Dr. Anil Kumar R

MBBS MD DM - Cardiology MRCS (UK)

Dr. Anil Kumar is an interventional cardiologist who has a vast experience of 26 years in the field of clinical and academic Cardiology. He trained in the best of medical institutes in India. He started the program of coronary angiography and angioplasty, including primary angioplasty in JIPMER in 1995. He was awarded the Commonwealth Scholarship in 1996. He worked at the Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, from 1996 to 1997 and trained in Cardiac Electrophysiology. He was directly appointed as Associate Professor of Cardiology at JIPMER, Pondicherry after this and he started the program of Cardiac Electrophysiology and radiofrequency ablation in the institute. He was appointed the Professor of Cardiology at JIPMER in 2002. He was involved in starting the post-doctoral program (DM ) in Cardiology at JIPMER and has trained many doctors in invasive cardiology. Subsequently, Dr Anil Kumar worked as Head of Department of Cardiology at the Belhoul Specialty Hospital, Dubai, UAE from June 2005 till August 2013 and led a successful interventional cardiology program at the hospital. He started the electrophysiology program at Belhoul Hospital, Dubai, a first in UAE. He has vast experience in coronary interventions, balloon valvuloplasty, pacemakers and defibrillators.