About Dr. Anjan Siotia

Dr. Anjan Siotia is the Director of Cardiology at BM Birla Heart Research Centre. For the past 17 years, he has worked as a Cardiologist and gained proficient skills and knowledge in Cardiology. Dr Siotia pursued his MBBS from Calcutta Medical College and completed his MD from the University of Sheffield in the UK. He was trained in the UK for 14 years and is a Member of the Royal College of Physicians and is the only HRS (USA) certified cardiac device specialist in Eastern India. With huge clinical, procedural & research experience, Dr Siotia’s areas of special interest include complex angioplasty, chronic total occlusion, TAVI, CRT & ICD Pacemaker Surgery and Radial Interventions.

Education

MBBS (1997) – Kolkata Medical College
MRCP (2002) – UK
IBHRE (2010) – Heart Rhythm Society, USA
MD (2010) – University of Sheffield
CCT in Cardiology (UK)

Work & Experience

25 + years of experience

Research Publications

A Siotia; A Morton; C Malkin; T Raina; J. Gunn. Simultaneous kissing drug-eluting stents to treat unprotected left main stem bifurcation disease: long term outcome in 148 consecutive patients – Euro intervention 2012 Oct; 8(6):691-700
Gunn; A Siotia; C Malkin; J Iqbal; T Raina; A Morton. Novel use of a pericardium covered stent graft to treat massive intra coronary thrombus- Catheter Cardiovasc Interventions 2012 Jul 1; 80(1):59-64
Siotia A, Morton A, Mofidi C, Wales C, Newman C, Gunn J. Targeting drug-eluting stents to lesions at high risk of restenosis: a flawed approach? Heart. 2007 Feb; 93(2):251-2
Siotia A, Morton A, Arnold N, Korgul P, Bowles J, Heppenstall J, Gunn J. Simultaneous kissing stent technique to treat left main stem bifurcation disease. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 2007 Feb 1; 69(2):209-15
Siotia A, Buckland R, Judge H, Sastry P, Storey R. Utility of a whole blood single platelet counting assay to monitor the effects of tirofiban in patients with acute coronary syndrome scheduled for coronary intervention. Thrombosis and Haemostasis. 2006 Jun; 95(6):997-1002.
Siotia A, Chaudhuri A, Muzulu S, Harling D, Muthusamy R. Postoperative hypoxia in a woman with Down’s syndrome: case outcome. British Medical Journal. 2005 May 7; 330:1068
Siotia A, Gunn J, Muthusamy R, Campbell S. Acute myocardial infarction in young patients: The culprit is not always a ruptured atherosclerotic plaque. International Journal of Clinical Practice. 2007; 61(9):1580-82