Matthew Samuel Kalarickal passed away on April 18, 2025 | Photo source: Special arrangements
The famous cardiologist Matthew Samuel Kalarickal died on April 18, 2025 at Apollo Hospital in Chennai after a brief illness and is recognized as the “father of angioplasty”. He is 77 years old.
Dr. Kalarickal performed his first angioplasty in India in 1986, which also helped to establish and establish angioplasty facilities in many countries in the Asia-Pacific region.
exist Interviews on the Hindu Front In 1997, Dr. Kalarickal said he moved back to India from the United States in 1985 after training with Andreas Gruentztig. He once said that at that time, India lagged behind the United States and Europe for 10 years in the field of angioplasty, so he decided to return and start angioplasty in the country. He said that in the first year of 1986, 18 patients were received. Dr. Kalarickal said in an interview that by the second year, in 1987, the number had reached 150. Details of the initial obstacles and how to overcome them. “The great satisfaction that I have brought about from my achievements in establishing angioplasty from the country is beyond what money can buy,” he said.
Dr. Kalarickal then conducted an extensive travel in India to teach and train doctors, which was previously helpful in developing angioplasty programs in countries including Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi, Muscat, Muscat, Indonesia, Indonesia, Thailand, Thailand and Malaysia. As Sai Sathish, senior interventional cardiologist at Apollo Hospitals, said: “Anyone who does valuable work in this field in India is trained by Dr. Kalarickal.”
Dr. Kalarickal received many honors and awards including the 2000 Padmashri and in 1996 the prestigious BC Roy Award. He held many important positions between 1995 and 1997, including the President, including the Society for Interventional Cardiology in Asians.
CS Lodha is a Mumbai advocate who was originally treated by Dr. Kalarickal and continues to be a close friend. He said: “Dr. Matthew performed his first angioplasty in India. He was a pioneer and did not even maintain such an attitude until 2020. No one could even approach him in India or even Southeast Asia. The country’s interventional cardiologist.
“I’ve known Dr. Matthew for forty years. I haven’t met a smarter and caring doctor. Dr. Matthew is a genius in his field,” said Hindu Publishing Group director N. Ram.
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