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{{Short description|Indian cardiologist}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=November 2018}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Kamal Kumar Sethi
| image = The President, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam presenting Padma Shri to Prof. (Dr) Kamal Kumar Sethi, renowned cardiologist, at investiture ceremony in New Delhi on March 29, 2006.jpg
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| caption = The President, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam presenting Padma Shri to Prof. (Dr) Kamal Kumar Sethi.
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| birth_place = India
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| occupation = Interventional cardiologist Medical academic
| yearsactive = Since 1976
| known for = Interventional cardiology
| spouse = Dr. Neelam Sethi
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| awards = [[Padma Shri]] Andrew Gruentzig Distinguished Interventional Cardiologist Award Legend in Cardiology Award DMA Chikitsa Ratan Award WCCPC Lifetime Achievement Award IHRS Carrier Achievement Award [[Maulana Azad Medical College|MAMC]] Alumnus Award B. C. Roy Memorial Doctors; State Award Searle Award D. P. Basu Award
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'''Kamal Kumar Sethi''' is an Indian neurologist

medical academic and administrator, known for the performance of the first [[catheter ablation]] in India.<ref name="History of Cardiology in India">{{cite journal | pmc=4475834 | title=History of Cardiology in India |author1=Mrinal Kanti Das |author2=Soumitra Kumar |author3=Pradip Kumar Deb |author4=Sundeep Mishra | journal=Indian Heart J. | year=2015 | volume=67 | issue=2 | pages=163–169 | doi=10.1016/j.ihj.2015.04.004 | pmid=26071301}}</ref>{{Refn|group=note|Catheter ablation is an invasive procedure used to correct a faulty electrical pathway in the heart.}} He is the chairman and managing director of ''Delhi Heart and Lung Institute'' and a former president of the Cardiological Society of India and the Indian Society of Electrocardiology.<ref name="Dr. (Prof) Kamal K. Sethi">{{cite web | url=http://www.dhli.in/dr-prof-kamal-k-sethi | title=Dr. (Prof) Kamal K. Sethi | publisher=Delhi Heart and Lung Institute | date=2016 | access-date=24 August 2016}}</ref> He is a recipient of several honors including the ''Legend in Cardiology Award'' of the Delhi Medical Association and ''Andrew Gruentzig Distinguished Interventional Cardiologist Award'' of the Cardiovascular Society of India.<ref name="K K Sethi on CrediHealth">{{cite web | url=https://www.credihealth.com/doctor/k-k-sethi-cardiologist/overview | title=K K Sethi on CrediHealth | publisher=CrediHealth | date=2016 | access-date=24 August 2016}}</ref> The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the [[Padma Shri]], in 2006, for his contributions to medical science.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{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=2013 |access-date=20 August 2016 |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 }}</ref>

== Biography ==
K. K. Sethi, a graduate of the [[Maulana Azad Medical College]] (MAMC) of the [[University of Delhi]] (1971), secured his MD (1976) and DM (cardiology) (1979) from the same institution.<ref name="Dr. (Prof) Kamal K. Sethi" /> His career started at G. B. Pant Hospital, the parent hospital of MAMC, where he served for 20 years, retiring as a professor of cardiology. Subsequently, he joined Delhi Heart and Lung Institute and serves as the chairman and managing director of the institution. He is a fellow of several medical societies such as [[American College of Cardiology]], Cardiological Society of India, Heart Rhythm Society and Indian Society of Electrocardiology and is a former president of Indian Society of Electrocardiology (2007)<ref name="Pillars of the Society">{{cite web | url=http://www.iseindia.org/pillars_of_society.html | title=Pillars of the Society | publisher=Indian Society of Electrocardiology | date=2016 | access-date=24 August 2016 | archive-date=3 June 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603050721/https://iseindia.org/pillars_of_society.html | url-status=dead }}</ref> and Cardiological Society of India (1997–98).<ref name="Past Presidents">{{cite web | url=http://www.csi.org.in/pastpresidents.htm | title=Past Presidents | publisher=Cardiological Society of India | date=2016 | access-date=24 August 2016 | archive-date=16 April 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200416073111/http://www.csi.org.in/pastpresidents.htm | url-status=dead }}</ref> He has served as the editor of Indian Heart Journal and is a member of its advisory board.<ref name="Advisory Board">{{cite web | url=http://indianheartjournal.com/editorial_board.html | title=Advisory Board | publisher=Indian Heart Journal | date=2016 | access-date=24 August 2016 | archive-date=27 September 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927035501/https://indianheartjournal.com/editorial_board.html | url-status=dead }}</ref> Delhi Medical Association honored him with two awards, ''Legend in Cardiology Award'' in 2005 and ''Chikitsa Ratan Award'' in 2010. He is a recipients of several honors such as D. P. Basu Award (1981), Searle Award (1983), B. C. Roy Memorial Doctors State Award of the Government of Delhi (1998), Maulana Azad Medical College Alumnus Award (2005), Carrier Achievement Award of Indian Heart Rhythm Society (2007), Lifetime Achievement Award of the World Congress on Clinical and Preventive Cardiology (2006) and Andreas Gruentzig Distinguished Interventional Cardiologist Award of Cardio Vascular Society of India (2008).<ref name="Dr. (Prof) Kamal K. Sethi" /><ref name="K K Sethi on CrediHealth" /> The Government of India awarded him the civilian honor of the [[Padma Shri]] in 2006.<ref name="Padma Awards" />

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