Dr. Prafulla Kerkar

Dr Prafulla Kerkar is a highly esteemed Interventional Cardiologist in Mumbai with 44 years of experience. He is currently associated as a Consultant with:

• Asian Heart Institute, Mumbai
• King Edward Memorial Hospital, Parel (KEM Hospital), Mumbai

Doctor Prafulla Kerkar has contributed to handling numerous complex medical cases in several hospitals. He is known for his attention to accurate diagnosis and for treating patients empathetically.

He is an accomplished Cardiologist with expertise in performing cardiac interventions for both adults and paediatric patients.

He has been actively involved in the development of interventional cardiology programs since 1988 at KEM Hospital, Mumbai.

He has successfully performed over 5,000 catheterisation procedures and holds the record for performing the world's largest series of non-surgical closure of RSOV.

Dr Prafulla Kerkar is fluent in English and Hindi.

The speciality interests of Dr Prafulla Kerkar are:

• Coronary Angioplasty
• Mitral Valvuloplasty
• Aortic Valvuloplasty
• Pulmonic Valvuloplasty
• Device Closure of ASD, VSD and PDA
• Fistula Closure
• Non-Surgical Closure of RSOV
• Catheterisation Procedures
• Complex Cardiac Interventions
• Paediatric Cardiac Interventions

He is also an active member of the following professional organisations:

• Cardiological Society of India (CSI)
• Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI)
• European Society of Cardiology (ESC)
• American College of Cardiology (ACC)

Dr Prafulla Kerkar did his:

• MBBS from University of Mumbai in 1982
• MD (General Medicine) from University of Mumbai in 1981
• DM (Cardiology) from University of Mumbai in 1989
• Fellow of the American College of Cardiology (FACC)
• Fellow of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (FSCAI)
• Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology (FESC)

He has participated in research work and various workshops under the Cardiology department.

He received the TCT Award for treating the most challenging Asia Pacific case in 2005 and the Best Doctor’s Award from the Youth Organisation for Unity in 2006.

He is a member of the editorial board of the Postgraduate Journal of Medicine and has served as the Scientific Secretary of the Cardiological Society of India from 2009 to 2010.

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