I am the medical director of cardiac electrophysiology at Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital, Memorial Healthcare System. I am board certified in pediatrics, pediatric cardiology, adult congenital heart disease (ABIM), pediatric electrophysiology (IBHRE) with residencies and fellowships training in pediatrics, pediatric cardiology and the subspecialties of pediatric electrophysiology and pediatric interventional cardiology.

This unique mix of knowledge, expertise and experience allows me to care for children and adults with congenital heart defects and complex rhythm problems including fast heart rhythms (supraventricular tachycardia or SVT) requiring medications or ablation procedures; slow heart rhythm managed with pacemakers; and dangerous abnormal rhythms (such as ventricular tachycardia or VT) treated by medications, ablations and defibrillators.

I was drawn to pediatric cardiology and cardiac electrophysiology, due to my fascination for the mathematical, deductive and problem-solving nature of these sciences and the use of interventions and technology in addition to traditional medications to cure and treat conditions. Throughout my 25+ year medical career in India, the United Kingdom and the USA, my priority has been the involvement of family and their values in a personalized care plan. I see it as a coveted privilege to care for patients and their families and strive to bring the medicine, technology and available options to them, and then simplify it all into a family-centric treatment plan. In my opinion, family engagement is critical, as the treatment plan with the same science may be different for families/patients depending on many factors.

The most rewarding aspect of my work is the daily interaction with kids. I continue to learn from their perspective about their conditions and lives and often take inspiration and information to help others that I treat.

Hospital Affiliations

• Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital
• Memorial Hospital Miramar
• Memorial Regional Hospital

Gender

• Male

Languages

• English
• Hindi urdu

Education

All India Institute Of Medical Sciences, 1999

Internships

All India Institute Of Medical Sciences, 2000

Residency

Albert Einstein Medical Center, 2007, Pediatrics
All India Institute Of Medical Sciences, 2002, Pediatrics

Fellowships

Emory University School of Medicine, 2011, Pediatric Cardiology
Emory University School of Medicine, 2012, Electrophysiology
Emory University School of Medicine, 2013, Interventional Cardiology

Certifications

American Board of Internal Medicine-Adult Congenital Heart Disease
American Board of Pediatrics-Pediatric Cardiology
American Board of Pediatrics-Pediatrics

Publications

Presentations

• Cardiac Catheterization Imaging in Adult Congenital Heart Disease in the Catheterization Lab (Invited Lecture). NASCI 2023 Annual Meeting North American Society for Cardiovascular Imaging, Phoenix, USA. 09/11/2023
• Imaging Transseptal and Transbaffle access techniques (Invited Lecture). NASCI 2022 Annual Meeting North American Society for Cardiovascular Imaging, Cleveland, USA. 09/20/2022
• Imaging in the Catheterization Lab in ACHD (Invited Lecture). NASCI 2021 Annual Meeting North American Society for Cardiovascular Imaging, Boston, USA. 09/20/2021
• Catheter Angiography in Interstage Single Ventricle: Pros and Cons. (Invited Lecture). NASCI 2018 Annual Meeting North American Society for Cardiovascular Imaging, Charleston, USA. 09/24/2018
• Pediatric and Adult Congenital Arrhythmias Management: Techniques and Challenges (Invited Lecture). International Academy of Cardiology, Annual Scientific Sessions 2019, 23rd World Congress on Heart Disease, Boston, USA. 07/29/2018
• Fontan Procedure: Anatomy and Complications. (Invited Lecture). NASCI 2017 Annual Meeting, North American Society for Cardiovascular Imaging, San Antonio, TX, USA. 10/09/2017
• Device therapy for Long QT syndrome. (Invited Lecture). 50th Southeast Pediatric Cardiovascular Society Meeting, Southeast Pediatric Cardiovascular Society, Atlanta, GA, USA. 09/30/2017
• Mahaim fiber related tachycardia. (Invited Lecture). 2017 PACES - Advancing the field, Pediatric & Congenital Electrophysiology Society (PACES), Orlando, USA. 02/21/2017
• Congenital Aortic Arch obstructions and extra-anatomic repairs. (Invited Lecture). NASCI 2016 Annual Meeting, North American Society for Cardiovascular Imaging (NASCI), Baltimore, USA. 10/17/2016
• A case series of the new Subcutaneous- ICD implants in a pediatric center, Southeast Pediatric Cardiology Society Conference, Southeast Pediatric Cardiovascular Society, Birmingham, AL. 09/25/2015
• Transcatheter recanalization of isolated left pulmonary artery in a 2 month old with Tetralogy of Fallot, North American Society for Cardiovascular Imaging Annual Meeting, North American Society for Cardiovascular Imaging (NASCI), San Diego, CA. 09/28/2015
• Veno-venous collaterals. North American Society for Cardiovascular Imaging Annual Meeting, North American Society for Cardiovascular Imaging (NASCI), San Diego, CA. 09/27/2015
• Tetralogy of Fallot. North American Society for Cardiovascular Imaging Annual Meeting, North American Society for Cardiovascular Imaging (NASCI), New Orleans, USA. 09/22/2014
• Radiation Dose in Cardiac Catheterization. North American Society for Cardiovascular Imaging Annual Meeting, North American Society for Cardiovascular Imaging (NASCI), Atlanta, USA. 09/28/2013.

Awards

• Bristol-Myers Squibb Travel Award ACC 60th Annual Scientific Session, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2011 
• Annual Fellows Research Competition Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta (Finalist), Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, 2010
• Outstanding Investigator Award Fifth Charleston Pediatric Electrophysiology Symposium, Charleston, South Carolina, 2009
• Louis B. Schatz Memorial Award (Outstanding resident with academic and clinical excellence, professional conduct and research ability) Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, 2007 
• Resident-Teacher of the Year Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, 2007
• Annual Research Competition Albert Einstein Medical Center (First Place), Philadelphia, PA, 2006