Dr. Vijayan Ganesan

Dr. Vijayan Ganesan is an experienced Senior Consultant – Interventional Cardiology with 6+ years of clinical experience in diagnosing and treating complex cardiovascular diseases. He completed his MBBS, MD (General Medicine), DM (Cardiology), MRCP (UK), CCEBDM, and FSCAI (USA). Dr. Ganesan specializes in complex coronary interventions, structural heart interventions, electrophysiology, endovascular procedures, and advanced intracoronary imaging. He has performed 4,500+ coronary angiograms, 1,500+ coronary angioplasties, and 400+ complex coronary interventions as a primary operator. His expertise includes LMCA and CTO interventions, TAVI, pacemaker and ICD implantation, ASD device closure, peripheral vascular interventions, and image guided coronary procedures, with a strong focus on evidence-based, minimally invasive cardiac care.

Work Experience

• Senior Consultant – Department of Cardiology, Rela Institute & Medical Centre, Chennai 
• Consultant – Interventional Cardiology, Aster MIMS Hospital, Kannur (December 2021 – Present)
• Consultant – Cardiology, NIMS Hospital, Malappuram (December 2020 – November 2021)
• Senior Resident – Cardiology, Government Medical College, Kannur (June 2020 – November 2020)
• Junior Consultant – Cardiology, Meitra Hospital, Calicut (March 2020 – May 2020)
• DM Resident – Cardiology, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences & Technology (SCTIMST), Trivandrum (2017 – 2019)

• MBBS
• MD (General Medicine)
• DM (Cardiology)
• CCEBDM

• Coronary Artery Disease (CAD)
• Left Main Coronary Artery (LMCA) Disease
• Chronic Total Occlusion (CTO)
• Bifurcation Coronary Lesions
• Structural Heart Disease
• Aortic Valve Stenosis
• Mitral Valve Disease
• Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD)
• Cardiac Arrhythmias
• Atrial Septal Defect (ASD)

• AICD Implantation
• Angioplasty
• Pacemaker Implantation Surgery
• Coronary Angiography
• OCT-Guided Coronary Intervention
• IVUS-Guided Coronary Intervention
• FFR-Guided Coronary Intervention
• iFR-Guided Coronary Intervention
• Rotablation
• Orbital Atherectomy
• Intravascular Lithotripsy (IVL)
• Excimer Laser Coronary Atherectomy (ELCA)
• Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI)
• Mitral Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair (Mitral TEER)
• Endovascular Aneurysm Repair (EVAR)
• Peripheral Endovascular Intervention
• Left Bundle Branch Pacing
• Atrial Septal Defect (ASD) Device Closure
• Balloon Mitral Valvotomy
• Perclose ProGlide Vascular Closure
• AngioSeal Vascular Closure

• MRCP (UK)
• FSCAI (USA)

• First Prize – Indian Coronary Conquest 2026
• Gold Medal – Challenging Case Presentation, 16th Asia Pacific Vascular Intervention Course (2024)
• Best Case Award – AICC Complication Course (2025)
• First Prize – Heart Failure Association of India Best Dissertation Award (2020)
• First Prize – Cardiology Quiz, 3rd National Heart Failure Conference (2019)
• First Prize – Scientific Paper Presentation, Society of Coronary Imaging and Physiology (SCIP) Conference (2019)
• First Prize – Paper Presentation, Interventional Cardiology Council of Kerala (ICCK) Conference (2019)
• Best Case Award – 26th Annual Conference, Indian College of Cardiology (2019)
• First Prize – Dr. Rani Ghosh Memorial Inter-Collegiate Quiz Competition (2016)
• Second Prize – Challenging Case Presentation, Indian College of Cardiology – Kerala Chapter (2025)
• Second Runner Up – AV Gandhi-SCAI Award for Best Thesis Presentation in Cardiology (2020)
• Third Prize – Challenging Case Presentation, CHIP National Conference (2025)