Dr. K. S. S. Bhat is a cardiologist with a career spanning over four decades since 1970. He has worked at Manipal Hospital and Heart Lung Clinic in Bangalore. His areas of interest include preventive cardiology, clinical research, and public health education. He has also taught medicine at AIIMS, HAL Hospital, Otago Medical School in New Zealand, and Al Fatah University Medical School in Libya. He pioneered the week-long Preventive Cardiology programme in 1991 as part of the Bangalore Heart Project initiated in 1989 at Manipal Hospitals.

Educational Qualifications

• MBBS – Completed medical graduation
  
• MD – Postgraduate degree in General Medicine
  
• DTCD – Diploma in Tuberculosis and Chest Diseases
  

Professional Experience

• Consultant – Manipal Hospital, Bangalore
  
• Consultant – Heart Lung Clinic and Diagnostic Centre, Bangalore
  
• Faculty – AIIMS, New Delhi
  
• Faculty – HAL Hospital, Bengaluru
  
• Faculty – Otago Medical School, New Zealand
  
• Faculty – Al Fatah University Medical School, Libya
  

Awards & Achievements

• Honoured by Cardiology Society of India, Karnataka and Bangalore Chapter
  
• Honoured by Association of Paediatricians of India, Karnataka Chapter
  
• Conducted the Bangalore Heart Project (1989) in Manipal Hospital
  
• Conducted a week-long Preventive Cardiology programme for physicians and the public in 1991
  

Professional Memberships

• Trustee – Medical Education and Research Trust, Bengaluru
  
• President – Indian Medical Association, Bengaluru South-East Branch
  
• President – Cardiological Society of India, Bangalore and Karnataka Chapter
  
• Fellow – Royal Australian College of Physicians (FRACP)
  
• Fellow – Indian College of Cardiology (FICC)
  

Publications

• Role of Aldosterone in Cardiology Update (2005)
  
• Type II Diabetes and the Role of Insulin in Insulin Resistance and Endothelial Changes (2006)
• Stress and Heart Disease – Text Book of Cardiology (2013)