Dr. Sanjay Kumar Chugh

Dr Sanjay Kumar Chugh is a world-renowned Interventional Cardiologist and pioneer of Transradial Interventions with an impressive 43 years of experience.

He is a distinguished expert in the field of cardiovascular medicine, having performed over 25,000 cardiac invasive procedures, including more than 7,000 transradial angioplasties and 2,500 distal transradial coronary procedures.

Doctor Sanjay Kumar Chugh is known for his groundbreaking work in Transradial Angiography and Angioplasty (a painless technique performed through the wrist) and Distal Transradial Angioplasty (performed through the back of the hand).

He is credited with performing India's first transradial rotablation and the world's first 4F slender transradial angioplasty outside Japan.

He has trained numerous cardiologists globally and established Centers of Excellence for transradial interventions across India.

Past Experience:
Throughout his illustrious career, Dr Chugh has held key positions at prestigious institutions globally and in India, including:

• Narayana Superspeciality Hospital, Gurugram (Associate Director and Senior Consultant)
• Fortis Memorial Research Institute, Gurugram (Principal Consultant)
• Escorts Kalyani Heart Center, Gurugram (Head of Department)
• Jaipur National University Hospital, Jaipur (Head of Department)
• Metro Heart Institute, New Delhi (Senior Consultant)
• St. George’s Hospital, London, UK (Lecturer Grade Clinician)
• University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada (Interventional Cardiologist)

The specialty interests of Dr Sanjay Kumar Chugh are:

Complex Coronary Interventions:

• Transradial and Transfemoral Angioplasty,
• Distal Transradial Coronary Procedures
• Primary PTCA for STEMI (Heart Attacks)
• Left Main and Bifurcation Angioplasty
• Chronic Total Occlusion (CTO) Intervention
• Rotablation

Structural Heart Interventions: 

• Valvuloplasty (Mitral, Aortic)
• Atrial Septal Defect (ASD) Closures
• Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO) Closures
• Containment and Embolic Protection Devices (IVC Filters)

Peripheral and Endovascular Interventions: 

• Peripheral Angioplasty
• Carotid Angioplasty and Stenting
• Renal Angioplasty
• Lower and Upper Limb Angioplasty

Device Implantation: 

• Permanent Pacemaker Implantation,
• Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD)
• Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (CRT)

Advanced Cardiac Imaging and Physiology: 

• Intravascular Ultrasound (IVUS)
• Fractional Flow Reserve (FFR)
• Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT)
• Pre-procedure Ultrasound Imaging for Radial Access

Clinical and Emergency Cardiology: 

• Acute Myocardial Infarction Management
• Coronary Care Unit (CCU) Management
• Heart Failure Management
• Echocardiography
• Stress Testing

He is also an active member of the:

1. American College of Cardiology (ACC)
2. Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI)
3. Royal College of Physicians (RCP), Ireland
4. European Society of Cardiology (ESC)
5. British Cardiovascular Intervention Society (BCIS)
6. Canadian Cardiovascular Society (CCS)
7. Cardiological Society of India (CSI)
8. Indian College of Cardiology (ICC)
9. British Society for Heart Failure
10. European Working Group on Exercise and Cardiac Rehabilitation
11. Indian Medical Association (IMA)

Dr Sanjay Kumar Chugh did his:

• MBBS (Honours) from Calcutta National Medical College and Hospital in 1983
• MD General Medicine from Calcutta National Medical College in 1987
• PG Diploma in Cardiology from Calcutta Medical College, Kolkata in 1988
• DM Cardiology from All India Institute Of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi in 1994

Fellowships and Certifications:

• Fellowship in Interventional Cardiology from St George’s Hospital, London, UK (2000)
• Member of Royal College of Physicians (MRCP) from Royal College of Physicians, Ireland (1998)
• Fellow of the American College of Cardiology (FACC) from USA (2005)
• Fellow of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (FSCAI) from USA (2006)
• Fellow of the Cardiological Society of India (FCSI) (2008)
• Fellow of the International Medical Sciences Academy (FIMSA) (2008)

Awards and Achievements:

• Most Challenging Case Award at Transcatheter Therapeutics (TCT), Washington DC, USA (2007).
• Best Core Curriculum in Cardiology Award by Indian Heart Journal at CSI Annual Conference (2015).
• First in the World to perform Distal Transradial PTCA Live Case for ACS (2017).
• First in India to perform Overseas Transradial Live Case Transmission to UK (2011).
• First in the World to demonstrate feasibility and utility of pre-procedure ultrasound imaging to facilitate transradial interventions (published in CCI, 2013).
• First in the World to put forward a hypothesis on 'invasive assessment of myocardial viability' published in BJC and quoted in Circulation (2001).
• University Topper throughout MBBS and MD studies; Merit Scholar, Calcutta University and SAIL (1978-1982).
• Launched India's first Slender Trans Radial Angioplasty Club in 2013.
• Former Physician to His Excellency Shri Pranab Mukherjee (1994-1996).
• Editor-in-Chief: Handbook of Transradial Interventions, Oxford University Press (2022).

He has also participated in research work and various workshops under the Cardiology department and has over 100 publications and 8 book chapters to his credit.

He serves as a referee for renowned journals like JACC and Circulation.

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