GAPIO Members Honours list – June 2024

Dr Akshat Pandey, has following achievements in June:

  • Fellow Member – ISAKOS (International Society of Arthroscopy Knee Surgery and Orthopedic Sports Medicine)
  • Reviewer for Journal ISAKOS
  • Reviewer for Journal of Experimental Orthopedics
  • Reviewer for ESSKA Publications
  • Affiliate Member Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
  • Associate Member Faculty of Sports and Exercise Med UK Id No 1351

Dr. Arun Prasad, Surgical Gastroenterology, Clinical Lead, GI & Bariatric surgeon, at New Delhi, is the part of The BROAD study on a prospective, global, multicentre study evaluating the 30-day morbidly and mortality of RBS for IWR/WL and metabolic relapse., published in “Obesity Research & Clinical Practice” as a(n) Original Contribution.

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Dr. Bellamkonda Kishore, Academician, Innovator and Entrepreneur, functioned as an Expert Evaluator for the Black Ambition Prize Competition. It is a nationwide competition in the United States.

Dr. Bidita Khandelwal, Director, Directorate of Research, Professor and Ex-HOD, Department of Medicine Sikkim Manipal University has published following articles in Scopus indexed Journals:

1.”Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Physiotherapists about Cardiac Rehabilitation Program Adherence among Patients Discharged from the Hospital after Cardiac Surgery in India” Ayman Gondekar, Vijay Pratap Singh, Stephen Rajan Samuel, Harish Raghavan, Bidita Khandelwal, and K. Vijaya Kumar in  Hindawi The Scientific World Journal Volume 2024, Article ID 8825476 https://doi.org/10.1155/2024/8825476. Indexed in Scopus Q2

  1. “Evaluation of Inflammatory Markers and Demographic Profile of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients among the Ethnic Communities Attending Central Referral Hospital, East Sikkim. Chungsang Ongmu Bhutia, Takhelmayum Amumacha Singh, Mingma Lhamu Sherpa, Bidita Khandelwal, Sonam Choden Bhutia in the Journal of the Association of Physicians of India (2024): 72(6):23–26. Indexed in Scopus Q4, PubMed.

Dr Bidita Khandelwal was invited as a member of the Delphi panel (consisting of 18 experts from India) which would work on the ICMR funded project “ Development, validation and evaluation of a Deprescribing tool for Indian elderly”  As a part of this project, it is  proposed to develop and validate a deprescribing tool for the Indian elderly population which will help to critically review medications prescribed to the elderly and assist to discontinue the ones that are not appropriate.

Dr. Kandamaran Krishnamurthy, Consultant Pediatric- Intensive Care Unit from Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Barbados, has facilitated Acute Non-Invasive ventilation workshop as one of the faculty in 12th congress of World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Society (WFPICCS) on 1st June 2024 at Cancun, Mexico.

Dr. Kandamaran has been appointed as the “President of Caribbean Region (West Indies) Chapter of NRI Welfare Society for the period of 3 years.

Dr. Kandamaran has Organized Caribbean Allergy and Asthma webinar on June 16th 2024.

Dr. Keerti Singh, Lecturer, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Cave Hill campus, Barbados, University of the West Indies, has published the following paper:

  1. Rambhatla A, Shah R, Ziouziou I, Kothari P, Salvio G, Gul M, Hamoda T, Kavoussi P, Atmoko W, Toprak T, Birowo P, Singh K et al. Global Practice Patterns and Variations in the Medical and Surgical Management of Non-Obstructive Azoospermia: Results of a World-Wide Survey, Guidelines and Expert Recommendations. The World Journal of Men’s Health. 2024 Apr;42:e42. https://doi.org/10.5534/wjmh.230339
  2. Singh K (Barbados), Kesari K (Finland), Vishwakarma R (India), Agarwal A (USA)examined results of Global Andrology Forum (GAF) Article on bibliometric analysis of male infertility research trends in the past 20 years, towards the Forty-First edition of Global Andrology Forum’s (GAF) Management Special on the article “An In-Depth Bibliometric Analysis and Current Perspective on Male Infertility Research” Baskaran S. et al.2021. Please see below link for the article and Interview:

https://www.globalandrologyforum.com/management-special-45

Dr. Keerti Singh has done the following community outreach:

May 30th 2024: As Lieutenant governor of Optimist Intl Caribbean District, zone 10 and Barbados Representative of Childhood Health and response mission (CHaRM) committee, moderated the inter Caribbean webinar on childhood cancer – “Saving our Future: The Impact of Blood Donations on Childhood Cancer” as part of quarter 3 activities of the Optimist International CHaRM committee.Introduced the invited speakers and gave the vote of thanks Speakers included – Keishawna Pinnock, Blood Donation Organizer, National Blood Donation Service; Dr Michelle Reece-Mills, Consultant Pediatrician, UHWI, Mona Campus Jamaica, 7-8:30 pm Jamaica time.

Dr. N Ramakrishnan, Senior Consultant, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Chennai has primary authored two original research articles:

  1. “Inter-Rater Reliability of Clinical Frailty Scale in Onco-Critical Care” in “Onco Critical Care June 2024”. The Co-authors of the article are Dr. Suresh Kumar Sundaramurthy, Dr. Raymond Savio and Dr. Thriloga Sundary.
  2. “Reduced Diaphragmatic Thickness Index in Mechanically Ventilated Patients” in “Indian Journal of Respiratory Care, June 2024”. The Co-authors of the article are Debasish Panda, Dr. Suresh Kumar Sundaramurthy, Dr. Lakshmi Ranganathan, Dr. Ramesh Venkataraman, and Dr. Raymond Savio.

Dr. N Ramakrishnan, has published a book chapter titled “Living-donor Lung Transplant update” in “Critical Care Update 2024”. The Co-author of the chapter is Dr. Ajay Padmanaban.

Dr. Premkumar Balachandran, Senior Consultant Gynaecology Oncology & Robotic Surgery at Delhi have been elected as Member Representative of the International Representative Committee (IRC) of the Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists (RCOG), UK in the AICC RCOG North Zone Committee elections following the ballot in June 2024. This term is for a period of three years.

Dr. Raju Vaishya, Senior Consultant, Orthopedic Surgeon at New Delhi has published the following papers:

  1. Vaishya R, Vaish A, Schafer L, Migliorini F. Trend of Publications and Ranking in Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine of European Countries during the last three decades. J Orthop 2024; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jor.2024.07.002
  1. Vaishya R, Vaish A. The influence of operation time for hip hemiarthroplasty on complication rates and mortality in patients with femoral neck fracture: a retrospective data analysis: Letter to Editor. J Orthop Surg Res 2024; DOI: 10.1186/s13018-024-04882-x82
  1. Vaishya R, Vaish A. ChatGPT is good in providing basic health condition information but cannot be relied on its management. J Bone Joint Surg (Am). 1st July 2024: https://www.jbjs.org/reader.php?rsuite_id=db8611f7-6a0a-4b47-9a10-6ddffc3c91fd&source=JBJS_Open_Access/9/2/e23.00129&topics=oe#supplemental
  1. Vaishya R. Optimal use of Tranexamic Acid in Arthroplasty. J Bone Joint Surg (Am). 28th June 2024. https://www.jbjs.org/reader.php?rsuite_id=40a807c4-5734-4529-ba18-48b77ed1781b&source=JBJS_Reviews/12/6/e23.00248&topics=hp+kn#supplemental
  1. Kambhampati SBS, D’Ambrosi R, Vaishya R. Classification Applicability to special injuries like Oblique Radial Tears, Ramp Lesions, and Posterior Medial tibial Rim Fractures. Arthroscopy 2024; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arthro.2024.06.033
  1. Vaishya R., Gupta BM. Mamdapur GMN, Ali K., Vaish A. India’s Publications on Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Bibliometric Analysis of Research Output from 1994 to 2023 A.D. Journal of Nepal Health Research Council 2024; 22(01), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.33314/jnhrc.v22i01.5061 
  1. Migliorini F, Schafer L, Vaish A, Bhadani JS, Vaishya R. Management of distal femoral non-union: A systematic review. Indian J Orthop 2024; doi:10.1007/s43465-024-01205-4 

Dr S K Sahoo, Sr Consultant in Medicine in Noida Apollo, has authored an adjunct book to Critical Care Medicine book, titled “Acid Base Regulation” published by Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers.

Dr Saira Bano, Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology, Bharati Vidyapeeth (DTU) Medical College, Pune has published a research paper titled “A Cross Sectional Study Assessing Relation Between Serum Uric Acid Level with Blood Pressure & Waist to Hip Ratio (WHR) In Young Population of Western Maharashtra District” in “African Journal of Biological Sciences”. The Co-authors of the article are Dr. Anuradha Rajiv Joshi, Dr. Nimty Raina Ambardar, Dr. Meena Patil, Mrs. Sadhana Kakaso Pawar, Mr. Gourav Bharat Deshmane and Dr. Nazia Naqvi

Dr Saira Bano has topped certificate course on “PFT- Interpretation and Application in Clinical Practice” held by NPTEL, IIT Madras.

Dr Subhakar Kandi, Prof & HOD Pulmonary Medicine, Kamineni Academy of Medical Sciences and Research Center has received FRCP from Royal college of Physicians Edinburgh on 14th June 2024.

Dr. Vemuri S Murthy, Adjunct Faculty, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, and Advisor, Odisha Government (Health and Family Welfare founded the first Indo-US Community Health & CPR Center on June 15, 2024 at the National India Hub, Schaumburg, Illinois, USA.

The Training Center was inaugurated by the Hon’ble Consul General of the Chicago Indian Consulate, Mr. Somnath Ghosh, and Former Secretary of the Ministry of External Affairs, India, Ambassador Dr. Ausaf Sayeed.