Designation of Dr. Sengottuvelu G
Dr. Sengottuvelu G
Interventional Cardiologist
Senior Consultant
Apollo Hospitals Greams Road, Chennai
Profile Snapshot of Dr. Sengottuvelu G
- Dr. G Sengottuvelu is an accomplished Interventional Cardiologist in Chennai, working as a Senior Consultant Cardiologist at Apollo Hospitals, Chennai.
- He is an expert at managing complex PCI & stenting surgeries and structural heart interventions, including percutaneous heart valve replacement & repair (TAVI / TAVR, mitral clip, etc.).
- Dr. Sengottuvelu carried out around 20000 procedures in his 25 years career. He was a pioneer of the transcatheter valve program in the Apollo Group of Hospitals in 2015, performing the first TAVR.
- Dr. Sengottuvelu completed the fellowship in Interventional Cardiology from Institut Cardiovasculaire Paris Sud (ICPS) and therefore has a solid academic record.
- He published several writings in premium peer-reviewed periodicals, textbook chapters, about 300 abstracts, and case studies.
- Dr. Sengottuvelu has a high scientific reputation in the Asia Pacific region and is on the APSIC panel.
Dr. G Sengottuvelu’s Expertise
- Bifurcation angioplasty
- Bio absorbable stents
- CTO – Chronic Total Occlusions
- Cutting balloon
- FFR – Fractional Flow Reserve
- IVUS – Intra Vascular Ultrasound
- Left Main Bifurcations
- OCT -Optical Coherence Tomography
- Post bypass angioplasty
- Primary PCI and Stenting
- Rotablations
- Structural heart Interventions
- TAVI (TAVR)
- Trans radial procedures
- Transcatheter Mitral valve interventions
Work Experience of Dr. Sengottuvelu G
- An overall 31 years of experience
- Consultant – Interventional Cardiologist at Apollo Hospitals, Chennai
Dr. G Sengottuvelu’s Qualifications
- MBBS from Madras Medical College in 1991
- DM (Cardiology) from Kasturba Medical College in 1996
- DNB in Cardiology
- Fellowship, Cardiovascular Institute Paris Sud, France in 2003
Memberships of Dr. Sengottuvelu G
- Fellow, Society for Angiography and Interventions (USA) in 2008
- Fellow of Madras Medical College in 2010
- Fellow of Cardiological Society of India in 2012
- FRCP (Glasg) – RCP, Glasgow in 2013
- Fellow of American College of Physicians in 2013
- Fellow of RCP, London in 2016
- Treasurer and Board Member – APSIC
- Fellow, Cardiological Society of India
- British Cardiovascular Society
- Cardiological Society of India
- Indian Medical Association
- Advisory Board member, Indian Academy of Echocardiography
- Panelist on Board of Asia Pacific Society of Interventional cardiac (APSIC)
- Advisory Board member, CERC, Asia
Awards & Recognitions received by Dr. Sengottuvelu G
- First Prize – “ Young Interventionalist Award” in AICT – 2008 at Bangkok, Thailand
- “Best Doctor Award” from Dr. M.G.R. Medical University, Chennai
- Best Case presentation in AICT – 2012 at New Delhi
- CRT Young Leader Award, Washington DC (Feb -2013)
- Excellence in Clinical Innovation Award for exceptional endeavors & assistances – Apollo Hospitals (Sep 2013)
- “Award for Excellence for outstanding accomplishments & contributions ” in CCT, Kobe-shi, Hyogo, JAPAN on using “absorbable scaffolds in complex bifurcation angioplasties” (2013)
- Clinical Excellence Award– Apollo Hospitals (Sep 2016)
- Handled over 20,000 surgeries in the Cathlab
- Affiliate of the program committee of the largest interventional cardiology learning program in the world, Euro PCR
- Member of the visionary transformative adult learning group (VITAL) of PCR
- Delivered more than 200 guest speeches at international and national conferences
- Done first Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) for aortic valve stenosis in Tamil Nadu
- First to use Clearway catheter in primary angioplasty in Acute MI in South India
- Pioneer of using M guard Stent Technology in Chennai
- The first person to use Minvasys Dedicated Bifurcation stent system in South India
Publications of Dr. Sengottuvelu G
- Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty by Right Transradial Approach in a Patient with Arteria Lusoria Indian Heart J 2006; 58(4): 365-367
- Iatrogenic Left Main Coronary artery disease, Indian Heart J 2007; 59(4): 386-386; Technical tips for Transradial Approach in Post CABG interventions, Indian Heart J 2008; Suppl: A38-A41