Dr. PavanKumar P Rasalkar , MD (AIIMS), DM (PGIMER), FSCAI (USA) Consultant – Interventional Cardiology. Education: Dr. PavanKumar P Rasalkar is a renowned Interventional Cardiologist in Bangalore and has been trained at apex institutes of India. He completed MBBS from MRMC, Gulbarga, Karnataka, MD Medicine from AIIMS, New Delhi, and DM Cardiology from PGIMER, Chandigarh. Experience: He has more than 12 years of medical experience wherein he has worked for more than 6 years as Super Specialist. He worked as Associate Professor and HOD, Department Of Cardiology , KIMS Bangalore for 4 years. He is USA SCAI approved operator in complex & high risk interventions Area of Expertise: Ÿ Coronary Angiography & Angioplasty including Complex Coronary Interventions . (IVL/ROTA/Left Main/CTO/Bifurcation). Ÿ Peripheral Angiography (Carotid, Renal) & Angioplasty . Ÿ Pacemaker implantation. Ÿ Intra coronary imaging – IVUS, OCT. Ÿ Heart Failure and related device therapy(AICD/CRT).

Publications: Ÿ Member of committee - INOSA guidelines 2014 and Adult Immunization program guidelines 2014 Ÿ Co Authored Chapter on “ Step-by-Step VSD Device Closure” in “ NIC Companion Book Of Interventional Cardiology”, JAYPEE Publishers, 2016. Ÿ A prospective Observational Study Of Radiation Trends in the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory: Khanal S, Rasalkar PK et al, Journal of Clinical and Preventive Cardiology, 2018 Ÿ Successful Endovascular Rescue Using the Brockenbrough Needle Following Inadvertent Stent-Graft Deployment in the False Lumen : Rasalkar PK et al, Journal of Tehran Heart Center, 2022 Presentations: Ÿ Presented a case of difficult double CTO which was tackled successfully “Sequential approach to LAD and Difficult RCA CTO using advanced CTO device” at IJCTO Mumbai June 2017 Ÿ Presented a case of catastrophic complication during TEVAR for Type B aortic dissection which was successfully bailed out “True to false lumen implantation of endovascular graft in type B Aortic dissection, rescued by puncturing the false lumen with Brockenbrough needle and implantation of another graft overlapping the first” at CSI Frankfurt June 2017. Ÿ “BEST INTERVENTIONAL CASE OF THE YEAR” award at INDIA LIVE 2019 for presenting a case of catastrophic complication during TEVAR for Type B aortic dissection.