Dr JOY M THOMAS - Appointment Process [Updated 2025]

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About Dr JOY M THOMAS

Experience: 30 Yrs+
Specialty: Cardiologist
Qualification: M.B.,B.S., M.D. (General Medicine), MD (Biophysics D.M (Cardio) FRCP(Glasg) FACC, FHRS, FCSI
Clinic: Apollo Speciality Hospitals Vanagaram

Clinic Hours

MON- SAT
(09:00 AM-05:30 PM)

Location

Apollo Speciality Hospitals Vanagaram
No.64,vanagaram To Ambattur Main Road,chennai
Timing MON- SAT (09:00 AM-05:30 PM)

Work Experience

Performing interventional procedures since 1994.
More than 15 thousand procedures.
Averaging 50 Coronary angiographies and 15-25 angioplasties a month, including primary and complex angioplasty.
Averaging more than 100 radiofrequency ablations a year, with expertise in 3D Mapping and ablation of all kinds of arrhythmia with special experience in pediatric arrhythmias
One of the first to do Metallic commissurotomy for Mitral stenosis with Prof. Alain Cribier and did more than 35 cases. Countless BMVs
Expertise in peripheral angioplasty with training under Prof Michel Henri for carotid angioplasty.
First trans apical Aortic valve replacement with Brazilian valve with Dr Prashanth Vaijyanath in February 2010
Device closure of cardiac congenital defects.
Expert in pacemaker therapy and cardiac Implantable electronic devices for heart failure and for the prevention of sudden cardiac death
Participant in investigational stem cell therapy

Awards And Achievements

Seventh State Rank in Tamilnadu in the Anglo-Indian High School Examination
University First In First & Second MBBS with Distinctions in Anatomy, Physiology, Biochemistry & Forensic Medicine
First Radiofrequency ablation in Tamilnadu in January 1997. Established the Electrophysiology program at Railway Hospital, Chennai, Vijaya Hospital, Frontier Lifeline Hospital, ICCTVD, Chennai and at Parumala, Kerala.
Best paper award at Annual conference of Indian College of Cardiology, August 2000.
Invited Faculty at the TCT Asia Pacific Summit 2005 at Seoul, Korea, April 2005.
Faculty at Bard South East Asian Electrophysiology Training Program.
Faculty at National level in Cardiac Electrophysiology and Cardiology
Faculty at World Arrhythmia Conference-ICPES, Athens, Greece, 11th to 13th Dec 2011.
Course Director, The Chennai Pediatric Electrophysiology Symposium, TCPES 2008, TCPES 2010 & TCPES 2012.
ECG Forum- A monthly forum for ECG learning for the General Practitioner. Co-Founded with IMA-AMS. From 2006 to 2012, 2014-2015
Faculty at the Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society Annual Meeting, Hong Kong, 2nd to 6th Oct 2013, New Delhi Oct 2014
Textbook Chapter Textbook of Cardiology Edited by Dr M Khalilullah. Elsevier
Editorial Adviser, India Heart Journal
Faculty at the First Abbott Asia Pacific CRT workshop, Nanjing, China, 22 November 2019
Principal Investigator of several trials – ENGAGE AF, SAHFR, RELY, TIMI 48AF etc

Biodata

Dr JOY M THOMAS is a renowned Cardiologist in Chennai’s Mogappair West neighborhood. Dr JOY M THOMAS holds degrees in DM – Cardiology and MBBS. Dr. Joy M. Thomas is a Cardiologist with over 19 years of expertise. Additionally, Dr JOY THOMAS is a Cardiologist and Interventional Cardiologist. Additionally, Dr JOY M THOMAS is a member of the American College of Cardiology, the Heart Rhythm Society, the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow (RCPSG), the Cardiological Society of India (CSI), the Association of Physicians of India (API), the Indian Society of Electrocardiology, the Indian Medical Association (IMA), and the Indian Heart Rhythm Society. Dr JOY THOMAS is also a fellow of the American College of Cardiology, the Heart Rhythm Society, the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of (FCSI). Dr JOY M THOMAS is the greatest technique to communicate with their patients in English and Hindi. Dr JOY THOMAS provides the highest quality medical services, including cardiography, heart conditions, pacemaker implantation, coronary angiography, and cardiac catheterization. Dr JOY M can be contacted at the Dr. Joy Thomas Clinic in Mogappair West, Chennai.