Dr. Maninder Singh Sidhu is working as Senior consultant, department of Non Invasive Cardiology, Fortis Escorts Institute, Amritsar. He did Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) from Govt. Medical College, Patiala, Punjab. Thereafter he passed Diploma in Cardiology with distinction from Hammersmith Hospital, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, University of London, U.K. He has also done Masters in Internal Medicine from People’s Friendship University of Russia, Moscow. To his reportire, he then went on to add Fellowship Echocardiography from Echocardiography Lab., Heart Station, Department of Cardiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA. He has also done Diploma in Hospital Administration. Previous experience - Fortis Escorts Hospital Limited, Amritsar (2004- till date) - UAB Hospital, Birmingham, Alabama, USA. - Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK. - University of Westminster, London, UK. - Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK. - Ealing Hospital, London, UK - UAB Hospital, Birmingham, Alabama, USA. - People’s Friendship University of Russia. Moscow, Russia. Medical Education, Certifications and fellowships/Research Papers. - M.B.B.S. Govt. Medical College, Patiala, Punjab, India. - Diploma in CARDIOLOGY (Distinction holder), Hammersmith Hospital, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, University of London, London, U.K. - Post-Graduation in Internal medicine (MD) People’s Friendship University of Russia, Moscow. (2008-2010). - Fellowship Echocardiography, Echocardiography Lab., Heart Station, Department of Cardiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA. Other degrees and diplomas: - Diploma in Hospital Administration - Completed the educational activity titled Updates in Heart Failure provided by American Academy of Continuing Medical Education. August 2007 - Course in advances in Cardiology - Aortic and Mitral Valves, Organized by National Heart and Lung Institute, London, U.K. (2003). Professional Memberships - Indian Academy of Echocardiography - British Society of Echocardiography - American Society of Echocardiography Clinical Interests/ Specialized Treatments /Area of Expertise Noninvasive Cardiology- Pediatric and adult Echocardiography, stress echocardiography, Trans esophageal echocardiography, Holter monitoring, Tilt test, Pacemaker interrogation. Echo guided device closures and other procedures. Research and Publications Important publications and presentations – title, co-authors if any, where published and/or presented, date of publication or presentation 1. Surviving Ventricular Standstill for 111 Seconds during Holter Monitoring Annals of Non Invasive Electrocardiol 2012;17(1):61-62. 2. Acute Bio Prosthetic Mitral Valve Stenosis in A Patient with HITS, Journal of cardiac surgery 2011; 26:369-371. 3. Bicameral Repair of Ruptured Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm. Cardiothoracic Surgery network,12 MAY 2011 4. Surgical Correction of Congenital Heart Disease at 76 Years of Age Short heading: Congenital Heart Disease in Elderly Journal of Cardiac Surgery 2010; 25:654-693. 5. Giant Aortic Aneurysm: Alarming Expansion after Redo AVR. Short Heading: Aneurysm Four times the size of LV Cavity Echocardiography, USA. Volume 27, Issue 7, pages E73–E74, August 2010. 6. Right Ventricular Thromboembolism Associated with Severe Aortic Stenosis. Journal of Cardiac Surgery 2010;25: 304-305. 7. Primary Right Atrial Angiosarcoma: Atypical Presentation and Echocardiograph assessment of Right Atrial Mass. Echocardiography, USA. Volume 26, Issue 10, Page 1276-1277, Nov 2009 8. Cardiac Gunshot Injury: Child with Stable Presentation and Asymptomatic Short-Term Follow-up. Echocardiography, USA. Volume 27, Issue 2, Page 208-209, Feb 2010. 9. Pulmonary Embolism masquerading as Acute Decompensation in a Patient with Severe Aortic Stenosis. FORTIS MEDICAL JOURNAL, Sep 09-Nov09, Vol 01, issue 04. 10. Tran esophageal Echocardiography Diagnosis of Aortic Arch–Left in nominate Vein Fistula. Echocardiography, USA. Volume 22, Issue 1, Page 4345, Jan 2005. 11. Efficacy of High Dose Tirolian (HDT) During Elective or Urgent Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) with Clinical or Angiographic high-risk features. A pilot study in Indian Heart Journal 2005. 12. Efficacy of Downstream Enoxaparin with High Dose Tirofiban during Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Acute Coronary Syndrome. Indian Heart Journal 2005(abstract issue.) 13. Live Three-Dimensional Tran thoracic Echocardiography Delineation of Patent Ductus Arteriosus. Echocardiography, USA. Volume 21, Issue 5, Page 443-448, Jul 2004.