Dr. Purshotam Lal

Dr. (Prof.) Purshotam Lal is an internationally acclaimed interventional cardiologist who has dedicated himself to the cause of the human race, especially to the downtrodden and needy. Dr. Purshotam Lal received training at world-renowned medical institutions in the UK, Germany, and the USA. Dr. Lal is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology, the American College of Medicine, the Royal College of Physicians (Canada), the Indian College of Cardiology, and the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions USA. A pioneer for bringing the most significant number of procedures in the domain of interventional cardiology for the first time in the country to his credit, more than twenty ‘firsts,’ including slow rotational angioplasty, coronary atherectomy, diamond drilling of arteries (Rotablator), non-surgical closure of heart holes, non-surgical aortic valve replacement, etc. Dr Lal has developed new techniques of Aortofemoral Bypass Support-Partial Artificial Heart-and opening of tight heart valves with Echo without Cath Lab. For the first time in the world, he conducted the first case of Non-Surgical Heart Hole Closure (ASD) with Monodisc Device and Aortic Valve Replacement with Core Valve. His name has been enlisted several times in the Limca Book of World Records.