Research output per year
Research output per year
MD, PDCC
Madhava Nagar, Manipal, Karnataka State. Pin 576104
India
Research activity per year
Training:
Certified training in Oncology (Hematopathology) from Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai. From August 2021 to January 2022
• Collaborative Online International Learning methodology training – Florida International University – March to June 2021
• Certificate Course in biostatistics, epidemiology and research methodology from Manipal Academy of Higher Education from Feb 2018 to June 2018.
• Internal Auditor training in IMS and QA as per ISO 15189- August 2017; retrained as per 2022
• Revised Basic Medical Education Technology training – August 2017
• Masters degree in Pathology from Topiwala National Medical College, Mumbai, Maharashtra University of Health Sciences, Nashik – July 2010 – Recognized by Medical Council of India
• Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery from Mysore Medical College, Mysore, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore – April 2005
Work experience:
• Associate professor in Pathology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Udupi from July 2019 till date
• Assistant professor in Pathology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Udupi from July 2015 to June 2019
• Assistant professor in Pathology, Melaka Manipal Medical College, Manipal, Udupi from January 2013 to June 2015
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• Primary area of research: Hematopathology, flow cytometry and immunology
• Secondary areas of research: Oncopathology, Nephropathology: transplant immunology, oncofertility, global health, medical education
Teaching:
Recognized PhD guide,
Recognized MD Pathology postgraduate guide
UG teacher for medical and health professions students
Part of the departmental activities of curriculum development, assessments and student mentoring
• Special interest in integrated medical education where a concept may be discussed with students as a whole and not in a compartmentalized manner.
• I was in charge of delivering a unique course called clinic-patho-physiology and therapeutics for second year undergraduate students. In this course, a few select topics from systemic pathology are taught along with clinicians (internists, medical oncologists, pulmonologists and nephrologists). The didactic session is followed by small group discussion of cases from an online interactive database called eLearning. This course was initiated at KMC, Manipal in collaboration with Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, IL, USA.
• I am the coordinator for Virtual Global Health Elective Course which is COIL modelled learning program in collaboration with Student Mobility Center, Department of Community Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal and King’s College, London. This project has also been recognized and been funded by Association of Commonwealth Universities.
Diagnostics:
• Reporting CBC, peripheral smear, bone marrow examination, body fluid and urine analyses, coagulation studies, hemoglobin electrophoresis.
• Responsible for flow cytometry section (BD FACS CANTO II, DxFLEX BC, with FACS Diva, FACS Cantoclinical FACS Suite, CytExpert, Kaluza, FlowJo and FCS express softwares) and reporting leukemia-lymphoma, myeloma, minimal residual disease assay, PNH, stem cell enumeration and T lymphocyte subset enumeration panels.
Administration:
• NMC compliance committee- coordinator for paraclinical departments- December 2024 till date
• Chairperson of institutional research vertical on Internationalization, overseas faculty and alumni engagement- May 2023 till date
• Deputy quality manager for Hematology and Clinical Pathology Laboratory under Kasturba Hospital Laboratory Services (accredited by National Accreditation Board for Laboratories)- Responsible for maintaining ISO 15189 standards in the lab- August 2017 till date
• Member of Internal Quality Assurance Cell of Kasturba Medical College, Manipal- November 2017 till date
• Faculty member of Career Counselling Cell of Kasturba Medical College, Manipal- August 2020 till date
• Former faculty coordinator for Office of International Affairs and Collaborations, Manipal Academy of Higher Education – Responsible for initiating and establishing strategic partnerships with international universities for research, academic and clinical care collaborations- September 2017 to till date
• Faculty coordinator for Student Mobility Center at Kasturba Medical College, Manipal – Responsible for mentoring and facilitating away rotations for undergraduate and postgraduate medical students - September 2017 to till date
Awards and recognition:
1. Reach the World Travel Award by the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis July 2021
2. Berend Houwen Award for meritorious abstract by International Society of Laboratory Hematology, presented at ISLH 2021 May 2021
3. Medical Student Virtual Mobility Grant by Association of Commonwealth Universities for Virtual Global Health Elective Course in collaboration with King’s College, London, UK –
4. Faculty participant in Resources for Internationalization of Higher Education Institutions in India (RISHII) cofounded by Erasmus + program of European Union and University of Deusto, Bilbao, Spain
5. International Society of Laboratory Hematology mentorship award 2018-2019
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review