Sai jan mar 2014 vol 4 iss 1

Vol.4

Issue – 1

January – March 2014

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Contents

1.Editorial Pg.

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3.Do You Know Pg.

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5.Popcorn Pg.

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2.Science sense Pg.

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4.Campus Events Pg.

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6.Editorial Board Pg.

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Disclaimer: The views expressed by the Authors in the Articles published in “Saigenesis” are their Own. The Editorial Board is in no way responsible for any liability arising out of the contents/Text of this Publication.

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Editorial LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL! “What is this Life if full of Care? We have no time to Stand and Stare!!” – These Poetic lines reflect the true picture of today's Life. No wonder it is becoming a meaningless life with Body and no Soul! Concern, Compassion, Love and Affection towards our fellow beings has become a rarity. Joy of Giving Others is the most pure Prayer; and experiencing the same stands the testimony of the same. Certainly helping others must be abandoned in the midst of the media glare lights! (Say No to Publicity!)

Giving via the Right hand should not be revealed to the Left hand imply the true gesture of charity. Any sort of charity or Philanthropic activities can shower Happiness and Peace in your mind. Is there a situation where the individual who does the charity is unaware of his exemplary service to others??? Yes ORGAN DONATION * done with a BIG HEART (of course after it Stops!!!) to give birth to many lives. To name them: 2 Corneas, 2 Kidneys, 1 Heart, and 1 Liver. In the years to come, list is bound to expand because of the intellectual acumen of the Medical Fraternity.

Is there a Life after Death? Does Heaven exist? Say YES for these queries and the proof is ORGAN DONATION *. The Donor's Aathma (soul) become the purest and all the past sins and Karma (if You believe!) gets vanished for many Births (if so!) LIFE after DEATH is not only for the Donors; It is mainly experienced by the Recipients! The Donors snatches the recipients lives from the Death and instill a new life (Birth) to them!

All along their dark life Light is shown to them through the CORNEAS! Accumulated toxic and waste products have been shown the doors via the KIDNEYS! The essential Synthetic and Immune functions of the body back to normal with the help of the LIVER! The Life that has come to a standstill has been rejuvenated like a marathon competitor by the HEART! One Life and it is a empty Dream .End of it is perishable to the mud or fire. Let not the mud or fire swallow us; instead the wonderful fellow beings receive us and enjoy the every joyful occasions of life because LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL AND ETERNAL!!! *Register for Organ Donation here – www.donatelifeindia.org and www.giftalife.org Contact no: 18004193737 Cheers!!

Dr.Balaji Rajagopalan, Prof. & Head, Bio-Chemistry

Science Sense SPRENGEL'S DEFORMITY Named after Otto Gerhard Karl Sprengel (1852 - 1915), a German surgeon who described four cases in 1891.The most common congenital abnormality noted in the shoulder. Descent should occur between 6 th and 8 th week of gestation from mid cervical to the mid thoracic level failure of which results in this deformity. Occurs bilaterally / unilaterally when unilateral left sided predominance is noted. Mostly associated with Kippel Feils deformity, although can occur with this association as well.

A 15 year old boy presenting with left shoulder deformity and limitations in performing various activities as compared to his

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peers. On examination he had an elevated left shoulder. On CT examination The left scapula appears elevated with evidence of medial rotation with elevation of superomedial angle. There is prominence of left suprascapular region. Osseous omovertebral bar noted at the level of C 6 - C 7 to the spinous process of the scapula. Bifid spine was also noted at C4.Findings fitting into Cavendish Grade III Dr.Anandapadmanabhan.J Senior Resident, Dept. of Radiology.

A Rare case Report A 38 year old female patient presented to the outpatient clinic of our hospital complaining of painful ulcer on lateral aspect of left leg past 3months. The ulcer started with formation of a pustule with spontaneous onset and not associated with trauma; the pustule progressed to ulcer formation with rapid increase in size, associated pain and bleeding from the ulcer ( Fig 1). No other relevant past or personal or family history related to ulcer were present. ª On examination: single large irregular ulcer almost encircling middle of left leg leaving a strip of normal skin in posterior medial aspect with sharply demarcated margin, undermined edge, floor: pale granulation tissue with mild serosanguinous purulent discharge with surrounding hyperpigmention, No draining node. ª On palpation: ulcer was tender; bleeds mildly on touch, base was firm & surrounding area induration present.

System examinations showed no relevant findings.

Baseline investigations were all within normal limits. Pus c/s of wound showed Pseudomonas aeuroginosa and pt was started on Inj Taxim 1gm iv bd and Inj Amikacin 500 mg bd.

Wedge biopsy of wound was done and findings were consistent with our provisional diagnosis of Pyoderma gangrenosum( PG) Patient was started on T Wysolone 40 mg od and T Dapsone 100 mg od with normal saline dressing and the wound was healing well and patient was discharged on same drugs Discussion: PG is a rare inflammatory neutrophilic dermatosis characterized by ulceration of the skin often associated with underlying systemic illness with worldwide distribution 1 in 1,00,000 ; age group affected: 25-45yrs Common sites – primarily legs, but can occur abdomen, breast,buttocks,arms as single or multiple lesions that arise suddenly as painful, erythematous, and tender papules, pustules, vesicles.

Lesions progress rapidly to expanding ulcers with sharply demarcated, and a necrotic base; ulcer edge often undermined (worn and ragged) with surrounding erythematous and indurated skin.

Pathology: Earliest lesion shows follicular and perifollicular inflammation with neutrophil accumulation.In the ulcerative variant of pyoderma gangrenosum, there is a massive dermal-epidermal neutrophilic infiltrate with abscess formation.

Types of PG: ?Ulcerative (classic)

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Peristomal ?Pustular ?Vegetative

Associated diseases: ?GIT: UC, Crohns disease, primary biliary cirrhosis ?Joint disorders: Rheumatoid Arthritis ?Hematological: myeloid leukemia, myeloma ?Connective tissue disorders: takayasu arteritis, SLE, wegeners granulomatosis

Treatment : ?Systemic Corticosteroids 60-80mg prednisone daily (up to 100-120mg) ?Cyclosporin ?Infliximab (anti-TNFalpha monoclonal Ab) ?Others- Tacrolimus, Dapsone, Azathioprine Ref : 1. Yalçýn Tüzün et al; Pyoderma Gangrenosum; J Turk Acad Dermatol 2007; 1 (3): 71301r 2. Powell FC, O'Kane M: Management of pyoderma gangrenosum. Dermatol Clin 2002, 20:347-355.

3. Klauss wolff et al, Fitzpatrick's Dermatology in General medicine 7th ed.

Prof. G.Srinivasan & Dr. Eswara moorthy Dept of Dermatology

Excessive Hair Growth in Women–Case presentation and discussion Excessive Hair is cosmetically concerning for women and can significantly affect the self-esteeem, dignity and Pride.

Normal hair growth depends on a women's ethnicity and her perception of familial,cultural,and social norm.

Hair Development: The vellus ( small,Non pigmented ) hairs are replaced with terminal hairs (Large,Pigmented)In the pubic,axillary regions in women and as well as the beard,Chest area in Men,under the influence of androgen. In women 50 % of circulating testosterone arise from the ovaries and adrenal glands and 50% from peripheral conversion of weaker androgens.

Testosterone is the most potent androgenic hormone in women. Normal testeosterone in women 20ng/dl to 80ng/dl and in men, ranges from 300 to 800ng/dl.

Distribution of Hair in adult Females and Males Case Presentation: 25 years old, Miss Gandhimathi was brought to the hospital with the hx. of inappropriate laughing, anger ,odd behavior and run away from home for no reason –all since the age of 10. Attained menarche at the age of? 9 or 10. She has

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SSSMC & RI irregular menses for 2 to 3 years-gets once in 2 to 3 months. She was seen in different hospitals but, not carrying any records with details of the management. Most of the time mother has to help her and to look after her needs.

Mother's antenatal period was uneventful, fullterm, normal home delivery. No other children has similar problem. Her physical and mental growth was normal ? according to her mother. She noticed the odd behavior from the age of 10,but physically she was fine. No significant childhood infections, Trauma, or convulsions.

O/E : Vitals are normal.

GE: Conjuctival pallor +, Hair growth-Sideburns, over the lips, Arms and Legs- like male hair distribution and facial Acne+ was noticed. She did not allow the Female CRRI to examine the thighs, Chest-Front and back and the Private parts.BMI 25-Preobese.

After taking the Hx, Examination, BMI of 25,the initial clinical impression is PCOS , Hirtsutism ±Virilism.

Ix: Hb 8.8gm%, RBC -3.8 million. RBS, RFT-normal Testosterone-0.353ng/dl, TFT –Normal, Other relevant Ix not done because of financial constrain.

CT abdomen-Lt.ovary cystic-Rt-Normal-Infantile uterus ,physiological ovarian cyst O& G opinion : Endorsed the CT-report.

Psychiatric Opinion : MR with psychosis.

Final opinion : Hirsutism-Idiopathic Mental Retardation with psychosis Infantile uterus-Congenital The abnormal distribution of hair Criteria for Hirsutism-.

As per Ferriman-_Gallwey score,this patient has 11( In complete Exam.)** A score of 8 or more indicates hirsutism** Causes Hirsutism : PCOS-50 to 80 %* Cushings syndrome Congenital adrenal Hyperplasia Adrenal Tumors HAIR-AN syndrome** SAHA Syndrome** Idiopathic 15%* Hypothyroid Androgenic drugs Acromegaly Prolactinoma EPIDEMIOLOGY/DEMOGRAPHY: Hirsutism prevalence is 5–10% in women of childbearing age, and one Indian study states that the prevalence is 10%.

North Indian Punjabi and Sindhi communities tend to have excess hair compared to their counterparts in other states*

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But she has physical features of Hirsutism ,it should be labeled as IDIOPATHIC, which may be due to increased end organ response to normal androgen level*.This is well recognized in the literature.

Treatment : No specific treatment for cosmetic reason, the patient may go for shaving-Inexpensive and effective. Other options are Bleaching, Plucking, Chemical depilators and Laser hair removal.

Ref : *Refapiindia.org-Chapter-66 **HARRISON S et al. Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine 2010;77:388-398 Dr.B.Balasubramanian Associate Prof. Department of GM

Do You Know When a Ukrainian journal editor asked my ORC'ID to be included in the article of mine that is to be published soon, I was totally unaware of it. Apart from the Aadhaar, Voters ID and so on, I knew nothing about this.

The editor explained me in detail regarding its importance, the policy change they are implementing in publications and the upcoming trend among medical journals in including the ORC'ID in their articles.

Immediately, I have created one for myself. I wish every researcher reading this through SAIGENESIS will have one for themselves too. There is an upcoming trend among medical journal publishers to include this ORC'ID of the author/s/Institution in the articles being published by them. If you read any published article these days you can see the so called DOI (digital object identifier).

Across the world this assigned number gives the metadata of that particular article only. It's a unique number to identify that article across billions of scientific publications. Now ORC'ID is one step ahead, this is again a unique identifying system for the researcher himself (like our Aadhaar card). Here is some details for the readers regarding this ORC'ID. What is ORC'ID? ORCID provides a persistent digital identifier that distinguishes you from every other researcher and, through integration in key research workflows such as manuscript and grant submission, supports automated linkages between you and your professional activities ensuring that your work is recognized.

Why is it important for you?

As researchers and scholars, you face the ongoing challenge of distinguishing your research activities from those of others with similar names. You need to be able to easily and uniquely attach your identity to research objects such as datasets, equipment, articles, media stories, citations, experiments, patents, and notebooks.

As you collaborate across disciplines, institutions and borders, you must interact with an increasing number and diversity of research information systems. Entering data over and over again can be time-consuming, and often frustrating.

What is the scope of ORC'ID? ORC'ID is an open, non-profit, communitydriven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers.

ORC'ID is unique in its ability to reach across disciplines, research sectors and national boundaries. It is a hub that connects researchers and research through the embedding of ORC'ID identifiers in key workflows, such as research profile maintenance, manuscript submissions, grant applications, and patent applications.

Who can enrol for this ORC'ID? The ORC'ID Registry is available free of charge to individuals, who may obtain an ORC'ID identifier,

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SSSMC & RI manage their record of activities, and search for others in the Registry. Organizations may become members to link their records to ORCID identifiers, to update ORC'ID records, to receive updates from ORC'ID, and to register their employees and students for ORC'ID identifiers.

How to enrol for this ORC'ID? Visit www.orcid.org. Click on the Register now button. Fill up the few details asked and press Register….Alas!!! You have your own Unique ID across millions of scientific researchers.

What next?

Login with your user ID, password .You may now update your personal information, Education, Employment, Works etc….

What is achieved? a) You have got an ID for yourself that is very unique and it refers you, “only you” among the millions of researchers across the world. b) You have ORC'ID to quote in your research articles to be submitted for publication (which is going to be mandatory with all medical journals soon), c) You have ORC'ID to submit in your resume, grant applications, even to share with your fellow researchers across boundaries.

Any popular members in this ORC'ID ?

1.American psychological association 2.British Library 3.Charles Darwin University 4.Copernicus publications 5.Cross Ref 6.Elsivier 7.F1000 research

8.Food and Drug Administration(FDA) 9. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 10.National Institutes of Health(NIH) 11.Nature publishing group 12.Oxford University Press 13.Public Library of Science(PLoS) 14.Springer Science 15.Thomson Reuters 16.University of Cambridge 17.University of Glasgow/Kansas/Michigan.

18.Wellcome Trust 19.Wiley International ……list continues…..

Alarming isn't? Most of the lead publishers are members of this ORC'ID community and its for sure they are going to ask you, your ORC'ID if your are going to submit your research finding to be published by them. So why to be late, better make it today.

Another feature is if you come across the ORC'ID of the author of an article you can just click in the search area and input the ORC'ID, and there you go ,you get all the details of the author, his personal information, Job details ,educational details, and for sure all about his publications.

And so go ahead to get your ORC'ID and establish yourself as an independent scientific researcher.

Example ORC'ID: 0000-0x02-3xx2-xx6x M.I.Glad Mohesh, M.Sc, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology, gladmohesh@gmail.com.

Acacia auriculiformis File:KTE-2013/tree-06 Botanical name: Acacia auriculiformis Common name: Northern Black Wattle, Pencil maram/ Kaththi chavukku (Tamil), Native: South East Asia, Australia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea.

Phytochemicals present: Triterpenoids, saponins, flavonoids, proanthocyanidins etc.

Traditional medicine: decoction of the root to treat aches, pains and sore eyes, bark used in treating rheumatism, Scientific findings: Antidiabetic1, antihelminthic, antifilarial, microbicidal, cestocidal, antifertility2, preventing STD's.

References: 1. Sathya A, Siddhuraju P. Role of phenolics as antioxidants, biomolecule protectors and as

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Anti-diabetic factors--evaluation on bark and empty pods of Acacia auriculiformis. Asian Pac J Trop Med. 2012 Oct;5(10):757-65.

2. Pakrashi A, Ray H, Pal BC, Mahato SB (1991). Sperm immobilizing effect of triterpene saponins from Acacia auriculiformis. Contraception, 43: 475–483.

3. Kabir et al. Acaciaside-B-enriched fraction of Acacia auriculiformis is a prospective spermicide with no mutagenic property. Reproduction (2009) 138 453–462.

Acacia auriculiformis tree in our campus looks cheerful during its blooming season with bright yellow bottle brush kind of inflorescence. Before making a scientific search for its medicinal potentials in the internet, I knew it just as an another woody tree in our campus. But when I searched details about this tree, I was able to find the special triterpenoid saponins Acaciaside-A (Ac-A) and Acaciaside-B (Ac-B) this tree has in it. These are found to have anti-helminthic activity by initiating lipid peroxidation and by generating superoxide anions. Kabir et al. (2008) have demonstrated that Ac-B inhibits transmission of HIV in vitro at concentrations lower than that of its cytotoxic doses. HIV is known to require intact lipid rafts (highly specialized sub regions in cell membranes) for entry into cells and budding of fully infectious particles (Campbell et al.

2001). The lipid dispersing effect of Ac-B that may disrupt the lipid rafts is postulated to attribute to the anti-HIV property of Ac-B. A tree at our campus with established anti HIV properties!! Great news for drug explorers. Good luck…

Hits on search engines as of 21-03-2014, 1pm: 1. Pubmed 49 2. Google scholar 7800 3. Scirus Ooops!!!! Scirus is shutdown from Jan 2014.

4. Science direct 582

M.I.Glad Mohesh, M.Sc, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology, gladmohesh@gmail.com.

Campus Events MEDICAL EDUCATION UNIT REPORT OF THE FOURTH BASIC WORKSHOP IN MEDICAL EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY, HELD IN SRI SATHYA SAI MEDICAL COLLEGE ON FEB 25 – 27 TH, 2014.

The programme was conducted for three days in SSSMC& RI for 20 faculties, in the presence of the Observer from the Regional center, CMC Vellore, AS PER MCI NORMS. It had a combination of 4 professors, 5 Associate professors and 11 Assistant professors. They were selected from the different disciplines of the Medical college departments.

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SSSMC & RI WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES: Teaching &learning: ? Applying the principles of adult learning to T/L practices ? Formulation of educational objectives, ? Demonstration of roles &skills effective for group dynamics ? Selection of suitable teaching aid for the particular learning experience ? Self improvement & assessment by Microteaching ? Demonstration of interactive large group teaching ? Understanding the importance & skills of giving receiving feedback effectively STUDENT ASSESSMENT: ?

DESCRIPTION of general principles of student assessment

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Structuring of essay question, short answer question

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Critique clinical long case& formulate methods of improving it

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Describe strategies that should be adopted for improving oral & practical exams

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Develop , implement OSCE/OSPE/ OSLER exams

PERSPECTIVES TO MEDICAL CURRICULUM: The participant's had a discussion on Introduction to curriculum where in, Curriculum Components Principles of Curriculum development and evaluation were discussed.

In curricular innovation, Proposed Curriculum Innovations, Purposes, Objectives, Contents and Implementation were discussed.

The programme on all the three days was observed by Professor Dr.Shanthidani Minz Community Medicine of Christian Medical College Vellore, as the OBSERVER FROM THE REGIONAL CENTRE. The Resource persons were Dr. T.R. Gopalan-Dean & Convener, Dr.Karthika Jayakumar-Co ordinator, Dr. Swayum Jothi, Dr. Pravir Bhodka, Dr. Venkatadiri, Dr. Pradeep Shukla, Dr. Narasimha Rao, Dr. Thenral &DR. Manimaran.

Dr. Shanthidani Minz, Observer, CMC, Vellore, Our Dean, MEU Team and participants

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TEACHING METHODOLOGY: Role Play

Bites (Vermin)

KISS OF DEATH

Stings (Aqrab)

Dr. A.Nasreen Begum, Prof of Internal Medicine Every great story seems to begin with a snake “ Tell me I forget, Teach me I remember, Involve me I learn” th According to this saying some of 8 semester students actively got themselves involved and played this skit.

Since snake bite and scorpion stings are encountered in general practice Worldwide and comes under must know subject, this topic was selected.

To create a magic appeal and to understand easily the regional language was preferred by the students.

STUDENT CHARACTERS Sharath.U (Doctor) , Abinaya,Monisha (Nurse) Shalini , Gracelin , HariKrishnan , Gowthaman.K , Salim Malik , Deepak.T.V (Patient), Murali Mohan, Joel(Snake bite Victims), Gowthaman.S (Friend) Monica Roselin (Mother), Maria(Flower Vendor) Shahana Mother of Jayadeepa ( Scorpion String) Jagadeeshwaran – script , dialogue & direction.

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY MEDICINE NATIONAL ORAL HEALTH DAY (06.02.14) On the eve of National Oral Health Day, Dr. Kalaivani, Assistant Professor, Department of Community Medicine along with CRRIs conducted an awareness campaign at Mullipakkam camp for Government primary school children, Mullipakkam. They imparted health education regarding oral health and the importance of practicing good oral hygiene.

Health education session – Cancer Day at UHTC

Health education for people using audio-visual aids

Health team at the 25th camp at Guduvanchery

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SSSMC & RI WORLD CANCER DAY (07.02.14 – Sembakkam RHTC & 10.02.14 – Thruporur UHTC) Department of Community Medicine observed World Cancer Day, based on the theme “Debunking the myths” in RHTC, Sembakkam and UHTC, Thiruporur. Dr. Raja, Dr. Geetha and Dr. Kalaivani, Assistant Professors of Community Medicine Department with CRRIs, imparted health education to patients on various types of cancers through posters, videos and health talks followed by discussion on various issues related to cancer.

25th Week Celebration To acknowledge the continuous medical services being done by our college for the past 25 weeks in Guduvanchery, Lions Club of Nandivaram-Guduvanchery has arranged for a function on 4th March 2014. The function was attended

by Dr. Ponnu Rajeswari (RMO), Dr. Mohanambal, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Dr. Balasubramaniam, Professor of General Medicine and Dr. Raja, Assistant Professor, Community Medicine. On that day, a special camp was conducted and 110 patients have utilized the medical services.

WORLD TUBERCULOSIS DAY – 24/03/2014 Theme - Reach the three million: A TB test, treatment and cure for all A] College The Department of Community Medicine and Pulmonary Medicine in collaboration have observed World TB Day in order to spread awareness 25 week celebration about Tuberculosis among the undergraduate medical students and faculties of the medical college.

The sensitization session was attended by Dr. T. R. Gopalan, Dean; Head of Departments from Pulmonary Medicine (Dr. Sundaramoorthy), Microbiology (Dr. Karthika), Physiology (Dr. Rao), Anatomy (Dr. Swayamjyothi), Biochemistry (Dr. Balaji), Pharmacology (Dr. Venkatadri) and faculties from different clinical, para-clinical and preclinical departments. The target audiences were the undergraduate students from sixth and seventh semester students.

The program comprised of a poster competition for the nursing staffs and a skit competition for the students of 6th and 7th semester. Seven areas of interests have been identified by the faculties of Community Medicine {Diagnosis of TB, Clinical features, DOTS, Prevention of TB, TB-HIV & DM, MDR / XDR / XXDR TB, and World TB Day Theme2014}, and students / nursing staff were guided accordingly. The skit was well received by the audience and was certainly a thought provoking session for the audience.

A panel of judges was constituted to assess both posters and debate separately and winners for each event were suitably rewarded at the end. In addition, the faculties of Department of Community Medicine have selected best performer of the day – Gowtham N and Anusha R from the sixth semester. The awards were sponsored by Dr. Sundaramoorthy. th

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Skit – TB-HIV & DM

Skit – DOTS

Skit on World TB day theme

Skit on Clinical features of TB

Skit on Diagnosis of TB

Skit on Drug resistant TB

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Skit on Prevention of TB

Assessment of Posters

Assessment of Posters

Winners: Srinivasan, Muagesh, ArulChelvan, PradeepPandiyan, Venkatesan, Praveen.I, Niveditha, Manasa, Shymala Gowri, Annnapoorni, Shirley, Shiny, Chinmayee, Karthikeyan, IndrajaKatam, Nirmal Kumar, Harsha Vardhan.

B] Rural Health Training Centre – Sembakkam World TB Day at RHTC World TB Day was observed in the RHTC, Sembakkam on 28/03/2014 to create awareness about tuberculosis among the residents of the village. Dr. Saurabh Shrivastava, Assistant Professor, Department of Community Medicine and Dr. Hariharsudan, Medical Officer was present for the celebration. A health talk was given by the CRRIs using posters and a small clip was shown to the beneficiaries to enhance their knowledge about symptoms and treatment of TB.

DEPARTMENT OF ANATOMY JAN 06/01/2014: Submitted the following short term research projects to the ethical committee 1. Insular cortex PI-Hemanth Kommuru , Co PI- Dr E Prabhakaran ,Dr Swayam Jothi , Ms Sujatha N 2. Visual cortex PI- Dr Swayam Jothi, S. Co PI- Dr B Balasubramaniyam , Dr E Prabhakaran Ms Sujatha N 3. Transverse temporal gyrus PI- Rajeswara Rao N, .Co PI – Dr E Prabhakaran, Hemanth Kommuru, Dr Swayam Jothi,S. 09/01/2014: Submitted the following short term projects to the Ethical committee 1. Opercula of the submerged cortex in cadavers PI- Dr Swayam Jothi Co I – Sujatha N, Hemanth kommuru, Rajeswara Rao N 2. Hippocampus “ A cadaveric study” PI-Sujatha N Co I – Swayam jothi Rajeswara Rao, N. 27/01/2014: Mr Rajeswara Rao N Tutor has been promoted as Assistant professorof Anatomy.

29/01/2014: 25 Students accompanied by 3 staff members from Suddhananda Vidyalaya visited the Museum of Dept. of Anatomy on a study tour.

FEB “Variation Of Brachial Artery and Its Branching Pattern” was accepted for publication in IOSR

journal on 11/2/14 (Sathialakshmi,V., Udhaya kumar, Christilda Felecia, Sujatha,N., Swayam Jothi .S.and Hemanth Kommuru) 15/02/2014: Dr Swayam Jothi attended a workshop on OSPE organized by MGMC&RI. 21/02/2014: Dr Swayam Jothi,Dr Eswari, & Mr. Rajeswar Rao attended a workshop on OSPE organized

by MGMC&RI 25/02/2014: Dr Swayam Jothi faculty member gave a talk on Learning process and Adult learning in the Fore Noon and Introduction to Microteaching .in the After Noon 25th -27th /02/2014: Dr Mani attended the IV 3 day Basic Workshop conducted by the MET 28/02/2014: Dr Swayam jothi,Dr Eswari, & Dr Mani attended a workshop on OSPE organized b y MGMC&RI through skype MARCH 06/03/2014: Dr Swayam Jothi,,S.,Dr Eswari, & Dr Mani attended a workshop on OSPE organized by MGMC&RI through skype Ovary – site of ectopic pregnancy - A case report (Accepted for publication in JMST journal on 7/3/14.

(Dr.Anoop Sreevalsan, Dr. D. Kavitha, Prof.Vasantha.

N.Subbiah, and Swayam Jothi. S).

12/03/2014 – Dr Swayam Jothi ,S.conducted Doctoral committee meeting for the Ph D students of 2013 batch Mr.CHNV.Bharath and Mr. Yugesh,K

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SSSMC & RI 16/03/2014 : Dr Swayam Jothi ,S.attended CME on Understanding topical steroids and oral anti histamines usage for general practitioners at Savera by Dr Jayakar Thomas,Dr Dinesh kumar, Dr Parimalam kumar.

16/03/2014: Dr Swayam Jothi,S attended Basics of ECG at Kaveri Hospital by Dr Sarma 17/03/14: All the faculty attended Dean's meeting to discuss the strategies for academic year 2014-15 th st 17 -21 /03/2014: Mr Hemanth Kommuru,Tutor in Anatomy attended the workshop on Fundamentals of Biostatistics ,Priciples of Epidemiology and SPSS at CMC Vellore 22/03/2014: Dr Swayam Jothi ,S.attended CME on DVT by Dr Sarma at Savera 24/03/14; Paper titled Giant Intra Muscular Lipoma in Biceps Brachii – A case report: by Dr.Mani was accepted for publication in JARBS journal.

27/03/14: Attended the CME on the Non cognitive skills in higher education by Dr.Ramesh from MGMC& RI through skype 30/03/14: Dr Swayam Jothi attended CME on Diagnosis and management of Lymph adenopathy by Dr. Lakshmi Narayanan, Role of Pathologist in evaluation of Lymph adenopathy by Dr. M.P. Kanchana and Understanding Target Treatment by Dr. Joseph Francis Dominic organized by IMA at Hotel Benz Park 30/03/14: Dr Swayam Jothi attended CME on Carcinoma of Breast by Dr. C.M.K. Reddy at Halsted surgical clinic conducted by TAMPA.

DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY Dr S.Anuradha chaired a session in Cytocon 0ctober 2013 on 'Prize paper presentation in cytology' at Madras Medical College & RI,Chennai.

It was attended by Dr Hemanathan, Dr Ishwarya & Dr Saba Yasmin with Prof. and HOD Pathology Dr S. Anuradha and presented posters.

Dr Hemanathan - Serous Cyst Adenoma of Pancreas.

Dr Ishwarya - Malignant Melanoma Metstasis in Liver.

Dr Saba Yasmin - Undiffentiated Pleomorphic Sarcoma of Jaw. Our department contributed 2 intersting cases for the cytology CME program at MMC on 29th march 2014. It was attended by our PGs along with Dr Manimaran, Associate Professor as the resource person. Dr. Hemanathan & Dr. Ishwarya Dr Hemanthan presented the cytology case Dr Ishwarya Medullary Carcinoma of Breast

Mucinous Carcinoma of Breast

A blood donation camp was conducted on 08.02.2014 in Tiruporur High School, on behalf of Chief Minister's Birthday. We collected around 40 blood bags.

Picture Shows Organizing Crew with Medical Superintendent SSSCMC&RI

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Blood Donation by our students

SSSMC & RI 20students of our college also voluntarily donated blood for the Chief Minister's Birthday in Metropolitan Transport Corporation, Chromepet

DEPARTMENT OF PHYSIOLOGY 1. Ms.D.Abinaya ICMR STS 2013 selected student presented a paper titled, “Knowledge, attitude and practice of hand hygiene among medical students� guided

by Mr. Gladmohesh M.I, Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology at ICMR sponsored UG Medical Students regional research conference held at Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Karad, Maharashtra on March 21-24, 2014.

2. Mr. Ratchagan K, Tutor in Physiology attended Spirometry technician workshop 2014, organised by th th MGMCRI, Puducherry on 6 & 7 March 2014.

PUBLICATIONS 1. Saurabh RamBihariLal Shrivastava, Prateek Saurabh Shrivastava, Jegadeesh Ramasamy. Public health measures to fight counterfeit medicine market.

International Journal of Preventive Medicine.

2014;5(3):370-371.

[Indexed in PubMed, PubMed Central, Scopus, EMBASE] 2. Saurabh RamBihariLal Shrivastava, Prateek Saurabh Shrivastava, Jegadeesh Ramasamy. Oral Cancer in developing countries: The time to act is upon us.

Iranian Journal of Cancer Prevention. 2014;7(1):58-59.

[Indexed in Scopus, ELSEVIER, Index Medicus for the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region] 3. Saurabh RamBihariLal Shrivastava, Prateek Saurabh Shrivastava, Jegadeesh Ramasamy. Integrated management of childhood illness: Bringing treatment closer to home. Progress in Health Sciences.

2013;3(2):187-189.

4. Saurabh RamBihariLal Shrivastava, Prateek Saurabh Shrivastava, Jegadeesh Ramasamy. Childhood obesity: A determinant of adolescent and adult hypertension.

International Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2014;5(3 Suppl):S71-72.

[Indexed in PubMed, PubMed Central, Scopus, EMBASE] 5. Saurabh RamBihariLal Shrivastava, Prateek Saurabh Shrivastava, Jegadeesh Ramasamy. Utility of syndromic approach in management of sexually transmitted infections: Public health perspective. Journal of Coastal Life Medicine. 2014;2(1):7-13.

6. Saurabh RamBihariLal Shrivastava, Prateek Saurabh Shrivastava, Jegadeesh Ramasamy. Vasectomy: An underused contraceptive technique. Progress in Health Sciences. 2013;3(2):190-192.

7. Saurabh RamBihariLal Shrivastava, Prateek Saurabh Shrivastava, Jegadeesh Ramasamy. Fostering directly observed treatment in tuberculosis: A program manager's perspective. International Journal of Health Policy and Management. 2014;2(1):51-52.

[Indexed in PubMed] 8. Saurabh RamBihariLal Shrivastava, Prateek Saurabh Shrivastava, Jegadeesh Ramasamy. Unmet need for family planning in developing countries: Challenges and solutions. International Journal of Gynecological and Obstetrical Research. 2013;1(2):84-87.

9. Saurabh RamBihariLal Shrivastava, Prateek Saurabh Shrivastava, Jegadeesh Ramasamy. Growth Chart: Passport to child health care in low-resource settings.

Healthcare in Low-resource Settings. 2014;2(1):1785.

10.Saurabh RamBihariLal Shrivastava, Prateek Saurabh Shrivastava, Jegadeesh Ramasamy. Problem based learning: Constructivism in medical education.

Education for Health. 2013;26(3):197-198.

[Indexed in PubMed, PubMed Central, MEDLINE, EMBASE] 11.Saurabh RamBihariLal Shrivastava, Prateek Saurabh Shrivastava, Jegadeesh Ramasamy. Exploring the role of drug resistant tuberculosis centre in the programmatic management: An Indian perspective. MRIMS Journal of Health Sciences. 2013;1(2):64-65.

12.Saurabh RamBihariLal Shrivastava, Prateek Saurabh Shrivastava, Jegadeesh Ramasamy. Modifications in the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Program to achieve universal access to tuberculosis care.

CHRISMED Journal of Health and Research.

2014;1(1):45-47.

13.Saurabh RamBihariLal Shrivastava, Prateek Saurabh Shrivastava, Jegadeesh Ramasamy. Global plan for the decade of action for road safety: Expectations from developing nations. Saudi Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences. 2014;2(1):57-58.

14.Saurabh RamBihariLal Shrivastava, Prateek Saurabh Shrivastava, Jegadeesh Ramasamy. Diet survey: A tool for comprehensive nutritional assessment.

International Journal of Medical Research. 2013;1(4):3132.

15.Saurabh RamBihariLal Shrivastava, Prateek Saurabh Shrivastava, Jegadeesh Ramasamy. Differently abled children striving to lead a normal life - What policy makers can do? Global Journal of Medical Research.

2014;14(1):7-9.

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SSSMC & RI 16.Saurabh RamBihariLal Shrivastava, Prateek Saurabh Shrivastava, Jegadeesh Ramasamy. Effective feedback: An indispensable tool for improvement in quality of medical education. Journal of Pedagogic development.

2014;4(1):12-20.

17.Saurabh RamBihariLal Shrivastava, Prateek Saurabh Shrivastava, Jegadeesh Ramasamy. Offering a ray of hope for the mentally-ill and differently-abled individuals. Turkish Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care. 2014;8(1):1-2.

18.Kalaivani Annadurai, Raja Danasekaran, Geetha Mani, Jegadeesh Ramasamy. Desmotology: A black hole in health care. Iranian Journal of Public Health.

2014;43(3):383-384.

[Indexed in Scopus, EMBASE] 19.Kalaivani Annadurai, Geetha Mani, Raja Danasekaran.

Tobacco usage among males in rural Tamil Nadu, India: A cross-sectional study. International Journal of Medical Students. 2014;2(1):15-18.

20.Kalaivani Annadurai, Raja Danasekaran, Geetha Mani.

Knowledge, attitude and practices on anto-tobacco measures imposed under the Cigarette and other tobacco products act among adult males in rural areas of Tamil Nadu. Healthcare in Low Resource Settings.

2014;2:1883.

21.Kalaivani A, Mani K, Ramasamy J. A study on knowledge, attitude and practices about organ donation among college students in Chennai, Tamil Nadu -2012. Progress in Health Sciences. 2013;3(2):5965.

22.Geetha Mani. Prevalence of reproductive tract infections among rural married women in Tamil Nadu, India: A community based study. Journal of Pioneer Medical Sciences. 2014;4(1):18-24.

23.Geetha Mani, Kalaivani Annadurai, Raja Danasekaran.

Awareness regarding cervical cancer and preventive practices among rural married women of Kancheepuram district, Tamil Nadu. Journal of Comprehensive Health. 2014;2(1):42-48.

24.Geetha Mani, Raja Danasekaran, Jegadeesh Ramasamy.

Andragogy in clinical medicine: implications for medical educators. Medical Science. 2014;2(1):77-79.

25.Raja Danasekaran, Geetha Mani, Kalaivani Annadurai, Jegadeesh Ramasamy. MERS-CoV: An emerging public health threat. Bali Medical Journal. 2014;3(1):1-2.

26.Raja Danasekaran, Geetha Mani, Kalaivani Annadurai.

Mercury free healthcare by 2020: Time for action.

Online Journal of Health and Allied Sciences.

2014;12(4):16.

[Indexed in Scopus] 27. N. Swetha. Serum Electrolytes in Cerebro-Vascular Accidents. IJSR 2014; 3(3): 7 & 8.

28. Gladmohesh M I, Prabhu N. Tobacco users and their opinions: a short communication. The Antiseptic, 2014; 111(3):123-125.

29. Gladmohesh M I, Ratchagan K, Sundaramurthy A. A study of short term heart rate variability in dipping tobacco users. Asian journal of medical sciences.2014; 5(3):91-94.

30.Anitha.M, Karthika Jayakumar and Arun Kumar.J: Comparison of Silver Nanoparticles (AgNps) with routinely used antibiotics and its efficacy against Gram Positive and Gram Negative organism International Journal Of Biology, Pharmacy and Allied Sciences: 2014, 3(2): 228-234. (Department of Microbiology).

31. Anitha, M, Hema Priya, J, Arul Bhaghyraj and Joeal: Efficacy of anti-bacterial activity of Calotropis gigantea latex extract- An in-vitro study - International Journal Of Recent Scientific Research :December 2013, Vol. 4, Issue, 12. (Department of Microbiology).

32. M.Anitha, J. Hemapriya: Efficacy of antibacterial activity of garlic cloves from Tamil Nadu and Jowai region- International Journal Of Research In Medical Sciences April 2014, Vol 2, Issue 2. (Department of Microbiology).

33. M.Anitha, S.R.Swathy, P.Venkateswari: Prevalence of disease causing microorganisms in decaying fruits with analysis of fungal and bacterial species International Journal Of Research In Health Sciences. April 2014, Vol 2, Issue 2. (Department of Microbiology).

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2. Dr. Suthanthira Devi, Prof. & Head – OG 3. Dr. Swayam Jyothi, Prof. & Head - Anatomy 4. Dr. Sundharamurthy, Prof. & Head – TB & Chest 5. Dr. Nasreen, Prof. & Head – General Medicine 6. Dr. Sri Vidhya , Asst. Prof. – Pulmonary Medicine 7. Dr. Sridhar, Asso. Prof. – Microbiology 8. Mr. Glad Mohesh, Asst. Prof. – Physiology 9. Ms. N.Swetha, Tutor – Biochemistry Students Committee: 1. Mr. Dhuvarakesh

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2. Ms. Aruna Priyanka Mallu

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3. Mr. Abhirup Chakraborthy

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4. Ms. Sriya Alagappan

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5. Mr. Naveen Rajamohan

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6. Ms. Monica Roselin

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7. Mr. Mohamed Nidhal

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8. Ms. Divya

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