Dr Prafulla Gopinath Kerkar - Interventional cardiologist

Qualifications

1981 - M.B.B.S.- University of Bombay
1986 - M.D. (Int. Medicine)-University of Bombay
1989 - D.M. (Cardiology)- University of Bombay
1989 - D.N.B. (Cardiology)- National Board of Examinations, New Delhi
FACC (USA)

Experience

Current professional appointments

Registrar in Cardiology (May 31, 1987 to July 31, 1989 & Oct 31, 1989 to Jan 31, 1991), K.E.M.H., Bombay
House Officer in Cardiology (August 1, 1986 to May 30, 1987), K.E.M.H. Bombay
Registrar in Intensive Cardiac Care and Medical Intensive Care Unit (Mar 1, 1984 to Feb 28, 1986), Rajawadi Hospital, Bombay.
House Officer in Internal Medicine (Sept 1, 1983 to Feb 29,1984), K.E.M.H. Bombay
House Officer in I.C.C.U. (March 1, 1983 to August 31, 1983), R. N. Cooper Hospital, Bombay
Rotating Internship (December 20, 1981 to December 20, 1982), K.E.M.H. Bombay
Been at Seth GS Medical College and KEMH since 1977.
Cardiology Faculty member - 15 years
Currently Professor and Head of Department of Cardiology, Interventional Cardiologist performing coronary, valvular and pediatric interventions.
Consultant Interventional Cardiologist at ASIAN Heart Institute
Internship and Residency in Medicine and Cardiology at KEMH
Interventional Fellow in Frankfurt, Germany- 1 year
Research Fellow in London, Ontario, Canada
Observer-Trainee in Interventions, Cleveland, USA, Toulouse, France and Milan, Italy.
Visiting Professor to the Michigan State University, USA.
Post graduate teacher for DM in Cardiology, Bombay University.
Examiner for DM Cardiology in Bombay University,
CTC Pune, Shree Chitra Tirunal, Kerala
Fellow of the American College of Cardiology
President Elect-Cardiological Society of India, Mumbai Chapter, 2004
President of Cardiological Society of India, Mumbai Chapter, 2005-06

Awards & Affiliations

Hargobind Medical Foundation Scholar- 1995
JN Tata Endowment Scholar- 1995
TCT award for the most challenging Asia Pacific case- 2005
Life Member of the Cardiological Society of India
President of the Mumbai Branch of the Cardiological Society of India, 2000
Fellow of the American College of Cardiology
President of Mumbai Chapter of Cardiological Society of India,2005-2006

Papers, Presentation & Research

Publications - International

Kerkar PG, Dalvi BV. Balloon atrial septostomy under echocardiographic control. Brit Heart J 1992;67:205.
Kerkar PG, etal . Interrruption of the aortic arch with associated cardiac anomalies: Survival to adulthood. Chest 1993;103:279-280.
Dalvi BV, Vora AM, Kerkar PG. Radio-opaque tipped Mullins. Cathet Cardiovasc Diag 1992;27:244-245
Kerkar PG et al. Unusual tear in Inoue balloon during balloon mitral
valvuloplasty in a patient with mitral stenosis. Cathet Cardiovasc Diag 1994;31:127-129
Kerkar PG et al. Balloon mitral commisurotomy complicated by fatal pericardial tamponade due to "Atrial Stitch". J Inv Cardiol 1994;6:17-20
Kerkar PG et al. A simple technique to cross mitral valve during percutaneous balloon mitral valvuloplasty. Cathet Cardiovasc Diag 1994;161-162
Vora AM, Kerkar PG, Kulkarni HL, Nabar AA, et al. Percutaneous balloon valvuloplasty by the retrograde (Babic) technique in a patient with inferior vena cava stenosis. Cathet Cardiovasc Diag; 36: 291-2.
Kerkar PG, Vora A, Kulkarni HL, Narula D, Dalvi BV. Percutaneous balloon dilatation of cor triatriatum sinister. Am Heart J 1996;132:888-91
Gupta S, Vora A, Lokhandwala Y, Kerkar PG etal. Percutaneous balloon mitral valvuloplasty in mitral restenosis. Eur Heart J 1996;17:1560-1564
Lokhandwala YY, Banker D, Vora A, Kerkar PG, Deshpande JR, Kulkarni HL, Dalvi BV. JACC;1998,32:154-8
Apte NK, Kerkar PG. Health care delivery system and surgical education in India. World J Surg 1994;18:687-90
Haase J, Geimer M, Gohring S, Kerkar P, Agrawal R, Storger H, Preusler W, Schwarz F, Reifart N. Results of Micro stent implantations in coronary lesions of various complexity. Am J Cardiol 1997 Dec 15;80(12):1601-2
The CREATE Trial Group Investigators. Effects of Reviparin, a Low-Molecular-Weight Heparin, on Mortality, Reinfarction and Strokes in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction Presenting with ST-Segment Elevation. JAMA 2005; 293: 427-435
The OASIS-5 Trial Group Investigators. Comparison of Fondaparinux & Enoxaparin in Acute Coronary Syndrome, NEJM, 2006, 354
The Oasis-6 Trial Group Investigator. Effects of Fondaparinux on Mortality & Reinfarction in patients with Acute ST segment elevation Myocardial Infarction. JAMA 2006, 295

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