Dr. Amit Kumar Chaurasia is an eminent Interventional Cardiologist.
He has over 20 years of experience in this field.
His core competencies lie in Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacements (TMVR), with a particular interest in Balloon Mitral Valvotomy (BMV) and MitraClip procedures. He has completed over 50 left atrial appendage closures.
He is an alumnus of three prestigious institutes in India, having graduated from JIPMER Pondicherry and completed his MD in Internal Medicine from AIIMS New Delhi.
After this, he earned his DM in Cardiology from SCTIMST (Trivandrum).
He furthered his expertise by completing a Fellowship in Complex Coronary and Structural Heart Disease from GOKI in Budapest, Hungary.
He has extensive experience in adult, pediatric, and peripheral interventions and is recognized both nationally and internationally for his work in Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation/Replacement.
As one of the first proctors for TAVI in India, he has performed more than 1,000 TAVI/TAVR procedures, holding one of the highest records in the country. He has also achieved the notable milestone of performing
Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve Replacement (TPVR) in the smallest conduit in India.
Dr. Chaurasia has served as course director, course co-director, and faculty for numerous national and international conferences, training many doctors in these procedures both in India and abroad.
In addition to his work in TAVI, he is an expert in left main intervention, chronic total occlusion (CTO), and other intricate procedures, and he regularly conducts workshops in various locations.
With more than 10,000 cardiac procedures to his credit, he also performs ASD, VSD, PDA, and pulmonary AV fistula device closures. He has a special interest in carotid and aortoiliac interventions, including treatment for aortic aneurysms and dissections (TEVAR and EVAR).
Dr. Chaurasia has considerable experience in advanced catheter-based treatments for hypertension, specifically renal artery denervation.
His interest in research leads to the publication of numerous research papers in reputed journals.
Education
MBBS JIPMER, Pondicherry, 2004
MD, Internal Medicine AIIMS, New Delhi, 2008
DM, Cardiology SCTIMST, Trivandrum, 2011
Fellowship in Complex coronary and Structural Heart Disease (Europe)
Fellow of European Society of Cardiology
Fellow of Asia Pacific Society of Interventional Cardiology