Dr.Anand Marthanda Pillai is an Interventional Cardiologist and Electrophysiologist at the Ananthapuri Hospitals and Research Institute. An alumni of Trivandrum Medical College and an MPH scholar from the University of Illinois at Chicago - School of Public Health, Dr. Anand has taken advanced fellowships in clinical cardiology, interventional cardiology, cardiac electrophysiology and cardiac failure and transplant from various universities in the USA and Canada. His interests include Non-Communicable Disease epidemiology, Health Information System, health economics etc.

 

 

Contact Address:

Dr Anand Marthanda Pillai MD, MPH, FACC, FHRS
Assistant Professor
Global Institute of Public Health,
Ananthapuri Hospitals,
Trivandrum 695 024, Kerala, India
Tel: +91 - 471 - 257 99 00
Fax: +91 - 471 - 250 69 69
Mob: +91- 9497153516
Email:anand.pillai80@gmail.com

Core Areas
Non-Communicable Disease epidemiology, Health Information System

PUBLICATIONS

1. Pillai AM, Yen A, Verma VK, Milcarek B, Kasama RK, Iliadis EA. Impact of HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors on progression of Coronary Atherosclerosis in Chronic Kidney Disease. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2007 Mar; 49(9): 318A.

2. Pillai AM, Gupta A, Weinstock J, Staffileno BA, Hollenberg SM. Lifestyle Physical Activity Improves Arterial Compliance in Mildly Hypertensive, Sedentary, African-American Women. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2008 Mar; 51(10): 358A.

3. Pillai AM, Varga P, Kovacs JE. Detection of Congenital Coronary Artery Anomalies with Multi-Detector Computed Tomography. The International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging. 2006 Jul; 22(1): 23.

4. Baran DA, Pillai AM, Patil A, Camacho M, McBride L, Gass AL, Zucker MJ. High Risk Groups in the Tacrolimus In Combination, Tacrolimus Alone Compared (TICTAC) Trial: Evaluation of Allograft Rejection and Survival. J Heart Lung Transplant 2009 Feb;28(2):S175

5. Baran DA, Pillai AM, Patil A, Nicholls S, Wolski K, Camacho M, McBride L, Gass AL, Cohen M, Zucker MJ. Core Lab Analysis of Intravascular Ultrasound Studies from the TICTAC Trial (Tacrolimus in Combination, Tacrolimus Alone Compared): Is There A Price To Pay For Monotherapy? J Heart Lung Transplant 2009 Feb;28(2):S302-3

6. Baran DA, Pillai AM, Patil A, Pardi S, Rosenfeld C, Camacho M, Zucker MJ. A Prospective Trial of Steroid Discontinuation in Stable Heart Transplant Patients as Guided by Serum Cortisol Measurement. J Heart Lung Transplant 2009 Feb;28(2):S216

7. Pillai AM, Reddy YM,Heard M, Vallakati A, Berenbom L, Lakkireddy D. Atrial Flutter Ablation Using MediGuide Non-fluoroscopic Catheter Tracking System: A Novel Technology to Reduce Radiation Exposure. Journal of Atrial Fibrillation. 2012 Oct; 5(3): 6.

8. Reddy M, Vallakati A, Janga P, Sharma S, Pillai M, Dendi R, Emert M, Berenbom L, Pimentel R,Lakkireddy D. Externalization of Conductor Cables in QuickSite and QuickFlex Left Ventricular Leads. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2013 Mar; 61(10)

9. Pillai AM, Reddy M, Earnest M, Kanmanthareddy A, Vallakati A, Nath J, Ferrell R, Bommana S, Borman S, Di Biase L, Natale A, Lakkireddy D. A Novel Solution for Post Lariat Left Atrial Appendage Leaks with Amplatzer Septal Occluder Devices: An Innovative Therapy for an Uncommon Problem. Heart Rhythm 2014;11(5) S445

10. Pillai AM, Yarlagadda V, Reddy C, Sridhar A, Reddy M, Dendi R. Lower Programmed Pacing Rate Reduces Atrial Fibrillation Burden in Patients on Dofetilide. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2014 Mar; 63(12):A352

11. Bahuleyan CG, Namboodiri N, Jabir A, Lip GYH, Koshy A G, Shifas BM, Viswanathan S K, Zachariah G, Venugopal K, Punnose E, Natarajan KU, Mini GK, Joseph J, Nambiar C A, Jayagopal PB, Mohanan PP, George R, Unni G, Sajeev CG, Muhammed S, Syam N, Roby A, Daniel R, Krishnakumar VV, Pillai AM, Joseph S, Jinbert Lordson A. One-year clinical outcome of patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation: Insights from KERALA-AF registry. Indian Heart J. 2021 Jan-Feb;73(1):56-62

12. Bahuleyan. CG, George Koshy Alummoottil, Jabir Abdullakutty, Jinbert Lordson, Shifas Babu, Krishnakumar VV, Anand M. Pillai, George Abraham, Dilip M N. Prognostic value of soluble ST2 biomarker in heart failure patients with reduced ejection fraction – A multicenter study. Indian Heart Journal (2017)

13. Anand Marthanda Pillai & A Marthanda Pillai & Shaffi Fazaludeen Koya & Mini GK & Jinbert A Lordson & Grace A Chitra & Minu Abraham & Vinod VG Kumar & Sandhya Bijumone & Bindhya Vijayan & Deepu KV & Kr, 2021. "How Universal is the Use of Facemask During COVID-19 Pandemic? A Photo-Epidemiology Study from the Indian State of Kerala," Biomedical Journal of Scientific & Technical Research, Biomedical Research Network+, LLC, vol. 35(3), pages 27741-27746, May.

PRESENTATIONS
Oral Presentation
1. Pillai AM. A case of acute graft failure of unclear etiology. Case Presentation at American Society of Transplantation Fellows Symposium; Dallas, TX. (2008, October)

2. Baran DA, Pillai AM, Patil A, Nicholls S, Wolski K, Camacho M, McBride L, Gass AL, Cohen M, Zucker MJ. Core Lab Analysis of Intravascular Ultrasound Studies from the TICTAC Trial (Tacrolimus in Combination, Tacrolimus Alone Compared): Is There A Price To Pay For Monotherapy? The International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation, 29th Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions (Late Breaking Clinical Trials); Paris, France. (2009, April)

3. Baran DA, Pillai AM, Patil A, Pardi S, Rosenfeld C, Camacho M, Zucker MJ. (2009, April). A Prospective Trial of Steroid Discontinuation in Stable Heart Transplant Patients as Guided by Serum Cortisol Measurement. The International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation, 29th Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions; Paris, France. (2009, April)

4. Pillai AM. TEE Guided Complex Transcatheter Paravalvular Leak Repair. Case presentation at McGill/Jewish General Hospital Echocardiography Scientific Symposium, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. (2010,May)

Poster Presentation

1. Pillai AM, Yen A, Verma VK, Milcarek B, Kasama RK, Iliadis EA. Impact of HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors on progression of Coronary Atherosclerosis in Chronic Kidney Disease. American College of Cardiology - 56th Annual Scientific Session; New Orleans, LA. (2007, March)

2. Pillai AM, Gupta A, Weinstock J, Staffileno BA, Hollenberg SM. Lifestyle Physical Activity Improves Arterial Compliance in Mildly Hypertensive, Sedentary, African-American Women. American College of Cardiology - 57th Annual Scientific Session; Chicago, IL. (2008, March)

3. Pillai AM, Varga P, Kovacs JE. Detection of Congenital Coronary Artery Anomalies with Multi-Detector Computed Tomography. 1st Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography and 7th International Conference on Cardiac CT; Washington DC, DC. (2006, June)

4. Baran DA, Pillai AM, Patil A, Camacho M, McBride L, Gass AL, Zucker MJ. High Risk Groups in the Tacrolimus In Combination, Tacrolimus Alone Compared (TICTAC) Trial: Evaluation of Allograft Rejection and Survival. The International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation, 29th Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions; Paris, France. (2009, April)

5. Pillai AM, Bacik BM, Zhang L, White MC, Gessman LJ, Marra SW. Mini-Maze Thoracoscopic Isolation of Pulmonary Veins and Left Atrial Appendage Excision for Atrial Fibrillation. 9th Annual Research Poster Contest, Cooper University Hospital; Camden, NJ. (2007, April)

6. Pillai AM, Chandela S, Hollenberg SM. Seizure induced neurocardiogenic myocardial stunning. 9th Annual Research Poster Contest, Cooper University Hospital; Camden, NJ. (2008, April)

7. Pillai AM, Verma VK, Halickman I, Kaddissi GI. Rare Case of Coronary Stent Fracture following Cypher Drug Eluting Stent Implantation to a Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection. 8th Annual Research Poster Contest, Cooper University Hospital; Camden, NJ. (2006, April)

8. Pardi S, Pillai AM, Zucker MJ, Patil A, Palekar S, Carr C,Baran DA. Heart Transplant Patients with Renal Impairment: The Potential Role of BK Virus. American Society of Transplantation Annual Session, Boston. (2009, June)
9. Pillai AM, Otazo J, Iliadis EA. Coronary Steal Phenomenon: Rare Cause of Angina. 10th Annual Research Poster Contest, Cooper University Hospital; Camden, NJ (2008, April)

 

Previous Positions
University of Utah Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplant program, Jan 2008
Medical Student Preceptor: Healthcare Outreach Project Clinic, July 2006- June 2008
Health Care Ethics Board of Advisor: Integritas Institute, John Paul II Newman Center at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Jan 2004- March 2005
Teaching Assistant: University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Psychology, Aug 2004 – March 2005
Indian Medical Association-State Representative of Student’s Wing, June 2002-April 2003
President-Rotaract Club of Trivandrum, June 2002- May 2003