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Purshotam Lal
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Purshotam Lal

Indian cardiologist

Dr (Prof.) Purshotam Lal is an Indian Interventional cardiologist known for pioneering over 20 interventional cardiology procedures in India, some of which were also performed for the first time globally. He has received training in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Germany, and has held various academic positions, including as a professor and advisor.2

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Born 1954.1

About

He has the unique distinction of pioneering the highest number of procedures in the field of interventional cardiology for the first time in the country, such as Slow Rotational Angioplasty, atherectomy, rot ablation, stenting, heart hole closure (ASD Closure), etc. He has developed his own techniques for aortofemoral bypass support (partial artificial heart) and the opening of tight heart valves using echocardiography without a cath lab. He performed world's first non-surgical aortic valve replacement using Core Valve. He has been invited by countries such as Italy, Germany and China to present the first care of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) using the COREVALVE. Additionally, he introduced Inuoe Balloon Mitral Valvuloplasty in the country and was the first investigator.

He presented and published scientific papers on all these new techniques for the first time in the country & these were published in Indian Heart Journal. He has been monikered as Father of Interventional Cardiology in India by Adnan Kastrati, Chief Physician and Deputy Director, Cardiovascular Disease Clinic, DHM, Germany for introducing all these techniques in the country. He is a highly decorated interventional cardiologist, having received the highest of Padma Awards - Padma Vibhushan, along with Padma Bhushan and the Dr. B. C. Roy Award by the President of India for his contributions in the development of Interventional Cardiology in India. Additionally, he has been honoured with the Distinguished Achievement Award of the Highest Order by the National Forum of Indian Medical Association for performing the largest number of angioplasties/stentings in the country as a single operator.

He was also recognised by Hans Bonnier, one of the first interventional cardiologists in the world, who congratulated him for his skills & achievements for doing the highest number of angioplasties in the country and was impressed with his endeavour to provide affordable healthcare to poor patients without compromising quality of healthcare delivery. He added that, his hospital model should be adopted by other hospitals as well.

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Early life and education

Lal was born in 1954, in a small village of Firozpur District, Punjab, India. He got his early education in his village where there was no electricity. He completed his pre-medical education at DAV College, where he was inducted into the Hall of Fame as one of 80 distinguished alumni in the college's 100-years history. He pursued his medical degree from Medical College, Amritsar and was national merit scholarship holder. After finishing his MBBS from Amritsar, he went to United States in 1977 for further studies.

Lal aimed to share his expertise with his fellow countrymen and spent time at Apollo Hospital, Chennai, where he introduced several cardiology techniques for the first time in India. In 1996, he returned to India as the Coordinator of the Department of Cardiology at Apollo Hospital, Delhi. In 1997, with the mission of providing affordable healthcare to low- and middle-income patients, he established the Metro Heart Institute.

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Career

Occupation: cardiologist.4

He is certified by the American Specialty Board, he has been a fellow of American College of Cardiology, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (USA), American College of Medicine, Royal College of Physicians (Canada), Indian College of Cardiology and British Cardiovascular Intervention Society (BCIS). He is also a member of German Centre for Cardiovascular Research. Lal earned a Doctor of Science degree by Rajasthan University of Health Sciences.

He got involved in the development of various new procedures in the field of interventional cardiology, as an alternative to open heart surgery. He has held the position of assistant clinical professor & attending physician at Michigan State University and Cornell Medical Centre USA, respectively in the Department of Interventional Cardiology. He was also the visiting consultant in UK & Germany where he was involved with advanced interventional cardiology techniques under the guidance of Professor Kaltenbach, including long-wire and slow rotational angioplasty techniques. He has also been appointed as a professor and advisor in the department of interventional cardiology at Rajasthan University of Health Sciences and has served as an honorary professor and member of the National Advisory Board at Jaipur National University Institute for Medical Sciences and Research Centre.

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Personal life

  • CitizenshipIndia5

Awards

  • 2003Dr. B. C. Roy Award6
  • Date not recordedFellow of the American College of Cardiology6
  • Date not recordedPadma Bhushan6
  • Date not recordedPadma Vibhushan6

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