Overview and Challenges in Heart Failure Management, ARNI in the forefront.

Dr. Viveka Kumar is a Senior Consultant Interventional Cardiologist and Director of the Cath Lab at Max Super Speciality Hospital in Saket, New Delhi. He completed his MBBS and MD (Medicine) from IMS (BHU), Varanasi and later obtained the DM (Cardiology) postdoc, superspeciality degree through GSVM Medical College, Kanpur. Has extensive experience in the field of Cardiac interventions and Electrophysiology. Specializes in complex angioplasties including multivessel, bifurication and left main angioplasties with Rota Ablation, FFR, IVUS, IABP, IMPELLA devices. Has done more than 7500 angioplasties and 2500 balloon valvotomies with good outcomes.

Dr. Jamshed J Dalal is a rare triple Doctorate, having a Doctorate in Medicine, a Doctorate in Cardiology from Mumbai and a PhD from UK. He did his first coronary angiography in UK in 1978 and since then has done more than 20000 cases over 35 years. He also began the angiography program, available in only four hospitals in Mumbai in 1984 along with a handful of cardiologists. Involved in the coronary angioplasty program since the invention of angioplasty procedure and is involved in teaching the procedure to doctors in India and China over the last 20 years. As the Chief Cardiologist at the Holy Family Hospital in Bandra, set up the ICCU at the hospital. In 1987 as the Honarary Cardiologist at the newly constructed Hinduja Hospital, Dr. Dalal set up the Cardiac Catheterization Lab at the hospital and started the coronary angiography and angioplasty procedures. He headed the department for eight years to establish it as a leading centre in India.

Dr Prakash Kumar Hazra is a Cardiologist in Dhakuria, Kolkata and has an experience of 32 years in this field. Dr Prakash Kumar Hazra practices at AMRI Hospitals in Dhakuria, Kolkata. He completed MBBS from Calcutta University in 1988, MD - Medicine from PGIMER, Chandigarh, India in 1993 and DNB - General Medicine from National Board Of Examination in 1994.

Dr. A Purnanand MBBS, MD (Medicine), DM (Cardiology), Chief cardiologist and administrator and visionary for improvement of cardiac care in coastal, Andhra.

Dr. C.K Ponde is a MD (Medicine), DM(Cardiology), DNB (Cardiology) FACC, FSCAI, FESC, FCSI, FIAE, FISE, FICC Consultant Cardiologist and Head of Department, Dept of Cardiology in P. D. Hinduja National Hospital, Mumbai.