Dr. Vinayak Agrawal

About Doctor

Dr. Vinayak Agrawal is a highly experienced and respected cardiologist with over 22 years of expertise.

He worked on a special heart care program for liver transplant patients, which is unique in India.

He specializes in performing early detection of heart diseases, and community heart health programs, heart care for athletes, heart care for cancer patients, and heart care after transplants.

He was one of the founding team members at Medanta-The Medicity, where he worked for 10 years.

Dr. Agrawal was crucial in establishing the Heart Valve Clinic at Medanta, which treats complex heart valve issues, and also contributed to various advanced heart treatment programs, including TAVI, LAA closure, and Mitral Valve-in-Valve procedures. 

He helped guide doctors and nurses on blood-thinning medications through the Anticoagulation clinic. 

Dr. Agrawal served as Director and Head of Cardiology and Cardiac Imaging at Pushpawati Singhania Research Institute (PSRI).

He has been involved in several international clinical trials and has guided postgraduate students in cardiology, and has also been a member of the Ethics and Transplant Committees at PSRI, organizer of the well-known Echo-Delhi conference for over 10 years.

Dr. Vinayak Agrawal was also a speaker at over 250 national and international medical events and the author of more than 50 publications in medical journals.

Medical Qualifications

• DNB ( Cardiology ) from Escorts Heart Institute.
• M.D ( Internal Medicine ) from the University College of Medical Sciences.
• M.B.B.S from Maulana Azad Medical College.

Clinical Expertise

Professional Work Experience

• Senior Director and HOD, Department of Clinical Cardiology and Advanced Cardiac Imaging, at Fortis Memorial Research Institute.
• Director and HOD, Department of Non-Invasive and Clinical Cardiology, at Fortis Memorial Research Institute.
• HOD and Director, Department of Clinical Cardiology and Cardiac Imaging, at Pushpawati Singhania Research Institute (PSRI) Hospital.
• Associate Director, Department of Cardiology, at Medanta The Medicity Hospital.
• Consultant, Department of Cardiology, at Indraprastha Apollo Hospital.

Career Highlights

• Dr. Vinayak Agrawal worked for a special heart care program for liver transplant patients, and this program is unique in India.
• He played a major role in setting up the Heart Valve Clinic at Medanta, which handles complex heart valve problems. 
• He was also part of many advanced heart treatment programs, such as TAVI for valve replacement without surgery, LAA closure to prevent strokes in patients with irregular heartbeat,  
• Mitral Valve-in-Valve procedures.
• Dr. Agrawal was one of the founding team members at Medanta-The Medicity, where he worked for 10 years as well.

Research and Fellowships

• Fellowship of the American College of Cardiology (FACC).
• Fellowship: The American Society of Echocardiography (FASE).
• Fellowship: The American Heart Failure Association (FAHA).
• Membership: Cardiology Society of India (CSI).
• Membership: American Society Of Echocardiography (ASE).
• Membership: Cardiovascular Case Reports (CVCR).
• Membership: Indian Academy of Echocardiography.
• Membership: The Journal of the Indian Academy of Echocardiography.

Awards and Recoginition

• Dr. Vinayak Agarwal has worked as a Co-investigator in many major international clinical trials, including MIRACLE-EF, IMPROVE-IT, AKKA, SOLIDTIM-52, and PALLAS. 
• He was also part of a Phase III international study on the use of UT-15C in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH).
• He has guided students in their DNB theses and actively contributed to academic research.
• He has served as Course Director for over 10 years for the Echo-Delhi conference, a national-level, biannual event focusing on advanced echocardiography techniques.
• He has organized and conducted more than 50 cardiology workshops, covering ECG, ECHO, TEE, 3D ECHO, and strain imaging.
• Dr. Agarwal has delivered over 250 lectures as an invited faculty member at national and international conferences.

Research and Publications

• Dr. Vinayak Agrawal has published more than 50 scientific articles, chapters, and abstracts in reputed national and international journals.
• He was published in Renal and Vascular Complications of diabetes-Co-authored with Dr. Vishal Saxena and Dr. Vijay Kher.
• Echocardiographic assessment of intracardiac masses was published in the Journal of the Indian Academy of Echocardiography.
• Primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in asymptomatic office executives was published in the Indian Heart Journal.
• Isolated Systolic Hypertension was published in the Indian Heart Journal.
• Thrombolysis vs. primary angioplasty in heart attack patients was also published by Elsevier in ECAB Clinical Update.