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THE ACADEMIC STAFF

  
Full time staff of the Faculty as at 22nd November 2006 are as listed below. The Faculty has also a number of adjunct/sessional staff and Honorary Senior Lecturers (clinical specialists form its approved 'teaching' hospitals) to assist in medical teaching.
  
 

Academic Staff

    Research Interest  
  Senior Professor Dr K R Sethuraman (Dean), MD (JIPMER), MBBS (Madras)     Echocardiography, Communication including Telemedicine, Innovations in Educational Technology including Multidimensional Skills Lab Clinical 
 

Professor Dr Harcharan Singh Sidhu (Deputy Dean for Pre-Clinical Studies, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences), BSc (Bombay), MSc (Herriot-Watt), PhD (London)

    Food and water-borne pathogens; Helicobacter pylori; microbial insecticides; MRSA Microbiology
 

Professor Dr P L N G Rao (Deputy Dean-Clinical), MBBS (Kurnool Medical College, Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh), MS (Surgery) Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh M Ch (Paed Surg), PGIMER, Chandigarh, FICS (Paed Surg), International College of Surgeons, FAMS (Paed Surg), National Academy of Medical Sciences, New Delhi - India

    Paediatric Surgery Clinical 
 

Dato' Dr Zahari Che Dan (Consultant/Advisor)

       
  Additional Professor Dr S N Somayaji, BSc, MSc, PhD (Mangalore University)     Anatomy Anatomy
 

Additional Professor Dr R Arulmoli, MBBS (Madras University), MS Anatomy (JIPMER), PhD (Annamalai University)

    Medical Education, Medical Genetics, Genetics of Infertility
 

Associate Professor Dr Shajan Koshy, MBBS (Bhopal University); MS Anatomy (Mahatma Gandhi University)

    Age Changes in Pineal Gland, Dendritic Cells
 

Principal Lecturer Dr A Sen, MBBS, MS, DO

    Anatomy, Computer vision syndrome & WMRSD
 

Senior Lecturer Dr K Deepa, MSc (University of Madras)

    Degenerating corticofugal fibers in medulla oblongata after middle cerebral artery occlusion, Comparitive anatomy of Aortic arches
 

Lecturer Dr Narendiran Krishnasamy, MBBS (Annamalai), Diploma in Diabetology, Vuk Vrhovac Institute University of Zagreb

    Anatomy, Gestational diabetes
  Additional Professor Dr Ong King Kok, BSc Hons (First Class in Biochemistry - Univ. of Otago, New Zealand), PhD (Biochemistry - Univ. of Otago, New Zealand)     Metabolism of cyclic nucleotides and insulin action Biochemistry

 

 

Additional Professor Dr A Diwakar, MBBS (Madras University), DCH (Madras University), MD (Biochem) Madras University

    Medical administration, admissions and exam conduction, Health education to antenatal mothers
 

Associate Professor Dr Raghu Badrachalam, MSc, PhD (Madras University) FRSH (London)

    Role of iron in bacterial pathogenesis, Effect of Omega 3 Fatty acid on collagenase expression and Immunity
 

Assistant Professor Dr Shakila Srikumar, MBBS, MD (Andhra)

    Biochemistry
 

Assistant Professor Dr Somashekar Shetty, BSc (Mangalore University), MSc (MAHE), PhD (MAHE)

    Wound Healing and Indigenous Drugs/ Role as antioxidants
 

Professor Dr Seshagiri Rao Pillutla, MBBS (Guntur Medical College, A.P), MD (Physiology) V P Chest Institute, Delhi University, Delhi

    Physiological psychology of consciousness; motivational states in animals and man Physiology

 

  Additional Professor Dr Ramesh Kumar Marya, MBBS (Punjab University), MD (Punjabi University), PhD (MDU)     Vitamin D metabolism
 

Senior Associate Professor Dr N Nagaraja Kumari, MSc (Sri Venkateswara University), PhD (Mangalore University)

    Autonomic Nervous System
 

Senior Associate Professor Dr Neena Bhattacharya, MSc, PhD (PHYSIOLOGY) (New Delhi)

    Neurophysiology, Pain Mechanisms
 

Associate Professor Dr Latha Rajendra Kumar, MBBS, MD, PhD (Madras University)

    Stem Cell
  Senior Lecturer Dr E S Prakash, MBBS (Dr MGR Medical University), MD (Pondicherry University)     Neural Regulation of cardiovascular function in hypertension, syncope, Student-centered learning, Physiology education for physicians
 

Principal Lecturer Dr Padmavathy, MBBS, MD (KMCH)

    Physiology
  Additional Professor Dr G Sivagnanam, MD (Madras University)     Epidemiological aspects of public health, health education Pharmacology
 

Additional Professor Dr M A Naga Rani, MBBS (Andhra University), MD  Pharmacology (Madras University)

    Medical Education, Pharmacoepidemiology-Prescription Audit
 

Associate Professor Dr Biswadeep Das, MBBS (Calcutta University), M Tech (IIT Bombay), MD Pharmacology (MAHE Manipal)

    Cardiovascular Pharmacology, Clinical Pharmacology including Pharmacoepidemiology, Neuro Pharmacology, Medical Education
 

Associate Professor Dr Chayna Sarkar, MBBS (Calcutta University), MD Pharmacology (PGIMER), DM ( PGIMER, Chandigarah)

    Clinical Pharmacology including Pharmacoepidemiology, Cardiovascular Pharmacology,  Neuro Pharmacology,
  Additional Professor Dr Girija R Kumari, MBBS (Guntur), MD (KMC)     Ocular Microbiology Microbiology

 

  Associate Professor Dr P Chitra Rajalashmi, MBBS, MD (Dr MGR Medical University)      
  Assistant Professor Dr Rajesh K, MBBS, MD (Madras University)     Bacteriology, Immunology, Molecular biology
  Senior Lecturer Dr M S Ranjith, MSc (University of Madras)     Evolutionary aspects of fungi, Prevalence of medically important fungi, Immunomodulatry properties of plant products
 

Senior Lecturer Dr Bharathi Sengodan, MBBS (Madras University); MD PATHOLOGY (Ramachandra University)

    General Pathology Pathology
 

Lecturer Dr Deepalakshmi, MBBS MBBS (MGR)

    Pathology
  Professor Dr Narayan, MBBS, DPH, MD (JIPMER)     Social Medicine Community Medicine
  Associate Professor Dr S Gopalakrishnan, MBBS (Kerala), MD, DPH (Dr MGR Medical University)     Rational usage of drugs and Essential use of drugs
  Senior Lecturer Dr Abdul Rashid, MBBS (Peshawar); MSc  (Cowan, Perth)     Occupational Health
 

Professor Dr Ananthanarayanan Krishnan, MBBS, MS, M.Ch  (Poona)

    Surgery Clinical

 

 

Professor Dr Dinker Ramananda Pai, MBBS, MD (JIPMER)

    General Surgery
 

 

     
 

Additional Professor Dr Victor Raj, BSc, MSc, PhD (Madras)

    Radiological Physics
  Senior Assosiate Professor Dr D Premkumar, MBBS (Madras University), MS (Madras University)     Advanced Malignancies
  Senior Assosiate Professor Dr T K M Hari Krishnudu, MBBS (Madras University), MS (General Surgery) Madras University, Mch (Vascular Surgery) Madras University, FICS (Vascular Surgery) International College of Surgeons, Washington, FRCS (Ireland) Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland, FRCS (Edinburgh) Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh     Amoebisis and amoebic liver abscess; clinical study and paper presentation on amoebic liver abscess, Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
 

Associate Professor Dr M V S Prakash, MBBS (Madras University), DO (Madras University), MS  Ophthalmology (Dr MGR Medical University)

    Paediatric Cataract, Oculoplasty, Anterior Segment
 

Associate Professor Dr T Pavadai Thamilselvam, MBBS, MS (Madras)

    General Surgery
 

Associate Professor Dr T Pandurangan, MBBS, MS (Madras)

    Surgery
 

Assistant Professor Dr Muthuraja Mahesh Kumar, MBBS (Kilpauk), MD (Madras)

    Paediatrics
 

Assistant Professor Dr Kamarulzaman Bin Embi, MBBS, M MED MKCP

    Haematological Malignancies
 

Assistant Professor Dr Somashekar Shetty, MSc (KMC), PhD (Manipal)

    Biochemistry
 

Principal Lecturer Dr A Murali, MBBS (Madras), MD (MGR)

    Hematology
 

Principal Lecturer Dr Uday Kumar Chalwadi, MBBS (Karntaka) MD (JIPMER)

    Paediatrics
  Senior Lecturer Dr Vikas Kumar, MBBS (JIPMER), MS (M.G.M), MRCS (UK)     General Surgery
 

Lecturer Dr James Smitt, MBBS MMedSc

    Tropical Medicine, Macariology, Cardiovascular Manisfestation of Diabetes Mellitus, Alcohol recored medical problems