Dr. Alka Adlakha — Consultant in Delhi NCR

Dr. Alka Adlakha is a Consultant at Medanta - The Medicity in the Delhi NCR, with more than 23 years of experience. Her profile places her in clinical, preventive and non-invasive cardiology rather than in interventional work.

Her list follows that description exactly. She performs echocardiography and manages coronary artery disease, valvular and rheumatic heart disease, cardiomyopathy, pulmonary hypertension, atrial fibrillation and heart failure. There are no catheter procedures on the list, which is consistent with a practice built around imaging, prevention and medical management.

Her route into medicine began with a B.Sc. with honours in zoology at Delhi University. She then took her M.D. as a physician at the I.I. Mechnikov St. Petersburg State Medical Academy in Russia in 2003.

Her cardiology qualifications were all added afterwards and in sequence. She took a postgraduate diploma in clinical cardiology through IGNOU and Metro Heart Hospital in December 2008, a fellowship in non-invasive cardiology at Medanta Hospital under Dr. R.R. Kasliwal in 2011, and a certificate course in evidence-based diabetes management run by PHFI at Medanta between December 2011 and December 2012. That last qualification is what connects the preventive side of her profile to a specific metabolic risk factor.

Alongside Medanta Hospital in Gurugram she holds clinics at the Defence Colony Mediclinic in Delhi, at the Cybercity Mediclinic and at the Subhash Chowk Mediclinic in Gurugram.