Dr. Abraham Oomman — Senior Consultant in Chennai

Dr. Abraham Oomman is a Senior Consultant in interventional cardiology at Apollo Hospitals on Greams Road in Chennai, with more than 20 years of experience.

His recorded clinical work is largely diagnostic and medical rather than operative. He performs diagnostic cardiac catheterization and manages coronary artery disease, hypertension, pulmonary hypertension, cardiomyopathy, valvular heart disease and heart failure. The presence of both systemic hypertension and pulmonary hypertension on that list is notable, since the two are managed quite differently.

All three of his degrees were taken at the same institution. He read MBBS at Madras Medical College in Chennai and returned there for his MD in general medicine and his DM in cardiology, so his entire training took place in one city.

His fellowships are unusually numerous and span four countries' professional bodies. He is a Fellow of the Cardiological Society of India, of the Indian Society of Electrocardiology, of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, of the American College of Cardiology and of the European Society of Cardiology.

His memberships repeat two of those and add others: MAHA, the Medical Association of Heart and Arteries, together with the Indian Medical Association, the Cardiological Society of India and the Indian Society of Electrocardiology.

His record notes that he has presented a scientific paper at the scientific sessions of both the American Heart Association and the European Society of Cardiology, which places his academic work on an international footing alongside the fellowships.