Brief Profile
Dr Ayan Kar passed out of St Xaviers' Collegiate School as the best outgoing student in science stream and went on to pursue his MBBS training at the prestigious M.S.Ramaiah Medical College in Bangalore.The 5 years of grueling medical training saw him excel in clinical medicine and winning many accolades and respect of both his colleagues and seniors.
Following that he continued to pursue his DNB in general medicine at Apollo Main Hospital Greams Road and was bestowed with the distinction of the best outgoing medical resident with the Haranath Memorial Award.The 3 years of post graduation inculcated in him the astuteness of an experienced clinician .Under the expert tutelage of some of the best specialists in the country it honed him the ability to practice modern medicine at its best.That year saw him publish one of the most commonly cited series on Acute encephalitis syndrome due to scrub typhus.he continued to excel as an astute clinician.
After passing out of general medicine Dr Kar followed in his fathers footsteps and decided to pursue his post doctoral in Cardiology at NH
Rabindranath Tagore International Institute of Cardiac sciences .Here too under the watchful eyes of a gamut of very experienced interventional operators and the mentorship of Dr D Bhattacharyya he has transformed into one of the youngest interventional cardiologists armed with a wide array of interventional skills and procedures that include radial angioplasty low contrast PCI ,cardiac intravascular imaging and complex implantable devices like CRT-P/D
Currently he practices as an interventional cardiologist with a keen interest in cardiomyopathies and is the clinical lead for the Institute heart failure programme.
Qualification
- MBBS
- DNB (Med)
- DNB(Card)
Post held in past
- Junior consultant in cardiology DNB cardiology post doctoral
Fields of Expertise
- Interventional cardiology
- Intravscular imaging
- Cardiac imaging
- Advanced heart failure
Awards & Recognition
- Haranath memorial award for the best outgoing student in general medicine in 2017
- Represented India at the Asian Heart Congress in Seoul,South Korea
Professional Memberships & Certifications
- Life memeber of the west bengal academy of Echocardiography
- Life memeber of the Cardiological society of indian memeber of the indian society of cardiac imaging
Key Procedures Performed
- Radial Angioplasty Low Contrast PCI
- Intravascular Imaging Guided PCI Large Bore Access
- Cardiac Biopsy
- Coronary high risk Interventional Procedures cardiac resynchronization therapy
Rare/ Unique Skills
- Radial angioplasty endomyocardial biopsy
- Pulmonary thrombosuction mechanical circulatory support
Interests
- Travelling
- Hiking
- Music
- Swimming
