Dr. Anil Kumar R is Lead Senior Consultant of Aster Cardiac Sciences at Aster Medcity, Kochi, and a former Professor of Cardiology at JIPMER. He was instrumental in setting up the Interventional Cardiology program at Aster and has trained at Freeman Hospital (Newcastle, UK) and Belhoul Specialty Hospital (Dubai). He specializes in complex coronary interventions, heart failure management, and preventive cardiology. Over his 25‑year career, he has performed more than 20,000 coronary angiograms and 7,500 angioplasties—including left main, bifurcation, chronic total occlusion, and graft interventions—using advanced imaging guidance