Dr. Thomas Alexander M.D., D.M., F.A.C.C. currently holds the position of a Consultant and Interventional Cardiologist and Head of Division of Cardiology at Kovai Medical Center and Hospital, Coimbatore from 1993 to date.

Dr. Thomas Alexander worked as a Lecturer in Cardiology in Christian Medical College, Vellore from 1989 to 1991 and as a Fellow in Cardiology in Epworth Hospital, Melbourne, Australia from 1991 to 1993.

From May 1993, he has been working at the Kovai Medical Center and Hospital, Coimbatore initially as a Consultant and then as the Head of the division of Cardiology. Kovai Medical Center and Hospital is a 700 bed tertiary care centre. During this period, he had been able to establish a very active interventional unit in that hospital. The department performs approximately 1500 procedures a year which includes over 600 cardiac interventions each year. This includes pediatric and adult interventions.

He is the program director for training of candidates towards Dip. NB in Cardiology, which is a higher speciality training program conducted by the National Board of Medical Sciences.He has published over 30 papers in various National and International journals and has been a faculty at many National and International workshops.

Dr. Thomas Alexander has established STEMI INDIA, a not for profit organisation' along with Dr. Ajit Mullasari. He is the Course Director of the STEMI INDIA meeting which is an international meeting focussed on STEMI care. Dr. Alexander has been recognised as a pioneer in research in developing STEMI systems of care in India. His initial work in the Kovai Erode pilot STEMI study is now being used as a model for the Pilot Tamilnadu STEMI project.

He is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology, Indian College of Cardiology and the Cardiological Society of India.

Dr. Ajit Sankardas Mullasari, MBBS, MD, DM (Cardiology) currently holds the position of Director of Cardiology at the Institute of Cardio-Vascular Diseases, Madras Medical Mission, Chennai, India (www.mmm.org.in). After graduating in 1983 from the Grant Medical College, University of Mumbai, he did his Masters in Medicine and Post Doctoral Degree in Cardiology from the same University in 1991. He completed his National Board examinations in Cardiology in the same year. Subsequently he completed a Fellowship in Interventional Cardiology from The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Australia. He was awarded a Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians, Glasgow in 2010.

During his undergraduate career, he was a recipient of the Glaxo Medical Education Award for the highest marks in Medicine at 3rd MBBS examination. In 1992, he was nominated for the Commonwealth Scholarship by the Government of India. He was also selected as the Rotary Foundation International Ambassadorial Scholar for 1993-1994. During the Euro Paris Revascularisation Interventional Course in 2001, his presentation "Transcatheter closure of post Myocardial Infarction Ventricular Septal Defect with Amplatzer Septal Occluder" was adjudged the best interventional case. He was awarded the 9th Prof. Rathinavelu Subramaniam Memorial Oration Award instituted by the Association of Physicians of India in August 2009. He was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award 2011 by the Dr. MGR Medical University for my contribution in Cardiology by the Governor of Tamil Nadu, His Excellency Mr. Rosiah.

His interests include Interventional Cardiology, Vascular Imaging, Clinical Research and Research in Basic Cardiac Sciences. He had participated as Faculty in several interventional meetings including most of the major interventional courses all over the world. The Advanced Cardiovascular Therapeutics, which is one of the major interventional courses held in India, has been held consecutively for the last 7 years at the Institute of Cardio-Vascular Diseases, Madras Medical Mission with me as the Course Director.

On the social front, he is a founder trustee for SANKALP, a school for autistic and learning disability children in Chennai catering to 250 children with these disabilities. This school is one of the largest schools for autism spectrum disorder in the country and holds a yearly congress for special needs called "LEARN". He has been awarded the Melvin Jones Millennium Award 2011 for community service by the Lions Club International issued by the Lions Club District Governor. He has actively participated in multiple rural health camps in Kerala and Tamil Nadu prominent of which has been the Hridayapoorvam' and 'Hridayapoorvam Sakhyam' with the Malayala Manorama group.

Dr. C N Manjunath, Director has innovated a new technique of performing Balloon Mitral Valvuloplasty in difficult cases; this is being called Manjunath’s Technique published in American Journal cathet.Cardiovasc.Diagn 44:23-26 1998. Because of his original research, Balloon Mitral Valvuloplasty operation has become cheaper by 30 – 40% which is a boon to poor patients of India and third world countries.

Has done highest number of Balloon Mitral Valvuloplasties with Accura Balloon in India, published in Journal of interventional cardiology – Vol 11 April 1998. Left atrial thrombus classification is called Manjunath’s classification, published in Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 74:653-661(2009). 125 Publications in International and National Journals. Authored chapters in many Text Books.

Has introduced Novel method of Auto transfusion of blood in dieing patients of Cardiac Tamponade during PTMC. Has given live demonstration on Balloon Mitral Valvuloplasty and Metal Commissurotome in India and abroad.

Has distinction of Training American, U.K, China and French Doctors on Balloon Valvuloplasties at Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiology, Bangalore. International Authority on Mitral Valvuloplasty Balloon/Catheter.

Opened Jayadeva Branch at Mysore (110 Bed facility) in the year 2010, which is a great success.  Has performed more than 15,000 interventions including Coronary and Non-Coronary cases.  Has successfully implemented high quality cardiac care at an affordable cost across the state.  All Indian Institute of Medical Sciences – New Delhi visited SJICR to adopt the Jayadeva Model - Hospital Administration, basic amenities / facilities to reach common patients.

Conducted 200 angioplasties in just 5 days free of cost with joint Sponsorship from NRI USA and SJIC&R – world record in year 2011. American President Barack Obama has applauded the Institute’s work under the guidance of  Dr. C N Manjunath. Principal investigator in India`s first Indigenous Recombinant Streptokinase study (Shankinase) in Acute Myocardial Infarction (Heart Attack).