DR K K TALWAR  - BEST CARDIOLOGIST  IN INDIA

• Dr. K.K.Talwar is one of the best and renowned Cardiologists in India and presently working as a Chairman - Cardiology, Max Healthcare Max Super Speciality Hospital, Saket, India.  Dr.K.K.Talwar  performed the first implantation of Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) therapy in South Asia.  
• Dr. K.K.Talwar trained in performing  Angioplasties, Rotablation, IVC Filter Placement, Permanent Pacemaker Implantation, Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (CRT), Chest Wall Tumors and Chest Wall Reconstruction. 
• He is also credited with the introduction of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in India. He is a recipient of several honors including the B. C. Roy Award, the highest Indian award in the medical category. The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honor of the Padma Bhushan, in 2006, for his contributions to medicine. 

Qualifications:

• MBBS, Punjabi University, Patiala
• MD (Medicine), Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh
• DM (Cardiology), Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh
• DSc (Hon CAUSA), NTR University of Health Sciences, Vijayawada, AP

Experience:

• Clinical experience of more than 39 years
• Chairman - Cardiology, Max Healthcare Max Super Speciality Hospital, Saket, 2012.
• Former Professor & Head, Department of Cardiology, AIIMS, New Delhi, 1992.
• Director, Professor & Head of Department of Cardiology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh- 1977

Fellowship / Membership:

• Fellow, National Academy of Medical Sciences (FAMS)
• Fellow, Indian National Science Academy (FNA)
• Fellow of the American College of Cardiology (FACC)
• Delhi Medical Council
• President Heart Failure Society of India
• Chairperson Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali (IISER)
• Former Chairman Medical Council of India

Awards and achievements:

• Awarded Padma Bhushan in 2006
• First to implant and introduce implantable Cardioverter & Defibrillator (ICD) Therapy in India and South Asian region in 1995
• Featured in LIMCA Book of World Records in 1997 for introducing ICD therapy in India & South 

Specialisation:

Cardiology, Coronary Interventions, Structural Heart Diseases, Endovascular Interventions, and Device Implantation, Angioplasties, Rotablation, IVC Filter Placement, Permanent Pacemaker Implantation, Angina, Holter, Arrhythmia, Hypertension, Heart Failure, Pacemaker, Coronary Artery, Electrophysiology, Strain Rate Imaging, Ambulatory BP Monitoring, PH (Pulmonary Hypertension), Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (CRT), Chest Wall Tumors and Chest Wall Reconstruction