Dr. I.B. Vijayalakshmi stood first to Bangalore University in MD (Gen. Medicine) and secured Dr. K.S. Shadaksharappa Gold medal in 1977. She is the first Lady Cardiologist of Karnataka, first one to head the department of Paediatric Cardiology in Karnataka. She has had a brilliant academic career and has been awarded totally 36 gold medals and 3silver medal.
She has 140 research papers out of which 45 are international with 100 total citations and citation index of 20.7. Delivered 26 prestigious orations. She has 86 publications including 4 text books for the cardiologists, that includes monogram on “Acute Rheumatic fever and Rheumatic heart Disease” and book on “Step by step to Echo in Congenital Heart Disease” She is the chief Editor of a Text book on-“A Comprehensive Approach to Congenital Heart Disease” (a lifelong Odyssey) for which the book review has been written by Dr. Crystal R. Bonnichsen, of Mayo clinic and published in European heart journal.
She has edited -Cardiac catheterization and Imaging from Pediatrics to Geriatrics. She has set seven world records. For the first time in the world, she has proposed and published “Vijaya’s Echo criteria” for diagnosis of carditis in acute rheumatic fever.
MD, DM(cardiology), DSc,FICC,FIAMS,FIAE,FICP,FCSI,FAMS, FISH, FRCP(London)
Professor of Pediatric Cardiology, Super Specialty Hospital (PMSSY)
Bengaluru Medical College and Research Institute, Bengaluru, India