Dr RAJESH THACHATHODIYIL

FULL NAME: DR RAJESH THACHATHODIYIL
CONTACT INFO: Phone: (H) 0091 484 2330709
Office: 0091 484 2801234 Ext: 1598
Mobile: 9895028709
Email: rajesht67@yahoo.com, rajesht67@gmail.com, drtrajesh@aims.amrita.edu
DESIGNATION: Additional Professor Clinical Cardiology & Director CT angiogram Programme, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Elamakkara, Kochi, Kerala, INDIA.
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND: Cardiology Fellow July 1995-July 1998
Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, India
Manipal Academy of Higher Education

Internal Medicine Resident May 1992-May 1995
S C B Medical College, Utkal University, Cuttack, India

Medical Student
S C B Medical College, Utkal University, Cuttack, India Oct 1984-Oct 1990
CURRENT POSITION: Additional professor clinical cardiology and director CT angiogram programme
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Senior interventional Cardiologist Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences,Kochi,Kerala,India. Aug 1998 – till date
Director Coronary CT angiogram programme 2005 - till date
Trans radial Interventionalist – spearheads transradial interventional programme at AIMS Hospital, Kochi, Kerala, India.
Fellowship in Heart Failure & Cardiac Transplantation MAYO Clinic, USA 2007-08

I was performing in a year around
 1500 Transthorasic Echocardiograms
 500 TEE s
 1200 Diagnostic Angiograms
 400 PTCAs
 300 Balloon Mitral Commisurotomies
 100 Permanent Single and Dual Chamber Implantations
 4 CRTs
 Supervise ICCU Care
 A teaching programme of 3-4 hrs per day for fellows in cardiology
> Performed over 1000 ct angiograms over the past one year, personally interprets and reports all the CT angiograms.

Coinvestigator in 2 major multicentric Trials
• OASIS 5
• OASIS 6
CERTIFICATIONS AND LICENSES: Cardiology, Board Certified in India 1998
Internal Medicine, Board Certified in India 1995
MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery) 1989
Permanent License OMC 10897
TC 18761
USMLE, Step 1 Passed July 31 2003 Score-182
USMLE, Step 2 Passed July 25 2003 Score-189
USMLE CERTIFICATION 2003
PUBLICATIONS & PAPERS:

Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty with cutting Balloon and stenting for isolated Bilateral Aorto- Coronary Ostial Stnosis in a Young Female: Dr. K K Haridas, Viveka Kumar, Benny Panackal, Vikram Vardhan, T Rajesh, Vijayakumar- Indian Heart Journal Vol 53

Intra Arterial Thrombolysis for left middle cerebral artery embolic stroke during percutaneous mitral commissurotomy- Vijayakumar, T Rajesh, Prasanna kumar, K K Haridas- Cath and Cardiovascular Interventions 20036:58

Fracture of Cutting Balloon Microsurgical Blade Inside Coronary Artery During Angioplasty of Tough Restenosis Lesions: A case Report. K K Hardias, Vijayakumar, Viveka kumar, T Rajesh, N K Mahesh- Catheterisation & Cardiovascular Interventions 2003; 58;199-201

Stenting of Unprotected LeftMain Coronary Artery Stenosis_ Procedural and Early results – K K Haridas, Prakash Kamath, K U Natarajan, T Rajesh, Vijayakumar, Vivek kumar, Indian Heart Journal 1999; 51; 607

Predictors of Normal Epicardial Coronaries in Patients with Clinically suspected Coronary Artery Disease- K U Natarajan, Prakash Kamath, T Rajesh, Vijaya kumar, Vivek kumar, K K Haridas, Indian Heart Hournal 1999; 51; 632

Transient ST elevation in Inferior Leads during Inoue Balloon Mitral Commissurotomy – T Rajesh, Prakash Kamath, KU Natarajan, Vijayakumar, Vivek Kumar. Indian Heart Journal 1999; 51; 510

Transcatheter management of Ventricular Septal Rupture after Myocardial Infarction with the Amplatzer Septal Occluder - Viveka Kumar, M.Vijayakumar, Guruprasad, T Rajesh, C.Rajiv, K.U. Natarjan, P.Kamath, BVPai, K.K. Haridas -Indian Heart Journal 2000; 52; 720

PTCA and Stenting for Ostial Left Anterior Descending Coronary Artery Stenosis: Acute and Intermediate – Term Results - Viveka Kumar, M.Vijayakumar, Guruprasad, T.Rajesh, C.Rajiv, K.U.Natarjan, P.Kamath, BV Pai, K.K. Haridas - Indian Heart Journal - 2000;52;785

Clinical Follow-up of 760 Patients after PTCA: Procedural and Clinical Predictors of Restenosis - K.U. Natarajan, T. Rajesh, M.Vijayakumar, VivekaKumar, C.Rajiv, Guruprasad, P.Kamath, BV Pai, K.K. Haridas - Indian Heart Journal 2000; 52;786

Procedural Results and Intermediate Clinical Outcome after Single –Stage Multivessel Coronary Angioplasty-Stenting -T.Rajesh, Viveka Kumar, C.Rajiv, M.Vijayakumar, K.U. Natarajan, Guruprasad, P.Kamath, BV Pai, K.K. Haridas -Indian Heart Journal 2000;52;793

1 year Outcome of Patients with LV Dysfunction and Pre-Revascularisation Demonstration of Viable Myocardium –T Rajesh. K.K. Haridas, BV Pai, P Kamath, K.U.Natarajn,Vijaya kumar, Viveka Kumar, C.Rajiv - Indian Heart Journal -2001;53;565-590

Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences (AIMS) Multivessel Data Registry - T Rajesh, B V Pai, Vijaya kumar, Viveka kumar, KU Natarajn, P Kamath, KK Haridas Indian Heart Journal, 2002; 54

Acute and Intermediate Results of Percutaneous Coronary Angioplasty in Young Patients(<40 Years of Age): A Retrospective Analysis Prasanna kumar, C Rajiv, Vijayakumar, T Rajesh, K U Natarajana, P Kamath, B V Pai, K K Haridas IHJ 2003; 55

Clinical Profile: Procedural Results and Late Follow up of Women Undergoing Stenting in Coronary Artery Disease: Mahesh Krishnakumar,Prasanna kumar, C Rajiv, Vijayakumar, T Rajesh, K U Natarajan, P Kamath, B V Pai, K K Haridas, IHJ 2003; 55

Cardiac CT - A personal clinical perspective – Rajesh.T, Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging Jan-March 2007.

WORKSHOPS AND MEETINGS: Indo French Training programme in Rouen France 2000
TCT Sept 2003
ACC March 2004
TCT Sept 2004
Singapore live 2006 → Best young interventionalist of the year award