Upendra Kaul is an Indian cardiologist and one of the pioneers of

interventional cardiology Interventional cardiology is a branch of cardiology that deals specifically with the catheter based treatment of structural heart diseases. Andreas Gruentzig is considered the father of interventional cardiology after the development of angioplasty ...

in India. He is the Chairman and Dean Academics and Research at the Batra Hospital and Medical Research Center. He is known for his expertise in procedures such as Percutaneous

Cardiopulmonary bypass Cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) is a technique in which a machine temporarily takes over the function of the heart and lungs during surgery, maintaining the circulation of blood and oxygen to the body. The CPB pump itself is often referred to as a he ...

, Rotational and Directional

Atherectomy Atherectomy is a minimally invasive technique for removing atherosclerosis from blood vessels within the body. It is an alternative to angioplasty for the treatment of peripheral artery disease, but the studies that exist are not adequate to determ ...

Coronary stenting Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is a non-surgical procedure used to treat stenosis, narrowing of the coronary artery, coronary arteries of the heart found in coronary artery disease. The process involves combining coronary angioplasty wit ...

and Percutaneous Laser

Myocardial Cardiac muscle (also called heart muscle, myocardium, cardiomyocytes and cardiac myocytes) is one of three types of vertebrate muscle tissues, with the other two being skeletal muscle and smooth muscle. It is an involuntary, striated muscle that ...

Revascularization In medical and surgical therapy, revascularization is the restoration of perfusion to a body part or organ that has had ischemia. It is typically accomplished by surgical means. Vascular bypass and angioplasty are the two primary means of reva ...

. He graduated in medicine (MBBS) from the

Maulana Azad Medical College Maulana Azad Medical College (MAMC) is a medical college in New Delhi, India affiliated to University of Delhi and run by the Delhi government. It is named after Indian freedom fighter and first education minister of independent India Maulana ...

and continued his studies at the same institution to secure MD in 1975 and, DM in cardiology in 1978. Later, he obtained advanced training in

from Australia during 1983 to 84. He has served the

All India Institute of Medical Sciences The All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) is a group of autonomous government public medical universities of higher education under the jurisdiction of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare , Government of India. These institutes ha ...

(AIIMS) as a professor of cardiology and has been a member of the faculty of the

Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) is a public medical university in Chandigarh, India. It is an 'Institute of National Importance'. It has educational, medical research, and training facilities for its studen ...

, G. B. Pant Hospital, Batra Hospital and Fortis Health Care, NCR. and Executive Director and Dean at Fortis Health Care, New Delhi. Kaul is a former president of the Cardiological Society of India and the SAARC Cardiac Society and is a Fellow of the

American College of Cardiology The American College of Cardiology (ACC), based in Washington, D.C., is a nonprofit medical association established in 1949. It bestows credentials upon cardiovascular specialists who meet its qualifications. Education is a core component of the ...

and the National Academy of Medical Sciences (NAMS). He has published over 450 medical papers and has won the Medtronic Award for the Best Scientific Paper in 1983. He received the highest Indian award in the medical category, Dr. B. C. Roy Award, in 1999. The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the

Padma Shri Padma Shri (IAST: ''padma śrī''), also spelled Padma Shree, is the fourth-highest Indian honours system, civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. Instituted on 2 January 1954, ...

, in 2006, for his contributions to Indian medicine. He is also a recipient of the Dr. Thapar Gold Medal in 1970, Searle Award of the Cardiological Society of India in 1986, Shakuntala Amirchand Prize of the

Indian Council of Medical Research The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), the apex body in India for the formulation, coordination and promotion of biomedical research, is one of the oldest and largest medical research bodies in the world. The ICMR is funded by the Gove ...

in 1987, Press India Award in 1992. In 2019, he was summoned by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) after the NIA sleuths misread his use of medical jargon to mean a hawala transaction. , Prof Kaul started an NGO Gauri Kaul Foundation (registered with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA), bearing DIN 09139657) in April 2021. The foundation has set up 3 centres in Jammu and Kashmir, Machil, near LOC, District Kupwara, Jagti Migrant township near Nagrota Jammu and in his place of birth Hawal, Pulwama. Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) and Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and Astra Zeneca have generously helped through their CSR. Currently their mission is "No Heart attack" by spreading measures to be taken by the public at large by organizing public awareness programs. Prof Kaul has written his memoirs "When The Heart Speaks" published by Konark publishing house in September 2022.

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