Dr. Kumar Kenchappa

Dr. Kumar Kenchappa trained in general medicine at JIPMER, Puducherry, and in cardiology at Christian Medical College, Vellore — two of the most competitive clinical training programmes in the country. He is a Fellow of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions and of the American College of Cardiology.

His practice covers the full range of coronary intervention, from primary angioplasty in an acute heart attack through to complex, image-guided procedures using intravascular ultrasound and optical coherence tomography. He also implants pacemakers, ICDs and cardiac resynchronisation devices, performs device closures for congenital defects, and treats peripheral arterial disease.

He has published peer-reviewed work on left ventricular function, diastolic dysfunction in diabetes, and the cardiac manifestations of dengue. Alongside clinical practice he runs a Kannada-language cardiac education channel, on the view that most heart disease in India is caught later than it needs to be, and that plain explanation in a patient's own language is part of the treatment.

This is his full clinical scope, not a list of what happens at Apex. Catheter-based and implant procedures are carried out at Manipal Hospitals, Hebbal, where the cath lab and inpatient care are. Echocardiography, treadmill testing and Holter monitoring are the investigations available at Apex itself.

A consultation is only as useful as the part of it you understood. Dr. Kenchappa consults in English, Kannada, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Bangla, and you are welcome to ask for the explanation again, in whichever of those is easiest for you.

Consulting days and timings are on the visit us page. You can call the clinic or send a message on WhatsApp to arrange an appointment.