Dr. Amit Kumar Chaurasia

About Doctor

Dr. Amit Kumar Chaurasia is a highly skilled cardiologist with over 25 years of experience.

He is among the first doctors in India to teach and guide others in performing TAVI and has completed over 10,000 TAVI/TAVR procedures successfully.

He specializes in treating heart problems in adults, children, and blood vessels outside the heart.

Dr. Kumar is well-known in India and internationally for his work in TAVI/TAVR, a non-surgical method to replace the heart’s aortic valve.

He has also done advanced heart procedures like Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve Replacement (TPVR), Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement (TMVR), Balloon Mitral Valvotomy (BMV), and MitraClip for leaky mitral valves, and over 50 Left Atrial Appendage Closures to reduce stroke risk in heart patients.

Dr. Kumar has been a trainer and speaker in many major heart conferences worldwide, including in Hungary, Paris, Vietnam, Bangkok, the Philippines, and India. He has trained many doctors in India and abroad.

Dr. Kumar is also an expert in performing complex heart artery blockages, including Left Main, Chronic Total Occlusions (CTO), and more, device closures for heart holes like ASD, VSD, and PDA, treatment of aneurysms and blood vessel issues (TEVAR, EVAR), renal artery denervation, a new treatment for high blood pressure.

Dr. Amit Kumar Chaurasia focuses on putting patients first and uses the latest technologies, and clearly explains treatment options. This helps patients make the best decisions for their care.

Medical Qualifications

• DM (Cardiology) from Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology.
• MD (General Medicine) from All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).
• MBBS from Pondicherry University.

Clinical Expertise

Professional Work Experience

• Consultant at Artemis Hospital.
• Director TAVI, TAVR and Structural Heart Disease, and Senior Consultant Cardiology, Proctor and Consultant for Medtronic CoreValve and Evolut R TAVI, Proctor and Consultant for Medtronic TEVAR/EVAR system, EHCC.
• Director TAVI/TAVR and Structural Heart Disease and Senior Consultant Cardiology, Proctor and Consultant for Medtronic CoreValve, Proctor and Consultant for Medtronic TEVAR/EVAR system at Artemis Hospitals.
• Consultant Interventional Cardiology at BLK Superspeciality Hospital.
• Consultant Interventional Cardiology at Bankers Heart Institute.
• Assistant Professor, Department of Cardiology, at Rajiv Gandhi Super Specialty Hospital (RGSSH).
• Associate Professor, Department of Cardiology, College of Medical Sciences (CMS).

Career Highlights

• Dr. Amit Kumar Chaurasia is among the first doctors in India to teach and guide others in performing TAVI and has completed over 10,000 TAVI/TAVR procedures successfully.
• He is well-known in India and internationally for his work in TAVI/TAVR, a non-surgical method to replace the heart’s aortic valve.
• Additionally, he has done advanced heart procedures like Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve Replacement (TPVR), Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement (TMVR), Balloon Mitral Valvotomy (BMV), and MitraClip for leaky mitral valves, and over 50 Left Atrial Appendage Closures to reduce stroke risk in heart patients.

Research and Fellowships

• Fellowship: The Complex Coronary and Structural Heart Disease.
• Fellowship: The European Society of Cardiology.
• Fellowship: The Asia Pacific Society of Interventional Cardiology.

Awards and Recoginition

• Dr. Amit Kumar Churasia holds the record for performing the highest number of TAVI/TAVR procedures in India.
• He was invited as a faculty and speaker at several top international cardiology conferences like EUROPCR, JIM Milan, and TCT Delhi.
• In 2015, at a PCI workshop in Budapest, he gave a talk on problems in FFR measurement.
• At JIM Milan 2015, he spoke on the importance of doing PCI even in difficult heart conditions.
• He attended EUROPCR in Paris as a delegate to learn and share advanced cardiac techniques, and organized and led a training program on TAVI in Budapest for doctors from Romania.
• Dr. Kumar participated in the Interventional Cardiology conference in Warsaw as a delegate, and he again organized a TAVI training program in Budapest, this time for Indian doctors.
• He presented a case on saving a heart artery after TAVI at the London Valve conference.
• Also, he delivered a talk at EIICON, explaining the TAVI procedure step by step.
• Dr. Kumar gave three expert talks at the LAAC workshop in Manipal, sharing knowledge on device selection and how to avoid complications, and again spoke at a PCI workshop in Budapest, focusing on how to correctly measure FFR.
• Additionally, he performed a live TAVI procedure during the National Interventional Council meeting in Hyderabad for doctors attending the event.
• Dr. Amit Kumar Chaurasia has successfully organized and taught at a TAVI training event in Kolkata, offering lectures and simulator-based training for Indian doctors.