Mathew Kalarickal

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| birth_place = Kottayam, Travancore, India

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| death_place = Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

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| occupation = Interventional cardiologist

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| awards = Padmashri
Dr. B. C. Roy Award
Doctor of Science Award

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Mathew Samuel Kalarickal (6 January 1948 – 18 April 2025) was an Indian cardiologist widely known as the father of angioplasty in India.[https://web.archive.org/web/20140531124149/http://www.frontline.in/navigation/?type=static&page=flonnet&rdurl=fl1424/14240820.htm Navigation News | Frontline] He specialised in coronary angioplasty, carotid stenting, coronary stenting and rotablator atherectomy.[http://www.apollohospitals.com/doctor_profile.php?doc=252# Apollo Hospitals::]

Early life

Kalarickal was born on 6 January 1948 in Kottayam, Travancore (now in Kerala). He studied at Union Christian College, Aluva. Subsequently, he obtained his MBBS degree from Government Medical College, Kottayam in 1974, his MD from Stanley Medical College, Chennai (then called Madras) in 1978 and his DM in 1981 from Madras Medical College, Chennai.[http://www.forerunnershealthcare.com/dr-mathew-samuel-kalarickal-cardiologist-mumbai-india.html Dr. Mathew Samuel Kalarickal Cardiologist Mumbai India]

Career

After starting his career in India, Kalarickal moved to Jakarta to work at Medistra Hospital. Later, he moved to Oman to work as a cardiologist at the Royal Hospital, Muscat. He continued his practice in the United States only to return to India in 1985 after training there under Andreas Grüntzig, who was known as the father of coronary angioplasty, and joined Apollo Hospitals in Chennai.

Positions held

Kalarickal was the Director, Interventional Cardiology and Cardiac Catheterisation Laboratories, Apollo Hospitals, Chennai. He was also a visiting Interventional Cardiologist at hospitals in different parts of India. He was the founder-convenor of the National Angioplasty Registry of India, which is a forum for interventional cardiologists of the country to learn from each other, streamline the standard of procedure and maintain international standards.

Kalarickal was the President, Asian-Pacific Society of Interventional Cardiology, from 1995 to 1997 and Chairman of Interventional Cardiology, Asian-Pacific Society of Cardiology, from 1995 to 1999.

Death

Kalarickal died at Apollo Hospital in Chennai on 18 April 2025, at the age of 77.{{Cite web |date=2025-04-18 |title=‘Father of Indian Angioplasty’: Matthew Samuel Kalarickal passes away at 77 |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/doyen-of-indian-angioplasty-matthew-samuel-kalarickal-no-more/article69464103.ece |access-date=2025-04-18 |website=The Hindu |language=en-IN}}{{Cite web |title=Dr Mathew Samuel Kalarickal, India’s 'father of angioplasty', passes away at 77 |url=https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2025/04/18/mathew-thomas-kalarickal-india-father-angioplasty-passes-away.html |access-date=2025-04-18 |website=Dr Mathew Samuel Kalarickal, India’s 'father of angioplasty', passes away at 77 |language=en}}[https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/doyen-of-indian-angioplasty-matthew-samuel-kalarickal-no-more/article69464103.ece Doyen of Indian angioplasty Mathew Samuel Kalarickal no more]

Awards and recognitions

Doctor of Science Award by the Dr. M.G.R. University in 2003
Padmashri by the President of India in 2000{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=21 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 October 2015 }}{{Cite news |date=2000-04-10 |title=Padmashree for this doctor of hearts |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/padmashree-for-this-doctor-of-hearts/articleshow/1168103694.cms |access-date=2023-02-28 |issn=0971-8257}}
Dr. B. C. Roy Award in Interventional Cardiology in 1996
"Rashtriya Samman" (top tax payers award) in 2000[http://www.thehindu.com/2000/05/27/stories/0627000a.htm]{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}