical literature. He also proposed a therapeutic protocol for reversing the myocardial dysfunction using immunosuppressants. He established a radiofrequency ablation facility in 1992 at AIIMS as a therapeutic procedure for remedying cardiac arrhythmia, and three years later, he introduced the implantable cardioverter-defibrillator implantation procedure in 1995, the first time the procedure was performed in South Asia. The effort earned him a mention in the 1997 edition of the Limca Book of Records. In 2000, he brought cardiac resynchronization therapy to India for the first time. The introduction of a multisite pacing system for managing heart failure and pioneering efforts in electrophysiology and cardiac pacemakers are some of his other notable contributions. His work on cardiac arrhythmia helped develop it as a specialty in India, and he was associated with the heart transplant program at AIIMS. His work has been documented by way of several publications, which include 240 articles and 270 abstracts published in various peer-reviewed medical journals. He has also contributed 15 chapters to various medical texts.

Experience

  • 2005-22016 Consultant at St. Stephens Hospital.
  • Chairman at Max Super Specialty Hospital, Saket.
  • Director at PGIMER, Chandigarh.

Education

  • MBBS – PUNJAB UNIVERSITY, CHANDIGARH, 1969.
  • MD, Medicine, POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH, Chennai, 1973.
  • DM—Cardiology—POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH, CHANDIGARH, 1976.

Memberships

  • The Delhi Medical Council.
  • President, Heart Failure Society of India.
  • Chairperson, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali (IISER).
  • Former Chairman, Medical Council of India.

Awards and Recognitions

  • Ranbaxy Research Award, 1997.
  • C Roy Award, 2000.
  • Padma Bhushan, 2006.
  • Aryabhat Award, 2012.
  • First to implant and introduce implantable cardioverter and defibrillator (ICD) therapy in India and South Asia in 1995.
  • Featured in the LIMCA Book of World Records in 1997 for introducing ICD therapy in India and the South Asian region.
  • First to introduce CRT therapy in India: 2000.
  • Recipient of various ICMR and other national society awards for contributions in the field of cardiology.
  • Sujoy B. Roy Memorial Investigator Award of the Cardiological Society of India, 1986.
  • Searle Award, 1987.
  • Shyamlal Saksena Award from the National Academy of Medical Sciences, 1988.
  • Amrut Mody Unichem Award, 1993.