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Dr. Kunal Bikram Shah

Consultant Interventional Cardiologist, MBBS, FCPS-Cardiology (Pakistan)
HOD Cardiology Department

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Academic qualifications
  • Bachelor: MBBS (Scholarship awarded by Ministry of Education, Nepal) from College of Medical sciences-Nepal Bharatpur (Kathmandu University) Nepal( Aug, 2000 to Nov, 2005)
  • Distinction awarded in pathology and ophthalmology
  • Passed: USMLE part 1, January 2009 FCPS part 1 (Medicine) January 2009 (first attempt) FCPS- Intermediate Module in Medicine. March 2011(first attempt)
 
 

  • 2 years as medical officer & 5 years as post graduate trainee
  • Recently completed a Post graduate training (fellowship program) in cardiology of three years (intervention and non intervention) in Shahid Gangalal National Heart centre under college of Physicians and surgeons (CPSP)-Pakistan from march 1st 2011 till February 28th 2014
Can perform following procedures independently:
  • Tran esophageal and transthoracic echocardiography(Adult &Congenital)
  • Coronary angiography, pericardiocentesis
  • Permanent & temporary pacemaker implantation
  • Handle outpatient and inpatient cases
  • Handle CCU cases
Can perform Electrophysiological studies under supervision
  • FCPS cardiology is a five year supervised fellowship program comprising of two years clinical training in internal medicine and three years of cardiology training under college of physicians and surgeons – Pakistan.

Two years of internal medicine training:
  • Accomplished in Pakistan in allied hospital Faisalabad with three compulsory elective rotations in nephrology, fulmonology & cardiology from 27th February 2009 till 28th February 2011.
Workshops:
  • Workshop in communication skills by college of physicians & surgeons Pakistan (duration: 3 days)
  • Workshop in biostatistics & research methodology of Physicians & surgeons Pakistan (duration: 5 days)
  • Workshop in medical information technology test conducted by college of physicians & surgeons Pakistan (duration : 1 day)
  • Workshop in HIV & AIDS by government of Pakistan in allied hospital (duration : 3 days)
Trainings and conferences attended/participated during fellowship training in cardiology:
  • 13th annual symposium of Pakistan hypertension league held on 27th and 28th February 2010 at Faisalabad
  • Best of American college of cardiology cardiovascular medicine held on 17th may 2011 in Kathmandu, Nepal.
  • Best of American college of cardiology cardiovascular medicine held on 21st august 2012 in Kathmandu, Nepal
  • International conference 2012 held on 2nd and 3rd November in Kathmandu, Nepal
  • ECG learning course conducted by Indian society of Electro cardiology on 9th march 2013 in Kathmandu, Nepal.
  • Annual conference of Indian society of Electrophysiology IESCON 2013 held on 6th and 7th April 2013 in New Delhi, India.
  • Best of American college of cardiology cardiovascular medicine held on 26th august 2013 in Kathmandu, Nepal.
  • Course in reducing risk for morbidity following cardiac surgery conducted by mayo clinic on 22nd October 2013.
Trainings attended during the job of a medical officer
  • Training on do0ts-plus (multidrug resistance TB mgmt. duration 5 days) by NTP Nepal.
  • Training on clinical management of HIV & AIDS (duration 10 days) by government of Nepal.
  • Training of trainers (TOT): STI (Sexually transmitted infection) CASE Management (duration 5 days) by government of Nepal.
  • Training on integrated management of childhood illness, conducted by government of Nepal, department of child health, Teku conducted in Bharatpur, Nepal. 
  • Eighteen days training on MINILAP under L/A (tubectomy) by govt of Nepal, Department of health, NHTC, Family planning Division Kathmandu, Nepal.
  • Seventeen days training on No Scalpel Vasectomy (NSV) by government of Nepal, Department of health, NHTC, family planning division Kathmandu, Nepal.
  • As a trainer : trained health personnel on STI case management 
  • As a trainer: trained health personnel on Filriasis control program
  • As a trainer: trained health personnel on HIV/AIDS program
Papers published in index Nepalese heart journal (NHJ), official journal of cardiac society of Nepal. 
  • Shaha KB, Tamrakar R, KC MB ET al.Heart failure with preserved ejection; the other half of the heart failure, how it stands in 2013. Nepalese heart journal 2013; 10(1): 46-56.
  • Tamrakar R. Bhatt YD, Kansakar S, Bhattarai M, Shaha KB, ET al.Acute Myocardial Infarction in Young Adults: study of risk factors, Angiographic features and clinical outcome. Nepalese Heart Journal 2013 ;10(1): 12-16
  • Dhungana M, Rajbhandari S, Shaha KB et al. The clinical and electrophysiological features in patients with Wolff-Parkinson-white syndrome. Nepalese heart journal 2013; 10(1): 17-19.
Ongoing researches: 
  • Correlation of grades left ventricular diastolic dysfunction by echocardiography with symptoms.
  • Streptokinase in prosthetic valve thrombosis – a single centered study. 
Achievements 
  • Scholarship awarded for MBBS in the year 2000 AD from government of Nepal. Ministry of education.
  • Opportunity of fellowship in cardiology by college of physicians and surgeons Pakistan after being declared.
  • Passed FCPS – Intermediate module in medicine march 2011(first attempt)
Seminars / presentations /CME/article / research:
  • During post graduation:
  • Case presentations during cardiology training:
  • Management of Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
  • Current management of atrial fibrillation
  • Approach in congenital echocardiography
  • 2013 STEMI guideline (ACCHA)
  • 2013 HEART FAILURE GUIDELINE 
  • Wide Complex tachycardia
  • Permanent pacemaker implantation
  • Rheumatic fever
  • Infective endocarditic
  • Cardiac device related endocarditic
  • Pulmonary hypertension
  • Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction
  • Acute aortic syndromes 
  • Pregnancy and cardiovascular diseases
  • Sudden cardiac death
  • Carcinogenic shock in acute MI
  • Syncope evaluation
  • Stress echocardiography
  • MRI in cardiomyopathy
  • Treadmill test
  • Management of cardiac trauma
  • Management of congenital left to right shunt lesions
Case presentation In CLINICO Pathological conference, Punjab Medical College, Allied hospital, Faisalabad during Internal Medicine training on:
  • Wilsons Disease,
  • Coarctation of aorta,
  • Dermatomyositis
Ward presentations delivered on: 
  • Management of Ascites,
  • B-blockers in heart failures,
  • Medical management of pheochromocytoma,
  • Mitral stenosis
  • Amyloidosis-a case presentation
  • Ischemic CVA
  • Hypertensive urgency & emergency,
  • Incretins,
  • Advanced cardiac life support
  • Stress included cardiomayopathy
  • Community acquired pneumonia
  • Acute complication of dialysis
  • Manifestations and approach to renal disease
  • Acute MI
  • Urinary casts
  • Brain stem stroke made easy
  • Hepato renal syndrome
  • Subarachnoid hemorrhage
  • Variceal bleed and its management 
  • Hypertension management in stroke
  • Antiphopholipid antibody syndrome
  • Cortical vein thrombosis
  • Deep vein thrombosis
  • Septic shock
  • Hepato pulmonary syndrome
  • Management of Hyponatremia
  • Management of asthma : GINA guideline 
  • Management of COPD: GOLD guideline
  • 2010 WHO TB guideline a short review
Papers Published in Index Nepalese Heart Journal (NHJ), Official Journal of Cardiac Society of Nepal:
  1. "Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection: The Other Half of Heart Failure - How It Stands in 2013." (NHJ 2013; 10(1): 46-56)
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    1. "The Clinical and Electrophysiological Features in Patients with Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome." (NHJ 2013; 10(1): 17-19)
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