About Dr. Amit Kumar Chaurasia

Dr. Amit Kumar Chaurasia is an Alumni of three of the best Institutes in India. He graduated from JIPMER (Pondicherry), did his MD in Internal Medicine from AIIMS (New Delhi), and DM (Cardiology) from SCTIMST (Trivandrum). Subsequently, he did his Fellowship in Complex coronary and Structural Heart Disease from GOKI, Budapest (Hungary), where he worked for about three years.

Dr. Chaurasia is a dedicated interventional cardiologist with vast experience in Adult, Paediatric, and Peripheral interventions. He is nationally and internationally recognized for his work in the field of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation/Replacement (TAVI/TAVR). He is one of the first proctors for TAVI in India. He has to his credit one of the highest numbers of TAVI/TAVR procedures in India (more than 1000). He has also performed Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve Replacement (TPVR) in the smallest conduit in India. He also performs Transcatheter mitral Valve Replacements (TMVR) and has a special interest in BMV and Mitra-clip as well. He also has more than 50 left atrial appendage closures to his credit. He has been course director, course co-director, and faculty for many national and international conferences and has helped train many doctors in these procedures in India and Abroad.

Apart from TAVI, he is an expert in complex coronary interventions like Left main intervention, chronic total occlusion (CTO), and other complex procedures and regularly conducts workshops at various places. He has performed more than 10,000 cardiac procedures to date. He also performs ASD, VSD, PDA, pulmonary AV fistula device closures. He has a special interest in performing carotid and aortoiliac interventions, including intervention for aortic aneurysm and dissections (TEVAR and EVAR). He also has a good experience in advanced catheter based treatment of hypertension (Renal artery denervation).

Clinical Expertise

• Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI)
• Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve Implantation (TPVR)
• Mitra Clip
• Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Therapy
• TEVAR/EVAR Complex Coronary Interventions
• Rotational Atherectomy
• Transradial Interventions
• Peripheral Interventions including Carotid and Renal
• Device Closure of Congenital Heart Defects (ASD, VSD, and PDA)
• Pacemakers, ICD’s and Cardiac
• Resynchronisation Therapy Implants
• Balloon Valvuloplasty Permanent Pacemaker Implantation

Teaching & Training Experience

• DNB cardiology advanced trainee supervisor at Artemis Hospital, Gurugram, India from December 2017 to current
• DNB cardiology advanced trainee supervisor at BLK Superspeciality Hospital, New Delhi, India from December 2017 to current
• Assistant Professor Cardiology at Rajiv Gandhi Superspeciality Hospital, New Delhi, India from April 2013 to October 2013
• Assistant Professor Cardiology at College of Medical Sciences, Bharatpur, Nepal from January 2012 to March 2013
• Lecturer in Internal Medicine at College of Medical Sciences, Bharatpur, Nepal from July 2008 to December 2008