Thomas Alexander
Dr. Thomas Alexander, MD, DM, FACC, FICC, FCSI is an Interventional Cardiologist who is the Head of the Division of Cardiology at Kovai Medical Center and Hospital in Coimbatore, India. Dr. Alexander has established a very active interventional unit at the hospital, which performs 1,500 procedures per year, including 500 cardiac and 150 peripheral interventions.
Dr. Alexander is the Course Director of the STEMI India meeting, an international STEMI conference and the only one of its type in India. He serves as a Member of India Editorial Advisory Board at mdCurrent, LLC. He is also the founder trustee of STEMI- INDIA, a not-for- profit organization that disseminates information on STEMI management, trains STEMI teams, and develops national STEMI guidelines and develops a STEMI system of care in India. Dr. Alexander is a member of the National Guideline Committee, established by the Union Health Ministry, has served in leadership positions for several cardiology societies in India.
He has presented papers and given lectures at numerous regional, national, and international meetings and has been invited faculty at major cardiology and interventional cardiology conferences. Dr. Alexander is active as a principal investigator in numerous cardiology-focused clinical trials.
Latest contributions
Managing complex STEMI patients in diverse healthcare systems - Adapting best practices to local realities
20 May 2025 – From EuroPCR 2025
Addressing the complexities of STEMI management across diverse healthcare systems, this session highlights challenges and adaptive strategies tailored to geographic and resource-specific realities. Learn from regional experts on thrombus burden, late presentations, cardiogenic shock, and multivessel disease management.
Continued global expansion of Stent – Save a Life!
18 May 2023
There is no doubt that the original Stent for Life initiative had a huge, positive impact on morbidity and mortality in patients with STEMI in Europe. With the global Stent – Save a Life! (SSL) initiative comes the continued spread of the mission to other regions,...
Decisions in STEMI patients – The importance of a standardised treatment approach!
23 May 2019 – From EuroPCR 2019
Consult this session to learn more about decisions in STEMI patients, such as how to optimally manage a patient presenting late, presenting after initial thrombolysis, and more!
Stent - Save A Life! 10th Anniversary Forum - Welcome
20 May 2019 – From EuroPCR 2019
Consult this session to discover the slides of the welcome ceremony of Stent - Save A Life! 10th Anniversary Forum, and learn about the 2019 program and the future perspectives.
Stent - Save A Life! 10th Anniversary Forum - Regional synopsis – Where are we and what are the next steps?
20 May 2019 – From EuroPCR 2019
Consult this session to read about the regional synopsis of Stent - Save a Life, which celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2019, and discover the future perspectives offered by this forum in Europe, Latin America, Africa and Asia.
