Prof. (Dr.) Suvro Banerjee is a Senior Consultant Interventional Cardiologist at Apollo Multispeciality Hospital, Kolkata, with over three decades of clinical, academic, and research experience, specializing in heart failure and interventional cardiology.

Educational Qualifications:

• MBBS – University of Calcutta, 1987
• MD (General Medicine) – SCB Medical College, Cuttack, 1992
• MRCP (UK) – 1995
• PLAB – 1994

Professional Recognition:

• Fellowships: FRCP (Edin), FRCP (London), FACC, FESC, FSCAI, FICC, FCSI, HFAI
• Honorary Adjunct Professorship: Apollo Health and Educational Research Foundation (2016)

Awards:

• Barnsley Health Authority Quality Award (1997)
• Indian Heart Journal Readers’ Choice Award (2016)
• Distinguished Researcher Award – Apollo Hospitals (2019)
• Bengal’s Pride Award in Health/Social Care (2019)
• Paul Harris Fellow – Rotary International (2004)

Professional Experience:

• Current: Senior Consultant Interventional Cardiologist, Apollo Multispeciality Hospital, Kolkata

Previous Roles (UK & India):

• Consultant Cardiologist – Suraksha Hospital, India
• Specialist Registrar (Cardiology) – Barnsley District General Hospital, UK
• Hospital Specialist – Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy, UK
• Registrar & SHO positions in multiple UK hospitals

Expertise:

• Coronary & peripheral angiography/angioplasty (femoral & radial)
• Permanent pacemaker, CRT, ICD, loop recorder implantation
• Right heart catheterization, pericardiocentesis, dobutamine stress & transoesophageal echocardiography

Special Interest:

• Heart Failure Management:
• State Coordinator – CSI Heart Failure Registry (2018)
• Joint Convener – CSI Guidelines on Heart Failure (2018)
• Principal Investigator – KOLCOV-HF Study (India–UK collaboration)
• Public awareness and educational outreach in Heart Failure

Teaching Experience

• Undergraduate & postgraduate teaching (MBBS, DNB, PGDCC)
• MRCP and PLAB candidate training
• Faculty at multiple teaching hospitals in India & UK

Research & Publications

• Publications: 40+ international and 20+ national journal papers
• Book Chapters: 6 contributions in CSI Cardiology Updates & Textbooks
• Clinical Trials: Principal Investigator for ARISTOTLE, THEMIS, SURPASS CVOT, POSEIDON, etc.

Research Collaborations:

• KOLCOV-HF Study (India–UK)
• ES-ACS Study (University of Calgary)
• PHISK Study on hypertension in Kolkata slums
• Academic & Leadership Roles

Editorial Board Member:

• Journal of Indian College of Cardiology (2025–)
• Indian Heart Journal Interventions (2019–)
• Royal College of Physicians (Edinburgh):
• Emeritus Regional Adviser for East & Northeast India (2024–)
• MRCP(UK) Examiner (since 2012)

Professional Positions:

• Vice President – CSI (West Bengal), 2022–
• Secretary – Lipid Association of India (WB Chapter), 2025–
• President – West Bengal Academy of Echocardiography, 2023–2025
• Founder Trustee – Calcutta Cardiology Foundation & AICAR (2025)

Conference Faculty & Speaker:

• International Faculty: Harvard Medical School (2024), RCP Edinburgh (2020), NHS UK, Dhaka, China, Singapore
• National Faculty: CSI, HFAI, STEMI India, ICCCON, AICT, Cardiology Updates (2001–2025)

Professional Memberships

• Indian Medical Association (IMA)
• Cardiological Society of India (CSI)
• Indian College of Cardiology (ICC)
• European Society of Cardiology (ESC)
• American College of Cardiology (ACC)
• Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions (SCAI)