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Dr. Pawan Poddar Director of Cath Lab and Senior Consultant Interventional Cardiologist
Dr. Pawan Poddar
MD (AIIMS), DM (PGI), FSCAI, FESC, FACC
Department: Cardiology
Designation: Director of Cath Lab and Senior Consultant Interventional Cardiologist
Years Of Experience: 12
Location: Malakpet
Languages: English, Hindi, Telugu
Med Reg No: 48073
Book An AppointmentDr Pawan Poddar is one of the leading Cardiologist in the city. He has done his post graduation in Internal Medicine from All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi and his DM in Cardiology from Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh – two of India’s most prestigious medical education institutes. His work ethics and commitment to patient care is unparalleled. He is passionately involved at all levels of patient management. He is a very skilled interventionist doing a large number of complex interventions.
Education Qualifications
- MBBS - 2002 (Osmania Medical College)
- MD Internal Medicine - 2006 (AIIMS New Delhi)
- DM Cardiology - 2009 (PGIMER Chandigarh)
Experience
- Dr Poddar is an astute clinician with vast clinical experience. He is one of the leading Cardiologist in Hyderabad. He has done more than 15,000 diagnostic coronary angiograms and more than 3500 coronary angioplasty and stenting procedures including complex coronary interventions like chronic total occlusions, bifurcation stenting, saphenous venous graft interventions. His area of interest include complex coronary interventions and structural heart interventions like TAVR and Valve in valve procedures. He has done lot of complex coronary interventions using intracoronary imaging modalities like IVUS and OCT and also used calcified plaque modulating techniques like rota ablation and Intravascular lithotripsy (IVL). He has done large number of peripheral interventions (including renal and carotid angioplasty and stenting), more than 300 permanent pacemaker implantations (including ICD and CRT implantations), numerous pediatric right and left heart cardiac catheterizations and also pediatric structural interventions like ASD, VSD, PDA and RSOV device closures.
Services offered
- Coronary angiography
- Coronary angioplasty and stenting
- Complex Coronary Interventions like Left Main Stenting, Bifurcation stenting, Interventions for Chronic Total Occlusions and Saphenous Vein Graft Interventions
- Coronary Imaging like Intravascular Ultrasound (IVUS) and Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) guided Coronary Interventions
- Fractional Flow Reserve (FFR) guided Coronary Interventions
- Rota ablation and other calcified plaque modifying techniques like Intravascular lithotripsy (IVL)
- Carotid Stenting with Protection Devices
- TAVR including Valve in valve procedures
- Percutaneous Transvenous Mitral Commissurectomy (PTMC)
- Mitral Valve in valve procedures
- Device closures for Atrial Septal Defect (ASD), Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD), Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA), Ruptured Sinus of Valsalva (RSOV)
- Pacemaker implantations including single and dual chamber pacemakers
- Micra leadless Pacemaker Implantation
- Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (CRT)
- AICD Implantations
- Pediatric Cardiac Catheterizations
- Aortic Stent Graft Procedures including TEVAR, EVAR and Stenting for Coartation of Aorta
- Dedicated heart failure clinic with a successfully running heart transplant program
Special Interest and Expertise
- Complex Coronary Interventions including :
- Left Main Interventions
- Bifurcation Stenting
- CTO interventions
- Saphenous Vein Graft Interventions
- Rota ablation assisted interventions
- IVUS and OCT guided interventions
- Intravascular Lithotrypsy (IVL) assisted interventions
- CHIP interventions
- Impella and ECMO assisted interventions
- Structural Heart Interventions including:
- ASD device closures
- VSD device closures
- PDA device closures
- RSOV device closures
- LA appendage closures
- TAVR
- Aortic and Mitral Valve in valve procedures
- Aortic interventions including
- TEVAR
- EVAR
- Coarctation of Aorta
- Pacemaker implantations including
- Single and Dual Chamber Pacemakers
- Micra leadless pacemakers
- Single and Dual Chamber ICDS
- Cardiac Resymchronization Therapy (CRT)
Professional Membership
- Life Member - Cardiology Society of India
- Life Member - Paediatric Cardiology Society of India
- American College of Cardiology
- European Society of Cardiology
- Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions
Research & Publications
- Chapters in Text Book:
- 1.Talwar KK , Poddar P Disorders of Myocardium in Munjal YP, ed. API Textbook of medicine, ninth edition. Jaypee brothers medical publishers (P) LTD, 2012:728-736
- National and International Indexed Publications:
- 1.Poddar P, Gurizala S, Rao S. Endovascular stenting of IVC using Brockenbrough's needle in Budd–Chiari syndrome – A case report. Indian Heart J. 2014 May-Jun;66(3):363-5.
- 2.Goel K, Gupta N, Misra A, Poddar P, Pandey RM, Vikram NK, Wasir JS. Predictive equations for body fat and abdominal fat with DXA and MRI as reference in Asian Indians. Obesity 2008 Feb;16(2):451-6.
- Goel K, Misra A, Vikram NK, Poddar P, Gupta N. Subcutaneous Abdominal Adipose Tissue is associated with the Metabolic Syndrome in Asian Indians independent of Intra-abdominal and Total body fat. Heart. 2010 Apr;96(8):579-83.
- 4.Joseph L, Wasir JS, Misra A, Vikram NK, Goel K, Pandey RM, Chandra M, Poddar P, Kondal D. Appropriate values of adiposity and lean body mass indices to detect cardiovascular risk factors in Asian Indians. Diabetes Technol Ther. 2011 Sep;13(9):899-906.
- Talwar KK, Poddar P. Beta Blockers in Cardiomyopathy : Status Report 2010. Indian Heart J. 2010 Mar-Apr;62(2):123-5
- Vijayvergiya R, Poddar P, Behera A, Lal A. Profile of Aortoiliac Disease in Patients with Multivessel Coronary Artery Disease. As-219; Am J Cardiol 2009;103(9):93B
- Goel K, Gupta N, Misra A, Poddar P, Pandey RM, Vikram NK, Wasir JS. Response to "Predictive Equations for Body Fat in Asian Indians". (Letter) Obesity 2009;17(5): 936-937.
- 8.Annavarajula SK, Suryaprakash B, Kashinatham D, Poddar P. Unusual presentation of posttransplant renal artery stenosis ‐ A case report. Indian J Transplant 2021;12:269-71
- Invited Lectures
- “Invasive Strategy is Superior to Medical Therapy in UA/NSTEMI”. Basics and Beyond Cardiology Conference, Hyderabad – June 23, 2012
- “Medical Management of Acute Coronary Syndromes”. Basics and Beyond Cardiology Conference –. 2013
- “Endovascular Stenting of completely Occluded Inferior Vena Cava using Brokenbrough’s Needle”. Oral presentation at EURO PCR 2014, Paris.
Awards and Achievements
- Chikitsha Ratna award from Agrawal Samaj, Andhra Pradesh in 2010
- Bhagwan Dhanvantir Sadbhavna Purusjar from Bharatiya Sanskruti Nirman Pasishad, Hyderabad in 2012
- Received Gold Medal in the subject of Biochemistry during undergraduate training
- Received Best Case Award in Challenging Cases Sessions at 9th Asia Pacific Vascular Intervention Course / Fellows Course 2017
- Received Most Promising Interventional Cardiologist (in Hyderabad) Award at International Health Care Awards at Mumbai in 2017
- Was recognised as one of the most inspiring cardiologist of India by Economic Times during Doctor’s Day Enclave at New Delhi in 2019.
