CURRENT PROFESSIONAL STATUS

Consultant, Invasive & Interventional cardiology, Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi.

MEDICAL LICENSURE:

• Registration issued by Punjab State Medical Council: 28055
• Registration with Delhi Medical Council : 6668

UNDER GRADUATION:

• Sept 88 to Dec 92 M.B.B.S. from Govt. Medical College, Amritsar, India (Guru Nanak Dev University).
• Jan. 93 to Jan. 94 One year compulsory rotating Internship duty at Govt. Medical College & Hospital, Amritsar & Govt. Medical College & Hospital, Patiala.
• Worked as rotating intern in the department of Medicine, Surgery, Preventive & Social Medicine, Gynaecology & Obstetrics, Opthamology & ENT.

POST GRADUATION

1994 to 1997 Residency in Internal Medicine at Govt. Medical College & Hospital (Punjabi Univ.) Patiala, India, leading to Board Certification in first attempt.

BOARD CERTIFICATION

1999 to 2002 Two years residency in Cardiology at Escorts Heart Institute & Research Centre, New Delhi, India, leading to National Board Certification (DNB Cardiology).

POSITIONS HELD

• Consultant – Interventional cardiology July 2007 Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi
• Associate Consultant – Interventional cardiology July 2006 – July 2007 Escorts heart Institute & Research Centre, New Delhi.
• Junior Consultant – Interventional cardiology Nov. 2004 – July 2006 Escorts heart Institute & Research Centre, New Delhi.
• Attending cardiologist in Department of Jan 2002 –Nov 2004 Interventional Cardiology at Escorts heart Institute & Research Centre, New Delhi.
• Senior Resident in Department of March,1998-Jan,2002 Cardiology at Escorts heart Institute & Research Centre, New Delhi.
• Junior Resident 1994 - 1997 Department of Internal Medicine Govt. Medical College Patiala, India.
• Internship (Rotating) 1993 - 1994 Govt. Medical college & hospital Patiala (Punjab), India.

COMMUNITY SERVICES

Worked in the rural & community services for 3 months in 1993 during rotatory internship posting. Actively participated in free health check up camps in rural areas of Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat in India & responsible for implementation of Community Outreach Program started by Escorts Heart Institute & Research Center, India.

HONORS & AWARDS

Awarded Merit Scholarship by State Education Board in Middle & High class

ACADEMIC / TEACHING EXPERIENCE

As Junior Resident in Govt. Medical College, Patiala – Regular formal teaching of students of the Medical College posted to the Department of Internal Medicine

Regular organization / presentation of journal club, case presentations etc.

Attended & presented papers/abstracts in various Conferences/CMEs

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE: Prevalence of HBs Ag in patients of alcoholic liver disease-(Dissertation for MD degree course in Internal Medicine).

PAPERS

1. Early PTCA after acute MI-E.H.I.R.C. experience- AKomar, Rajneesh kapoor, Nishith Chandra, RR kasliwal, Naresh trehan, Indian Heart Journal, 50(9) : 613; 1998.

2. Efficacy of IVC filter implantation in prevention of pulmonary embolism- Rajneesh kapoor, Atul mathur, Nishith Chandra, Ashok omar, RR kasliwal, Naresh trehan. , Indian Heart Journal , 52 :740; 2000.

3. Effect of significant MR on outcome of CABG in patients with CAD and LV dysfunction- RR kasliwal, Sanjay mittal, Rajneesh kapoor, Sameer shrivastava, Vijay kohli, Naresh trehan, Indian Heart Journal , 52 :706; 2000.

4. Prevention of coronary artery disease from childhood- Rajneesh kapoor, Savitri shrivastava, Indian heart journal,vol.54,6,726-730;2003.

5. Stenting of Vertebral artery ostial lesions- Atul mathur, Rajneesh kapoor, A seth, Narendra khanna, Nishith Chandra, Roopa salwan, Dhirendra singhania, Sunil aggarwal, Ravi R kasliwal, Naresh trehan. Indian Heart Journal, 53 :631; 2001.

6. Carotid artery stenting with or without neuroprotection- Rajneesh kapoor, Atul mathur, Ashok seth, Narender khanna, Nishith Chandra, Shashi ranjan, Parveen Chandra, Reyan anis, Ravi R kasliwal, Naresh trehan., Indian Heart Journal, 53 :631; 2001.

7. Safety & efficacy of transcatheter closure v/s minimally invasive surgery (Heart port access) for closure of atrial septal defect- Radhakrishnan S, Mahajan V, Shrivastava S, Kapoor R. Abstract presented- Pediatric Intervention Cardiac Symposium- PICS V1.

8. Our Initial experience with Drug – Eluting Stents – J ezhilan, A mathur, A seth, TS kler, S bhandari, P Chandra, P aggarwal, R salwan, K subramanyam, R kapoor, S aggarwal., Indian Heart Journal, 54 :489; 2002.

9. Thrombectomy devices- current status- R kapoor, P Chandra, A mathur, P aggarwal, R salwan, S bhandari, TS kler, A seth., Indian Heart Journal, 54 :517; 2002.

10. Percutaneous vascular sealing devices in percutaneous coronary interventions – J ezhilan, R kapoor, A mathur, P Chandra, P aggarwal, R salwan, S bhandari, TS kler, A seth, N trehan., Indian Heart Journal, 54 :529; 2002.

11. Neuroprotection during carotid stenting – A mathur, R kapoor, J ezhilan, R salwan, N khanna, A seth, P Chandra, TS kler, N Chandra, N trehan., Indian Heart Journal, 54 :530; 2002.

12. Aortic pseudoaneurysm device closure, case presented – TCT’03.

13. Use of Percutaneous VSD closure device in post M.I. VSD subset., R kapoor, G minocha, YKD bhatta, R salwan, D singhania, P Chandra, S radhakrishnan, A mathur, S shrivastava, A seth., Indian Heart Journal, 55 :459; 2003.

14. Use of Percusurge Guardwire in Primary angioplasty., YKD bhatta, R kapoor, S aggarwal, G minocha, J ezhilan, TA madheshwaran, R salwan, D singhania, P aggrwal, A mathur, P Chandra, A seth., Indian Heart Journal, 55 :482; 2003. 15. Sirolimus eluting stents for treatment of Instent restenotis., G minocha, R kapoor, J ezhilan, YKD bhatta, R salwan, D singhania, K damodaran, P Chandra, P aggarwal, A mathur, S bhandari, TS kler, A seth., Indian Heart Journal, 55 :451; 2003.

16. Coronary thrombus aspiration Using an Export catheter in thrombus containing lesions during primary or elective coronary interventions., G minocha, R kapoor, P Chandra,,R salwan, M shahi, D singhania, P aggarwal, A mathur, M minocha, A dhall, TA madheshwaran, TS kler, A seth., Indian Heart Journal, 55 :452; 2003.

17. Percutaneous Device closure in a post myocardial infarction ventricular septal defect. P gupta, A mathur, S radhakrishnan, S shrivastava, A seth, M shashi, A omar, R kapoor, N chouhan, N trehan. The American Journal of Cardiology, 94 (6) suppl., 2004.

18. Sirolimus eluting stents for the treatment of lesions in small coronary arteries ; Gaurav minocha, Mitu A monocha, Rajneesh kapoor, Roopa salwan, Niraj gupta, Sunil aggarwal, Parveen Chandra, Parveer aggarwal, Atul mathur, Suman bhandari, TS kler, Ashok seth. Indian Heart Journal, 56 (5) : 424; 2004.

19. Role of Drug Eluting Stents in chronic total occlusion ; Niraj gupta, Rajneesh kapoor, Aseem dhal, Gaurav minocha, sunil aggarwal, Dhirender singhania, Roopa salwan, Sanjay chug, Parveer aggarwal, Parveen Chandra, Atul mathur, TS kler, Ravi R kasliwal, Ashok seth. Indian Heart Journal, 56 (5) : 425; 2004.

20. Role of Drug Eluting Stents in Saphenous vein grafts ; Niraj gupta, Rajneesh kapoor, Gaurav minocha, Sanjay kumar, Sunil aggarwal, Dhirender singhania, Roopa salwan, Atul mathur, Parveer aggarwal, Parveen Chandra, Suman bhandari, TS kler, Ashok seth. Indian Heart Journal, 56 (5) : 425; 2004.

21. Drug Eluting Stents with Abciximab cover : A novel way to treat Triple Vessel Disease ; Rajneesh kapoor, Gaurav minocha, Suman bhandari, Roopa salwan, Dhirender singhania, Mitu minocha, Niraj gupta, Praveen Chandra, Parveer aggarwal, TS kler, Atul mathur, Ashok seth. Indian Heart Journal, 56 (5) : 425; 2004.

22. “Proxis” Proximal Embolic Protection Device in saphenous vein graft interventions : Initial Indian Experience ; Sunil K aggarwal, Dhirender singhania, Roopa salwan, Praveen Chandra, Praveer aggarwal, Gaurav minocha, Rajneesh kapoor, Ashok seth. Indian Heart Journal, 56 (5) : 441; 2004.

23. Role of Inferior vena cava Filter in prevention of Pulmonary Embolism ; Nishith Chandra, Rajneesh kapoor, Atul mathur, Gaurav minocha, Bhupinder singh, Ashok Omar, Ravi R kasliwal, Trilochan S Kler, Praveen Chandra, Ashok seth. Indian Heart Journal, 56 (5) : 466; 2004.

24. Endovascular Stenting for Aortic Aneurysms ; Rajneesh kapoor, Gaurav minocha, Nagender Chauhan, Niraj gupta, Sanjay kumar, Kaiser khan, Sunil K aggarwal, Dhirender singhania, Roopa salwan, Madhukar shahi, Atul mathur, Praveer aggarwal, Praveen Chandra, TS kler, Ashok seth. Indian Heart Journal, 56 (5) : 520; 2004.

25. Ventricular septal rupture following Acute Myocardial Infarction ; Mitu A minocha, Ashok K omar, Gaurav minocha, Rajneesh kapoor, Atul mathur, S Radhakrishnan, Ravi R kasliwal, Naresh Trehan. Indian Heart Journal, 56 (5) : 559; 2004.

26. Eptifibatide – Induced profound Thrombocytopenia. N gupta, R kapoor, S bhandari. Indian Heart Journal, 56 No.3 :251-252; 2004.

27. Use of Percusurge in Primary Angioplasty. Rajneesh kapoor, Yadav KD Bhatta, Praveen Chandra. Indian Heart Journal, 57 : 62 – 64; 2005.

Books

1. Non – Invasive CT/ MRI Imaging : Current status. Ashok seth , Rajneesh Kapoor. Medicine Update : 82 – 88 ; 2005.

2. Myths about Beta Blockers. Rajneesh Kapoor, Neeraj Gupta, Savitri Shrivastava. Physician’s Digest: 5-9 ; vol. 14 No. 1, 2005.

PRESENTATIONS Intern ational

• Invited as Faculty to deliver a lecture on “ Role of Distal Protection Devices In cardiology” at a Indo – Pak Joint Cardiology summit held at Lahore, Pakistan ,2005.
• Invited as a Faculty at 3rd Asian Interventional Cardiovascular Therapeutics with Malaysian Cardiovascular Interventional Symposium 2007, 11th -14th July, 2007 held at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to moderate the sessions (including a debate) entitled “How to do Carotid Artery Stenting” “EVAR – TAA “Carotid stenting v/s Carotid endarterectomy”
• Invited as Faculty to do a case presentation “ Closure of Ascending Aortic Pseudoaneurysm with Amplatzer VSD occluder device” at “transcatheter therapeutics (tct) at Washington DC, USA, October (20th – 25th) 2007. • Invited as Faculty to deliver a lecture on “Complex lesion Intervention : SVG” at China Interventional Therapeutics (CIT) 2008 Congress held at Beijing, China, 19 – 23 March, 2008.
• Invited as Faculty to deliver a lecture on Carotid artery stenosis and stroke in Elderly, When to intervene at “World Congress of Preventive & Geriatric Cardiology “WCCPC, 19th march, 2008 held at Gurgaon. 
• Invited as faculty at “Singapore Live 2009” (27th Feb to 1st March 2009) held at Singapore to moderate the sessions entitled. -Live case transmission. -Stent complications. Invited as faculty at “14th Angioplasty Summit TCT Asia pacific, 2009” held at Seoul Korea , April 22-24, 2009 to deliver a lecture on : DES in Acute MI : Indian experience.

PRESENTATIONS National

• Invited to present paper at the 53rd Annual Conference of Cardiological Society of India at Hyderabad, India from Dec 6th –9th, 2001
• Invited to give lecture on “Management of Acute MI” at the monthly meeting of Physicians Forum, Muktsar, Punjab on April 10th, 2002 • Invited to give lecture on “Thrombolytic therapy V/S Primary PCI” at a monthly meeting of Physicians Forum, Sonipat, Haryana on Sept 20th, 2002
• Invited to present paper at the 54th Annual Conference of Cardiological Society of India at Cochin, India on Dec 1st – 4th, 2002 • Invited to give lecture on “Management of Acute Coronary Syndrome” at a monthly meeting of Physicians Forum, Faridkot, Punjab, on March 20th, 2004
• Invited to give lecture on “Management of ST elevation MI” at a monthly meeting of Indian Medical Association, Abohar, Punjab, on June 4th, 2005 
• Invited to conduct “Interactive EKG Session” at the Ambala Cardiology Conference under the auspices of Cardiology Society of India, Haryana chapter, at Ambala City, on Sept 25th, 2005
• Invited to conduct “Basics of CPR” at the Interactive Cardiology CME by Physicians’ Forum, at Jalandhar on Oct 8th, 2006 
• Invited to give lecture on “Role of Primary PCI in Acute MI” at a monthly meeting of Indian Medical Association, Amritsar branch, Punjab, on January 7th, 2007
• Invited to give lecture on “Complex interventional procedures”at a monthly meeting of Indian Medical Association, Karnal branch, Haryana, July , 2007.
• Invited to give lecture on “Management of DVT & Pulmonary Embolism”at a monthly meeting of Indian Medical Association, Panipat branch, Haryana, August , 2007.
• Invited to give lecture on “Lifestyle modification in prevention of CAD” at a National CSI Annual Conference held at Hyderabad , December, 2007.
• Invited as a faculty to give a lecture on “Heat the patient (HOTS Trial) ” at a 3rd Acute MI course held at New Delhi, 25 – 27 Feb. 2008.
• Organized a National Cardiology conference “ New Frontiers in Cardiology & Cardiac Surgery -2008” as a organizing chairman at New Delhi , Feb. 2008.
• Invited as a faculty to co chair the session on “Acute MI CD presentations” at “National Intervention Council” Meet held at Calcutta, 19 – 20 April, 2008.
• Invited as faculty to present a complex carotid intervention case at 2nd Endovascular workshop on carotid interventions 14th Feb 2009 held at New Delhi.

NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES/ MEETINGS

• Attended the 2nd International Symposium on Cardiovascular Surgery and Cardiology in the 2000’s in association with SAARC Cardiac Society organized by Escorts Heart Institute & Research Centre, at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi on 29th to 31st October 1998. 
• Attended the 50th Annual Conference of Cardiological Society of India held at New Delhi from 2nd to 5th December 1999.
• Attended the Indo German Symposium on Inflammatory Heart Diseases under auspices of Indo-German Science of Technology Cooperation, organized by All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi on 28th Jan, 1999
• Attended the 1st Global Revascularisation Summit held at New Delhi from 19th to 21st February 1999. 
• Attended the Second National symposium on Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology, held at G.B. Pant Hospital, New Delhi, India on 7th to 9th April 2000.
• Attended the “Plaque Modification Course, Treating Complex Lesions” organized by Department of Cardiology, Escorts Heart Institute & Research Centre, New Delhi on January 20th, 2002.
• Attended the First Scientific Meeting of Endovascular Intervention Society of India organized by Escorts Heart Institute & Research Centre, New Delhi on March 15th –16th, 2003.
• Attended the “First Course on AMI Intervention” organized by Escorts Heart Institute & Research Centre, New Delhi on January 17th –18th 2004.
• Attended the Annual Meeting of American college of cardiology at Atlanta, USA, March, 2006.
• Attended the Annual Meeting of “transcatheter therapeutics (tct) at Washington DC, USA, October (20th – 25th) 2007.