Dr. SURENDRAN. R
MD, MRCP, FNB (Infectious Diseases)
Member of Royal College of Physicians
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
| Degrees | Year | University |
| M.B.B.S | 2006 – 2012 |
Coimbatore Medical College, Coimbatore |
| M.D. (General Medicine) | 2013 – 2016 | Coimbatore Medical College, Coimbatore |
| FNB (Infectious diseases) | 2017 – 2019 |
Apollo Hospital, Greams road, Chennai |
| MRCP | 2023 |
Member of Royal College of Physicians |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| From April 2023 |
Vijaya Hospitals, Chennai. Consultant, Infectious Diseases |
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Jan 2022 till Mar 2023 |
Mahatma Gandhi Medical College & Research Institute (MGMCRI), Puducherry
Consultant, Infectious Diseases Chairman – Hospital Infection Control Committee |
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July 2019 to Sep 2021 |
Apollo Hospitals, Chennai
Associate Consultant, Infectious Diseases in Apollo Proton Cancer Centre, Taramani, Apollo Main Hospital, Greams road, Apollo Children’s Hospital, Thousand lights. Infection Control Officer Apollo First Med Hospital, Kilpauk. |
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Aug 2016 to Jan-2017 |
Assistant Professor, General Medicine, Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical College, Pondicherry. |
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
- Case series of melioidosis from Tamil Nadu, CIDSCON 2022, Kolkatta
- Xpert Carba-R Assay on Flagged Blood Culture Samples: Clinical Utility in Intensive Care Unit Patients with Gram Negative Bacteremia – ID WEEK 2019, Washington DC.
- Candida auris – an emerging fungal superbug – CIDSCON 2018, CMC Vellore
- External link to an in-hospital cluster of Vibrio cholera: Seek and ye shall find! – CIDSCON 2018, CMC Vellore
- Atypical presentation of a common tropical illness (A case of dengue orchitis) – CIDSCON 2018, CMC Vellore
- Atypical presentation of tuberculosis in an immunocompetent patient – APICON 2015, Delhi.
PUBLICATIONS
- Xpert Carba-R Assay on Flagged Blood Culture Samples: Clinical Utility in Intensive Care Unit Patients with Bacteremia Caused byEnterobacteriaceae. Indian J Crit Care Med. 2023 Sep;27(9):655-662. doi: 10.5005/jp-journals-10071-24533. PMID: 37719341; PMCID: PMC10504648.
- Ramasubramanian V, Surendran R, Bansal N, Sridharan S, Gopalakrishnan N, Prasad SG, et al. Endemic parasitic disease – Expert group opinion for South Asia for solid‑organ transplantation − Leishmaniasis, malaria, toxoplasmosis, filariasis, and strongyloidiasis. Indian J Transplant 2022;16:S57-62. IndianJTransplant16557-1378002_034940.pdf (ijtonline.in)
- Madhumitha, R., Surendran, R., Gopalakrishnan, R., Ramasubramanian, V., & Nambi, P. S. (2022). Emergence of Scrub Typhus in Urban Areas: a Report from South India. International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health, 43(8), 25-34. https://doi.org/10.9734/ijtdh/2022/v43i830607
- Rajendran S, Balaji V, Venkatachalapathy B, Gopalakrishnan R. Late infection of endovascular aneurysm repair stent graft by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Indian J Vasc Endovasc Surg 2018;5:299-301.
- Suganthi.G, Dr. Ganesamoorthy.K, Dr. Surendran.R, “A study of Vitamin D levels in Metabolic Syndrome patients and its association with its complications”, IOSR-JDMS, 15:9, Sep 2016, 106-121.
- K Ganesamoorthy, R Surendran, K Jamunarani, A Akila, CJ Selvakumar, G Suganthi et al, “An Interesting Case of a Movement Disorder”, J Assoc Phys India Mar 2017:65:92-94.
- Surendran.R , Dr.Ganesamoorthy, K, “ Relationship of Platelet Distribution Width and White Blood Cell Count on admission with ST segment resolution in patients with STEMI thrombolysed with streptokinase” , IOSR-JDMS,15:8, Aug 2016, 147-172
ACTIVITIES AND ACHIEVMENTS
- Organizer – Vijaya Infectious Diseases CME 2023
- Organizing committee – CIDSCON 2023
- Joint Organizing Secretary – MYCOCON 2021 (4th Master class and International Conference of Fungal Infections Study Forum)
- Infection control committee member – been part of Joint Commission International accreditation audit for Apollo Proton Cancer Center, Chennai
- Organizer and Moderator – Apollo Infectious Diseases Conference (AIDC) 2020
- Winner – Transplant ID quiz 2019, Hyderabad – TID (Transplant ID conference)
- Winner of Neuro- ID quiz 2019, Neurological Infectious Diseases Course, CMC Vellore
INVITED LECTURES IN NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC FORUMS
| Sr. No. | TOPIC | Conference | Organizers | Date and Venue | Platform
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| 1 | Panel discussion with case-based insights on Community Acquired Sepsis | CIDS Chennai chapter meeting | CIDS, Chennai chapter | 17 Oct 2023 | Physical |
| 2 | Approach to gram negative sepsis | CME on Sepsis- an update | Department of Microbiology, MGMCRI | 6 Oct 2023, MGMCRI,
Pondicherry |
Physical |
| 3 | The art of ID- colonization vs true infection | CIDSCON 2023 | CIDS | 6-8 July 2023, Chennai | Physical |
| 4 | Updates in diagnostics and treatment of tuberculosis | Vijaya infectious Diseases CME | Vijaya hospital, Chennai | 26th august 2023 Chennai | Physical |
| 5 | “Tik Tok” on TB (Panel discussion) | CIDS-PG subcommittee 11th master class | CIDS, India | 24 Feb 2023 | Virtual |
| 6 | Emerging and reemerging infections | International Health and Research Convention (IH&RC) 2023 | Sri Balaji Vidyapeet Campus, Puducherry | 20-22 Jan 2023, Puducherry | Physical |
| 7 | Rapid diagnostics of antimicrobial resistance in clinical practice | An International Conference on Combating Antimicrobial Resistance (CAMR-2022) | Aarupadai Veedu Medical College | 13 -14 Oct 2022, Pondicherry | Physical |
| 8 | Basic blood work in ID | AIDC 2021 | Department of Infectious diseases, Apollo | Sep 2021, Chennai | Virtual |
| 9 | Mucormycosis in pediatric oncology | Bridging Gaps in Oncology | Annual congress of NCI Cairo university | 3rd -5th Nov 2021, Cairo, Egypt. | Vitural |
| 10 | Challenging Cases | MYCOCON 2021 | FISF – Fungal Infections Study Forum of India | 26th to 28th March 2021 | Virtual |
| 11 | (i)Ventilator Associated Pneumonia
(ii)Fungal infections in immune compromised |
INFOCON 2020 | Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infection Control, Rajagiri hospital, Cochin | 16th – 18th Jan 2020, Cochin | Physical |
| 12 | TB diagnostics | AIDC 2018 | Department of Infectious diseases, Apollo | 2018, Chennai | Physical |
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