Tejas Madhusudan Patel
An Ahmedabad cardiologist known for transradial and telerobotic procedures who has trained thousands, honoured with the Padma Bhushan in 2024.
Tejas Madhusudan Patel is an interventional cardiologist from Ahmedabad. He was named for the Padma Bhushan in 2024 in the field of medicine, from Gujarat, having earlier received the Padma Shri [2][1].
Career
He was born on 17 April 1963 [3]. He has been chairman and chief interventional cardiologist at the Apex Heart Institute in Ahmedabad since 2012, and was professor and head of cardiology at SVP Institute of Medical Sciences and Research from 2008 to 2022 [3]. He has also held professorships at Virginia Commonwealth University in the USA and visiting posts at the Mayo Clinic [3].
Through the wrist
Patel is known for transradial procedures, in which heart catheters are passed through the artery at the wrist rather than the groin, and for robotic and long-distance telerobotic angioplasty [3]. He has trained more than 8,000 cardiologists from India and abroad through TRICO, an international course on transradial techniques that he has run since 2005 [3]. He has written three atlases on the subject and designed catheters used around the world [3].
He has more than 330 publications and is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology and the European Society of Cardiology [3]. He received the Dr B. C. Roy Award in 2008 [3].
Sources
- [1] Padma Awards Directory (1954-2017) — Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. Accessed 15 October 2026.
- [2] Padma Awards 2024: list of awardees — Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. Accessed 15 October 2026.
- [3] Padma Awards 2024: citation for Tejas Madhusudan Patel — Padma Awards, Government of India. Accessed 15 October 2026.
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