Dr. Sengottuvelu G

Dr. Sengottuvelu G
Dr. Sengottuvelu G

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

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