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Eminent cardiologist from Hyderabad Dr P C Rath was formally elected, and installed as the president of the prestigious Cardiological Society of India (CSI) for the year 2023-24, in the annual meeting held at Chennai.
Dr. P C Rath is currently a senior consultant cardiologist and head of the department of cardiology at Apollo Hospitals, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad.
He has pioneered many percutaneous cardiac interventions in the country like complex coronary angioplasty and stenting, robotic angioplasty and Percutaneous Valve treatment procedures (TAVI), CSI is a national body of Cardiologists of India and Indian Cardiologists, settled abroad. It consists of more than ,000 members. Cardiological Society of India was formed under the stewardship of late Bharat Ratna Dr Vidhan Shankar Roy, the first Chief Minister of West Bengal in Independent India in 1948 at Kolkata. He served as the first president of CSI.
Cardiological Society of India will be celebrating its 75th year in December 2023 at Kolkata. Dr P C Rath, the president elect will be playing a vital role in framing the scientific programme for the platinum jubilee celebrations.
The Cardiological Society of India (CSI: https://csi.org.in), the largest association of cardiologists in India, works towards the prevention of CVD and the reduction of cardiovascular mortality by raising awareness among its members, other healthcare professionals and the public.
The story of the creation of our society makes for some interesting reading. Bharat Ratna Dr Bidhan Chandra Roy (B.C. Roy) was instrumental in the official formation of the CSI which was founded even before the American College of Cardiology.
A group of eminent physicians including Dr B C Roy and others were travelling on a train from Kolkata to Asansol, a suburban town, to attend a conference in 1946. On board the train, the idea of forming the cardiological society was mooted and discussed. Two years later, in 1948, the elite physicians of India met in Kolkata (then Calcutta) and the CSI came into being on 4 April 1948 with Dr B C Roy as founder president.
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