K. A. Abraham Explained

K. A. Abraham
Birth Date:1942 3, df=y
Birth Place:Ayroor, Travancore, British India
now Pathanamthitta district, Kerala, India
Death Place:Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Occupation:Cardiologist
Known For:Interventional cardiology
Awards:Padma Shri

Kurudamannil Abraham Abraham (14 March 1942 – 22 October 2021) was an Indian interventional cardiologist and a medical writer.[1] [2] [3] He was a Chief Cardiologist at the Southern Railway Headquarters Hospital, Chennai, and Chief Medical Director of the Southern Railways, where he worked for 25 years.[4]

Education and career

He graduated from the Christian Medical College and Hospital, Vellore and started his career by joining the Indian Army, serving the Forces during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. Resuming his studies after the war, he received a degree in internal medicine and returned to Christian Medical College and Hospital in 1973. In 1978, he moved to Perambur to join the Southern Railway Headquarters Hospital, Chennai where he worked till his superannuation from government service in 2002. During his tenure, the hospital is reported to have grown to become a referral hospital which carries out over 1000 open heart surgeries every year.

Dr Abraham served as the Director of Medical Service at Apollo Specialty Hospitals, Vanagaram, Chennai till his death.[5] [6]

After his retirement from Perambur, Abraham worked as the Head of the Department of Cardiology at Fortis Malar Hospital[7] and as a consultant cardiologist at Apollo Hospital, Chennai.[8] He published several articles in peer reviewed national and international journals.[9] The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian award of the Padma Shri, in 1999.[10]

Selected articles

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: 23 October 2021. Cardiologist K.A. Abraham passes away. en-IN. The Hindu. 23 October 2021. 0971-751X.
  2. Web site: ഹൃദ്രോഗവിദഗ്ധൻ ഡോ.കെ.എ.ഏബ്രഹാം അന്തരിച്ചു. 23 October 2021. ManoramaOnline. ml.
  3. Web site: Dr.K.A. Abraham, Cardiologist, Chennai . Sehat . 2015 . 29 October 2015.
  4. Web site: It's the heart that matters . https://web.archive.org/web/20021019175206/http://thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/04/01/stories/2002040100080200.htm . dead . 19 October 2002 . 1 April 2002 . . 29 October 2015.
  5. News: Cardiologist K.A. Abraham passes away . The Hindu . 22 October 2021 .
  6. News: Man with three coronary artery blocks cured without surgery in Chennai . The Times of India . 7 September 2016 .
  7. Assessment of Left Ventricular systolic function by Vector Velocity imaging . Margaret D'Mello, Kurudamannil A. Abraham . Indian Heart J. . September 2012 . 64 . 5 . 532 . 10.1016/j.ihj.2012.07.017 . 23102399 . 3861280.
  8. Web site: Cardiologist & Cardiothoracic Surgeons . Apollo Hospitals . 2015 . 29 October 2015.
  9. Systemic RV in Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome After Surgical Palliation . Kurudamannil A. Abraham, Margaret C. D'Mello . J Am Coll Cardiol Img. . 2011 . 4 . 6 . 687 . 10.1016/j.jcmg.2011.04.008. 21679907 . free .
  10. Web site: Padma Awards . Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India . 2015 . 21 July 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf . 15 October 2015 .

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