Dr. Jitendra Singh Makkar
Department
Designation
HOD & Director Cardiology
Cardiology
About Doctor
Dr. Jitendra Singh Makkar is a Senior Interventional Cardiologist with special interest and expertise in the field of clinical electrophysiology, pacemaker & heart failure device management. He has 18 years of experience in the field of Cardiology and has worked with leading Cardiac Institutes across country. He has done fellowship in complex arrhythmia ablation from Korea University Medical Centre Seoul. He has performed thousands of coronary angioplasties, RF Ablations, Pacemaker & heart failure devices. He is pioneer in this field in the state of Rajasthan by establishing first EP Lab and Pacemaker clinic in this state and implanting many devices first in state like CRT-D, MRI compatible pacemaker and ICDs. He has been awarded best cardiologist of Rajasthan multiple times. Rajasthan First Leadless pacemaker implant goes to his credit.
Education & Experience
- D.M. (Cardiology)
- M.D. (Internal Medicine)
- MBBS
Work Experience
- Senior Consultant Cardiologist & Electrophysiologist- Fortis Escorts Hospital Jaipur (2007-2014)
- Associate Consultant - Department of Arrhythmia Services, Escorts Heart Institute & Research Centre New Delhi (2003-2007)
Special Interests
- Interventional Cardiology
- Clinical Electrophysiology
- Heart Failure Management
Awards & Honours
- Has got the credit of establishing the first fully equipped state of art E.P. Lab in the state of Rajasthan.
- Establishing the first ever center in the state of Rajasthan for aliments related to Arrhythmia.
- Establishing the first fully equipped Pacemaker Clinic in the state of Rajasthan.
- First ever CRT-D implantation in the state of Rajasthan.
- First ever implantation of MRI safe pacemaker in the state of Rajasthan. First ever implantation of I.L.R. (Internal Loop Recorder) and E.L.R. (External Loop Recorder) in the state of Rajasthan.
- Has got the credit of performing the first ever non-surgical pacemaker lead extraction in the state of Rajasthan.
- Has been awarded the 'Young Achievers' award by Jaipur Medical Association (J.M.I).
- Has been awarded 'Best Cardiologist of Rajasthan - 2013' by Times of India in their Rajasthan Health Awards 2013.
- Organized the annual conference of Indian Society of Electrocardiology 'ISECON 2012' in February 2012 at Jaipur.
Publications
- Electrocardiographic diagnosis of Acute MI in presence of LBBB. Current medical trends 1997;1:111-112
- Clinical differential diagnosis of Stroke by scoring systems and correlation with CT findings. SDMH Journal 2000;27:222-227
- Immediate hemodynamic effects of balloon mitral valvotomy SDMH Journal 2001;28:347-352
- Cardiac resynchronization therapy TS Kler,Aparna Jaswal, Jitendra Singh, Cardiology Update 2004.CSI
- Follow up of patients with ICD T S Kler,Aparna Jaswal, Jitendra Singh Cardiology Update 2005.CSI
- Implantation of Dual Chamber ICD in a patient with left persistent SVC and Right SVC atresia (case report) Vanita Arora,Jitendra Singh,Kartikay Bhargava,TS Kler In
OPD Time
Days: Monday to Saturday
Time: 9:00 AM- 5:00 PM
Room Number: 114
Contact: +91-9549158888
Address: Eternal Hospital, 3 A Jagatpura Road,
Near Jawahar Circle, Jaipur 302017