The Department of Nuclear Medicine JIPMER proudly hosted the 47th Annual Conference of the Society of

Nuclear Medicine India (SNMICON2015) from the 26th to 28th February 2016. This conference was inaugurated by Honorable Lt Governor of Puducherry Lt. Gen. A.K. Singh who was also the Chief Guest. Director JIPMER Dr. S.C. Parija

as the Chief Patron of the conference and President of Society of Nuclear Medicine India (SNMI), Dr. G.P. Bandhopadhyaya also graced the occasion. More than 350 delegates attended the deliberations and included invited faculty from all over the country as well as from countries such as the UK, USA and Australia.

Greeting from the new JIPMER News Desk.We are delighted to bring out the fifth issue of JIPMER news. All suggestions to improve JIPMER News are welcome

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January–February 2016Volume 3, Issue 1

Thought for the Month

JIPMER News

I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my

destination.– Jimmy Dean

Lt. Governor of Puducherry Inaugurates 47th National Conference in Nuclear Medicine hosted by the

Department of Nuclear Medicine, JIPMER

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JIPMER Health Education Initiative

Jipmer Celebrates Third Anniversary of Bone Marrow Transplant Program

JIPMER Striding Ahead...

Under the leadership of Professor Dr. SC Parija, Director, JIPMER, a new initiative had been started in May

to improve public awareness on health and disease which would include a series of interactive programs conducted on a fortnightly basis. These programs will focus on building knowledge among the general public as well as patients and their care-givers on prevention and treatment of common illnesses. The programs will be in Tamil and are planned for every 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of each month between 3.30 and 5.00PM.

The 16th interactive session focusing on “Drug Addiction” what are the risk-factors? what is the treatment?

Was organised on 12th January ’16. A special skit in Tamil by Asiriyar Kalaikuzu, Pondicherry was also organised to put across the message.

The 17th interactive session focusing on “Early detection of childhood cancers” was organised on Tuesday, 9th February 2016. The Programme focused on creating awareness about early detection of childhood cancers. The idea was to help people to identify early signs and to seek medical help at the initial stage. They were also given an overview of treatment process.

The 18th Interactive session focusing on “Chronic Skin Diseases’ was conducted on Tuesday, 23th February ‘16.

The bone marrow transplant or blood & marrow transplant (BMT) program was started in JIPMER in the department of Medical

Oncology in January 2013. Third anniversary of the BMT program was observed by the department on 20th January 2016 and on this occasion a third BMT room was inaugurated by the director.

So far, till December 2015, the department has performed a total of 45 transplants, 39 autologous transplants and 6 allogeneic transplants for various indications.

JIPMER is the only government hospital in Puducherry and Tamil Nadu that is doing bone marrow transplant.

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JIPMER observes ‘Sanitation Fortnight’

JIPMER observed the ‘Sanitation Fortnight’ from 16th to 29th February. 2016. This programme was

conducted as a part of ‘Swacch Bharat Abhiyan’ As a part of the programme; banners regarding

dos and don’ts were exhibited at prominent places. NSS volunteers from St Patrick’s school conducted a rally highlighting the importance of sanitation through placards. A special cleaning drive in Kendriya Vidyalaya campus was organised

Hospital Infection Control Committee contributed by conducting a session on hand and personal hygiene. Fogging of entire campus was conducted to keep campus mosquito free.

The programme concluded with a street play ‘Mirror’ to highlight importance of sanitation.

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Interview with Dr C Adithan, Former Faculty (Research)

Dr. C. Adithan, Director of CIDRF at MGMCRI, Pondicherry, retired as Senior Professor & head of Department of

Clinical Pharmacology. He is having more than 26 years experience as Professor. He is instrumental in starting DM program in Clinical Pharmacology. He established the “Advance Centre for Pharmacogenomics Research” in India under the ICMR research grant. He was the first to report the genotype pattern of CYP2D6 and CYP2C9 in a Indian population. He has made an observation that the genotype pattern of South Indians is distinctly different from Caucasians and Orientals.

He was the past President of Indian Pharmacological Society (2007) and Southern Regional Indian Pharmacological Society (2003-2007). He also served as the Chief Editor of Indian Journal of Pharmacology for 9 years (from 1992 to 2000). He is a Fellow of National Academy of Medical Sciences (FAMS), Indian Pharmacological Society (FIPS) and International Medical Science Academy (FIMSA).

He is a Member of Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (Govt. of India). Previously he was a member of Board of Studies of NTR University of Health Sciences (Vijayawada, A.P.) and presently at JSS University, Mysore. He is the Chairman of VCRC Institute Ethics Committee and past Member Secretary of IEC (Human studies) of JIPMER, Pondicherry.

He is a member of Faculty selection committees of AIIMS (New Delhi), PGIMER (Chandigarh), University of Delhi etc. He is also a member of expert committee / judge for awarding several research awards including the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize. He has travelled to Japan, France, England, Nepal and Malaysia in various assignments. He is a project reviewer of several funding agencies. He has more than 170 research papers and authored 3 books. He guided 10 PhD students.

Interview:1. How has your journey been in JIPMER?Memorable. Leaned, taught and enjoyed my stay

2.What was your motivation to focus on research?Childhood dream of discovering something and my fortunate opportunity to be with Prof. M. N.Ghosh and Dr. I. S. Gandhi (my MD guide)

3. What is your advise to young faculty who want to focus on research?Choose areas of research which will address the health problems of India.

Focus on the priority areas of National Health Programs. Attend workshops and learn the advanced techniques. Do not complain about the non-availability of recent and

costly equipment. Apply for extramural grants – it brings you prestige and

financial freedom for research

4. Any fond memories of JIPMER.Many. (1) Establishing the ICMR – JIPMER center for Advanced Research in Pharmacogenomics (2) Starting DM course (3) Receiving the Senior Faculty Research Award Oration of JIPMER, 2015

5. What changes you would like to see in your departmentPermanent Faculty posts in Dept. of Clinical Pharmacology should be created. Pharmacogenomics works in Departments should move forward in tune with recent advances in science

6. What changes in teaching practices/curriculum you felt was necessary.More integrated teaching and skill development which can fulfill the requirement of a basic doctor is needed.

7. What are your future plansI joined as Director of CIDRF at MGMCRI, Pondicherry. It has similar facility like JIPMER for research. In the next 5 years I wish to develop pharmacogenomics testing kits which will provide point of care services. Developing and validating algorithms for personalized therapy in cancer, psychiatry and cardiac illnesses.

Learning from Our Seniors…

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JIPMER signs MoU with Sri Aurobindo Society

JIPMER and Sri Aurobindo society will work together in the field of health, medical education, research and community service

Rotary Eves & Rotary International donated a Neonatal Gastroscope to Department of Pediatrics

Adding new Feathers: Augmentation of Services

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Cervical Spondylosis ClinicDepartment of Neurosurgery started Cervical Spondylosis clinic. The clinic would offer radiological and surgical evaluation. Also the follow up, physiotherapy and rehabilitation facilities to patients will be provided

SSB Cardiology Coronary Critical

Care UnitInauguration of SSB Cardiology Coronary Critical Care Unit on 25th January 2016, by director JIPMER in presence of Medical Superintendent and Professor of SSB.

Online Patient Registration System

State of Art Online registration system was launched in JIPMER. The registration system is provided as a part of Hospital information system. As a part of the facilities provided the patients can register online, view web reports of the investigations done etc.

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24 hours Paid Pharmacy JIPMER started a 24 hour paid pharmacy within its premises to offer life saving emergency drugs at affordable prices. The pharmacy facilities can be availed by the patients of JIPMER, additionally the staff and students can also avail the facilities. The pharmacy was established as a part of initiatives taken under Pradhan Mantri Swastha Surksha Yojana

3 D Printer Inaugurated in Plastic surgery Department

Department of Plastic Surgery has procured a 3 D printing fa-cility. This facility will help them in reconstructing the damaged or mutilated

Department of Clinical Immunology performs first Curtolegous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant

Department of Clinical Immunology performed first successful Curtolegous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant carried out for a patient with Systemic Sclerosis in January 2016.

Project Fund Management Software Inaugurated

Institute has introduced a fund management software SFACTS. The software would increase the efficiency and transparency in the research fund management.

JIPMER Introduces Volunteer Help Group

JIPMER has introduced the concept of Volunteer Help Group; individuals, NGOs, associations can apply for this sevice

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Serving the Community and fulfilling its Social obligations – JIPMER and Community Health Initiatives

Road Safety Rally

Faculty, Staff & Interns of RHC conducted a Road Safety Rally in the RHC service on 26th January.

They also gave short talks on safe driving practices especially use of helmets.

Mission Indradhanush Mission Indradhanush was held from 07.1.16 to 14.1.16.

National De-worming DayNational de-worming day was held on 10th February 2016. Totally 2561 children covered in RHC area and 1569 in UHC area.

International Childhood Cancer Awareness Day CelebratedDeapartment of Medical Oncology along with NGOs like CanKids, Jiv Daya Foundation celebrated International Childhood Cancer Awareness Day. An awareness rally qas organised on the beach road. Also certain other programmes like ‘Light it up gold Taj Mahal’ were also organised to spread the awareness regarding childhood cancers and importance of mangement.

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Awards and Laurels Won by JIPMER Staff, Students & Faculty

Kusum Sharma Award

Dr. Medha R., Associate Professor of Biochemistry was conferred with the Smt. Kusum Sharma Award for a Young Woman Scientist who has made outstanding contributions in Biomedical Research for the year 2015, at the 5th National Conference of the Indian Academy of Biomedical Sciences at New Delhi from 26-28 February 2016. She delivered the Smt. Kusum Sharma Memorial Oration on the topic entitled “Unravelling the psoriasis-cardiovascular disease link puzzle?”

Mrs M J Kumari, Vice Principal, College of Nursing received Best Educationist Award and the certificate of Excellence by the Economic for Health and Educational Growth, New Delhi held on 15.02.2016.

Dr Dasari Papa was awarded DR. D.B.BISHT AWARD by JIPMER Scientific Society for her scientific presentation Presentation on “Laparoscopic Ovarian Drilling for CC Resistent Pcos Infertile Women”

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Dr Ramesh Kumar R Assistant Professor Pediatrics awarded Dr.  V.  Balagopal Raju Award (first prize) for original research paper (oral) titled “Hand Hygiene Education and Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) Monitoring on Compliance of Hand Hygiene and Impact on Health Care Associated Infections in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit – A Prospective Open Labeled Sequential Before – After Period Study”

Dr. Ravindra B. K., 3rd year Senior Resident, Department of Clinical Pharmacology, won the first prize in the Intercollegiate PG Dissertation Presentation Competition] organized by Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth , Puducherry on 22nd January 2016 for the paper titled “Population Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacogenomics of Tacrolimus in Renal Transplant Patients  – A Pilot Study”.

Mr Mourougan. S, Lecturer in Radiology (Medical Physics) awarded AMPI Best Paper Award for his presentation entitled “Study of the Dosimetric differences between Ir192 and Co60 sources of HDR Brachytherapy for Breast Interstitial Implant” during the XX Annual Conference of Association of Medical Physicists of India, TN&PY Chapter held on 6th & 7th February 2016 at TAG Auditorium, Anna University, Chennai.

Dr Suresh Gandhi, Assistant Professor, Dept of Orthopaedics won the prestigious ‘TNOA Prof Tom Xavier Hand Gold Medal’ at the Annual conference of the Tamil Nadu Orthopaedic Association held at Ooty on 12th-14th February 2016 for his paper entitles “Major crush injury hand and forearm-Evaluation and Management.”

Dr Pramod Sagar BK, Junior Resident in the Department of Medicine has won the prestigious Dr J N Berry award at APICON – 2016 for his research paper titled “Comparison of two Anti Snake Venom protocols in Hemotoxic Snake bite: A Randomized Trial”

Dr. Palanivel C, Assistant Professor was awarded best paper for oral presentation titled ‘Does audit improve diabetes care in a primary care setting? A management tool to address health system gaps’ at 2nd International Seminar on Research for Prevention and Control of Non Communicable Diseases (NCDs) held at PIMS, Puducherry on 28th-29th January, 2016

Dr. Mallikarjun G. Utagi was awarded best poster in PESI-IAPSCON 2016 at Bhubaneswar, Odisha for topic on Comparative study of laparoscopic versus open appendicectomy in Paediatric Age group our experience.

Department of Surgical Gastroenterology was awarded ISO 9001:2015 by American International Accreditation Organization’s Bureau of Accredited Registrars. The certification was offered after assessing the quality of patient care, quality of research, qualification of faculty and availability of state of art equipment.

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Dr Pawan Kumar, junior resident, medicine won the third prize for best poster at the south zone rheumatology association conference.

Dr. Karthik P, senior resident won the second prize in the quiz completion held at the 62nd IACTSCON, annual meeting of Indian association of cardiovascular and thoracic surgeons at Lucknow, from 18 – 21 Feb 2016

Santhakumar, B Sc perfusion technology 3rd year student was presented the “Award for Upcoming perfusionist” at 16th ISECTCON, the annual Meet of the Indian Society of Extra Corporeal Technology, held at Lucknow, from 19 – 20 Feb 2016. Director’s activities

CME in HepatologyDepartment of Medical Gastroenterology conducted a one day CME programme in Hepatology.

Efficient Quality Assured Data Entry Using EpiData

A short course on “Efficient Quality Assured Data Entry Using EpiData”, organized by the department of Preventive and Social Medicine in collaboration with International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, on 22nd and 23rd February, 2016. Dr. Palanivel C, Assistant Professor of P&SM was the course coordinator.

Clinical Medicine Update

Department of Medicine conducted ‘Clinical Medicine Update’ on 19th February 2016. Senior faculty from Pondicherry and Tamilnadu were invited to share their experience

National Teachers Training ProgrammeDepartment of Medical Education conducts National Teachers Training

Programme from 8 - 13th Feb 2016

Conferences / CMEs / Workshops Organised at JIPMER

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Neonatal Ventilation Workshop

The Department of Neonatology, JIPMER, in collaboration with AIIMS, New Delhi and other reputed institutions organized a 3-day Neonatal Ventilation workshop from 29th to 31st January 2016 at JIPMER, Pondicherry

NAPEM 2016

The Department of Pediatrics, JIPMER organized the 8th National Assembly on Pediatric Emergency Medicine (NAPEM 2016) from 18th to 21st February 2016

Neonatal Emergencies Simulation Team-Training

(NEST) Workshop

NEST workshop on high-fidelity simulation and stations on Crisis Resource Management for nurses and doctors was conducted on 10.01.2016

Department of Medical Oncology conducts CME on Her2 neu therapy in breast cancer

A half day CME was conducted by the department on the topic of Her 2 neu therapy in breast cancer at Hotel Grand Serena on 30th of January 2016. Guest speaker Dr. S. Ramanan from Chennai talked about the clinical aspects of Her 2 neu therapy. Dr. N. G Rajesh, associate professor from dept. of Pathology in JIPMER, talked about the pathological aspects of Her 2 neu testing.

Neonatal Resuscitation Workshop

Neonatal resuscitation workshop for Interns conducted on Jan 2, 2016 by Department of Neonatology

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Director’s Activities

Dr. S.C.Parija, Director, JIPMER was the Chief Guest in the valedictory function in 2nd National Conference “Crunch in Psychiatry Nursing” organized by ES College of Nursing on 8.1.2016

Dr. SC Parija, Director JIPMER invited as Chief Guest in Annual Day of St. Patrick School, Pondicherry.

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Director’s Activities (continued)

Dr. S.C.Parija, Director, JIPMER was the Chief Guest for the blood donation camp organized by Indian Coast Guard during 40th anniversary celebration held on 28.1.2016 at JIPMER

Dr. S.C.Parija, Director, JIPMER attended a meeting on “Combating Antimicrobial Resistance: Public Health Challenge and Priority" organized by WHO in New Delhi on

23.02.2016.

Dr. S.C.Parija, Director, JIPMER was the Chief Guest in the National Seminar on “Drug Discovery and Cancer Therapy (DDCT – 2016) organized by Dept of Biochemistry, Pondicherry University on 25.2.2016

Dr. S.C.Parija, Director, JIPMER was the Chief Guest in the ‘Rasana Rangam – 3’ Third Annual Day of PSBB millennium school held on 6.2.2016 at JIPMER Auditorium.

JIPMER Scientific Society

Anuual External Oration of JIPMER Scientific Society was conferred up Dr Nihal Thomas, Professor & Head of Endocrinology, CMC, Vellore. He delivered the oration titled ‘Young Onset Diabetes Mellitus in India - Insights into

the Pathogenesis, Epidemiology and Diagnosis- Perspectives from Vellore’. JSS Lead talk was delivered by Dr Basu, Professor of Pathology on 'Experiences with

bone marrow trephine biopsy'. JSS had also organised a guest lecture on “HLA Class I polymorphisms and their influence on immunity” by Dr. Malini Raghavan, Professor, Department. of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, USA.

Annual Internal Oration of JSS was conferred upon Dr Vikram Kate, Professor of Surgery. He delivered theoration on "Translational Gastrointestinal Research – from bench-to-bedside -- our JIPMER experience of two decades"

A hands on Pubmed Tutorial was conducted on 6th February 2016

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JIPMER faculty Attending as Resource persons in National / Regional / International Conferences / CMEs / Workshops

1. Dr. Biswajit. D was invited as a speaker and faculty for a CME at Pondicherry university on February 25th -26th , 2016 and delivered a talk on “Nanoparticles in cancer therapy and its future” at the national seminar on drug discovery and cancer therapy conducted by Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

2. Dr. Biswajit. D was a faculty and invited speaker for a CME at the clinical medicine update conducted by department of medicine on 19th february 2016 at JIPMER and delivered and moderated session on Approach to Lung malignancies.

3. Dr. Biswajit. D was a faculty and delivered a talk on slide discussion in Exams FOR COPE (Cancer Institute CME for Exam going Post Graduates) CME ON 14TH FEBRUARY 2016 at W.I.A Cancer institute Chennai

4. Dr. Biswajit Faculty , delivered a talk and chaired a session on Childhood cancer awareness as a part of health education initiative conducted in JIPMER on Feb 9th 2016

5. Dr. Biswajit Attended and was a panelist for Ewing sarcoma management during the Taminadu& PondicherryPediatric oncology group meeting conducted at Trichy on 27th Feb 2016

6. Dr. R. Raveendran, Professor & Head of Department, Clinical Pharmacology, JIPMER was invited as guest speaker in the Pharmacology CME held on 06th February 2016 at Kamineni Academy of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, L.B.Nagar, Hyderabad.

7. Dr. S Manikandan , Assistant professor , Dept. of Pharmacology, JIPMER was invited as a guest speaker for CME cum Workshop on ‘Pharmacovigilance : An update’ on 12th January 2016 at Tagore Medical College, Chennai

8. Dr Jagdish Menon, Professor and Head, Dept of Orthopaedics delivered faculty lecture on “ Unstable

Elbow fracture dislocations” at the Annual conference of the Pondicherry Orthopaedic Association held at Chidambaram on 3rd -4th Jan 2016.

9. Dr Jagdish Menon, Professor and Head, Dept of Orthopaedics delivered faculty lecture on “ The technique of bone biopsy” at the Annual conference of the Tamil Nadu Orthopaedic Association held at Ooty on 12th-14th February 2016.

10. Dr. Sitanshu Kar, Associate Professor chaired a session on ‘Experiences from the World Diabetes Federation funded project to improve the prevention and care of NCDs in the Union Territory of Puducherry’ and also participated in a panel discussion on ‘Tackling the burden of NCDs with the involvement of medical students’.

11. Prof S Mahadevan, HOD Pediatrics moderated the panel discussion session on “ Snake envenomation and Scorpion sting envenomation in Children” at PEDICON 2016.

12. Debasis Gochhait Path - Conducted the Immunofluorescence workshop as Faculty/ Resource person organized by the Pondicherry Institute of Medical sciences (PIMS-Pondicherry) on 4th of March. Also attended the CME on Nephropathology at the same venue on 5th of March and organized a Quiz session for the participants/delegates.

13. Sadishkumar Kamalanathan Delivered a talk on “Diabetes in Young” in the Diabetes Summit-2016 conducted in Trivandrum on January 10, 2016. He also gave an interview to All India Radio-Puducherry for program Nalamai Vazha on diabetes on February 29, 2016.

14. Jayaprakash Sahoo delivered a talk on “Diabetes and tuberculosis: the deadly duo” at CME on ‘challenges to TB care in India’ in 5th February 2016 at PIMS, Pondicherry. He also have a guest lecture on “Approach to hypokalemia in endocrine perspective” at the 6th

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Annual Conference of the Endocrine Society of Odisha’16 in 16th January 2016 at Bhubaneswar.

15. Dr Chitra, AP, OG: Attended as faculty to "Why Mother's Die"- World congress of ICOG, organized by ICOG at Kolkatta, 19th and 20th Dec 2015 and gave a talk on “ Acute Kidney Injury” in Session"Hypertensive Emergencies in pregnancy"

16. Debdatta Basu attended the International CME organised under the auspices of Indian College of Pathologists and Association of Indian Pathologists of North America held at Bhubaneswar from 28th to 30th January 2016. He was invited as a guest speaker and spoke on "What can we learn from peripheral blood smear"

17. Debdatta Basu was invited to present the lead talk at the JIPMER Scientific Society monthly meeting on 22nd January 2016. He spoke on Our experience with bone marrow trephine biopsy.

18. Prof Renuka Srinivasan was invited as a panel Member for "Interesting Cases Session" in "PONVIZHI -TNOA MID YEAR MEET" conducted in Pondicherry on 30th and 31st Jan 2016.

19. Prof Renuka Srinivasan was invited Faculty at Erudio Program at PGIMER, Chandigarh and talk on “Continuous curvilinear capsulorhexis” on 9 Jan 2016.

20. Dr Ramesh Babu K was the chairperson for Lacrimal Session in the Oculoplasty CME organised by Department of Ophthalmology, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences on 9th January 2016.

21. Dr Ramesh Babu K was the panel Member for "Interesting Cases Session" in "PONVIZHI -TNOA MID YEAR MEET" conducted in Pondicherry on 30th and 31st Jan 2016.

22. Dr Ramesh Babu K was the invited Speaker on the topic “Ocular Infections” as part of Refresher training Course for Paramedical Ophthalmic Assistants on 3 th and 10th of February 2016 in GH, Puducherry

23. Dr Subashini Kaliaperumal was the Moderator of the session ‘What ‘s new” in the TNOA Mid Year Conference “Ponvizhi 2016” held at Ocean Spray, Puducherry.

24. Dr Subashini Kaliaperumal was Invited Speaker on the topic “Glaucoma –Basic Diagnostics” as part of Refresher training Course for Paramedical

Ophthalmic Assistants on 4 th and 11th of February 2016 in GH, Puducherry

25. Dr Nirupama was Invited Speaker on the topic “Squint Evaluation” as part of Refresher training Course for Paramedical Ophthalmic Assistants on 3 th and 10th of February 2016 in GH, Puducherry.

26. Dr Swapnil Parchand was invited Speaker on the topic “Retina and Uveitis diagnostics” as part of Refresher training Course for Paramedical Ophthalmic Assistants on 4 th and 11th of February 2016 in GH, Puducherry.

27. Dr Swapnil Parchand was invited speaker on the topic “Pediatrician role in Ocular emergencies” in ‘NAPEM 2016’ 8th National assembly on Pediatrics Emergency Medicine at JIPMER, Puducherry on 21 February.

28. Dr Preeti Kandasamy, Assistant Professor delivered a talk on “Management of ADHD” at Postgraduate CME conducted by Indian Psychiatric Society-Karnataka chapter on Jan 10th, 2016 at SDM Medical Sciences & Hospital, Dharwad.

29. Dr Vikas Menon, Assistant Professor conducted a workshop in collaboration with other national faculty on “Enhancing medication adherence using information technology” at the 68th Annual National Conference of the Indian Psychiatric Society at Bhopal on Jan 22nd, 2016.

30. Dr Preeti Kandasamy, Assistant Professor chaired a session on “Psychiatric comorbidities in Paediatric Epilepsy” at a CME on Recent advances in Epilepsy, conducted by Department of Neurology, JIPMER on February 6th, 2016.

31. Dr. Vikram Kate, Professor of Surgery, conducted a clinical case discussion on “Abdomen cases” in MIST 2016 (Mahatma Gandhi Intense Surgical Training) – a PG CME Programme held at Mahatma Gandhi Medical College & Research Institute, Pondicherry on 20th & 21st January 2016.

32. Dr. Vikram Kate, Professor of Surgery, delivered a lecture on “The art of clinical presentation in an examination” and participated in Case Discussions in the CME -2016, organized under the auspices of Tamil Nadu & Pondicherry Chapter of A.S.I. & IMA Madurai Branch at the Madurai Medical College & Govt. Rajaji Hospital, Madurai from 5th to 7th February 2016.

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33. Dr. Vikram Kate, Professor of Surgery, delivered a guest lecture on “Importance of Documentation and Publication for Surgeons” in the 39th AMASI Skill course and Fellowship in Minimal Access Surgery (FMAS) held at Mahatma Gandhi Medical College & Research Institute, Pondicherry from 11th to 13th February 2016.

34. Dr. Vikram Kate, Professor of Surgery, delivered a guest lecture on “Consequences of splenectomy …… placing the problem in the perspective” in the Indian Association of Surgical Gastroenterology & The Society of Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (SSAT-USA) mid-term silver jubilee meeting held at Delhi from 26th to 27th February 2016.

35. Dr. Vikram Kate, Professor of Surgery, delivered guest lectures on “Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) – an overview”, “Esophagogastric junction tumors – current approach” and “How to do clinical presentation in a MS, DNB, MRCS and MCh Examination” in the Kerala Chapter peripheral meet 2016 of the Association of Surgeons of India held at Adoor, Kerala from 27th to 28th February 2016.

36. Dr. B.V.Sai Chandran attended 13th APMEC (Asia Pacific Medical Education Conference) at NUS (National University of Singapore). He made a presentation on " 2000 year old scripture 'THIRUKKURAL' - A tool for learning and practising cardiac surgery" on 15th Jan 2016 and also served as a Judge in a session for free communication on 'Curriculum' on 16th Jan 2016"

37. Dr. Sitanshu Kar, Associate Professor chaired a session on ‘Experiences from the World Diabetes Federation funded project to improve the prevention and care of NCDs in the Union Territory of Puducherry’ and also participated in a panel discussion on ‘Tackling the burden of NCDs with the involvement of medical students’ at 2nd International Seminar on Research for Prevention and Control of Non Communicable Diseases (NCDs) held at PIMS, Puducherry on 28th-29th January, 2016.

38. Dr. Bhawana A Badhe was an invited speaker in the Sri Ramachandra Pathology Annual Rapid Review Course (SPARRC 2016) organized by the department of Pathology, Sri Ramachandra Medical College and research Institute, Porur, Chennai, between 6th and 11th January 2016, where she conducted two sessions of “HEMATOLOGY SLIDE SEMINAR”

39. Dr. N. Siddaraju was an invited speaker in the Sri Ramachandra Pathology Annual Rapid Review Course

(SPARRC 2016) organized by the department of Pathology, Sri Ramachandra Medical College and research Institute, Porur, Chennai, between 6th and 11th January 2016, where he conducted two sessions of “ÇYTOLOGY SLIDE SEMINAR”

40. Dr. DM Thappa, Professor, attended 44th National Conference of Indian Association of Dermatologists, Venereologists & Leprologists (IADVL) – DERMACON 2016 at CODISSIA, Coimbatore held from 21st to 24th January 2016 as an invited faculty and delivered a talk on “Management of difficult cases of pemphigus”.

41. Dr. DM Thappa, Professor, attended 44th National Conference of Indian Association of Dermatologists, Venereologists & Leprologists (IADVL) – DERMACON 2016 at CODISSIA, Coimbatore held from 21st to 24th January 2016 as an invited faculty and chaired sessions on “Residents interactive session”, “A blue print on low IADVL can plan and execute the study find out the incidence and prevalence of vitiligo, psoriasis, and other conditions” and “Handling difficult patient calmly”.

42. Dr. DM Thappa, Professor, attended National seminar on the eve of National Science day 2016 on theme “To raise public appreciation on scientific issues for development of nation” organized by Department of Biotechnology, School of Life sciences, Pondicherry University University on 26th February, 2016 as an invited faculty and delivered a talk on “Scientific communications and innovations”.

43. Dr. DM Thappa, Professor, attended VI National Conference on Pemphigus and Pulse therapy- PULSE Chennai 2016 at Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai on 27th and 28th February 2016 as an invited faculty and delivered a talk on “Patient related outcome in DCP pulse therapy”.

44. Dr. Laxmisha Chandrashekar, Associate Professor, was invited as guest faculty and he delivered guest lecture on “Premalignant and malignant skin lesions” and was a panellist for two panel discussions on “Trichoscopy” and “Dermatoscopy” at the CME on "Dermatoscopy: Basics to Advanced Learning" at Kolkata on 3 January 2016.

45. Mr Y. Ebenjeyaroy, Medical Record Supervisor, chaired a session in MEDERECON 2016, 16th Annual Conference of Medical Records. Organized by Choithram Hospital and Research Centre, Indore.

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Paper Publications from JIPMER Priyadarshini R, Raj GM, Shewade DG. Chromatography-the

essence of bioanalysis. EJBPS 2016:3 (1):366-77.

Sahoo FK. Enalapril and the VEGFA gene: Personalized medicine in hypertension therapy. Eur J Clin Pharmacol. 2016;72(1):125.

Indhumathi S, Rajappa M, Chandrashekar L, Ananthanarayanan PH, Thappa DM, Negi VS. Investigation of association of the IL-12B and IL-23R genetic variations with psoriatic risk in a South Indian Tamil cohort. Hum Immunol. 2016 Jan; 77(1): 54-62. [Impact factor 2014-2.282]

Sinnatamby M, Nagarajan V, Reddy K S, Karunanidhi G, Singhavajala V. Dosimetric comparison of AcurosTM BV with AAPM TG43 dose calculation formalism in breast interstitial high-dose-rate brachytherapy with the use of metal catheters. J Contemp Brachytherapy 2015; 7(4):273–79.

Praveen EP, Chouhan S, Sahoo J, Goel SK, Dwivedi SN, Khurana ML, Kulshreshtha B, Ammini AC. Effect of Different Insulin Response Patterns During Oral Glucose Tolerance Test on Glycemia in Individuals with Normal Glucose Tolerance. Diabetes Technol Ther. 2016 Feb 17.(Impact factor:2.1)

Patil M, Kamalanathan S, Sahoo JP, Vivekanandan M, Kate V, Pandit N, Badhe B. Papillary thyroid microcarcinoma in Graves’ disease presenting as a cystic neck mass. J Can Res Ther 2015; 11:986-8. (impact factor:0.8)

Padhi S, Sahoo JP, Kamalanathan S, Sarangi R. Papillary thyroid carcinoma and thyrotoxicosis: brief insight into the thyroid regulators other than TSH. J Can Res Ther 2015; 11:1037. (impact factor:0.8)

Menon V, Kattimani S, Sarkar S, Mathan K. How do repeat suicide attempters differ from first timers? An exploratory record based analysis. J Neurosci Rural Pract 2016; 7: 91-6.

Menon V, Sarkar S, Thomas S. Establishing a psychosomatic clinic in a low resource setting: Process, challenges and opportunities. J Neurosci Rural Pract 2016; 7: 171-5.

Kulkarni RG, Lakshmidevi KB, Ronghe V, Dinesh US. “Gilbert’s syndrome in healthy blood donors what next??.” Asian J Transfus Sci 2016;10:63-6

Vishnukanth G., Tracheobronchopathia Osteochondroplastica: Images in Medicine. International Journal of Research and Review Vol.3; Issue:1; January 2016.

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Iswarya S, Premarajan KC, Kar SS, Vikram Kate. Risk factors for colorectal carcinoma at a tertiary care hospital in South India. World Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology 2016; 8(2):207-14.

Kar S S, Subitha L, Iswarya S. Palliative care in India: Situation assessment and future scope. Indian J Cancer [serial online] 2015 [cited 2016 Mar 11];52:99-101. Available from: http://www.indianjcancer.com/text.asp?2015/52/1/99/175578

Bose S C, Kar R, Shamanna BS. A Prospective study of adequacy of anticoagulation with fixed dose weight adjusted unfractionated heparin in patients with deep vein thrombosis. Indian J Hematol Blood Transfus. 2016; 32(1):83-6

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Great appreciation for your commitment towards Service and Excellence

TELEMEDICINE

2004 ISRO TELE- EDUCATION

2008TELE-OPTHALMOLOGY

2011 ,Onconet(National Informatics Centre,MOHFW

2011, NKN Project (National Knowledge Network, 1GB

CAMPUS INTERNET

2012Medical Virtual Class Room Project

2012Telemedicine ClinicPLASTIC SURGERY

2013 NMCN PROJECT

(National Medical College Network) MOHFW, GOIREGIONAL RESOURCE CENTER RRC

2015 Sabrimala Telemedicine with ISRO

Department of Space Tele-Consultation to Pilgrims of Ayyappa Temple

2015 DIAL JIPMER SERVICE

TELE-EMERGENCY

2015COLLABORATION WITH Kyushu

University Hospital, JAPAN

Telemedicine Consolefor Tele- OPD, Ward, ICU, Emergency, Surgery

consultation, Education & Barrier Nursing

2014PRESIDENT OF INDIA address

2015Teleconferencing with Ministry

BMJ AWARD ISO CERTIFICATION

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Great appreciation for your commitment towards Service and Excellence!

Deceased Donor Transplantation

Team

Donor

Dialysis teamTransplant coordinator

Honoring donor familiesHospital office

Nurses team

Corneal transplant team

Police inquestRenal biopsy on Donor kidney

Operation theatre team

Kidney transplant team

Critical care & Transplant Anaesthesia Brain death certification Brain death certification team

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Bidding Farewell to Long-time Associates – Staff Superannuating from JIPMER in Nov–Dec 2015

JIPMER Family Wishes You Happy and Healhty Retired Life

Smt. Vijjayalakshmi RamalingamOffice Supdt. Admin III (B)

Shri. R, RajendiranMRS, MRD

Shri. D. VenumestriBearer, Canteen

Shri. Syed mohamed@AzizudinLAb Assistant

Shri. Kandasamy MassilamaniHospital Asst. (LAB)

Shri. S. SvagnanamHospital Asst. (LAB)

Dr Syed HabeebullahProfessor Sr. Scale

Mr. A. BalrajSenior Dresser (Casuality)

Mr. G. SubbarayanSecurity Guard

Dr. Rajan SwainSAG, CSSD

Shri. K.MathivananProsthetist

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to future issues of JIPMER newsletter by sending their inputs at jipmernews@gmail.com

…From the Editor’s Desk

PATRONDr. SC Parija, Director, JIPMER

COMMITTEE MEMBERSDr. DKS Subrahmanyam (Chairman)Prof. MedicineEmail: dkssubrahmanyam@gmail.comMobile: 9843132353

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Dr Rahul DhodapkarAssociate Prof. MicrobiologyEmail: rahuldhodapkar@gmail.comMobile: 9791933708

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Dr Deepak AmalnathAssociate Prof. MedicineEmail: drdeepakmddm@yahoo.co.inMobile: 9442533124

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Mr. KM SelvakumarPress Manager JIPMERMobile: 9443799337

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