Dr. G Vijayaraghavan

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About Dr. G Vijayaraghavan Dr. G Vijayaraghavan is a renowned Cardiologist of India. Dr Vijayaraghavan, Padmasree awardee from The President of India, is the Vice Chairman & Founder Director of the Kerala Institute of Medical Sciences and the President of the Society for Continuing Medical Education and Research, Trivandrum, Kerala. He is one of the senior most medical teachers of this country and is widely known in India for establishing the first 2dimensional echocardiography laboratory in India way back in 1980. His research publications in this field in internationally reputed journals have been path-breaking. His research on Cerebra Odollum poisoning (a suicidal plant poison used by poor people of S.lndia) during the 1970s, introduced innovative treatment modalities, which still saves numerous suicide victims. In 1983 he was invited to work at the University of California, Los Angeles, and became one of the pioneer research workers in Doppler echocardiography and co-authored the first book on this subject from the USA (1985). As Professor and Head of cardiology, Dr Vijayaraghavan established one of the most modern cardiology departments in this country at the Trivandrum Medical College. With help from the World Health Organization & the Government of India, he demonstrated that heart attacks and their risk factors are very highly prevalent among the poor people of Kerala. Dr Vijayaraghavan is the author of many books and contributes chapters to cardiology textbooks. He is a member of the editorial board of the Indian Edition of the American Heart Association journals, ‘Circulation’ & ‘Hypertension’ and is the Chairman of the Echocardiology Council of the Cardiological Society of India. Dr Vijayaraghavan is the recipient of numerous awards & honours. He received honorary fellowships from the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (FRCP Edin), from the Royal College of Physicians of London (FRCP Lond), from the American College of Cardiology (FACe), and the Premier Golden Heart Fellowship from the American Heart Association (FAHA). Lifetime achievement awards were given to him by the Indian Academy of Echocardiography, Indian College of cardiology and the Cardiological Society of India. He is the current Editor-in-Chief of the Indian Journal of Clinical Cardiology (IJCC).