Background
Prakash, Ravi was born on February 22, 1941 in Meerut, U.P., India. Son of Daya Ram and Ramkali Devi Bansal.
Prakash, Ravi was born on February 22, 1941 in Meerut, U.P., India. Son of Daya Ram and Ramkali Devi Bansal.
Bachelor of Science, Agra U., 1958; Doctor of Medicine, All India Institute Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 1963.
Fellow in cardiology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 1970-1971; assistant professor medicine, University of Illinois, 1971-1973; assistant professor, then associate professor medicine, University of California, Irvine, 1973-1979; professor medicine, University of California at Los Angeles School Medicine, 1981-1992; vice department chairman medicine, University of California at Los Angeles School Medicine, 1989-1990; department chairman medicine, Charles R. Drew U. Medicine and Science, Los Angeles, 1989-1990; chief cardiology, King-Drew Medical Center, Los Angeles, 1979-1990. President American Heart Institute, since 1987.
Captain, Medical Corps Indian Army, 1963-1966. Fellow American College of Physicians, American College Cardiology. Member American Heart Association.
Married Odette Agustin, June 10, 1978. Children: Gennifer Gita, John Paul Ravi, Jonathan Dayaram.