Brief Summary
Dr Rakesh Gopal is the lead cardiologist, Onco-cardiology at Apollo Specialty Hospital, Chennai since 2006. Prior to this, he was a Director of Interventional Cardiology and Cardiac Catheterization services since 2011. Dr. Rakesh also has served as a visiting faculty to overseas clinics and universities in Nepal, Bangladesh, Nigeria , Uganda, Rwanda Liberia, South Sudan, Somalia , Ethiopia. He is the editor of the book Cardiovascular Interventional Trials Update, published by Asia Pacific Interventional Cardiology
India Educational Trust and Mathew foundation.
Special Interests
(or Key Surgical Skills)
• All Complex Coronary Interventions, including Bifurcation Angioplasty, Chronic Total Occlusions, Left Main Stenting , Rotablation, Cutting Balloon, IABP assisted procedures, distal protection devices, graft interventions and Primary PCI
• Interventions for Valvular Heart Disease, Mitral, Aortic, Pulmonary Balloon Valvotomies,
Cribier device for Mitral Commisurotomy
• Initiation for Trans Aortic Valve replacement
• Trans Septal puncture
• Peripheral Angioplasty, Renal angioplasty, Carotid Interventions. Expertise in limb salvage procedures and below popliteal disease angioplasty

Professional Memberships
• Cardiological Society of India
• American Heart Association
• Asian Pacific Society for Interventional Cardiology
• American College of cardiology
• European society of cardiology