Dr. Sameer Pagad is a distinguished Interventional Cardiologist with over 23 years of experience in complex coronary interventions, structural heart procedures, and advanced cardiac care. Currently serving as Director of Interventional Cardiology at Nanavati Max Hospital, he has held senior positions at leading hospitals in Mumbai and Chennai. He is internationally trained, widely published, and regularly contributes as a speaker and faculty at global cardiology conferences. Known for his expertise in high-risk angioplasties and advanced device-based cardiac therapies, he is also a Fellow of major global cardiology societies.

Educational Qualifications:

• FNB (Interventional Cardiology) – Bombay Hospital & Medical Research Centre, Mumbai (2014)
• DNB (Cardiology) – Southern Railway HQ Hospital, Chennai (2008)
• MD (Medicine) – G.S. Medical College & K.E.M. Hospital, Mumbai (2003)
• FCPS (Medicine) – G.S. Medical College & K.E.M. Hospital, Mumbai (2003)
• MBBS – G.S. Medical College & J.J. Hospital, Mumbai (1998)

Professional Experience:

• Director – Interventional Cardiology, Nanavati Max Super Speciality Hospital (2025 – Present)
• Senior Consultant – Cardiology, Gleneagles Hospital, Mumbai (2023–2025)
• Senior Consultant – Interventional Cardiology, Somaiya Super Speciality Hospital (2016–2022)
• Consultant – Interventional Cardiology, Bombay Hospital (2012–2022)
• Consultant – Cardiology, Apollo Hospital, Chennai (2011–2012)
• Associate Consultant – Cardiology, Dr. Mathew Samuel & Associates, Chennai (2009–2012)
• Consultant – Cardiology, Quintiles (2003–2004)

Professional Memberships:

• Fellow, European Society of Cardiology (FESC)
• Fellow, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions (FSCAI)
• Member, Cardiological Society of India (CSI)

Awards & Achievements:

• Honorary Consultant Cardiologist to the Governor of Maharashtra
• Outstanding Young Person Award – Jaycee Group
• ACLS Certification – American Heart Association
• Best-Performing Team Award – Quintiles
• National Scholarship – Government of Maharashtra
• Organising Secretary – International Congress of the Indian College of Interventional Cardiology (London)
• Regularly invited as speaker & chairperson at national & international cardiology conferences

Research Papers & Publications:

• Co-investigator – ABSORB EXTEND: clinical evaluation of the everolimus-eluting bio-resorbable vascular scaffold in patients with de-novo native coronary artery disease
• Co-investigator – IRIS study: global, multicentre, prospective, real-world evaluation of left-main coronary artery disease treatment
• Co-investigator – TUXEDO trial: prospective, single-blind, multicentre RCT comparing Taxus Elemente with Xience coronary-stent systems in diabetic patients
• Propensity for infections in systemic lupus erythematosus patients and correlation with polymorphonuclear function tests and oral-rinse culture – M.D. thesis (Internal Medicine)
• Effect of L-carnitine in post-myocardial-infarction patients – F.C.P.S. thesis (Internal Medicine)
• Active team member – ICH-GCP–guided trial of a novel research molecule for rheumatoid arthritis
• Case presentation – “S. Happens”, Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) 2018, San Diego, USA
• Shewale R, Munot N, Yadav H, Pagad S. A humongous coronary-cameral fistula, silent until the sixth decade of life. Heart India 2018; 6:33-35
• Shewale R, Sharma A, Pagad S. A tale of two dislodged stents – successful retrieval with limited hardware using indigenous snares. Journal of Cardiovascular Disease Research 2018; 9(2): x-x
• Pagad S, Barmade A, Toal S, Vora A, Lokhandwala Y. Rescue radio-frequency ablation for atrial tachycardia presenting as cardiomyopathy in pregnancy. Indian Heart Journal, Aug 2004
• Pagad S, Barmade A, Lokhandwala Y. Is there a role for omega-3 fatty acids and other antioxidants in the prevention of atherosclerosis? Cardiology Today, Sep 2003
• Pagad S, Bichile L. Interesting cases in rheumatology. Bombay Rheumatology Meet, 2002
• Occurrence of stroke after manual thrombectomy in patients undergoing PCI – single-centre retrospective analysis (Abstract, Annual CSI Conference, 2018)
• Aorto-arteritis involving the major arteries of the lower limbs – Cardiology Society of India Annual Conference, 2006
• Bidirectional Glenn surgery in children older than five years – retrospective study, Cardiology Society of India Annual Conference, 2005