Education
Graduated in Medicine in 1988 from Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram, Dr. Prathap Kumar N acquired MD (Internal medicine) in 1992. A protagonist of the belief that heart matters most, he went on to learn the ills of the heart and obtained DM (cardiology) in 1997 with a Fellowship in Interventional Cardiology from University of Turin, Italy in 2002.
Experience
Head of dept. & Officer Cardiology Bishop Benziger Hospital Kollam Kerala 2001
Fellow in Interventional Cardiology University Hospital, Italy 2002
Consultant Interventional Cardiologist Medical Trust Hospital Kochi 2003
Consultant Interventional Cardiologist Z.H. Sikder Medical College Dhaka Bangladesh 2003
Senior Consultant Interventional Cardiologist Sahakarana Hrudayalaya, Pariyaram Medical College Kerala 2006
Consultant Cardiologist & Director Cathlab services Manipal Hospital, Bangalore 2007
Chief Interventional Cardiologist PRS Hospital, Trivandrum
Professional Memberships
*Member of the Indian Medical Association & Academic Wing Chairman, Kerala- 1998 -1999 , 1999-2000
*Life Member, Cardiology Society of India
*Life Member, Indian College of Cardiology
*Life Member, Indian Academy of Echocardiography
*Life Member, American College of Cardiology, Epidemiology Council
*Member Board of Studies Modern Medicine Kannur University Kerala India
Profile
Dr Prathap Kumar is specialized in Interventional Cardiology for both Coronary Angiography and Angioplasty procedures. He is among the most respected Cardiologists in India having more than 30 years of experience in Interventional Cardiology treating simple to complex Cardiac conditions. With his vast experience and expertise in the field, he has contributed immensely to the growth of Interventional Cardiology earning distinctive recognition and respect in the country.Dr. Prathap Kumar N is the Chief Interventional Cardiologist of Meditrina Group of Hospitals headquartered at Kollam, Kerala, India with units at Thiruvananthapuram, Palakkad, Jamshedpur, Maldives. To his and his team’s credit, nearly 100000 angioplasties, half of them complicated, were performed. Further, it is indeed a recognition, that Cardiac Centers are functioning in ESIC hospital - Kollam, Civil Hospitals –Faridabad, Gurugram, Dehradun, Kenya, Panchkula & Ambala, in collaboration with Meditrina Hospitals Private Limited.
Highlights
Motivated recipient of the first Heart transplant in Kerala.
First to start invasive cardiac centre in tier II city.
First to start cardiac catheterization laboratory in Idukki district , the most remote and hilly district of Kerala.
First to start cardiac intervention in Cooperative sector in India
First to start cardiac cath lab service by PPP model in an ESIC hospital in the country.
First to start cardiac cath lab in the country of Republic of Maldives.
Maximum complex angioplasties done with the highest success rate in the state.
Master operator award by Amrita institute and Business Excellence award by Times of India.
Created a complex coronary interventional course in the country