Dr Vinod Thomas

MBBS – Completed internship in 1998
Govt. Medical College, Trichur.
University of Calicut.

MD (Gen. Medicine) – 1998 – 2001
Govt. Medical College, Calicut,
University of Calicut .

DNB (Gen.Medicine ) – 2002
National Board of Examinations
New Delhi.

DM (Cardiology) – 2002 – 2005
Sree Chitra Thirunal Institute of Medical Sciences and Technology. Trivandrum.

DNB (Cardiology) – 2006
National Board of Examinations
New Delhi.

1. Vinod Thomas, Krishnakumar Nair, JM Tharakan,VK Ajithkumar, Thomas Titus, T Anees, K Remash,D:Effect of Nebivolol on Exercise Testing and Effort Tolerance in Patients with Chronic Stable Angina, Indian Heart Journal Sept-Oct, 2005; 57:(5) Article No. 51
2. N. Jayaprasad, Vinod Thomas, Suresh Madhavan, G. Rajesh, Johnson Francis, K. Venugopal. A Rare Association of Ebstein’s Anomaly of Tricuspid Valve with Rheumatic Mitral Stenosis. Echocardiography. 2007 Feb; 24(2):176-8.
3. CK Byju, E Rajeev, S Harikrishnan, V Thomas,KKN Namboodiri, K Nair, SK Dora,KM Krishnamoorthy, S Sivasankaran, A Kumar, T Titus,JATharakan: Clinical Profile, Long-Term Survival and Predictors of Mortality after Pericardiectomy for Constrictive Pericarditis. Indian Heart Journal Sept-Oct, 2004; 56 🙁 5) Article No.527.
4. T Anees, Krishnakumar Nair, JA Tharakan, VK Ajith Kumar,Thomas Titus, KM Krishnamoorthy, Vinod Thomas,O Shajeem. Pradeep, Shomu, Rajendra Singh Bohra, Profile and Intermediate Follow- up of Percutaneous Revascularization in Diabetic Patients. Indian Heart Journal Sept-Oct, 2005; 57 🙁 5) Article No. 157.
5. Stigimon Joseph, VK Ajithkumar, Krishnakumar Nair,JA Tharakan, Lissy Krishnan, H Harikrishnan, Vinod Thomas,T Titus, S Sivasankaran, S Dora, KM Krishnamurthy,KK Namboodiri, E Rajeev, PR Sreerekha, C Krishna Prasad: Platelet Function in Thrombolyzed Acute MyocardialInfarction Patients. Indian Heart Journal Sept-Oct, 2004; 56:(5) Article No. 8.
6. Praveen K Varma, V Gopakumar, K Nair, S Harikrishnan,Praveen K Neema, PK Sinha, Unnikrishna M Menon,SK Dora, JA Tharakan, SK Neelakandhan, T Vinod:Clinical profile and Long-Term Outcome of Aneurysm Following Interruption of Patent Ductus Arteriosus. Indian Heart Journal Sept-Oct, 2004; 56:(5) Article No.577.
7. Co author of Noncoronary interventional registry report for Cardiological society of India for the year 2006.
   Non-coronary Cardiac Interventions
   K.Venugopal, MS Hiremath, Vinod Thomas, Anil Bhat, Prafulla Kerker, Shuvanon Roy, Vidyut Jain, Saji Kuruttukulam. Indian Heart J 2006; 58: 375–380

1. Prof.G.K. Warrier memorial Gold Medal for best post graduate in General medicine 2001, Calicut University.
2. Best paper award in Association of Physicians of India National Conference, Chennai, 2002

1. Investigator in International registry for infective endocarditis attached to Duke University, USA.
2. Investigator in ACS QUICK ongoing trial – Study of a Quality Improvement Toolkit in Kerala, India, Among Hospitals Treating Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients (ACS QUIK) in collaboration with NHLBI and Mark D Huffman MD, MPH, Northwestern University as the principal investigator
3. Participant in the PRAMI – Primary Angioplasty registry of Kerala

Author of Chapter 2 – Symptoms in Cardiology – second edition of the book Clinical Cardiology-A primer on Cardiology- A multi-authored text book of Cardiology with contribution of over 25 cardiologist from the US, Canada, UK and India compiled by editor in chief Indranill Basu Ray, Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiologist, Cardiologist & Mind Body Medicine Expert. New Orleans, Louisiana, Hospital & Health Care, Tulane Medical Center, Ochsner Clinic Foundation.

1. International fellow of Society of Cardiac Angiography and Interventions – FSCAI since 2012
2. International Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology – FESC since 2014

2006 – 2008 – Consultant in Cardiology in Govt. Medical College Calicut, which is a tertiary care teaching hospital in North Kerala.

2008 – 2013 – Head of Department of Cardiology and Cathlab in Charge, Sunrise Hospital, Kochi, Kerala, a tertiary super specialty hospital in Kochi.

2013 – 2015 – June – Head of Department of Cardiology and Cathlab in Charge, PVS Memorial Hospital, Kochi, Kerala, a tertiary super specialty hospital in Kochi.

July 2015 onwards – Head of Department of Cardiology and Cathlab in Charge, Renai Medicity Hospital, Kochi, Kerala, a tertiary super specialty hospital in Kochi.

1. State conference of the Indian College of Cardiology, Kerala Chapter 2013 held in Kochi, Kerala.
2. State conference of the Interventional Cardiology Council of Kerala 2015 held in Kochi, Kerala.

1. Cardiological Society of India National Conference 2014
2. Transcatheter Therapeutics TCT annual conference 2014 Washington DC
3. Society of Cardiac Angiography and Interventions SCAI annual conference, Orlando 2013

• Complex coronary angioplasties with an exclusive transradial coronary intervention programme
• Peripheral angioplasties
• Primary percutaneous coronary angioplasties
• Single and dual chamber pacemaker insertions
• Device closure of ASD,VSD and PDA
• Balloon mitral, aortic and pulmonary valvuloplasties
• Endovascular treatment of Aortic diseases

Noninvasive Cardiology work:

• Clinical cardiology work on routine basis
• Echocardiography and 3D echo
• Trans esophageal echocardiography
• Treadmill stress testing
• Holter monitoring
• Ambulatory BP monitoring
• 24 hour chest pain clinic

Conducts regular Continuing Educational Programmes for practicing physicians and peripheral Cardiologists on regular basis.

1. Conducts regular medical camps in rural areas and cardiovascular disease detection programmes on regular basis.
2. Conducts mass media awareness programmes in connection with world heart day every year.

Interventional cardiology – with particular interest in Complex Coronary interventions, Peripheral vascular and Aortic interventions.