Dr. Pravin Kahale

About Dr. Pravin Kahale

• Dr. Pravin Kahale is a renowned Cardiologist with over 27 years of experience.
• He has performed over 4,000 cardiac procedures and 1,700 cardiac catheter procedures.
• He achieved a milestone by performing India's first primary angioplasty using a biodegradable scaffold.
• Dr. Kahale is known for his precise diagnostic skills and empathetic patient care. He provides a high success rate for procedures such as complex angioplasty, implantation of biodegradable scaffolds, pacemaker implantation, automated intracardiac defibrillator (AICD), and cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT).
• His specialty areas include:
  • Heart Failure Assessment and Management
  • Mechanical Assist Device (Artificial Heart)
  • Fractional Flow Reserve (FFR)
  • Rotablation Intravascular Ultrasound (IVUS)
  • Heart Transplant Follow-up
  • Pulmonary Hypertension
• Dr. Kahale completed his MBBS from Government Medical College and Hospital, Nagpur, in 1997. He earned an MD in General Medicine from Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College, Sion, in 2000.
• Additionally, he completed his DM in Cardiology at Topiwala National Medical College (TNMC) and Nair Hospital, Mumbai, in 2004.
• Dr. Kahale has been internationally trained in various cardiac procedures. He received advanced training in Cardiac Resynchronization (Complex Pacemaker) from Germany and in Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplant from the University Hospital Chicago, USA.
• He also holds a Fellowship in Interventional Cardiology from the Rambam Medical Center, Israel.
• Dr. Kahale has been involved in research, participated in various workshops, and has published numerous papers in the field of Cardiology.

Education

• MBBS - Government Medical College and Hospital, Nagpur, 1997
• MD (General Medicine), Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and General Hospital (LTMGH) and Sion Hospital, Mumbai, 2000
• DM (Cardiology), Topiwala National Medical College (TNMC) and Nair Hospital, Mumbai, 2004
• Fellowship in Interventional Cardiology, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel

Training & Certificates

• Advanced training in Cardiac Resynchronization (Complex Pacemaker), Germany
• Training in Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplant, University Hospital Chicago, USA

Past Experience

• Observer (Advanced heart failure and cardiac transplant), University of Chicago
• Lecturer (Cardiology), Nair Hospital