Praveen Chandra | |
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| Born | (1963-03-15)15 March 1963 (age 62)[1] Gorakhpur,Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Occupation | Cardiologist |
| Known for | Interventional cardiology |
| Awards | Padma Shri |
Dr.Praveen Chandra is an Indiancardiologist[2] and chairman ofinterventional cardiology atMedanta - The Medicity,Gurgaon,India. He is recognised for his work in the field ofcoronary angioplasty.
He has also served as director of Cardiac Cath Lab & Acute MI Services atMax Healthcare and consultant cardiologist at Escorts Heart Institute and Research Center, New Delhi.
He is a fellow of theEndovascular Intervention Society of India and the Asia-Pacific Society of Interventional Cardiology. Dr. Chandra has been a distinguished faculty member in various international meetings and was the organiser and director of the AMI course held in New Delhi for 2005 and 2006. He has published approximately 100 articles, reviews and abstracts in various national and international scientificjournals. He is an alumnus of King George Medical College (KGMC), Lucknow. He was born in 1963 inGorakhpur to Dr. U.C. Verma and completed his intermediate from Colvins Taluqadar College, Lucknow.
TheGovernment of India awarded him the civilian honour of thePadma Shri in 2016.[3]
As a writer, he has contributed to a number of publications includingNDTV.[4]