SPECIALTY

General and Interventional Cardiology

EDUCATION & TRAINING

• July 04 – June 05: Fellowship in Interventional Cardiology at The Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY.
• July 02 – June 04: Fellowship in Cardiology at The Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY.
• July 01 – June 02: Fellowship in Cardiology/Congestive Heart Failure at The Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY & The Bronx VA Medical Center, Bronx, NY.
• July 00 – June 01: Research fellowship in Cardiovascular Thrombosis at The Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY.
• July 97 – June 00: Internship & residency in Internal Medicine, at St. Vincent’s Catholic Medical Centers, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, NY.
• Jan 95 – Dec 95: One-year transitional internship at Medical College of Amritsar, India.
• Aug 90 – Dec 95: MD at Guru Nanak Dev University - Medical College of Amritsar, India.
• Aug 88 – Mar 90 Pre-Medical certificate in science at Khalsa College, Amritsar, India.

AWARDS & HONORS

• 2004 Chief Fellow in Interventional Cardiology at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, NY
• 1996 GND Univ. Medical College valedictorian and gold medals (2) recipient.
• 1994 Best graduate of medical school & member of roll of honor at medical school.

EXPERIENCE

INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY

• High volume operator for coronary angioplasties.
• Elective, primary and complex angioplasties.
• Rotational atherectomy.
• Intravascular ultrasound.
• Balloon aortic valvuloplasty.
• Trans-radial cardiac catheterizations.
• Peripheral interventions.
• Endovenous Laser Ablation of varicose veins.
  

NON-INVASIVE CARDIOLOGY

• EKG.
• Nuclear cardiology.
• Trans thoracic echocardiography.
• Transesophageal echocardiography.
• Stress echocardiography.

CERTIFICATION & LICENSURE

• Diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine: August 2000.
• Diplomate of the ABIM Cardiovascular diseases: November 2004.
• Diplomate of the ABIM Interventional Cardiology: November 2005.
• Fellow of the American College of Cardiology: January 2007
• Licentiate of New York State Medical Board: November 2000
• ECFMG certification: May 1996.

ACADEMIC & RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Cardiovascular Thrombosis, Tissue Factor and Low Molecular Weight Heparins
• Intracoronary Brachytherapy
• Coronary Artery Disease in Diabetics
• HIV & Coronary Artery Disease

EXTRA CURRICULAR INTERESTS: Tennis, astrophysics and aerodynamics.

LANGUAGES SPOKEN: Fluent in English, Hindi, Punjabi, Urdu and Basic Spanish.

COMMUNITY SERVICE: Volunteer Physician, Local Sikh Temple, NY.
Various educational heath programs for local community