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Curriculum vitae of Chandrasekhara PKS
Name: Pradeep Kumar Shenoy Chandrasekhara (Chandrasekhara PKS)
Date of birth: 11-05-1975.
Address for correspondence: B 2, KMC Staff Quarters (RNE Staff quarters), Light house Hill Road, Mangalore, PIN 575 001.
Mobile phone no: +91 96861 39059.
Nationality- Indian.

Professional qualifications:
  MBBS (1993-97) – Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore. (Affiliated to Manipal Academy of Higher
  Education, Manipal). 
  MD (Internal Medicine, 2000-03) – Jagadguru Jayadeva Murugarajendra Medical Collage, Davangere.
  (Affiliated to Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore).   .
  DNB in Rheumatology (15-02-06 to 14-02-09) - Nizam’s institute of medical sciences, Hyderabad.  

Posts held after MD in General Medicine:
  Assistant professor (Kasturba Medical College, Manipal).
    General Medicine: 23-12-03 to 22-08-04.
    Clinical immunology and rheumatology: 23-08-04 to 15-07-05.
  Senior Registrar- Department of rheumatology (25.07.05 to 11.02.06- Manipal Hospital Bangalore).

Present designation:
  Assistant professor-Department of Medicine Kasturba Medical College,
  Mangalore (29.06.09 to till date).

Publications: 
Posters presented:

1. Chandrasekhara PKS, Jayachandran NV, Rajasekhar L and Narsimulu G.Systemic lupus erythematosus, dermatomysositis and Ankylosing Spondylitis overlap - a case report. Indian journal of Rheumatology. vol 1, No 3, (Suppl), December 2006;171.
2. Jayachandran NV,  Chandrasekhara PKS,  Rajasekhar L and Narsimulu G. Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome presenting with disseminated bleeding and spinal subdural hemorrhage. Indian journal of Rheumatology. vol 1, No 3, (Suppl), December 2006;172.
3. Kanchinadham S, Chandrasekhara PKS , Jayachandran NV, Thomas J, Agrawal S,  Rajasekhara L and Narsimulu G. A study of hand radiographs in patients with systemic sclerosis. Indian journal of Rheumatology vol 2, No 3, (Suppl), September 2007: S23.     
4. Jayachandran NV, Rajasekhar L, Thomas J, Chandrasekhara PKS, Narsimulu G. Characteristic and risk factors of infections in SLE- A case control study . Indian journal of Rheumatology vol 2, No 3, (Suppl), September 2007; S6
5. Thomas J, Kanchinadham S, Chandrasekhara PKS , Jayachandran NV, , Agrawal S,  Rajasekhara L and Narsimulu G. A study of depression in young women  with rheumatoid arthritis .Indian journal of Rheumatology vol 2, No 3, (Suppl), September 2007; S18.
6. Nagasubramaniprabhu VM, Chandrasekhara PKS, Agrawal S, Kadel JK, Rajasekhar L, Narsimulu G. Morbidity of digital gangrene in rheumatology practice. Indian journal of Rheumatology vol 3, No 3, (Suppl), November 2008; S21.
7. Thomas J, Jayachandran NV, Chandrasekhara PKS , Kanchinadham S, Kadel JK, Agrawal S, Rajasekhara L, Narsimulu G. To study the demographic and clinical characteristics of in patients with idiopathic inflammatory myositis. Indian journal of Rheumatology vol 3, No 3, (Suppl), November 2008; S34.

     
Case reports:

1. Jayachandran NV, Chandrasekhara PKS, Thomas J, Agrawal S, Narsimulu G. Cyclophosphamide- associated complications: we need to be aware of SIADH and central pontine myelinolysis. Rheumatol (oxford). 2009 Jan; 48 (1):89-90. Epub 2008 Nov 6.  
2. Chandrasekhara PKS, Jayachandran NV, Thomas J, Narsimulu G. Systemic lupus erythematosus and dermatomyositis with symptomatic bilateral sacroiliitis: an unusual and interesting association. Mod Rheumatol. 2008 Sep 11. [Epub ahead of print].   
3. Thomas J, Jayachandran NV, Chandrasekhara PKS, Lakshmi V, Narsimulu G. Melioidosis- an unusual cause of septic arthritis. Clin Rheumaol. 2008 Dec; 27 suppl 2:59-61. Epub 2008 May 28.
4. Thomas J, Jayachandran NV, Chandrasekhara PKS, Rajasekhar L, Narsimulu G. Kimura’s disease- an usual cause of lymphadenopathy in children. Clin Rheumatol. 2008 May; 27 (5):675-7. Epub 2008 Feb 2.
5. Jayachandran NV, Rajasekhar L, Chandrasekhara PKS, Kanchinadaham S, Narsimulu G. Multiple peripheral arterial and aortic aneurysms in Behcet’s syndrome: a case report. Clin Rheumatol. 2008 Feb; 27(2): 265-7. Epub 2007 Oct 11.
6. Chandrasekhara PKS, Jayachandran NV, Thomas J, Agrawal S, Narsimulu G. Successful treatment of pyoderma gangrenosum associated with juvenile idiopathic arthritis with a combination of topical tacrolimus and oral prednisolone. Clin Rheumatol. 2009 Feb 3. [Epub ahead of print].
7. Jayachandran NV, Thomas J, Chandrasekhara PKS, Kanchinadaham S. Kadel JK, Narsimulu G. cutaneous vasculitis as a presenting manifestation of acute myeloid leukemia. Int J Rheum Dis. 2009 Apr; 12(1): 70-3.

Original article:

1. Chandrasekhara PK, Jayachandran NV, Rajasekhar L, Thomas J, Narsimulu G. The prevalence and associations of sleep disturbances in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.  Mod Rheumatol. 2009 Jun 12. [ Epub ahead of print]

Chapters co authored

1. Chandrasekhara PKS , Dharmanand BG. Amyloidosis (review article). Rheumatology update. Proceedings of IRACON 2005.pp 2-8.  
2. G Narsimulu, Chandrasekhara PKS. Reactive Arthritis and undifferentiated spondyloarthropathy; Manual of rheumatology. Official publication of IRA. 3rd edition; 148-156. 

Other academic merits:                           

1. Best poster award IRACON 2007 for the paper "Determinants of sleep quality in patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus".
2. International Scholarship of Japan College of Rheumatology for attending JCR annual scientific meeting and international symposium 2008.

Membership in professional organizations:

1. Member- Indian Rheumatology Association (IRA).
2. Member- Association of Physicians of India (API).
3. Member- Indian Association of Clinical Medicine (IACM).
4. Member- Infectious Disease Society of India (IDSI).
5. Member- The Indian Academy of Geriatrics (IAG).
6. Member- Indian Medical Association. 

On- line course completed:

1. EULAR online course on rheumatic diseases with CME credit. (Two years duration- completed on 14.05.09).

CME s Organized:

1. Rheumatology CME at KMC Mangalore on 20.09.2009.
2. National level CME by Indian Rheumatology association for undergraduates and postgraduates at KMC Mangalore on 20.02.11.

Lectures delivered:

1. Indian Medical Association, Karnataka state branch, 76th annual state conference. CME topic -Modern approach to polyarthritis (31st October, 2010).  
2. Father Muller’s Medical college, Mangalore- CME topic- Systemic lupus erythematosus in pregnancy (18th November 2010)
3. Association of Physicians of India, Dakshina Kannada Chapter. CME topic- Rheumatoid arthritis with a very rare association (Kartagener’s syndrome) (20th August, 2010).
4. Associations of Physicians of India, Dakshina Kannada Chapter. CME topic- Rheumatic fever revisited (20th May, 2011)
5. Yenepoya University, Mangalore, 6th annual CME Programme conducted by the department of ophthalmology, Yenepoya  Medical College –CME topic Immunology of uveitis, cytotoxic and immune therapy of uveitis (10th April, 2011)                   
6. Indian Medical Association,  Udupi- CME topic- Osteoporosis basic concepts and recent advances.
7. Department of Biochemistry, KMC Mangalore and ACBI Mangalore Chapter- Glycobiology of rheumatic diseases (08.08.11).
8. IRACON 2011, Christian Medical College, Vellore- Facet joint injection (Lecture delivered in Workshop conducted on Intra articular injections.) 

Referees:

1. Dr. G.Narsimulu

Professor and Head
Department of Rheumatology
Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences
Hyderabad 82
Email: narsimulunims@hotmail.com

2. Dr B G Dharmanand MD, DM.

Consultant Rheumatologist
Manipal Hospital, Airport Road.
Bangalore.
Email:  bgdharmanand@yahoo.com

3. Dr. Vinod Chandran MBBS,MD,DM.

Clinical Research Fellow (Psoriatic Arthritis Program),
Centre for Prognosis Studies in the Rheumatic Diseases,
Toronto Western Hospital,
Room 1E 412, 399 Bathurst Street,
Toronto, Ontario,
Canada, M5T 2S8
Telephone: 416-603-5800 Ext 3848
Fax: 416-603-9387
Email: vinod.chandran@uhnres.utoronto.ca