D.M.Cardiology (Gold Medalist)
D.N.B. Cardiology, FSCAI (USA), M.D. Medicine
Consultant Interventional Cardiologist
Dr Rhishikesh Umalkar is a young and dynamic cardiologist. He is presently director of Ganeshaa Heart Care centre nagpur.
He has done his DM in cardiology from prestigious U N Mehta institute of cardiology Ahmedabad. It is one of the best cardiology institute and high volume centre in India. He was honoured with gold medal of Gujrat University in 2016 for his performance in DM examination. He has completed his MD Medicine from GMC Nagpur with honours and was topper in Vidharbha region.
Dr Rhishikesh Umalkar has worked at Avanti institute of cardiology Nagpur for 2 years as a Consultant interventional cardiologist. He has got opportunity to work with internationally renowned cardiologists like Dr Samuel Mathews, Dr A B Mehta, Dr Marslaw Ferenc, Dr Kan Zen and Dr Prakash Parekh, which was a great learning experience.
To his credit are some rare interventional procedures like RSOV device closure, the first in central India and rescue aortic balloon valvotomy. He was bestowed first prize for paper presentation on interventional procedure for VSD closure, at national conference of CSI 2016.
He has experience of 12 years in field of non-invasive cardiology and 9 years in intervention cardiology. His areas of expertise include primary angioplasty, rescue angioplasty, complex angioplasties like bifurcation stenting, rotablation, CTO, radial interventions, graft angioplasty. He is also trained in complex procedures like renal and peripheral angioplasty, device closure, pacemaker, ICD implantation and structural interventions like balloon valvotomies. He has special interest in Imaging and physiology guided angioplasty i. e. IVUS, OCT and FFR.
Patient centric ethical care with dedication and compassion is main focus of Dr Rhishikesh Umalkar`s work. His aim is to benefit patients by continuously upgrading his knowledge of cardiology and interventional skills with a bond of trust.