Dr. Muhammed Rafi C.K, is a Specialist - Cardiology at the Centre of Excellence for Heart and Vascular Care at Meitra Hospital. He received his MBBS from Yenepoya Medical College, Mangalore, completing an MD in General Medicine from the same institution. Subsequently, he specialized with a DrNB (Cardiology) from Pulakulath Narayanan Renai Medicity Multi-Super Speciality Hospital, Kochi. Dr. Muhammed Rafi has earned valuable experience, having worked as a Senior Resident in General Medicine at Yenepoya Medical College, Mangalore, and later as a Senior Specialist in Interventional Cardiology at Aster MIMS, Calicut.

Expertise

• Coronary and Peripheral Angiography
• Coronary and Peripheral Angioplasty
• TPI Insertions
• Pericardiocentesis, PPI, ICD, and CRT

Qualification

• MBBS - Yenepoya Medical College , Mangalore
• MD (General Medicine) -Yenapoya Medical College, Mangalore
• DrNB (Cardiology) - Pulakulath Narayanan Renai Medicity Multi  Super Speciality Hospital, Kochi

Research and Publications

• Study of serum lipids in Malaria (2014-2015)
• Clinical and echocardiographic profile of patients admitted with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction ( Dec 2018-Dec 2019)
• Published in journal SJAMS-Study of serum magnesium levels in pulmonary tuberculosis (2017)
• Case presentation in PULMOCON ( 2016) – Clinical profile in nosocomial pneumonia
• Poster presentation – Statin-induced Rhabdomyolysis with co-existing hepatitis