MBBS: Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, February 2011
MD (General Medicine): Father Muller Medical College, Mangalore, July 2014
DM (Cardiology): Governmaent Medical College, Trivandrum, July 2018
DNB (Cardiology): National Board of Examinations, New Delhi, December 2018
2015-2018: Senior Resident, Government Medical College, Trivandrum
2018-2019: Assistant Professor, Government Medical College,Trivandrum
2020-2022: Assistant Professor, Department of Cardiology, FMMC
2022-2025: Associate Professor, Department of Cardiology, FMMC
2025-present: Professor, Department of Cardiology, FMMC
Gold Medal & Endowment Award for being the Best Outgoing Resident in DM Cardiology from Government Medical College, Trivandrum awarded by the District Collector of Trivandrum on 31st May 2019
FISE (Fellow of the Indian Society of Electrocardiology) (19.11.2022)
FSCAI (Fellow of Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions) (June 2024)
Vartha Bharati Facebook Watch talk on Heart Attacks and Cardiac Arrest on 30.10.2021; over 10 lakh (1 million) views
Course Coordinator for BSc Cardiac Care Technology (16.11.2023-present);
External Examiner by RGUHS for University Practical Examinations of BSc Cardiac Care Technology (since 2020);
NABH Internal Auditor for FMMCH (since 2021)
Life memberships: Indian Medical Association, Association of Physicians of India (DK Chapter) Interventional Cardiology Council of Kerala, National Academy of Medical Sciences, Indian College of Cardiology, Cardiological Society of India, Indian Academy of Echocardiography, Indian Society of Electrocardiology
1. Ch 94: Role of Bisoprolol in Tachyarrhythmia with Heart Failure (Authors: Jostol Pinto, A George Koshy; Textbook: Advances & Revolutions in Heart Failure (ARHF), First Edition, 2024; ISBN: 978-93-5696-536-2)
2. Ch 7: Isolated Diastolic Hypertension
Authors: Jostol Pinto, A George Koshy
Textbook: Cardiology 2022 Edition: Hypertension, 2023; ISBN: 978-81-955379-5-2
3. Ch 124: Single Antiplatelet Therapy vs Dual Antiplatelet Therapy vs Dual Pathway
Inhibition Therapy in Vertebral Artery Disease
Authors: Jostol Pinto, A George Koshy
Textbook: Advances in CLOT Treatment (ACT), First Edition, 2023; ISBN: 978-93-5696-094-7
4. Ch 36: Oxidative Stress and Statin Therapy
Authors: Jostol Pinto, A George Koshy
Textbook: Advances in Statin Therapy & Beyond in CVD (ASTC), First Edition, 2022; ISBN: 978-93-5465-393-3
5. Ch 18: Low-density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Goals in Secondary Prevention – How Low is Too High?
Authors: A George Koshy, Jostol Pinto
Textbook: Cardiology 2021 Edition: Lipids, 2022, ISBN: 978-81-955379-4-5
6. Ch 45: Non-dipping, Early Morning Surge in Hypertension in Isolated Systolic Hypertension in Elderly
Authors: Jostol Pinto, A George Koshy
Textbook: Hypertension: New Frontiers – A Textbook of Cardiology, First Edition, 2021
ISBN: 978-93-51521-09-9
7. Ch 18: Invasive Management of NSTEMI: Early or Elective?
Authors: A George Koshy, Jostol Pinto
Textbook: Cardiological Society of India: Cardiology Update 2020, 2021
ISBN: 978-81-944667-9-6
8. Ch 95: Heart Failure and Hypertension
Authors: Jostol Pinto, A George Koshy
Textbook: Advances & Innovations in Heart Failure (AIHF) – A Textbook of Cardiology,
First Edition, 2020
ISBN: 978-93-89587-89-0
1. Title: Correlation of Urinary Human Heart Fatty Acid Binding Protein With The Conventional Cardiac Marker of STEMI
Authors: Jostol Pinto, Maitreyee DS, Shivashankara AR, Rashmitha Shrestha, Gita
Journal: Journal of Cardiovascular Disease Research
Date of publication: August 2024
2. Title: The Role of Fluoroscopically Detected Coronary Calcium in Predicting the
Presence of Significant Coronary Lesions
Authors: Jostol Pinto, Sunitha K Viswanathan, George A Koshy, Prabha Nini Gupta, VV
Radhakrishnan
Journal: Journal of Indian College of Cardiology
Date of publication: 18th February 2021
3. Title: Study in Southern India Among Hypertensive Patients Using ECG To Screen Left
Ventricular Hypertrophy – Can We Do It in Rural Health Centres?
Authors: Jostol Pinto J, Peter George P, Narasimha Hegde
Journal: Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
Date of publication: 15th March 2014
4. Title: AI for the Cardiologist’s Eye: Artificial Intelligence Integrating Cardiac Imaging
Author: Jostol Pinto
Journal: Kerala Journal of Cardiology – The Official Journal of the Indian College of
Cardiology, Kerala ChapterDate of publication: September 2022
5. Title: The Role of Echocardiography in Heart Failure Today
Authors: Jostol Pinto, A George Koshy
Journal: Journal of the Indian Academy of Echocardiography & Cardiovascular Imaging
Date of publication: 27th February 2021