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{{Short description|Indian interventional cardiologist and medical writer}}
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'''Kurudamannil Abraham Abraham''' is an Indian [[interventional cardiologist]] and a medical writer.<ref name="Dr.K.A. Abraham, Cardiologist, Chennai">{{cite web | url=https://www.sehat.com/dr-ka-abraham-cardiologist-chennai | title=Dr.K.A. Abraham, Cardiologist, Chennai | publisher=Sehat | date=2015 | access-date=October 29, 2015}}</ref> He is a former Chief Cardiologist at the [[Southern Railway Headquarters Hospital, Chennai]], and Chief Medical Director of the [[Southern Railway Zone (India)|Southern Railways]], where he worked for 25 years.<ref name="It's the heart that matters">{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/04/01/stories/2002040100080200.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021019175206/http://thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/04/01/stories/2002040100080200.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=19 October 2002 | title=It's the heart that matters | date=1 April 2002 | work=[[The Hindu]] | access-date=October 29, 2015}}</ref> 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.<ref name="It's the heart that matters" /> 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.<ref name="It's the heart that matters" />
'''Kurudamannil Abraham Abraham''' (14 March 1942 – 22 October 2021) was an Indian [[interventional cardiologist]] and a medical writer.<ref>{{Cite news|others=|date=23 October 2021|title=Cardiologist K.A. Abraham passes away|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/cardiologist-ka-abraham-passes-away/article37132664.ece|access-date=23 October 2021|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=ഹൃദ്രോഗവിദഗ്ധൻ ഡോ.കെ.എ.ഏബ്രഹാം അന്തരിച്ചു|url=https://www.manoramaonline.com/news/kerala/2021/10/23/dr-ka-abraham-passes-away.html|access-date=23 October 2021|website=ManoramaOnline|language=ml}}</ref><ref name="Dr.K.A. Abraham, Cardiologist, Chennai">{{cite web | url=https://www.sehat.com/dr-ka-abraham-cardiologist-chennai | title=Dr.K.A. Abraham, Cardiologist, Chennai | publisher=Sehat | date=2015 | access-date=29 October 2015}}</ref> He was a Chief Cardiologist at the [[Southern Railway Headquarters Hospital, Chennai]], and Chief Medical Director of the [[Southern Railway Zone (India)|Southern Railways]], where he worked for 25 years.<ref name="It's the heart that matters">{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/04/01/stories/2002040100080200.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021019175206/http://thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/04/01/stories/2002040100080200.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=19 October 2002 | title=It's the heart that matters | date=1 April 2002 | work=[[The Hindu]] | access-date=29 October 2015}}</ref> 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.<ref name="It's the heart that matters" /> 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.<ref name="It's the heart that matters" />


After his retirement from [[Perambur]], Abraham worked as the Head of the Department of Cardiology at [[Fortis Malar Hospital]]<ref name="Assessment of Left Ventricular systolic function by Vector Velocity imaging">{{cite journal | title=Assessment of Left Ventricular systolic function by Vector Velocity imaging | author=Margaret D'Mello, Kurudamannil A. Abraham | journal=Indian Heart J. | year=September 2012 | volume=64 | issue=5 | pages=532 | doi=10.1016/j.ihj.2012.07.017 | pmid=23102399 | pmc=3861280}}</ref> and as a consultant cardiologist at [[Apollo Hospitals|Apollo Hospital]], Chennai.<ref name="Cardiologist & Cardiothoracic Surgeons">{{cite web | url=https://www.apollohospitals.com/departments/heart/clinical-team-doctors | title=Cardiologist & Cardiothoracic Surgeons | publisher=Apollo Hospitals | date=2015 | access-date=October 29, 2015}}</ref> He has published several articles in peer reviewed national and international journals.<ref name="Systemic RV in Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome After Surgical Palliation">{{cite journal | url=http://imaging.onlinejacc.org/article.aspx?articleid=1110223 | title=Systemic RV in Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome After Surgical Palliation | author=Kurudamannil A. Abraham, Margaret C. D'Mello | journal=J Am Coll Cardiol Img. | year=2011 | volume=4 | issue=6 | pages=687-687 | doi=10.1016/j.jcmg.2011.04.008| doi-access=free }}</ref> The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian award of the [[Padma Shri]], in 1999.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=July 21, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=November 15, 2014 }}</ref>
After his retirement from [[Perambur]], Abraham worked as the Head of the Department of Cardiology at [[Fortis Malar Hospital]]<ref name="Assessment of Left Ventricular systolic function by Vector Velocity imaging">{{cite journal | title=Assessment of Left Ventricular systolic function by Vector Velocity imaging | author=Margaret D'Mello, Kurudamannil A. Abraham | journal=Indian Heart J. | year=September 2012 | volume=64 | issue=5 | pages=532 | doi=10.1016/j.ihj.2012.07.017 | pmid=23102399 | pmc=3861280}}</ref> and as a consultant cardiologist at [[Apollo Hospitals|Apollo Hospital]], Chennai.<ref name="Cardiologist & Cardiothoracic Surgeons">{{cite web | url=https://www.apollohospitals.com/departments/heart/clinical-team-doctors | title=Cardiologist & Cardiothoracic Surgeons | publisher=Apollo Hospitals | date=2015 | access-date=29 October 2015}}</ref> He published several articles in peer reviewed national and international journals.<ref name="Systemic RV in Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome After Surgical Palliation">{{cite journal | url=http://imaging.onlinejacc.org/article.aspx?articleid=1110223 | title=Systemic RV in Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome After Surgical Palliation | author=Kurudamannil A. Abraham, Margaret C. D'Mello | journal=J Am Coll Cardiol Img. | year=2011 | volume=4 | issue=6 | pages=687-687 | doi=10.1016/j.jcmg.2011.04.008| doi-access=free }}</ref> The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian award of the [[Padma Shri]], in 1999.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=21 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 October 2015 }}</ref>


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== Selected articles ==
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== See also ==
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== References ==
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K. A. Abraham
Born(1942-03-14)14 March 1942
Ayroor, Travancore, British India
now Pathanamthitta district, Kerala, India
Died22 October 2021(2021-10-22) (aged 79)
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
OccupationCardiologist
Known forInterventional cardiology
AwardsPadma 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] 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.[4] 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.[4]

After his retirement from Perambur, Abraham worked as the Head of the Department of Cardiology at Fortis Malar Hospital[5] and as a consultant cardiologist at Apollo Hospital, Chennai.[6] He published several articles in peer reviewed national and international journals.[7] The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian award of the Padma Shri, in 1999.[8]

Selected articles

  • Margaret D'Mello, Kurudamannil A. Abraham (September 2012). "Assessment of Left Ventricular systolic function by Vector Velocity imaging". Indian Heart J. 64 (5): 532. doi:10.1016/j.ihj.2012.07.017. PMC 3861280. PMID 23102399.
  • Kurudamannil A. Abraham, Margaret C. D'Mello (2011). "Systemic RV in Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome After Surgical Palliation". J Am Coll Cardiol Img. 4 (6): 687–687. doi:10.1016/j.jcmg.2011.04.008.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Cardiologist K.A. Abraham passes away". The Hindu. 23 October 2021. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  2. ↑ "ഹൃദ്രോഗവിദഗ്ധൻ ഡോ.കെ.എ.ഏബ്രഹാം അന്തരിച്ചു". ManoramaOnline (in മലയാളം). Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  3. ↑ "Dr.K.A. Abraham, Cardiologist, Chennai". Sehat. 2015. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "It's the heart that matters". The Hindu. 1 April 2002. Archived from the original on 19 October 2002. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
  5. ↑ Margaret D'Mello, Kurudamannil A. Abraham (September 2012). "Assessment of Left Ventricular systolic function by Vector Velocity imaging". Indian Heart J. 64 (5): 532. doi:10.1016/j.ihj.2012.07.017. PMC 3861280. PMID 23102399.
  6. ↑ "Cardiologist & Cardiothoracic Surgeons". Apollo Hospitals. 2015. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
  7. ↑ Kurudamannil A. Abraham, Margaret C. D'Mello (2011). "Systemic RV in Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome After Surgical Palliation". J Am Coll Cardiol Img. 4 (6): 687–687. doi:10.1016/j.jcmg.2011.04.008.
  8. ↑ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.


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