Dr. Sunil Wani

AREA(S) OF INTEREST:

Adult Interventional Cardiology

PROCEDURES PERFORMED:

Coronary Angioplasty, Rotablation, Imaging by IVUS,OCT, Chronic Total Occulsion, Primary angioplasty, TAVR, Pacemaker/ICD/CRTD

TREATMENTS/PROCEDURES OFFERED:

Management of Cardiac conditions such as Angina Pectoris, Arrhythmia, Atherosclerosis, Cardiomyopathy, Coronary Artery Disease, Heart Failure, Hypertension, Myocardial Infarction, Peripheral Artery Disease, Procedures performed include, Primary Angioplasties, Chronic total occlusion plasties, Bifurcation PCI, Left main PCI, Rotablation, Intravascular Ultrasound (IVUS), Fractional flow reserve (FFR), Pacemakers/ICD/CRTD, Balloon aortic valvuloplasty, Ballon mitral valvuloplasty, Atrial Septal devices, TAVR(Transcatheter aortic valve replacement)

FELLOWSHIPS:

• Fellow at Hospital Charles Nicollie, Rouen, France under the guidance of Dr. Alain Cribier
• Fellow in Interventional Cardiology, Korea University Medical Centre- Seoul, Korea
• Visiting Physician in Interventional Cardiology at the Swiss Cardiovascular Center, Bern, Switzerland
• Trained for TAVR procedure from CEDARS SINAI Hospital, Los Angeles

• Stood Second in the Cardiology Fellowship entrance examination May 2000
• First prize in Thesis Competition held in May 2000

He pursued residency in cardiology at Mumbai-based KEM Hospital from June 2000 to July 2004. Subsequently, he accepted the position of Clinical Associate in Cardiology at Lilavati Hospital and Research Center, Mumbai, India for a period of seventeen months and gained immense experience within the duration.

He was a visiting Physician in Interventional Cardiology at the Swiss Cardiovascular Center- Bern, Switzerland (under the guidance of Dr. Bernhard Meier) from Oct 2006 to Sep 2007.

He worked at the Invasive Cardiology Department of Kantosspital – Luzern, Switzerland as an Oberarzt (Assistant Medical Director) during the period Oct 2007 to Sep 2008.

KDAH Experience

Dr. Sunil Wani is an Interventional Cardiologist at Kokilaben Hospital since last 8 years. Dr. Wani has been practicing for over a decade now. Prior to joining Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital, he was associated with numerous reputed national and international medical institutes

Dr. Wani regularly contributes to various global research and publications. His presentation skills were appreciated at EUROPCR- 2009, an event attended by more than 15000 interventional cardiologists.

Publications:

• Tuberculos subcutaneous abscess. Bhukhanwala  F, Deshpande S, Wani S, Kudalkar J, Shah J, Kamat S. The Indian Practitioner March 1999, Vol.52, No. 3.
• Sub acute sclerosing panenchephalitis. Parikh F, Hakim A , Sivramkrishna A, Wani S, Bhakre S,Vandekar A, Paidhunghat J. Biomed. Aug 1999. p 64-65.
• Adenosin test to differentiate Atrioventricular Nodal Reentrant Tachycardia from Orthodromic Tachycardia. S C Toal, Purshottam R, Wani S, Gupta A, Vora A M, Lokhandwala Y Y. Department of Cardiology KEM Hospital Mumbai. 53rd Annual Conference of The Cardiology Society of India. (2000).
• Correlation between transesophageal echocardiographic and stretched balloon diameter on catheterization of ASD. Singhal A , Wani S, Kothari S N, Toal S C, Karnad D R, Kerkar P G. Department of Cardiology KEM Hospital Mumbai. 53rd Annual Conference of The Cardiology Society of India. (2001).
• Clinical And Morphological Study Of Congenital Supramitral Ring. Wani S, Vaideeswar P, Singhal A R, Santosh K R, Toal S C, Nyayadhish P Y, Kerkar P G. Department of Cardiology KEM Hospital Mumbai. 53rd Annual Conference of The Cardiology Society of India. (2001).
• Safety and Intermediate-Term Efficacy of Permanent Transvenous Pacing in Children below 12 years of age. Wani S, Karkari A, Lanjewar C P, Aithal J K, Toal S C, Nyayadhish P Y, Mahajan A U, Nathani P J, Lokhandwala Y Y, Kerkar P G. Department of Cardiology KEM Hospital Mumbai. 54th Annual Conference of The Cardiology Society of India. (2002).
• Persistent Truncus Arteriosus Surviving Beyond One Year of Life. Wani S, Shah H C, Patil S S, Khobrekar D S, Toal S C, Nyayadhish P Y, Mahajan A U, Nathani P J, Dalvi B V, Kerkar P G. Department of Cardiology KEM Hospital Mumbai. 54th Annual Conference of The Cardiology Society of India. (2002).
• Percutaneous Balloon Mitral Valvuloplasty in Pregnant Patients. Maternal and Fetal Outcomes. Khadse S R, Wani S , Kalra R V, Thomas A, Toal S C, Nyayadhish P Y, Mahajan A U, Nathani P J, Kerkar P G. Department of Cardiology KEM Hospital Mumbai. 54th Annual Conference of The Cardiology Society of India. (2002).
• Thrombolytic Therapy in Obstructed Chocked Prosthetic Valves. Khadse S R, Wani S , Santosh K R, Nalawde A, Nyayadhish P Y, Mahajan A U, Nathani P J, Kerkar P G. Department of Cardiology KEM Hospital Mumbai. 54th Annual Conference of The Cardiology Society of India. (2002).
• Pulmonary Vein Histology in the Patients With Atrial Fibrillation. Sutrale A, Wani S, Narula D, Veideshwari P, Pandit S, Kerkar P. Department of Cardiology KEM Hospital Mumbai. 55th Annual Conference of The Cardiology Society of India. (2003).
• Radio frequency Ablation of Accessory Pathways in Children. Wani S, Narula D, Thakkar B, Nyayadhish P Y, Lokhandwala Y, Nathani P J, Kerkar P G. Department of Cardiology KEM Hospital Mumbai. 55th Annual Conference of The Cardiology Society of India. (2003).
• Echocardiographic Doppler Analysis of Patients with Situs Ambiguous. Epherem B E, Nyayadhish P Y, Sinhal A, Wani S, Rajdev S, Nathani P J, Kerkar P. Department of Cardiology KEM Hospital Mumbai. 55th Annual Conference of The Cardiology Society of India. (2003).
• Angiographic and Histomorphometric Study of Pulmonary Veins in Rheumatic Heart Disease. Rajdev S, Sutrale A, Wani S, Vaideeswar P, Narula D, Pandit S, Nyayadhish P, Nathani P, Kerkar P. Department of Cardiology KEM Hospital Mumbai . 56th Annual Conference of The Cardiology Society of India. (2004).
• Successful Percutaneous Renal Intervention in a patient with Acute Traumatic Renal Artery Thrombosis  Dr. Seung-Woon Rha, Dr. S Wani. Circulation. 2006 Nov 14;114(20):e583-5.
• Parallel Stenting using Two Sirolimus-Eluting Stents in an Ectatic Coronary Artery Stenosis. Dr. Seung-Woon Rha, Dr. S Wani. Heart. 2007 Aug;93(8):976.
• Coronary stent fracture and restenosis in the drug-eluting stent era: the management. Kim E J, Rha S W, Wani S. Int J Cardiol. 2006 Nov 3.   
• Port-a-Cath Perforation of the Right Atrium Closed with an Amplatzer ASD Occluder. Wani S, Dick F, Meier B. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2007 Jul 1;70(1):57-9.
• Transcoronary Ablation of Septal Hypertrophy in HOCM: Septal Collaterals May Cause Unwanted Inferior Myocardial Infarction. Wani S, Seiler C. Kardiovaskuläre Medizin 2007;10:401–402.
• Apical ballooning - what is the cause? Wani S, Glatz K, Suter Y, Jamshidi P, Erne P. J Invasive Cardiol. 2008 Nov;20(11):599-602.
• SIMPLE II Study 6 months follow up was presented at the TCT (Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics) 05, Washington, USA

Professional Memberships

• Cardiological Society of India(CSI)
• European Society of Cardiology (ESC)
• European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI).