Director

Dr. V. J. Sadhna is a Consultant in Preventive and Noninvasive Cardiology based at Hyderabad India. She is a medical graduate from one of the premier medical institutes in the country, JIPMER Pondicherry, and has done her post graduation in Preventive Medicine. Dr. Sadhna has worked for the World Health Organization as State Officer for Andhra Pradesh for 6 years and has also served as a technical advisor to the Govt. of Andhra Pradesh during that period. She has been closely associated with projects related to World Bank, Ford foundation and Bill and Melinda Gates foundation.

She specializes in Preventive Cardiology. She is a professional Member and Fellow of the American Heart Association (FAHA) USA. She is also a member of the Indian college of Cardiology. She has been a guest speaker at several forums both medical and social like Rotary Club etc. Has attended several training programs and meetings at South Korea, Malaysia, Hong Kong, USA and several places in India. She has published articles in scientific journals and has authored couple of books. Her articles on Preventive Cardiology have been featured in several national and regional newspapers and magazines.

Academic Qualifications

• Received her MBBS and MD degree from JIPMER, Pondicherry, India (One of India’s premier teaching hospitals and Tertiary Care Centre)
• Advanced Clinical training on “Applications of medical tests in detection and management of Coronary Artery Disease” at Dept of Cardiothoracic surgery, Gleneagles Kuala Lampur Malaysia (2004)
• Preventive Cardiology – AHA/ CDC at Florida USA (2005)
• Non-Invasive Cardiology at Non Invasive Heart Centre – San Deigo, USA (2005)
• Non- Invasive Cardiology – Manchester UK (2006)
• Fellow of the American Heart Association (FAHA) – USA (2007)
• Cardiac Rehabilitation Certificate Course – Hong Kong (2008)
• Certificate course in ICCPR – Cardiovascular Rehabilitation Foundation’s Certification. India (2019)

Experience

• Worked for the World Health Organization (WHO) for 6 years on prevention
• Practising Preventive Cardiology with a follow- up approach in Hyderabad and has the experience in preventing and guiding over 10000 people with heart disease
• Invited by CDC in 2005 to present a paper at the Second International Conference on Women & Heart Disease at Florida USA
• She has developed a Screening protocol called Safe Guidelines for Screening for Heart Attack and Heart Failure prevention and education especially for South Asians.
• Has been featured in Times of India Achievers Telugu States 2019 – 2020 for her work in preventive and non invasive Cardiology
• Has been attending the Annual British Cardiovascular Society (BCS) Conference at Manchester UK every year from 2004 to 2023 as a part of her Continued Professional Development.
• Regularly attends CAD conferences, American College of Cardiology (ACC) & CardioDiabetes conferences to know and apply the latest protocol- driven and guideline-directed medical management of Coronary Heart Disease and Heart failure

Key field of expertise

• High Cholesterol management
• Hypertension management
• Cardiodiabetes management
• Preventive Cardiology
• Non-Invasive Cardiology
• Second Opinion for Asymtomatic patients advised Interventions like Bypass or Stent in non-emergency situations
• Follow-up and Cardiac rehabilitation advice for Post CABG and Stent patients
• Screening, Advice & management of Asymtomatic Heart Failure patients.

Membership of Professional Organizations

Personal Social Responsibility

• Women – Supporting the World Heart Federation ‘Go Red for women’ campaign
• Outreach Camps – Detecting risk factors – Dyslipidemia, Hypertension and Diabetes.
• Relatives of heart patients – Early detection and prevention of CAD among relatives of those who had an heart attack or undergone By-pass or Stent surgery.