Dr. S. N. Routray is a retired Professor and former H.O.D. of Cardiology at S.C.B. Medical College, Cuttack. A Fellow of the American College of Cardiology, European Society of Cardiology, Indian College of Cardiology (ICC), and Cardiological Society of India (CSI), he is an Editorial Board Member of the Indian Heart Journal and an E.C. Member of CSI. He has served as the President of the CSI Odisha Chapter and is a life member of CSI, ICC, Indian Medical Association, and Association Physicians of India, Odisha. With over 80 publications in indexed journals, he has contributed chapters to six books and six cardiology updates. His key areas of interest include preventive and interventional cardiology.