Mathew Samuel Kalarickal | |
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| Born | (1948-01-06)6 January 1948 |
| Died | 18 April 2025(2025-04-18) (aged 77) Chennai,Tamil Nadu, India |
| Occupation | Interventional cardiologist |
| Awards | Padmashri Dr. B. C. Roy Award Doctor of Science Award |
Mathew Samuel Kalarickal (6 January 1948 – 18 April 2025) was an Indian cardiologist widely known as the father ofangioplasty in India.[1] He specialised in coronary angioplasty, carotid stenting, coronary stenting androtablator atherectomy.[2]
Kalarickal was born on 6 January 1948 in Kottayam, Travancore (now inKerala). He studied atUnion Christian College, Aluva. Subsequently, he obtained his MBBS degree fromGovernment Medical College, Kottayam in 1974, his MD fromStanley Medical College,Chennai (then called Madras) in 1978 and his DM in 1981 fromMadras Medical College, Chennai.[3]
After starting his career in India, Kalarickal moved toJakarta to work at Medistra Hospital. Later, he moved toOman to work as a cardiologist at the Royal Hospital,Muscat. He continued his practice in the United States only to return to India in 1985 after training there underAndreas Grüntzig, who was known as the father of coronary angioplasty, and joinedApollo Hospitals in Chennai.[1]
Kalarickal was the Director, Interventional Cardiology and Cardiac Catheterisation Laboratories,Apollo Hospitals,Chennai. He was also a visiting Interventional Cardiologist at hospitals in different parts of India. He was the founder-convenor of the National Angioplasty Registry of India, which is a forum for interventional cardiologists of the country to learn from each other, streamline the standard of procedure and maintain international standards.[1]Kalarickal was the President, Asian-Pacific Society of Interventional Cardiology, from 1995 to 1997 and Chairman of Interventional Cardiology, Asian-Pacific Society of Cardiology, from 1995 to 1999.[1]
Kalarickal died at Apollo Hospital in Chennai on 18 April 2025, at the age of 77.[4][5][6]