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Contributors – API Textbook Of Medicine – 11th Edition

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
1. Philip Abraham MD, DNB (GE), FCPS, FICP
Consultant Gastroenterologist, PD Hinduja Hospital & MRC and H & MRC and Hinduja Healthcare, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
20.8: Cirrhosis of the Liver 1824
2. SK Acharya MD, DM
Pro-Chancellor, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India; Emeritus Professor, AIIMS, New Delhi, India
20.11: Acute Liver Failure 1837
3. Vasudeva Acharya MD, DNB
Professor, Department of Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Karnataka, India
3.5: Inhibitors of Cell Wall Synthesis 109
4. Prabha Adhikari MR
Professor and HOD of Internal Medicine, Yenepoya Medical College, Derlakatte, Mangalore, Karnataka, India
27.6: Perioperative Management 2437
5. Praveen Adusumilli MD, DM
Consultant Medical Oncologist HCG-Pinnacle Hospitals, Arilova, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India
14.17: Cancers of the Predisposed Host (Cancer Proneness) 1083
6. Manish Agarwal
Consultant Orthopaedic Oncologist, P.D. Hinduja Hospital, Medical Research Centre, Veer Savarkar Marg, Mahim, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
14.14: Bone and Soft Tissue Sarcomas 1062
7. Vikas Agarwal MD, DM
Professor, Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
7.10: Antiphospholipid Syndrome 549
8. Aishwarya Aggarwal
Department of Neurology, Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, Punjab, India
21.8: Hemorrhagic Cerebrovascular
Diseases 1949
9. Amita Aggarwal MD, DM, FASc, FNASc, FAMS
Professor, Department of Clinical Immunology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
6.1: An Overview of the Immune System 451
6.3: Autoimmune Diseases: Immune Mechanisms and Diagnosis 460
10. Ashutosh N Aggarwal MD, DM
Professor and Head, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research,
Chandigarh, India
17.18: Lung Transplantation 1381
11. Praveen Aggarwal
Professor & Head, Department of Emergency Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
24.1: Basic Considerations in Poisoning and Toxicology 2249
12. Rakesh Aggarwal
Professor, Department of Gastroenterology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
20.4: Acute Viral Hepatitis 1800
13. Sameer Aggarwal MD, DM (Endocrinology, AIIMS)
Professor and Head Medicine Vll, PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryana
10.3: Investigations and Diagnosis of Bone Disorders 693
14. Shagun Aggarwal
Associate Professor, Department of Medical Genetics, Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad; Adjunct Scientist, Diagnostics Division, Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, Hyderabad, India
5.7: Treatment of Genetic Disorders 431
15. Amir Ahmadi MD, FRCPC, FACC, FSCCT
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Director, Cardiac CT/MR Research, Mount Sinai Heart at St Luke’s Hospital, 1111 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY 10025
18.6: Cardiac Imaging: Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging 1440
16. Vineet Ahuja
Professor of Gastroenterology, Department of Gastroenterology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
19.1: Basic Considerations in Gastrointestinal Diseases 1689
17. Mir Shad Ali
Head Pulmonary Rehabilitation & Exercise Lab, Metro Center for Respiratory Diseases, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
17.17: Pulmonary Rehabilitation 1376
18. Alan F Almeida
Nephrology Section, Department of Medicine, PD Hinduja Hospital & Medical Research Center, Veer Savarkar Marg, Mahim, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
15.11: Inherited Kidney Diseases (Including Polycystic Kidney Disease) 1165
19. Late Deepak N Amarapurkar
Former Consultant Gastroenterologist, Bombay Hospital Institute of Medical Science, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
19.6: Diseases of the Stomach and
Duodenum 1713
20. AC Anand MD (Medicine), DM (Gastroenterology), FICP, FSGEI, FACP, FACG, FAMS
Senior Consultant Hepatology and Gastroenterology & Transplant Hepatologist, Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, Sarita Vihar, New Delhi, India
19.2: Clinical Approach to a Patient with Gastrointestinal Diseases 1693
21. Tanu Anand
Assistant Professor, Department of Community Medicine, North Delhi; Municipal Corporation Medical College, Hindu Rao Hospital, Delhi, India
1.1: Principles of Epidemiology of Communicable Diseases 7
1.2: Principles of Epidemiology of Non-Communicable Diseases 11
22. Shashikant Apte MD, FRCPA
Head, Dept of Hematology & BMT, Sahyadri Speciality Hospital, Pune, Maharashtra, India
13.3: Approach to Bleeding and
Thrombosis 899
23. Neeraj Arora
Sr. Consultant Laboratory Medicine & Molecular Genetics, Tata Medical Center, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
13.14: Lymphoma and Other Lymphoid Neoplasms 960
24. Parneesh Arora
Principal Consultant, Cardiology, Fortis Hospital, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
18.1: Basic Considerations in Cardiology 1389
25. Sunil K Arora PhD
Professor of Immunology, Dept. of Immunopathology, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India
4.2: HIV Virology, Immunology and Laboratory Diagnosis 353
26. Naved Aslam MD, DM (Cardiology)
Professor, Department of Cardiology, Dayanand Medical College Hospital, Unit Hero DMC Heart Institute, Tagore Nagar, Civil Lines, Ludhiana, India
18.22: Bradyarrhythmias 1568
27. D Sarath Babu MD, DM
Consultant Interventional Cardiologist, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS), Secunderabad, Telangana, India
18.15: Atherosclerosis 1518
28. K Govind Babu MD, DM
Head, Dept. of Medical Oncology, Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, Bangalore, Karnataka, India; Consultant, HCG Hospitals, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
14.10: Colorectal Cancer 1039
29. Ajay Bahl
Professor, Department of Cardiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
18.27: Diseases of Myocardium 1605
30. VK Bahl
Professor & Head,Department of Cardiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
18.13: Valvular Heart Disease 1494
18.19: Chronic Stable Angina 1548
31. BK Bajaj MBBS, MD(Medicine), DM (Neurology),
Professor (Neurology), PGIMER, Dr. RML Hospital, New Delhi, India
21.21: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Other Motor Neuron Diseases 2040
32. Sarita Bajaj MD (Medicine), DM (Endocrinology, AIIMS), FRCP (London, Glasgow, Edinburgh)
Director, Professor and Head, Dept. of Medicine, MLN Medical College, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
12.12: Sexual Dysfunction in Diabetes 865
33. V Balaji MD, FRCP (Glas., Lond., Edin.)
Dr. Seshiah – Dr. Balaji Diabetes Care and Research Institiute, 729, Poonamalle High Road, Aminjikarai, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
12.13: Diabetes and Pregnancy 868
34. Yatan Pal Singh Balhara MBBS, MD, DNB
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and National Drug, Dependence Treatment Centre (NDDTC), WHO Collaborating Centre on Substance Abuse, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India
22.3: Substance Use Disorders 2143
35. Pradeep Bambery MD, FRCP (Glas), FRACP
Associate Professor of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Rural Medical School (Bundaberg Campus), Director of Medicine, Bundaberg Hospital, Queensland, Australia
7.13: The Vasculitides 560
36. Amal Kumar Banerjee MD, DM, FACC, FESC, FACP, FAPSC, FICC, FCSI, FICP
Consultant & Interventional Cardiologist, Formerly Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, IPGME&R, SSKM Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
18.31: Pregnancy and Heart Disease 1649
37. Samar Banerjee
Professor, Dept. of Medicine, Specialist, Diabetes Clinic, Vivekananda Institute of Medical Sciences, 99 Sarat Bose Road, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
12.7: Acute Complications of Diabetes Mellitus (Hypoglycaemia, DKA, HHS, Lactic
Acidosis) 837
38. Ankit Bansal MD, DM
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Cardiology, Govind Ballabh Pant Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, New Delhi, India
18.28: Diseases of the Pericardium 1618
39. Beena Bansal MD, DM
Director (Inpatient Program), Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Medanta the Medicity, Gurgaon, Haryana, India
11.7: Disorders of Parathyroid Glands 762
40. Rajinder K Bansal
Professor, Department of Neurology, Dayanand Medical College & Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab, India
2.19: Sensory Loss 84
41. Sandeep Bansal MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Cardiology), DNB (Cardiology), MNAMS
Consultant, Professor & Head of Cardiology, VMMC and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India
18.33: Pulmonary Hypertension 1668
42. BR Bansode MD
Head of Department, Department of Medicine, Babasaheb Ambedkar Memorial Hospital (Central Railway), Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Road, Byculla (E), Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
3.17: Listeria
43. PP Bapsy MBBS, MD (General Medicine), DM (Medical Oncology)
Former Professor of Medical Oncology, Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
14.13: Gynaecological Cancers 1055
44. Bhupen Barman MD (Medicine)
Associate Professor, Department of General Medicine, North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS), Shillong, Meghalaya, India
3.68: Ebola and Marburg Infections 323
45. Sandeep B Bavdekar MD (Pediatrics), DCH
Professor and Head (Retd.), Department of Pediatrics, TN Medical College and BYL Nair Ch. Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
3.16: Diphtheria 136
46. Sujata Baveja
Professor and Head, Department of Microbiology, LTMMC, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
3.15: Enterococcal Infections 134
47. Himmatrao Saluba Bawaskar MD
Bawaskar Hospital and Research Center, Mahad, Dist. Raigad, Maharashtra, India
24.11: Scorpion Sting 2289
48. Pramodini Himmatrao Bawaskar MBBS
Bawaskar Hospital and Research Center, Mahad, Dist. Raigad, Maharashtra, India
24.11: Scorpion Sting 2289
49. Digambar Behera MD (Med.), FCCP, FAMS, FNCCP, FICP, FICA, FAPSR, FICS, MNAMS (Med.), Dip. NBE (Resp. Med.)
Dept. of Pulmonary Medicine, (WHO Collaborating Centre for Research & Capacity Building in Chronic Respiratory Diseases) Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh, India
17.7: Pneumonia 1308
50. Ashish Bhalla
Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, PGI, Chandigarh, India
24.5: Aluminium Phosphide and Other Metal Phosphide Poisoning 2267
51. Ashu Seith Bhalla MD
Professor, Deptt. of Radiodiagnosis, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
25.2: Plain Radiographs and Procedures 2325
52. Rishu Bhanot
Department of Medicine, Dayanand Medical College & Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab, India
3.56: Ankylostomiasis, Ascariasis and Other Nematodal Infections 263
53. Anil Bhansali
Professor & Head, Department of Endocrinology, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India
12.4: Oral Anti-diabetes Drugs 824
54. Pallavi Bhargava MD
Consultant in Infectious Diseases and Travel Medicine, Allegiance Health Jackson, Michigan, USA
3.40: Bartonella Infections 200
55. Atul Bhasin md, dnb (Internal Medicine), MNAMS
Senior Consultant, Department of Internal Medicine, Dr. BL Kapur Memorial Hospital, New Delhi, India
3.55: Cryptosporidiosis, Trichomoniasis, Balantidiasis and Cystoisospora 261
56. Priya Bhate MBBS, MD
Assistant Professor, Medical Intensive Care Unit, Department of Medicine, Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
27.15: Futuristic Medicine 2483
57. Eesh Bhatia MD (Medicine), DND (Endocrinology)
Professor and Head, Department of Endocrinology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
11.8: Disorders of Adrenal Glands 765
58. Shobna Bhatia
Professor and Head, Department of Gastroenterology, Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
19.5: Oesophageal Disorders 1705
59. Vijayalakshmi Bhatia MD (Pediatrics)
Professor, Department of Endocrinology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
11.8: Disorders of Adrenal Glands 765
60. Prasanta Kumar Bhattacharya MD, PhD, FACP, FICP
Professor and Head, Department of General Medicine, North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS), (An Autonomous Institute, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Govt. of India), Mawdiangdiang, Shillong, Meghalaya, India
3.48: Chlamydial Infections 232
61. Kalyan B Bhattacharyya MD, DM, MAMS, FIAN, FRCP (Edin)
Professor & Head, Department of Neurology, RG Kar Medical College & Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
21.18: Hypokinetic Movement Disorders 2006
62. V Bhatti MD (Community Medicine), MPhil in Clinical Epidemiology, PGD Bioethics
Director, Armed Forces Medical Services
16.8: Electric Shock and Lightning Injury 1247
63. Dinesh Bhurani MD, DM, FRCPA
Director, Department of Haemato-oncology & Bone Marrow Transplant, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute & Research Centre, Sector 5, Rohini, Delhi, India
13.13: Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia 955
64. Shrirang Bichu DNB (Nephrology)
Professor and Head, Department of Nephrology, Bombay Hospital Institute of Medical Sciences, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
15.14: Dose Adjustment in Patients with Renal Impairment and Drug Nephrotoxicity 1177
65. Viswanath Billa
Consultant Nephrologist & Associate Professor of Nephrology, Bombay Hospital Institute of Medical Sciences, New Marine Lines, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
15.10: Cardio-renal Syndrome 1162
66. Kaustubh Bora
Regional Medical Research Centre, N.E. Region (Indian Council of Medical research), Dibrugarh, Assam, India
3.68: Ebola and Marburg Infections 323
67. Anita M Borges MD, FRCPath
Consultant Histopathologist, Asian Institute of Oncology, SL Raheja Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India; Director of Excellence, Histopathology, SRL Diagnostics, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
14.2: Principles of Cancer Biology and Pathology 999
68. Ashok Chacko MD, DM, FRCP, FAMS
Director, Institute of Gastroenterology & Liver Diseases, Madras Medical Mission, No 4A, Dr J.J. Nagar, Mogappair, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
19.3: Investigation of Gastrointestinal Disorders 1697
69. Manoj Chadha
P.D. Hinduja Hospital & Research Centre, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
11.9: Disorders of Puberty 774
70. Prantar Chakrabarti MD (Medicine), DNB (Medicine), DM (Clinical Haematology)
Professor and Head, Department of Haematology, NRS Medical College, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
13.16: Platelet Disorders 973
71. Sekhar Chakraborty MD(Med), FICP, MRCP, FRCP, FACP
Senior Consultant Physician & Diabetologist, Practicing in Siliguri, West Bengal, India
2.9: Oedema and Anasarca 50
72. Jaya Chakravarty MBBS, MD, FICP
Professor, Department of Medicine, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Banaras, Uttar Pradesh, India
3.23: Cholera 159
73. Naval Chandra
Additional Professor, Dept. of General Medicine, Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, Telangana
4.1: HIV Epidemiology 349
74. P Sarat Chandra MCh
Professor, Neurosurgery, PI and Team Leader, Center of Excellence for Epilepsy and MEG, AIIMS, New Delhi, India
21.25: Intracranial Space-Occupying
Lesions 2072
75. Mammen Chandy MD, FRACP, FRCPA, FRCP
Director, Tata Medical Center, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
13.19: Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation 987
76. Sara Chandy PhD
Scientist, Inclen Trust International
3.73: Hanta Virus Infections 338
77. Aparajita Chatterjee
Assisstant Professor of Neurology kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Karnataka, India
21.6: Disorders of Cranial Nerves 1922
78. Mitali Chatterjee MD PhD FRCP (London) FASc FNASc MAMS
Professor, Dept. of Pharmacology, Instt. of PG Med. Education & Research, 244B, AJC Bose Road, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
6.5: Pharmacological Manipulation of the Immune System 469
79. Prashun Chatterjee
Assistant Professor, Department of Geriatric Medicine, AIIMS, New Delhi, India
26.4: Geriatric Syndromes 2402
80. Ved Chaturvedi MD, DM
Professor of Rheumatology, Sir Gangaram Hospital, New Delhi, India
7.2: Soft Tissue Rheumatism and Regional Rheumatic Pain Syndromes 489
81. Alisha Chaubal
SSMO, Department of Gastroenterology, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College & Lokmanya Tilak Municipal General Hospital, Sion, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
19.15: Chronic Pancreatitis & Pancreatic Tumours 1770
82. Nitin Chaubal MD, DMRD, FICR, FICMU, FAIUM (USA), FSRU (USA)
Director, Thane Ultrasound Centre, Thane, Maharashtra, India; Consultant Radiologist, Jaslok Hospital & Research Centre, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
25.3: Role of Ultrasound in Medicine 2339
83. Nayan Chaudhari MBBS, MD, DNB
Senior Resident, Dept. of Clinical Pharmacology, Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
27.8: Clinical Pharmacology for the
Physician 2446
84. Dhruva Chaudhry MD (Med.), DNB, DM
Sr. Professor and Head of the Department, Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryana, India
23.4: Respiratory Failure and Mechanical Ventilation 2193
85. Yogesh K Chawla
Department of Hepatology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
20.9: Non-cirrhotic Causes of Portal Hypertension 1829
86. Meenakshi Chenniappan MD, DM, FACC, FACP, FRCP (GLA), FRCP(LON)
Professor Emeritus, Tamilnadu Dr. Mgr Medical University, Senior Cardiologist, Apollo Speciality Hospital, Ramkrishna Hospital, Tirichirapalli, Tamil Nadu, India
18.26: Heart in Systemic Diseases 1599
87. KG Chengappa
Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medicine and Research, Puducherry, India
7.19: Biologics & Biosimilars in
Rheumatology 592
88. SK Chhabra MD, FCCP
Former Director-Professor, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute, Delhi, India; Currently Head, Department of Pulmonary, Sleep and Critical Care Medicine, Primus Superspeciality Hospital, Chanakayapuri, New Delhi, India
17.1: Respiratory System: Basic Anatomy and Physiology 1273
89. Aalap Chokshi MD
Mount Sinai Heart, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY, USA
18.6: Cardiac Imaging: Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging 1440
90. HK Chopra
Chief Cardiologist, Moolchand Medcity, New Delhi, India
18.35: Prevention of Cardiovascular
Disease 1675
91. VP Choudhry
Senior Consultant Hematology, Fortis Escorts Hospital, Neelam Bata Road, Faridabad, Haryana, India
13.6: Hereditary Haemolytic Anemia 915
92. Gourdas Choudhuri MD, DM, FAMS, FICP, FACG, FRCPI, FRCPE
Executive Director and Head, Department of Digestive and Hepatobiliary Diseases, Fortis Memorial Research Institute, Gurgaon, Haryana, India
19.13: Gastrointestinal Manifestations of Systemic Diseases 1755
93. Subhankar Chowdhury DTM&H, MD (Medicine), DM (Endocrinology), MRCP
Professor and Head, Deptt. of Endocrinology, IPGME&R and SSKM Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
10.2: Bone and Mineral Metabolism in Health and Disease 687
94. Anuj M Clerk MD (Medicine), FNB (Critical Care), IDCCM
European Diploma in Intensive Care, Director, Critical Care, Sunshine Global Hospital, Surat, Gujarat, India
23.5: Fluid Balance 2199
95. Aashish Contractor
Head of Dept. Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine, Sir H.N.Reliance Foundation Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
27.3: Sports and Exercise Medicine 2423
96. Mahendra Dadke
Consultant Physician, Jupiter Hospital, Baner, Pune, Maharashtra, India
3.3: Syndromic Approach to Infectious Diseases 102
97. Ashwin Dalal MD (Paediatrics), DM (Medical Genetics)
Head, Diagnostics Division, Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, Opp. Metro Pillar NUP-9B, Inner Ring Road, Uppal, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
5.5: Molecular Diagnostics 421
98. Jamshed J Dalal MD, DM, Phd, FRCP
Director-Centre for Cardiac Sciences, Kokilaben Hospital, Rao Saheb Achutrao, Patwardhan Marg, Four Bunglows, Andheri West, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
18.11: Cardiac Transplantation 1482
99. PK Dalal
Professor & Head, King George’s Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
22.2: Organic Mental Disorders 2138
100. D Debashish Danda MD, DM, FRCP, FACR
Professor & Head, Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology, Christian Medical College & Hospital, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India
7.15: Rheumatic Manifestations of Systemic Diseases 573
101. Dolly Daniel MD, FRCP (London)
Professor, Department of Transfusion Medicine, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamilnadu, India
13.18: Transfusion Medicine 983
102. Madhumita P Das MD (Medicine)
Professor & HOD Medicine, Tezpur Medical College, Assam, India
7.17: Emergencies in Rheumatology 585
103. Siddharth Kumar Das
Professor and Head of Rheumatology, K.G. Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India; President, Society for Osteoarthritis Research (SOAR)
7.4: Osteoarthritis 501
104. Sidhartha Das MD, FRCP (Glasg), FRCP (Edin), FRCP (London)
Senior Professor in Medicine, Dean & Principal, S.C.B.Medical College & Hospital, Cuttack, Assam, India
9.3: Disorders of Protein Metabolism 637
105. Sauvik Dasgupta
Senior Resident, Department of Rheumatology, All India institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
7.8: Sjogren’s Syndrome 540
106. Arka De
Department of Hepatology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
20.9: Non-cirrhotic Causes of Portal Hypertension 1829
107. Siddharthan Deepti MD, DM
Assistant Professor, Department of Cardiology Cardiothoracic Sciences Center, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
17.16: Cor Pulmonale 1371
108. Chandrashekhar E Deopujari MS, Mch, Msc
Professor & Head, Dept. of Neurosurgery, Bombay Hospital, 126 MRC, 1st Floor, 12 New Marine Lines, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
21.32: Compressive Myelopathies 2124
109. Neelu Desai MD DNB
Consultant Pediatric Neurologist, PD Hinduja Hospital & MRC, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
21.24: Metabolic Disorders of Nervous
System 2059
110. Shrinivas B Desai
Director, Head & Professor, Department of Diagnostic & Interventional Radiology, Jaslok Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
20.3: Hepatobiliary Disorders: Imaging 1791
111. Vinay H Deshmane
Breast Surgical Oncologist, Breach Candy Hospital, P.D.Hinduja Hospital & Asian Cancer Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
14.7: Breast Cancer 1025
112. Alaka Deshpande MD, MAMS, FIMSA, FICP
Consultant Physician, Former Professor & Head, Dept. of Medicine, Grant Medical College & Sir J.J. Group of Hospitals Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
4.1: HIV Epidemiology 349
4.5: HIV Drug Resistance 371
113. Vidya Devarajan
Consultant Infectious Diseases,Apollo Cancer Hospital, 320, Padma Complex, Anna Salai, Teynapet, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
3.18: Clostridial Infections 140
114. Harshad Devarbhavi MD, DNB, DM, DNB
Head of Department, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, St. John’s Medical College Hospital, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
20.13: Toxic and Drug-induced Liver
Injury 1845
115. AB Dey MD
Professor & Head, Department of Geriatric Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
26.1: Medicine in an Ageing World 2391
116. Sonal Dhande MBBS, DNB (General Medicine), DNB (Medical Oncology)
Consultant Medical Oncologist, HCG Hospitals, Nasik, Maharashtra, India
14.13: Gynaecological Cancers 1055
117. Puneet Dhar M Ch
Professor and Head, Dept of GI Surgery, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Amrita Vishwa Vidya Peetham, Cochin, Kerala, India
19.11: Ischaemic Bowel Disease 1746
118. Satish B Dharap
Professor & Head, Department of Surgery, Topiwala National Medical College & B.Y.L. Nair Charitable Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
21.26: Head Injury 2080
119. Radha K Dhiman MD, DM, FAMS, FACG, FRCP (Edin), FRCP (London), FAASLD
Professor, Department of Hepatology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
20.5: Chronic Viral Hepatitis 1806
120. Raghunadharao Digumarti MD, DM
Director, Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital & Research Centre, A Grant-in-Aid Institution of the Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India, Aganampudi, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India
14.17: Cancers of the Predisposed Host (Cancer Proneness) 1083
121. JV Divatia MD (Anaesthesia)
Professor and Head, Department of Anaesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
23.11: Nutrition in the Critically Ill
Patient 2233
122. DC Doval MBBS, MD
Chair Medical Oncology, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute & Research Centre, Rohini, Delhi, India
14.9: Hepato – Biliary Cancers 1037
123. Ameet Dravid MD (Medicine)
Consultant in HIV Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Ruby Hall Clinic, 40, Sassoon Road, Pune, Maharashtra, India
4.3: Pathophysiology of HIV/AIDs 357
124. Ajay Duseja MD, DM, FAMS, FACG, FSGEI
Professor, Department of Hepatology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
20.10: Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease 1833
125. Deep Dutta MBBS (JIPMER), MD (Medicine) (CMCH), DM, DNB, (Endocrinology) (IPGMER), MNAMS
Specialty Certificate (Endocrinology & Diabetes) (Royal College, UK); Fellow of American College of Endocrinology (FACE); Consultant & Head, Department of Endocrinology, Diabetology & Metabolic Disorders, Venkateshwar Hospital, Dwarka, New Delhi, India; Former Professor Endocrinology, Member Ethics Committee & Institutional Review Board, PGIMER & Dr. RMLH, New Delhi, India
9.7: Unspecified Disorders of Metabolism 654
126. Tarun Kumar Dutta MD
Professor of General Medicine & Clinical Hematology, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College & Research Institute (MGMCRI), Puducherry, India
3.69: Rabies 325
127. Usha Dutta MD, DM, MSc (HRM)
Professor, Department of Gastroenterology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
20.16: Diseases of the Gall Bladder and Biliary Tract 1853
128. CE Eapen
Professor, Hepatology Department, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India
20.6: Chronic Non-viral Hepatitis and Cholestatic Diseases 1814
129. Raman Gaikwad MD (Medicine), FNB (Infectious Diseases)
Infectious Diseases Physician, Aditya Birla Memorial Hospital, Chinchwad, Pune, Maharashtra, India; Infectious Diseases Physician, Sahyadri Hospital, Pune, Maharashtra, India
3.6: Protein Synthesis & Folate Inhibitors 111
130. Indrajeet Singh Gambhir
Professor, Department of Medicine, IMS, BHU, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
26.2: Ageing Biology 2395
131. Prasanth Ganesan MD, DM
Additional Professor, Department of Medical Oncology, Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Puducherry, India
14.20: Oncological Emergencies 1094
132. VP Gangadharan MD (Radiotherapy), MD (General Medicine), DM (Medical Oncology)
HOD Medical & Pediatric Oncology, VPS Lakeshore Hospital and Research Centre Ltd., Kochi, Kerala, India
14.6: Head and Neck Cancer 1023
133. Avneet Garg MD
Professor, Department of Pulmonary Medicine & Sleep Disorders, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India
14.11: Benign and Malignant Tumors of the Tracheobronchial Tree 1042
134. Pramod Kumar Garg MD, DM, FAMS, FNASc
Professor of Gastroenterology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
19.14: Acute Pancreatitis 1760
135. Ravindra Kumar Garg
Department of Neurology, King George Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
21.10: Bacterial Meningitis and Brain
Abscess 1961
136. Sandeep Garg MD, MNAMS, FACP, FRCP, FICP, FICAM, FIMSA
Professor, Department of Medicine, Maulana Azad Medical College and Associated LokNayak Hospital, New Delhi, India
24.9: Corrosive Acid and Alkali Poisoning 2279
137. Taru Garg
Professor, Department of Dermatology and S.T.D., Lady Hardinge Medical College & Associated Hospitals, Opposite Shaheed Bhagat Singh Marg, Connaught Place, New Delhi, India
3.34: Non-Syphilitic Treponematoses 186
138. Deepak Gaur AVSM
Principal, Director Medical Services (Spl.), Indian Air Force, Air HQ RK Puram, New Delhi, India
16.6: Aerospace Medicine 1236
139. Biju George
Professor, Department of Haematology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India
13.8: Aplastic Anaemia 934
140. Jacob George MD (Pulmonary Medicine)
Department of Anaesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
15.12: Nephrolithiasis and Urinary Tract Obstruction 1172
23.11: Nutrition in the Critically Ill
Patient 2233
141. Abdul Ghafur MD, MRCP, FRCPath
Co-ordinator, Chennai Declaration on AMR, Apollo, Adjunct Professor, Consultant in Infectious Diseases, Apollo Cancer Institute, 320 Anna Salai, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
3.8: Antibiotic Resistance & Antimicrobial Stewardship 118
142. Gayatri Ghanekar
P.D. Hinduja Hospital & Research Centre, Mumbai, Maharashtra
11.9: Disorders of Puberty 774
143. Arvind Ghongane MD, FICP, FGSI
Consultant Physician Diabetologist, Attached to Cloudnine and Surana Hospital
3.49: Mycoplasma Infections 235
144. Alakendu Ghosh DNB
Professor, Dept. of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, Institute of PG Medical Education & Research, 244B Acharya JC Bose Road, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
6.5: Pharmacological Manipulation of the Immune System 469
7.11: Inflammatory Muscle Disease 552
145. Shibendu Ghosh
Professor of Medicine, Ramkrishnan Mission Sevapratisthan and Vivekanand Institute of Medical Sciences, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
8.6: Minerals, Trace Elements and Antioxidants 623
146. Soumitra Ghosh
Professor of Medicine, In-charge, Obesity & Lifestyle Diseases Clinic, Institute of Post-Graduate Medical College & Research and SSKM Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal
9.5: Disorders of Adipose Tissue and
Obesity 648
147. Uday C Ghoshal MD, DNB, DM, FACG, RFF
Professor, Department of Gastroenterology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
19.7: Functional Gastrointestinal
Disorders 1721
148. KM Girisha
Professor, Department of Medical Genetics, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Karnataka, India
5.1: Molecular Genetics, Human Genome Project and Genomic Medicine 393
149. Amit Goel MD, DNB, DM
Associate Professor, Department of Gastroenterology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
20.17: The Liver in Systemic Diseases 1862
150. Ashish Goel
Professor, Department of Hepatology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu
20.15: Pregnancy and Liver Disease 1849
151. Varun Goel MBBS, MD (Medicine), DNB (Medical Oncology), ECMO, MRCP-UK (Medical Oncology)
Consultant, Department of Medical Oncology, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Center, Rohini, Delhi, India
14.9: Hepato – Biliary Cancers 1037
152. Yojana Gokhale
Professor of Medicine, In-charge of Rheumatology, Lokmanya Tilak Medical College, Sion, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
2.20: Fever with Rash 86
153. Prachi V Gole
Assistant Professor, Department of Dermatology, Seth G.S. Medical College and KEM Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
3.20: Gonococcal Infections 151
154. Hemant Gopal
Professor, Dept. of Medicine, Adesh Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Adesh University, Bhatinda, Punjab, India
7.3: Low Back Pain 494
155. N Gopalakrishnan MD, DM, FRCP
Director & Professor, Institute of Nephrology, Madras Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
15.17: Kidney Transplantation 1196
156. Ram Gopalakrishnan MD, MRCP(UK), AB (Internal Med), AB (Infectious Diseases)
American Certificate (Tropical Medicine), FIDSA, ESCMID Fellow; Senior Consultant, Institute of Infectious Diseases, Apollo Hospitals, Chennai, India; Adjunct Professor, Tamilnadu Dr MGR Medical University; Adjunct Professor & Distinguished Clinical Tutor, Apollo Hospitals Educational and Research Foundation
3.12: Staphylococcal Infections 127
157. SP Gorthi MBBS, MD (Gen Med), DNB (Gen Med), DM (Neurlogy)
Professor & HOD, Department of Neurology Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Karnataka, India
21.6: Disorders of Cranial Nerves 1922
158. Ravinder Goswami MD, DM
Professor Department of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
10.3: Investigations and Diagnosis of Bone Disorders 693
159. Soumik Goswami MD (Medicine), DM (Endocrinology)
RMO cum Clinical Tutor, Department of Endocrinology, NRS Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
10.2: Bone and Mineral Metabolism in Health and Disease 687
160. Abhishek Goyal
Assistant Professor of Cardiology, Dayanand Medical College & Hospital, Unit Hero DMC Heart Institute, Ludhiana, Punjab, India
18.8: Cardiac Catheterisation and Angiocardiography 1457
161. Laxmi Kant Goyal MD, MACP
Assistant Professor, Geriatric Medicine, SMS Medical College, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
9.8: Disorders of Iron Metabolism and Iron Overload Syndromes 655
162. Manoj Kumar Goyal DM Neurology
Additional Professor, Department of Neurology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh, India
21.15: Fungal & Parasitic Diseases of Nervous System 1987
163. Sandeep Grover
Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
22.9: Biological and Somatic Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders 2168
164. Santanu Guha MD, DM
Professor and Head, Department of Cardiology, Medical College, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
18.10: Management of Heart Failure 1467
165. Randeep Guleria
Director and Professor & Head, Department of Pulmonary Medicine & Sleep Disorders, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi, India
17.13: Sarcoidosis 1347
166. Anish Kumar Gupta
Research Associate, Max Super Speciality Hospital, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
24.3: Recreational Drug Overdoses 2257
167. Ankur Gupta MBBS, MD, DM (Nephrology)
Certified Hypertension Specialist(AHSCP) Fellowship in Clinical Nephrology, Hypertension and Home Dialysis
University of Ottawa, Canada
15.15: Pre Dialysis Care, Nutrition, Palliative Care, Vaccination in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease 1181
168. Arun Kumar Gupta
Department of Radiodiagnosis, AIIMS, New Delhi, India
10.4: Radiological Manifestations of Common Metabolic Bone Disorders 698
169. Aashima Gupta
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Maulana Azad Medical College and Associated Lok Nayak Hospital, New Delhi, India
9.2: Inborn Errors of Carbohydrate Metabolism 632
170. Mansi Gupta MD, DNB, DM
Assistant Professor, Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryana, India
23.4: Respiratory Failure and Mechanical Ventilation 2193
171. Neerja Gupta
Assistant Professor, Division of Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
5.9: Next Generation Sequencing: Future Medicine 443
172. Neha Gupta Med Medicine, FNB Infectious Diseases
Consultant, Infectious Diseases, Department of Infectious Diseases & Division of Internal Medicine, Medanta- The Medicity, Gurgaon, Haryana, India
3.19: Meningococcal Infections 146
173. Preeti Gupta MD (Internal Medicine), DNB (Cardiology)
Assistant Professor, Department Of Cardiology, VMMC & Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India
18.33: Pulmonary Hypertension 1668
174. Rakesh K Gupta MD
Director and Head, Department of Radiology and Imaging, Fortis Memorial Research Institute, Gurgaon, Haryana, India
21.3: Neuroimaging 1892
175. Subhadeep Gupta MBBS
Final Year Postgraduate Resident, RG Kar Medical College & Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
3.51: Amoebiasis and Giardiasis 245
21.18: Hypokinetic Movement Disorders 2006
176. Sudeep Gupta MD, DM
Deputy Director, (CRC) ACTREC, Room 305, 3rd Floor, Paymaster Shodhika, ACTREC (Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer), Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
14.12: Genitourinary Cancers 1051
177. Vaibhav Gupta MBBS, MD (Medicine)
Senior Consultant, Dept. of Internal Medicine, Medanta the Medicity, Gurugram, Haryana, India
20.12: Parasitic Infections of the Liver 1842
178. Varun Gupta MBBS, MD
Associate Professor, Medical Intensive Care Unit, Department of Medicine, Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
19.13: Gastrointestinal Manifestations of Systemic Diseases 1755
179. Vishal Gupta MBBS, MD
Associate Professor, Medical Intensive Care Unit, Department of Medicine, Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
27.15: Futuristic Medicine 2483
180. Roop Gursahani MD, DM
Consultant Neurologist & Epileptologist, P.D.Hinduja National Hospital, Mahim, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
21.11: Neurotuberculosis 1966
181. Vijay Hadda
Assistant Professor, Department of Pulmonary Medicine & Sleep Disorders, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
17.15: Disease of Pleura, Mediastinum, Diaphragm and Chest Wall 1363
182. Ashutosh Halder MD, DNB (Obst & Gyne); DM (Medical Genetics), FAMS, Com Wealth Sch (Fetal Medicine, Lon), MRCOG P-I (Lon)
Professor and Head, Department of Reproductive Biology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India; Department of Reproductive Biology, AIIMS, New Delhi, India
5.4: Conventional and Molecular
Cytogenetics 412
183. Rohini Handa MD, DNB, FAMS, FICP, FACR, FRCP (Glasgow) 
Senior Consultant Rheumatologist, Apollo Indraprastha Hospitals, New Delhi, India
7.1: Basic Considerations of
Rheumatology 485
184. CV Harinarayan MD (Int. Med.), DM (Endocrinology, AIIMS, New Delhi), FAMS, FRCP (Glasg., Edin., Lond., Irel) FACE (USA)
Director, Institute of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Thyroid and Osteoporosis Disorders, Sakra World Hospitals, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
10.1: Vitamin D in Health and Disease 683
185. NK Hase MD, DNB (Nephrology), FICP
Former Professor and Head, Department of Nephrology, Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
15.16: Dialysis and Other Extracorporeal Therapies 1185
186. D Himanshu
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, K.G. Medical University Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
4.6: Non-opportunistic Infection Complications in HIV 374
187. Maj. Gen. AK Hooda
Addl. DGAFMS (MR, H & Trg), Armed Forces Medical Services, New Delhi, India
15.8: Vascular Injury to Kidney 1154
188. Indani Hrishikesh MD
Senior Resident, Department of Geriatric Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
26.1: Medicine in an Ageing World 2391
189. Irfan Hussain
Internal & Pulmonary Medicine, Sheri Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Soura, Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir, India
17.6: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary
Disease 1298
190. Shivakumar Iyer MD (Medicine), DNB, EDIC
Professor & Head, Dept of Critical Care Medicine, Bharati Vidyapeeth University Medical College, Pune, Maharashtra, India
23.7: Acid-base Disorders 2215
191. Thomas Iype DM (Neurology)
Professor and HOD of Neurology, Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
21.13: Viral Encephalitis 1980
192. Jubbin Jacob MD DNB (Endo) MNAMS
Professor and Head, Endocrine and Diabetes Unit, Department of Medicine, Christian Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab, India
10.7: Developmental Disorders of the
Bone 713
193. Alka R Jadhav
Professor Pediatrics, In-charge of Pediatric Gastroenterology, LTMMC, Sion, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
8.3: Severe Acute Malnutrition 607
194. Deepak Jain
Professor of Medicine, Pt. BD Sharma Postgraduate Institute of Health Sciences, Pt. BD Sharma University of Health Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana, India
15.6: Secondary Glomerular Diseases 1138
195. Jyoti Jain MD ( Medicine), PGDGM, PhD
Professor and Head, Department of Medicine, Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Sevagram, Wardha, Maharashtra, India
3.57: Tapeworm and Hydatid Diseases 274
196. Narender Pal Jain
Professor, Department of Medicine, Dayanand Medical College & Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab, India
3.56: Ankylostomiasis, Ascariasis and Other Nematodal Infections 263
197. Sumedh Jajoo MD, FNB
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Sevagram, Maharashtra, India
24.10: Snakebite 2283
198. Bhavin Jankharia MD, DMRD, MBBS
Consultant Radiologist and Partner, Bhaveshwar Vihar, 383 Sardar VP Rd., Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
25.4: Computed Tomography 2348
25.7: Patient Safety 2386
199. K Felix Jebasingh MD (Gen Med), DM (Endo), DNB (Endo)
Assistant Professor, Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India
12.6: In Hospital Management of Diabetes Mellitus 834
200. HR Jerajani MD (Skin diseases), DVD
Professor and Head, Department of Dermatology, MGM Medical College & Hospital, Kamothe, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
3.33: Syphilis 182
201. Vivekanand Jha MD, DM, FRCP, FAMS
Executive Director, George Institute for Global Health India and Professor of Nephrology, University of Oxford
15.3: Acute Kidney Injury 1113
202. Farah Jijina
Professor, Department of Haematology, Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital and Consultant Hematologist, PD Hinduja Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
13.7: Acquired Haemolytic Anemia 929
203. SK Jindal MD, FCCP, FAMS, FNCCP
Emeritus-Professor, Postgrad Instt. Med. Edu. & Research,Chandigarh, India; Medical Director, Jindal Clinics, SCO 21, Sector 20 D, Chandigarh, India
17.11: Diffuse Interstitial Lung Disease 1336
204. M Joseph John
Professor & Head, Department of Clinical Haematology, Haemato-Oncology & Bone Marrow (Stem Cell) Transplantation, Christian Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab, India
13.11: Chronic Myeloid Leukemia & Other Myeloproliferative Neoplasma 947
205. Ameya Joshi
Consultant, Department of Endocrinology, Bhaktivedanta Hospital and Research Institute, Mira Road, Thane, Maharashtra, India; Consultant, INDEAN Clinic, Borivali, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
11.11: Polyglandular Endocrine
Syndromes 785
206. Amit Joshi MBBS, MD, DM
Professor of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
14.12: Genitourinary Cancers 1051
207. Anant Joshi
Arthroscopy and Sports Medicine Consultant, Sportsmed, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
27.3: Sports and Exercise Medicine 2423
208. Jyotsna M Joshi
Professor and Head, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, TN Medical College, BYL Nair Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
17.2: Pulmonary Disorders-A Clinical Approach 1282
209. Kavita Joshi MD (Medicine, Mumbai), Fellowship in HIV Medicine (CMC, Vellore)
Associate Professor of Medicine, Seth GS Medical College & KEM Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
3.64: Human Papilloma Virus and Parvovirus Infection 305
210. Prashant P Joshi MD (Medicine), MSc (Clinical Epidemiology, Australia)
Professor and Head, Department of Medicine, Indira Gandhi Government Medical College, Central Avenue Road, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
3.54: Trypanosomiasis 258
211. Rohina Joshi MBBS, MPH, PhD
Associate Professor, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Senior Research Fellow, The George Institute for Global Health, PO Box M201, Missenden Road, NSW 2050, Australia
15.13: Integrating Kidney Health in Primary Care 1175
212. Shashank R Joshi MD, DM, FICP, FACP (USA), FACE (USA), FRCP (Lon., Glsg. & Edin.)
Endocrinologist, Joshi Clinic, Lilavati Hospital, Apollo Sugar Clinic & Bhatia Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
11.2: Endocrine Disorders: A Clinical
Approach 733
213. Madhulika Kabra
Professor, Division of Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
5.9: Next Generation Sequencing: Future Medicine 443
214. DB Kadam MD (Medicine)
Dean, SKN Medical College and General Hospital, Narhe, Pune, Maharashtra, India; Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Medicine, BJ Govt Medical College, Pune, Maharashtra, India
2.1: Approach to a Febrile Patient 19
215. Kayanoosh Jay Kadapatti MD, DNB (Medicine), IDCCM, EDIC
Head of Department of Intensive Care at the Jehangir Hospital, Pune, Maharashtra, India
23.10: Neurocritical Care, Brain Death and Organ Donation 2229
216. Syed Manzoor Kadri
Assistant Director Health Services (ADHS), State Surveillance Officer (SSO)-Disease Control (Communicable Diseases and Non Communicable Diseases), Directorate of Health Services, Kashmir, India
3.37: Brucellosis 193
217. Neha Kajale MSc, PhD
Research Scientist, Hirabai Cowasji Jehangir Medical Research Institute, Jehangir Hospital, Pune, Maharashtra, India
10.5: Rickets and Osteomalacia 706
218. SP Kalantri MD, MPH
Director, Professor of Medicine, Medical Superintendent, Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Sevagram, Maharashtra, India
24.10: Snakebite 2283
219. J Kalita
Professor, Neurology, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
21.2: Clinical Neurophysiology 1885
220. Jayantee Kalita
Professor, Neurology, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
21.23: Nutritional and Toxic Disorder of the Nervous System 2054
221. OP Kalra
Professor of Nephrology and Vice Chancellor, Pt. BD Sharma University of Health Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana, India
15.6: Secondary Glomerular Diseases 1138
222. Sanjay Kalra DM (AIIMS)
Consultant Endocrinology, Executive Editor, J of Social Health in Diabetes (JoSH Diabetes) Bharti Hospital & B.R.I.D.E., Karnal, Haryana, India
11.1: Basic Considerations of
Endocrinology 731
223. Sandhya A Kamath MD, FICP, FACP (Hon) USA
Editor-in-Chief, API Textbook of Medicine, Edition 11; Former Dean and Professor of Medicine, Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital & LTMMG College and Sion Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
1: Introduction 3
18.21: Hypertension and its
Management 1557
224. Devasenathipathy Kandasamy
Department of Radiodiagnosis, AIIMS, New Delhi, India
10.4: Radiological Manifestations of Common Metabolic Bone Disorders 698
25.5: Magnetic Resonance Imaging 2359
225. Nandkishore Kapadia MS, MCh, DFBCTS, PhD
Director-Cardiac Surgery and Head of Cardiac Transplantation, Kokilaben Hospital, Rao Saheb Achutrao, Patwardhan Marg, Four Bunglows, Andheri (West), Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
18.11: Cardiac Transplantation 1482
226. Nitin Kapoor MD (Med.), DM (Endocrinology)
Associate Professor, Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India
10.9: Miscellaneous Bone Disorders 723
227. Madhuchanda Kar
Visiting Medical Oncologist – Peerless Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
14.19: Supportive Care in Cancer 1088
228. SK Kar
Assistant Professor, King George’s Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
22.2: Organic Mental Disorders 2138
229. Avik Karak MD(Medicine)
Resident, Department of Cardiology, Medical College, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
18.10: Management of Heart Failure 1467
230. DN Karan
Deputy Director General Medical Services (Army), Directorate General Medical Services (Army), Integrated Headquarters of Ministry of Defence, ‘L’ Block, New Delhi, India
16.9: Radiation Hazard 1253
231. Partha Sarathi Karmakar MD, DNB, Dip. Card., FICP
Professor, Department of Medicine, R.G. Kar Medical College, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
24.13: Epidemic Dropsy 2303
232. Dilip R Karnad MD, DNB, FRCP(Glasg), FACP
Consultant in Critical Care, Jupiter Hospital, Thane, Maharashtra, India
23.1: Basic Considerations in Critical
Care 2183
233. ND Karnik
Professor and Head, Department of Medicine, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and LTMG Hospital, Sion, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
24.7: Toxic Alcohols 2272
234. N Karthik
Associate Professor of Neurology, Bangalore Medical College, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
21.9: Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis 1956
235. Dinesh Kumar Kataria
Professor and Head, Dept Psychiatry, LHMC, New Delhi, India
22.4: Psychosis and Schizophrenia 2159
236. Subhash Kaul
Dean & Neurologist, Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences, Panjagutta, Hyderabad, Telangana
21.7: Ischemic Cerebrovascular Diseases 1938
237. Upendra Kaul
Executive Director, Fortis Escorts Heart Institute, Okhla, New Delhi, India
18.1: Basic Considerations in Cardiology 1389
238. Rohini Kelkar MD, DPB
Director Laboratories and Professor and Head, Dept. of Microbiology, Tata Memorial Centre, E Borges Road, Parel, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
3.11: Hospital Infection Control 125
239. Prafulla G Kerkar MD, DM, FACC, FESC, FSCAI
Professor & Head of the Department, Department of Cardiology, Seth GS Medical College & King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra
18.4: Exercise Testing 1420
240. Rajesh Khadgawat MD, DM, DNB, MNAMS
Professor, Dept. of Endocrinology and Metabolism, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
9.2: Inborn Errors of Carbohydrate Metabolism 632
241. Anuradha Vaman Khadilkar MD Pediatrics
Consultant Pediatrician and Deputy Director, Hirabai Cowasji Jehangir Medical Research Institute, Jehangir Hospital, 32, Sassoon Road, Pune, Maharashtra, India
10.5: Rickets and Osteomalacia 706
242. SV Khadilkar MD ( Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology), DNBE (Neurology), FIAN, FICP, FAMS
Professor of Neurology, Bombay Hospital Institute of Medical Sciences, Mumbai, Maharashtra
21.30: Diseases of Muscles 2108
243. NN Khanna MD, DM, FRCP (Lond., Glasg., Edin), FACC, FSCAI, FESC, FAPSIC, FCCP, FEISI, FICC, FCSI
Sr. Consultant Interventional Cardiology & Vascular Interventions, Advisor, Apollo Group of Hospitals; Co-ordinator – Cardiology, Cathlab & Vascular Services, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, Sarita Vihar, New Delhi, India
18.30: Vascular Disorders of the
Extremities 1638
244. Vidya Kharkar MD, DVD
Professor, Dept. of Dermatology, Seth G.S. Medical College & K.E.M. Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
3.38: Donovanosis 196
245. Navin Khattry MD, DM (Medical Oncology)
Professor, Dept. of Medical Oncology, Convenor, Adult Hematolymphoid DMG, Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
13.12: Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia 953
246. Usha Naraindas Khemani MD SKIN & VD, DDV, FAAD
Associate Professor and Head of Unit, Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology, Grant Government Medical College & Sir J.J. Group of Hospitals, Gokuldas Tejpal Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
3.46: Leprosy 217
247. Archana Kher
Consultant Pediatrician, Columbiaasia Hospital, Pune, Maharashtra, India
9.6: Disorders of Aminoacid Transport and Metabolism 651
248. Vijay Kher MD, DM, FAMS, FRCPE, FIS
Chairman, Medanta Kidney and Urology Institute, Div. of Nephrology and Kidney Transplant Medicine, Medanta, The Medicity, Gurugram, Haryana, India
15.2: Kidney Disease – A Clinical
Approach 1108
249. Uday S Khopkar
Professor and Head of Department, Department of Dermatology, Seth G. S. Medical College and KEM Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
3.20: Gonococcal Infections 151
250. Ashok L Kirpalani
Professor Emeritus, Department of Nephrology, Bombay Hospital Institute of Medical Sciences, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
15.4: Chronic Kidney Disease 1122
251. Jugal Kishore MBBS, PGCHFWM, PDGEE, MSc (Sust Dev), MSc (Mental Health) MD (Com Med), PhD (Psychiatry), FNAMS, FIMSA, FIPHA, FIAPSM, FIMAAMS, FISCD, FIAAH, FIASS
Director Professor & Head, Department of Community Medicine, Vardhaman Mahavir Medical College & Safdurjung Hospital (Ministry of Health & Family Welfare), New Delhi, India
1.1: Principles of Epidemiology of Communicable Diseases 7
1.2: Principles of Epidemiology of Non-Communicable Diseases 11
252. Abhishek Kochar
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, S.P. Medical College, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India
9.9: The Porphyrias 664
253. Dhanpat Kumar Kochar
Professor in Medicine, Rajasthan University of Health Sciences, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
9.9: The Porphyrias 664
254. Prakash Kothari
Consultant Sexologist, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
27.2: Sexual Medicine 2419
255. Shyam S Kothari
Professor of Cardiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
18.14: Infective Endocarditis 1505
256. Parvaiz A Koul
Internal & Pulmonary Medicine, Sheri Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Soura, Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir
17.6: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary
Disease 1298
257. Bhuvana Krishna MD (General Medicine), IDCCM, IFCCM (Indian Fellowship in Critical Care Medicine
Professor, Department of Critical Care Medicine, St John’s Medical College and Hospital, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
23.12: Hemodynamic Disturbances and
Shock 2239
258. Drarshan Krishnappa
Department of Cardiology, PGI, Chandigarh, India
18.12: Acute Rheumatic Fever 1489
259. Prerna Kukreti MBBS, MD (Psychiatry), Diploma Mental health Law & Human Rights
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Lady Harding Medical College, New Delhi, India
22.4: Psychosis and Schizophrenia 2149
260. Atul Prabhakar Kulkarni MD, FISCCM, PGDHHM, FICCM
Professor & Head, Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Anaesthesiology, Critical Care & Pain, Tata Memorial Hospital, Dr Ernest Borges Road, Parel, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
3.60: Systemic Fungal Infections 286
261. Vrinda Kulkarni
Professor, Department of Medicine, In-Charge, Department of Haematology, TN Medical College & BYL Nair Charitable Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
2.8: Lymphadenopathy 48
262. Ashish Kumar MBBS, MD, DM
Associate Professor, Institute of Liver, Gastroenterology & Panceatico-Biliary Sciences, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Rajinder Nagar, New Delhi
20.7: Alcoholic Liver Disease 1816
263. KM Prasanna Kumar MD, DM (AIIMS, New Delhi)
Consultant Endocrinologist, Centre for Diabetes & Endocrine Care, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
12.15: Use of Technology in Diabetes
Mellitus 873
264. KVS Hari Kumar
Professor, Department of Endocrinology, Army Hospital (Research & Referral), Delhi Cantt, New Delhi, India
11.4: Disorders of Anterior Pituitary 739
265. Lalit Kumar MD, DM, FAMS, FASc, FNASc
Professor of Medical Oncology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, IRCH Building, 2nd Floor, Room 234, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India
14.4: Principles of Drug Treatment of
Cancer 1009
266. Neeraj Kumar
Department of Transplant Immunology and Immunogenetics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
6.6: Immunology of Organ and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation 477
267. Raj Kumar MD (Pul. Med.), MNASc, FAMS, FICAAI, FICS, FNCCP(I), MAAAAI, MACAAI
Director(Actg.), Head, Department of Pulmonary Medicine & Head, Univ. Deptt. of Pulmonary Medicine, FMS, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
27.5: Tobacco Smoking – Related Diseases and Tobacco Cessation 2430
268. Soumitra Kumar
Professor and Head, Department of Cardiology, Vivekananda Institute of Medical Sciences, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
18.29: Diseases of the Aorta 1629
269. Suraj Kumar DM (Cardiology)
Consultant Interventional Cardiology, IVY Hospital, Bathinda, Punjab, India
18.2: Cardiovascular Diseases: A Clinical Approach 1396
270. Uma Kumar
Professor & Head, Department of Rheumatology, All India institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
7.8: Sjogren’s Syndrome 540
271. Vikas Kumar
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, G.B. Pant Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research (GIPMER), New Delhi, India
21.16: Raised Intracranial Pressure and Hydrocephalus 1997
272. Vivek Kumar MD (Med), DNB (Med), IFCCM, EDIC, FICP, FICCM, FACP, MNAMS
Consultant Critical Care, Asian Heart Institute, Bandra Kurla Complex, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
16.4: Drowning 1224
273. Suganthi Kumaran
Consultant Physician, Chellaram Diabetes Institute, Pune, Maharashtra, India
12.1: Basic Consideration in Diabetes
Mellitus 811
274. Mahesh Kumar Lakhe MB, DNB (Med), DNB (Infectious Disease), MNAMS
Consultant, Infectious Disease Specialist, Columbia Asia Hospital and DMH, Pune, Maharashtra, India; Assistant Professor of Medicine, BVDUMC, Pune, Maharashtra, India
3.28: Enterobacteriaceae Infections 171
275. Udai Lal MD, FICP
Sr. Consultant Physician, Deccan Hospitals, Somajiguda, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
2.4: Dyspnoea 32
276. Vivek Lal
Professor and Head, Department of Neurology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
21.12: Neuro-ophthalmology 1973
277. Jimmy A Lalkaka
Consultant Neurologist, Associate Professor of Neurology, Bombay Hospital Instiute of Medical Sciences, 12, New Marine Lines, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
21.31: Non-compressive Myelopathies 2118
278. Bashir Ahmad Laway DM
Department of Endocrinology, Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir, India
11.3: Disorders of Hypothalamus and Pineal Gland 736
279. Vikram R Lele MD (Medicine), DNB (Nuclear Medicine), DRM
Director, Department of Nuclear Medicine & PET-CT, Jaslok hospital & Research Centre, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
18.7: Nuclear Cardiology 1453
280. Valentine Lobo MD, DM
Consultant Nephrologist, KEM Hospital, Pune, Maharashtra, India
15.7: Infections of the Kidney and Urinary Tract 1146
281. Yash Y Lokhandwala MD, DM
Arrhythmia Associates, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
18.3: Electrocardiology 1405
282. Charulata Vikram Londhe MD
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Lokmanya Tilak Medical College and General Hospital, Sion, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
8.4: Water Soluble Vitamins 616
283. Vikram Londhey
Associate Professor of Medicine and Incharge Rheumatology, Hinduhriday Samrat Balasaheb Thackeray Medical College and RN Cooper Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
3.74: Chikungunya 340
284. Vikas Loomba MBBS, MD, PGDGM, FIACM, FICP
Associate Professor & Unit Head, Department of Medicine, Christian Medical College & Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab, India
24.14: Drug Overdose 2306
285. Karan Madan MD, DM (Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine)
Assistant Professor, Department of Pulmonary Medicine and Sleep Disorders, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India
17.3: Diagnostic Procedures in Pulmonary Disorders 1286
286. Surabhi Madan FID (Fellowship Infectious Diseases, PD Hinduja Hospital, Mumbai), MD Medicine
Certified in Tropical Medicine & Antimicrobial Stewardship, Infectious Diseases Consultant, CIMS Hospital, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
3.13: Streptococcal Infections 129
287. SV Madhu MD, DM (Endocrinology)
Professor & Head, Dept. of Endocrinology & Head, Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism, UCMS-GTBHospital, Delhi, India
8.1: Nutrition: Basic Considerations 601
288. Ajaykumar U Mahajan MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Cardiology), FICP, FICC, FACC (USA), FESC (European Union), FSCAI (USA)
Professor, Department of Cardiology, 2nd Floor, Old OPD Building, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and General Hospital, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Road, Sion, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
2.3: Chest Pain 27
289. Sandeep Mahajan MD, DM (Nephrology), FICP, FISN, FASN, MNAMS
Professor, Department of Nephrology All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
15.1: Structure and Function of the
Kidney 1101
290. M Mahapatra MD, FRCP, FICP, FISTM, FIACM, Fellowship in Leukemia and BMT (Canada)
Professor, Department of Hematology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
13.2: Approach to Anemia and
Polycythemia 892
291. Sanjiv Maheshwari MD, FICP, FACP (USA), FICA, FISC, FIACM
Additional Principal and Senior Professor in Medicine, JLN Medical College, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India
2.16: Dizziness and Vertigo 75
292. Sunita Maheshwari ABP, ABPC (USA)
Senior Paediatric Cardiologist, Telerad RxDx, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
18.25: Congenital Heart Disease 1592
293. CS Makhani MD (Forensic Medicine & Toxicology), PGDHCM, Trained in Forensic DNA Fingerprinting
Associate Professor & HoD, Dept. of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Army College of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
16.10: Medical Aspects of Disaster Management 1258
294. Govind K Makharia MD, DM, DNB, MNAMS
Professor, Department of Gastroenterology and Human Nutrition, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
19.9: Abdominal Tuberculosis 1732
295. AN Malaviya MD, FRCP (Lond.), ‘Master’-ACR & APLAR, FACP, FICP, FAMS, FNASc
Consultant Rheumatologist, ‘A & R Clinic’ and Visiting Sr. Consultant Rheumatologist, ISIC Superspeciality Hospital, New Delhi, India
7.6: Rheumatoid Arthritis 512
296. Hemant Malhotra MD, FRCP (London), FRCP (Edinburgh), FACP (USA), ECMO, MNAMS, FUICC, FICP, FIMSA
Senior Professor, Department of Medicine & Head, Division of Medical Oncology, RK Birla Cancer Center, SMS Medical College Hospital, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
14.15: Cancer of Unknown Primary Site 1070
297. Pankaj Malhotra MD, FRCP (London), FRCP (Glas.), FACP, FICP, MNAMS, FISHTM
Professor of Clinical Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India
13.15: Plasma Cell Disorders 968
298. Prabhat Singh Malik MD, DM
Assistant Professor of Medical Oncology, Institute Rotary Cancer Hospital (IRCH), All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India
14.4: Principles of Drug Treatment of
Cancer 1009
299. Mohandas K Mallath
Senior Consultant, Dept. Digestive Diseases – Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
14.8: Gastroesophageal Cancer 1032
300. Bipadabhanjan Mallick MD, DM
Department of Gastroenterology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
20.16: Diseases of the Gall Bladder and Biliary Tract 1853
301. Uliyar V Mani
Emeritus Professor, DOS in Food Science & Nutrition, University of Mysore, Mysuru, Karnataka, India
8.7: Food Allergy and Food Intolerance 626
302. Neelam Marwaha MD, FAMS
Professor and Head, Department of Transfusion Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
13.18: Transfusion Medicine 983
303. Sanjeevani Satish Masavkar MD (Pediatrics), DCH Fellow in Pediatric Intensive Care
Associate Professor and Head, Department of Paediatrics, HBTMC and RN Cooper Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
3.32: Pertusis (Whooping Cough) 181
304. Ravi S Math
Associate Professor of Cardiology, Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
18.14: Infective Endocarditis 1505
305. Dilip Mathai MBBS, MD, PhD, FCAMS, FRCP (Lond.), FICP, FIDSA, Hon. FFTM, RCPS (Glasg.)
Dean, Professor of Medicine and Adult Infectious Diseases, Apollo Health City Campus, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
3.62: Basic Considerations of Viral
Diseases 295
3.73: Hantavirus Infections 338
306. Samuel Mathew MD, DM (Card.), D.Sc, FACC, FSCAI, FESC
Director Cardiac Cath Lab- Apollo Hospittals, Chennai, Tamil Nadu; Sr. Inteventional Cardiologist at Lilavati Hospital & Breach Candy Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
18.8: Cardiac Catheterisation and Angiocardiography 1457
307. Vikram Mathews MD, DM, FASc
Associate Director, Professor and Head, Department of Haematology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India
13.10: Acute Myeloid Leukaemia 942
308. Arvind Mathur
Ex-Principal and Controller, Dr. S. N. Medical College, Jodhpur, Rajasthan; Director and Managing Trustee, Asian Center for Medical Education, Research & Innovation, A-79, Shastri Nagar, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
26.5: Preventive Geriatrics 2406
309. PS Mathuranath
Additional Professor Department of Neurology, National Institute for Mental Health & Neurosciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
21.17: Dementia 2000
310. Anupama Mauskar
Professor & Head, Department of Pediatrics, Hinduhridaysamrat Balasaheb Thackeray Medical College & Dr. R.N. Cooper Municipal, General Hospital, Juhu – Vileparle (west), Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
3.71: Measles (Rubeola), Mumps, Rubella and Other Viral Exanthemas 331
311. Debendra Nath Guha Mazumder MD, FAMS
Professor & Head, Dept. of Medicine & Gastroenterology, (Retd.), Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education & Research (IPGME&R), Kolkata, West Bengal; Director, DNGM Research Foundation, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
24.12: Heavy Metal Poisoning including Copper Sulphate 2297
312. AK Meena MD, DM
Professor, Department of Neurology, Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
21.27: Peripheral Neuropathy 2087
313. Narinder K Mehra FNASc, FIMSA, FNA, FHuASc (Hungary), FTWAS (Italy)
Ex-Head, Department of Transplant Immunology & Immunogenetics, Room No. 2008, 2nd Floor, Convergence Block, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India
6.6: Immunology of Organ and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation 477
314. Gurleen Mehta MSc
Department of Immunopathology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh, India
4.2: HIV Virology, Immunology and Laboratory Diagnosis 353
315. Nihar Mehta MD, DNB, (Medicine), DNB (Cardiology)
Consultant Interventional Cardiologist, Jaslok Hospital & Research Centre, KJ Somaiya Superspecialty Hospital, Bhatia Hospital, St Elizabeth Hospital, Healthspring Clinics, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
18.20: Coronary Arteriorgraphy and Percutaneous Coronary Intervention 1552
316. Sudhir Mehta MD, MNAMS, FRCP (Edin.), FACP (USA), FICP
Senior Professor of Medicine, SMS Medical College & Hospital, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
9.8: Disorders of Iron Metabolism and Iron Overload Syndromes 655
317. Deepak Menon MD (General Medicine), DNB (General Medicine), DM (Neurology), DNB (Neurology), MRCP (UK), MNAMS
Fellowship in Epilepsy, Fellowship in Neuromuscular Disorder, Trivandrum, Kerala, India
21.4: Epilepsy 1897
318. Vandana Midha MD
Professor, Department of Medicine, Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab, India
19.8: Inflammatory Bowel Disease 1728
319. DK Mishra
Sr. Consultant (Lab Haematology & Mol Genetics) and Director, Dept of Lab Sciences, Tata Medical Centre, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
13.2: Approach to Anemia and
Polycythemia 892
320. Pravas Mishra
Director, Hematology and BMT, Max Hospitals, Patparganj and Vaishali, New Delhi, India
13.4: Approach to Disorders of Granulocytes and Monocytes 905
321. Sundeep Mishra MD, DM, FACC, FSCAI
Professor of Cardiology, AIIMS, New Delhi, India
18.36: Mega-trials in Cardiology 1683
322. Aditya Prakash Misra
Fortis Flt. Lt. Rajan Dhall Hospital, New Delhi, India
3.63: Herpes Virus Infections 301
323. Ramnath Misra MD, FRCP
Professor and Head (Ex-Dean), Department of Clinical Immunology, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
6.3: Autoimmune Diseases: Immune Mechanisms and Diagnosis 460
324. Usha Kant Misra MD, DM, FRCP (Edin), RCP, FNA, FNASc, FAMS
Professor & Head, Department of Neurology, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Raebareily Road, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
21.2: Clinical Neurophysiology 1842
21.23: Nutritional and Toxic Disorder of the Nervous System 2054
325. Ambrish Mithal MD, DM
Chairman, Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Medanta-The Medicity, Gurgaon, Haryana, India
11.7: Disorders of Parathyroid Glands 762
326. BR Mittal MD, DRM, DNB, FICNM, FAMS
Professor and Head, Dept. of Nuclear Medicine & PET, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
25.6: Nuclear Medicine 2372
327. Manish Modi DM Neurology
Professor, Department of Neurology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh, India
21.15: Fungal & Parasitic Diseases of Nervous System 1987
328. Anant Mohan MD, MAMS,FRCP(LOND), FCCP (USA)
Professor, Department of Pulmonary Medicine & Sleep Disorders, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India
14.11: Benign and Malignant Tumors of the Tracheobronchial Tree 1042
329. Viswanathan Mohan MD, FRCP (London, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Ireland), PhD, DSc, DSc (Hon. Causa), FNASc, FASc, FNA, FACP, FACE, FTWAS, MACP
Chairman & Chief Diabetologist, Dr. Mohan’s Diabetes Specialities Centre, No. 6, Conran Smith Road, Gopalapuram, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
12.2: Pathophysiology of Diabetes Mellitus and its Various Sub Types 814
330. PP Mohanan
West Fort Hitech Hospital, Thrissur, Kerala, India
18.34: Cardiac Tumours 1672
331. Chandan Mohanty MBBS, MCh, FIPNS, FISS
Consultant Neurosurgeon, Department of Neurosurgery, Bombay Hospital Institute of Medical Sciences, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
21.32: Compressive Myelopathies 2124
332. V Pratap Mouli
Consultant Gastroenterology, Anjani SS Hospital, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India
19.1: Basic Considerations in Gastrointestinal Diseases 1689
333. Mary Ann Muckaden MD (Radiation Oncology), Master of Science (Palliative Medicine, Cardiff, UK)
Professor and Head, Department of Palliative Medicine, Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
27.12: Palliative Care 2463
334 Ajit S Mullasari MD, DM (Card), DNB, FRCP
Director & Head Cardiology, Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (ICVD), Madras Medical Mission, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
18.18: Acute ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) 1536
335. Yash Pal Munjal
Sr. Consultant Endocrinologist, Artemis Hospital and St. Stephen’s Hospital, Gurugram, Haryana, India
12.3: Lifestyle Management in Diabetes 820
336. A Murali MD, Fellowship in ID
Professor of Medicine, Infectious diseases Consultant, PSG Hospitals, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
3.10: Hospital-Acquired Infections/Nosocomial Infections 123
337. A Muruganathan MD, FRCP (GLASG), FRCP (London), FACP (USA), FPCP (Philippines), FICP
Adjunct Professor – The Tamilnadu Dr. MGR Medical University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
2.13: Weight Loss and Cachexia 65
338. Gowri Sankar Murugan MD
Assistant Professor, Department of General Medicine, Government medical college & ESI Hospital, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
2.13: Weight Loss and Cachexia 65
339. Milind Y Nadkar
Professor & Head, Department of Medicine & Chief of Rheumatology, Seth GS Medical College & KEM Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
7.7: Spondarthritides 533
340. D Nagaraja
Former Director – Vice chancellor and Sr., Professor of Neurology, National Institute of Mental Health & Neuro-sciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
21.9: Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis 1956
341. Aabha Nagral MD, DNB
Gastroenterologist, Apollo Hospital, Navi Mumbai and Jaslok Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
20.18: Inherited Metabolic Disorders of the Liver 1865
342. Vasant Nagvekar MD (Med) Felloship ID, Certificate ASTMH
Department of Infectious Diseases, Lilavati Hospital & Research Centre & Global Hospital & Research Centre, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
3.31: Acinetobacter 179
343. Sita Naik
Ex Professor, Department of Clinical Immunology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
6.1: An Overview of the Immune System 451
6.2: Immunology of Infectious Diseases 458
344. Reena Nair MD
Senior Consultant, Department of Clinical Hematology, Tata Medical Center, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
13.14: Lymphoma and Other Lymphoid Neoplasms 960
345. Sukesh Nair MD, DCP, DipNB, FRCPA (Haematology)
Department of Transfusion Medicine and Immunohaematology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu
13.3: Approach to Bleeding and
Thrombosis 899
346. Velu Nair PVSM, AVSM, VSM, (Retd), MD (Med), FRCP (London), FACP (USA), FICP, FAMS, FIACM, FUICC (UK), FISHTM
Group Head, Medical Services & Chief Consultant, Haemato-Oncology & Bone Marrow Transplant, Comprehensive Blood & Cancer Center (CBCC)
16.1: Basic Considerations of Environmental and Occupational Diseases 1205
16.10: Medical Aspects of Disaster Management 1258
347. Anita Nambiar MD, FICP
Chief Physician, Gopal Clinic & Diabetic Care Centre and Consultant Physician & Diabetologist, Varma Hospital, Tripunithura, Kochi, Kerala, India
3.59: Schistosomiasis / Bilharziasis 284
348. Udit Narang MD Medicine
Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, MMIMS, Ambala, Haryana, India
24.15: Miscellaneous – Including Household and Other Poisoning 2314
349. CS Narayanan VSM, PHS
Dy Chief, Integrated Defence Staff (Medical),
Ministry of Defence
2.17: Approach to Ataxia 78
350. Srinivasan Narayanan MD DNB (Cardiology), FNB (Interventional Cardiology)
Consultant Cardiologist, Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (ICVD), Madras Medical Mission, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
18.18: Acute ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) 1536
351. G Narsimulu MD, FICP, FIACM
Sr. Consultant-Rheumatologist at GVN Medical Centre & Yashoda Hospital
7.14: Mixed Connective Tissue Disease (MCTD) & Overlap Syndromes 569
352. AS Narula
Additional Director General, Armed Forces Medical Services Professor, Department of Medicine Army College of Medical Sciences New Delhi, India
15.8: Vascular Injury to Kidney 1154
353. Jagat Narula MD, PhD, MACC
Mount Sinai Heart, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY, USA
18.6: Cardiac Imaging: Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging 1440
354. Gita Nataraj
Professor, Department of Microbiology, KEM Hospital & GS Medical College, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
3.42: Laboratory Diagnosis of
Tuberculosis 204
355. Ajita Nayak
Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Seth GS Medical College & KEM Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
22.5: Mood Disorders 2153
356. Benny Negalur MD, FICP, FACP, PGDDM (UK), Fellow (Diabetes India)
Consulting Diabetologist & Metabolic Physician, Ex-Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine, Terna Medical College
12.10: Diabetic Neuropathy 859
357. VS Negi MD, DM
Senior Professor and Head, Department of Clinical Immunology, JIPMER, Puducherry, India
7.19: Biologics & Biosimilars in
Rheumatology 592
358. M Netravathi
Additional Professor of Neurology, National Institute of Mental Health & Neurosciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
21.20: Cerebellar Disorders 2016
359. Anjali Nicholson MS, DOMS, CHA, DNB
Ex-HOD, TN Medical College & BYL Nair Hospital, Nicholson Eye Clinic & Hospital, Wassiamul Building, ‘D’ Block, Grant Road East, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
12.9: Diabetes and the Eye 852
360. Maneck Nicholson DNB, RGUHS (Cataract & Refractive Surgery), FICO (Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary, Harvard University, Boston)
Ex-Consultant L.V. Prasad Eye Institute, Nicholson Eye Clinic, Indian Cancer Society Building, Room No. 44, Maharshi Karve Road, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
12.9: Diabetes and the Eye 852
361. Soniya Nityanand MD, PhD, FNASc, FASc
Professor and Head, Dept. of Hematology, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Raebareli Road, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
27.14: Regenerative Medicine: From Concept to Reality 2475
362. Nagaraja Rao Padaki MD, DM
Chief of Hepatology and Nutrition, Asian Institute of Gastroenterology, Hyderabad, Telangana
20.2: Hepatobiliary Disorders: Clinical Approach and Investigations 1783
363. Jyotirmoy Pal MBBS, MD, FRCP, FICP, FACP, WHO Fellow
Professor, Department of General Medicine, R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
3.51: Amoebiasis and Giardiasis 245
364. PK Pal
Professor and Head, Department of Neurology, National Institute of Mental Health & Neurosciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
21.20: Cerebellar Disorders 2016
365. Bharat Panchal MD (Psychiatry)
Professor and Head, Department of Psychiatry, Government Medical College and Sir T. Hospital, Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India
22.7: Emergency Psychiatry 2161
366. AK Pancholia
HOD, Clinical and Preventive cardiology, Arihant Hospital & RC, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
18.35: Prevention of Cardiovascular
Disease 1675
367. Abha Pandey DNB (Respiratory Diseases), IDCCM
Junior Consultant, Lilavati Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
3.44: Treatment of Drug Resistant Tuberculosis 210
368. Sanjay Pandey DM
Professor, Department of Neurology, Academic Block, Room 507, Department of Neurology, Govind Ballabh Pant Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, New Delhi, India
21.19: Hyperkinetic Movement Disorders 2013
Jeyaraj Durai Pandian MD, DM, FRACP, FRCP, FESO
Professor and Head, Department of Neurology, Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, Punjab, India
21.8: Hemorrhagic Cerebrovascular
Diseases 1949
369. Lekha Pandit MD, DM, PhD
Professor of Neurology, Director-Center for Advanced Neurological Research, KS Hegde Medical Academy, Nitte (deemed to be university), Mangalore, Karnataka, India
21.22: Demyelinating Disorders of the Central Nervous System 2047
370. Sunil K Pandya
KS Hegde Medical Academy, Nitte University, Mangalore, Karnataka, India
27.11: Medical Ethics 2461
371. Ghan Shyam Pangtey MD, FICP
Dept. of Medicine, Lady Hardinge Medical College & Associated Hospitals, New Delhi, India
7.3: Low Back Pain 494
372. Gopi Krishna Panicker
Cardiac Safety Services, Quintiles, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
18.3: Electrocardiology 1405
373. Manotosh Panja
Director, Interventional Cardiology, Belle Vue Clinic, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
18.29: Diseases of the Aorta 1629
374. Neeraj Parakh
Associate Professor of Cardiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
18.13: Valvular Heart Disease 1494
18.19: Chronic Stable Angina 1548
375. Ramesh S Paranjape PhD
Director and Scientist G (Retd.), National AIDS Research Institute, G-73, MIDC, Bhosari, Pune, Maharashtra, India
4.9: HIV Vaccine 385
376. Satish Kumar Parashar MD, FACC, FCSI
Senior Consultant Cardiologist and Director, Non-invasive Cardiac Laboratory, Metro Hospitals and Heart Institute, New Delhi, India
18.5: Echocardiography 1428
377. Falguni S Parikh
Consultant Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital, Andheri (West), Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
27.1: Immunisation in Adults, Travel Medicine and the Use of Vaccines 2411
378. Shubhangi R Parkar DPM, MD, PGDHR, MSc, PhD
Professor and Head, Department of Psychiatry, Chief: Bombay Drug Deaddiction Center, Convener, MCI Nodal Centre, Ex DEAN I/c, GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
22.1: Assessment in Clinical Psychiatry 2133
379. Pinkesh Parmar
Department of Medicine, Maulana Azad Medical College and Associated Lok Nayak Hospital, New Delhi, India
24.9: Corrosive Acid and Alkali Poisoning 2279
380. Atul K Patel MD (Medicine), FIDSA
Chief Consultant and Director Infectious Diseases Clinic, 3rd Floor, “VEDANTA”, Institute of Medical Sciences, Navarangpura Ahmedabad, Gujrat, India
4.10: ART and Drug Interactions 386
381. Ketan K Patel MD
Consultant, Infectious Diseases Clinic, Vedanta Institute of Medical Sciences, Navarangpura, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
4.10: ART and Drug Interactions 386
382. Mayur H Patel
Head, Critical Care and Emergency Medical Services, Sir HN Reliance Foundation Hospital and Resaerch Centre, Raja Ram Mohan Roy Road, Girgaon, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
23.2: Approach to a Critically Ill Patient 2185
383. Vaibhav Pathak MBBS, MD (Medicine)
Senior Consultant, Internal Medicine
12.14: Macrovascular Complications in Diabetes 870
384. Binoy J Paul MD, PhD, DNB, FRCP (Edin.)
Professor of Medicine & Chief, Division of Rheumatology, KMCT Medical College, Calicut, Kerala, India
7.16: Miscellaneous Rheumatic Disorders 580
385. Thomas V Paul MD, DNB (Endo), PhD (Endo)
Professor and Head, Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India
10.9: Miscellaneous Bone Disorders 723
386. Apoorva Pauranik MD, DM
Professor, Department of Neurology, Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College and Maharaja Yeshwantrao Hospital, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
21.5: Disorders of Speech 1910
387. K Pavithran MD, DM, FRCP (L)
Professor and Head, Department of Medical Oncology/Hematology, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Amrita University, PO AIMS, Ponekkara, Kochi, Kerala, India
14.18: Carcinoid Syndrome 1086
388. Aniruddha Pawar MD
Department of Cardiology, Seth GS Medical College & King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
18.4: Exercise Testing 1420
389. Amar R Pazare
Associate Professor of Medicine, KJ somaiya Medical College, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India; Former Head, Department of Medicine, KEM Hospital and Seth GS Medical College, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
2.15: Syncope 73
390. JV Peter MD, DNB, MAMS, FRACP, FJFICM, FCICM, FICCM
Professor, Medical Intensive Care Unit, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India
23.3: Monitoring of Critically Ill Patients 2188
391. Aniruddha Y Phadke MD, DNB, DM
Consultant Gastroenterologist, Lilavati Hospital & Research Centre, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
2.11: Jaundice 57
392. Milind Phadke
Associate Professor in Cardiology, LTMG Hospital, Sion, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India; Consultant Interventional Cardiologist, Global Hospital’s, Parel, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
2.6: Palpitations 39
393. Shubha R Phadke MD (Pediatrics), DM (Medical Genetics)
Professor & Head, Department of Medical Genetics, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
5.8: Genetic Counselling and Prenatal Diagnosis 436
394. Mathew Philip MD, DNB (Medicine), DM, DNB (GE)
Director, PVS Institute of Digestive Diseases, PVS Memorial Hospital, Kochi, Kerala, India; Medical Director, PVS Memorial Hospital, Kochi, Kerala, India
19.4: Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and
Imaging 1700
395. Preeti M Pillai, MBBS, DNB (Medicine), FNB (Infectious Diseases)
Consultant, Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Jupiter Hospital, Eastern Express Highway, Thane (W), Maharashtra, India; Consultant, Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Bethany Hospital, Pokhran Road 2, Thane (w), Maharashtra, India
3.14: Pneumococcal Infections 130
396. RK Pinjala
Professor & HOD Vascular Surgery, Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
18.32: Venous Thrombo Embolism (VTE) – Deep vein thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism 1655
397. Aruna Poojary MD (Micro), DNB, D (ABMM), Dip. HIC
Head of Dept., Dept of Pathology & Microbiology, Breach Candy Hospital Trust, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
3.45: Non-tuberculos Mycobacteria & their Infections 213
398. Prahlad P Prabhudesai MD, DNB (Respiratory Diseases), FCCP
Consultant Chest Physician, Lilavati Hospital, Gurunanak Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
3.44: Treatment of Drug Resistant Tuberculosis 210
399. Tejas Prajapati MD
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, AMC MET Medical College, LG Hospital, Maninagar, Ahmedabad, Gujarat
24.8: Toxic Gas Poisoning (Including Industrial Gases, CO Poisoning) 2275
400. Anupam Prakash MBBS, MD (Gen. Medicine), PGCC (Hospital Management), PDCDM, FICP, MNAMS, FACP, FIACM
Professor of Medicine, Lady Hardinge Medical College & Asso. Hospitals, New Delhi, India
12.3: Lifestyle Management in Diabetes 820
401. Raja Pramanik MD, DM
Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Oncology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
14.3: Cancer Screening and Prevention 1004
402. BNBM Prasad MD (Medicine), DNB (Medicine), DTCD, DNB (Respiratory Medicine), DM (Pulmonary Medicine), MNAMS, European Diploma in Adult Respiratory Medicine, FNCCP (India), FCCP (USA), FICP, FRCP (Glasgow), FRCP (London)
Consultant Pulmonologist, Manipal Hospital(Whitefield), Bangalore, Karnataka, India
16.3: Air Pollution and Smoke Related
Disorders 1214
403. Haridas B Prasad
Professor and Head, Department of Medicine, Dr. VM Govt. Medical College, Solapur, Maharashtra, India
2.5: Cough and Hemoptysis 36
404. Rajendra Vara Prasad
Former Associate Professor Rheumatology, NIMS, Consultant Rheumatologist, Yashoda Hospitals Hyderabad, Telangana, India
7.14: Mixed Connective Tissue Disease (MCTD) & Overlap Syndromes 569
405. KT Prasad MD, DM
Assistant Professor, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
17.7: Pneumonia 1308
406. Madhumita Premkumar MD, DM
Assistant Professor, Department of Hepatology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh
20.5: Chronic Viral Hepatitis 1806
407. Sanjay Pujari MD
Director and Chief Consultant, Institute of Infectious Disease, Pune, Maharashtra, India; Consultant in HIV Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Poona Hospital and Research Centre, Maharashtra, India
4.7: Opportunistic Infections 377
408. Bharat Dattatraya Purandare MD, DNB (Medicine)
Infectious Diseases Physician, Pune, Maharashtra, India
3.35: Leptospirosis 187
409. Ratna Dua Puri DM (Medical Genetics)
Chairperson and Senior Consultant, Institute of Medical Genetics and Genomics, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India
5.2: Mendel and Beyond 400
410. Chandni Radhakrishnan MD, PhD, FICP, FRCP (Edin)
Professor of Medicine & HOD of Emergency Medicine, Nodal Officer for Nipah Management, Government Medical College, Kozhikode, Kerala, India
3.76: Nipah Virus Infection 344
411. Yadati Rahul
Sri Ramachandra Medical College, Porur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
26.3: Principles and Practice of Geriatrics and Therapeutics in Older Adults 2399
412. Madhukar Rai MD, DM
Professor, Department of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
3.53: Toxoplasmosis 255
413. Rajeev Raina
Professor, Deptt. of Medicine, IGMC, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India
3.47: Rickettsial Infections 229
414. Nishant Raizada MD, DM
Assistant Professor, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India
11.6: Disorders of Thyroid Glands 751
11.12: Disorders of Male Gonads 790
415. Swati Rajagopal
Consultant, Infectious Diseases and Travel Medicine, Aster CMI Hospital, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
3.65: Influenza (Incl SARS, MERS, Avian Flu and Metapneumovirus) 307
416. Srinivas Rajagopala MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Pul. & Crit. Care Med.)
Associate Professor of Pulmonary Medicine & Critical Care, PSG Institute of Medical Sciences & Research, P.O Box 1674, Peelamedu, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
17.8: Suppurative Pleuro-pulmonary
Diseases 1314
417. Sujeet Rajan MD
Consultant Respiratory Physician, Bombay Hospital Institute of Medical Sciences and Bhatia Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
3.43: Treatment of Drug-Susceptible Tuberculosis (TB) 207
418. Senthil Rajappa DM
Senior Consultant in Medical Oncology, Basavatarakam Indo American Cancer Hospital & RI Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
14.16: Paraneoplastic Syndromes 1078
419. Rajesh Rajput MD, DM (Endocrinology), FACE (USA), FICP, FIACM, FIMSA
Senior Professor and Head, Department of Endocrinology, PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryana, India
12.14: Macrovascular Complications in Diabetes 870
420. Sree B Raju MD, DM (AIIMS), DNB, FISN, FICP, FIACM
Additional Professor and Head, Department of Nephrology, Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
15.9: Tubulo-interstitial Diseases of the Kidney 1158
421. Y Sathyanarayana Raju
Professor and Head, Department of General Medicine, Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences, Punjagutta, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
26.3: Principles and Practice of Geriatrics and Therapeutics in Older Adults 2399
422. Ambady Ramachandran
India Diabetes Research Foundation and Dr. A. Ramachandran's Diabetes Hospitals, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
12.16: Prevention of Diabetes Mellitus 877
423. Prema Ramachandran MD (Obst. & Gyn.), FAMS (Public Health, Nutrition)
Director, Nutrition Foundation of India, C13 Qutab Institutional Area, New Delhi, India
8.2: Assessment of Nutritional Status 604
424. Raja Ramachandran
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Nephrology, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India
15.5: Primary Glomerular Diseases 1130
425. BS Ramakrishna MD, DM, PhD, FAMS, FNA
Senior Consultant, Gastroenterology, SRM Institutes for Medical Sciences, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
19.10: Malabsorption 1741
426. Sivasubramanian Ramakrishnan MD, DM, FACC
Professor, Department of Cardiology, AIIMS, New Delhi, India
18.25: Congenital Heart Disease 1592
427. Suresh Ramasubban
Director Intensive Care, Consultant Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Apollo Gleneagles Hospital, 58, Canal Circular Road, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
23.8: Sepsis 2221
428. V Ramasubramanian MD, FRCP (Glas), DTM & H (Lon), DGUM (Lon)
Director, The Capstone Clinic; Consultant Infectious Diseases & Tropical Medicine, Apollo Hospitals; Adjunct Professor Infectious Diseases, Sri Ramachandra Medical College; Adjunct Professor Infectious Diseases, MGR Medical University
3.61: Pneumocystis Jirovecii Pneumonia 292
429. Prajnya Ranganath MD (Pediatrics), DM (Medical Genetics)
Associate Professor and Head, Department of Medical Genetics, Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
5.3: Mutations and Molecular Pathology 406
430. Anitha Rani A
Professor M. Viswanathan Diabetes Research Centre, #4 West Madha Church Street, Royapuram, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, INDIA
12.11: Diabetic Foot in the India Scenario 863
431. Suparna Rao MBBS, MRCP (UK)
Clinical Associate, Cardiology, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi, India
18.30: Vascular Disorders of the
Extremities 1638
432. URK Rao MD (Med) AIIMS
Director, Sri Deepti Rheumatology Centre, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
7.5: Gout and Other Crystal Arthritides 505
433. V Dayasagar Rao DM (Cardiology ), FRCP (Canada), FRCP (Edinburgh)
Senior Consultant Interventional Cardiologist, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) Hospital, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
18.15: Atherosclerosis 1518
434. Ashu Rastogi
Assistant Professor, Department of Endocrinology, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India
12.4: Oral Anti-diabetes Drugs 824
435. GK Rath MD, FAMS
Professor of Radiation, Oncology & Head, National Cancer Institute-India, Aiims, New Delhi
14.5: Principle of Radiotherapy 1017
436. Pravin Rathi
Professor & Head, Department of Gastroenterolgy and Hepatology, TN Medical College & BYL Nair Hospital, Mumbai Central, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
2.7: Abdominal Pain 43
437. Nikhil Raut MD
Senior Registrar, Department of Cardiology, Bombay Hospital Institute of Medical Sciences, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
18.16: Ischemic Heart Disease (IHD): Pathophysiology and Diagnosis 1526
438. GD Ravindran
Professor of Medicine and Medical Ethics, St. John’s Medical College, Sarjapur Road, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
3.66: Dengue 312
439. Amit Rawat
Professor of Pediatric Allergy, Immunology (Laboratory), Advanced Pediatrics Centre, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India
6.4: Primary Immunodeficiency Disorders: Approach and Diagnosis 464
440. Saumitra Ray MD, FRCP, FESC, FACC, FCSI, FICP
Professor, Department of Cardiology, Vivekananda Institute of Medical Sciences, 99, Sarat Bose Road, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
18.9: Heart Failure (Clinical Presentation and Pathophysiology) 1464
441. D Raja Reddy FRCS, FRACS
Senior consultant Neurosurgeon, Apollo Hospital, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad, Telangana, India; Emeritus Professor of Neurosurgery, Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
10.8: Fluorosis 717
442. Neelam Narendra Redkar
Professor & Head, Dept. of Medicine, HBT Medical College & Dr. R. N. Cooper Hospital, Juhu, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
2.10: Ascites 53
443. Sujata Rege
Fellow in Infectious Diseases, Bharti Vidyapeeth University, Pune, Maharashtra, India
3.75: Viral Infections in Transplant
Recipients 342
444. BB Rewari MD, FRCP (I), FICP, FIACM, FIAMS, FIMSA, FCCP, FGSI
Scientist, HIV/AIDS, WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia & Ex-Associate Professor, PGIMER & Dr. RML Hospital, New Delhi, India
4.4: Antiretroviral Therapy 364
445. Imran Rizvi MD, DM
Department of Neurology, King George Medical University, Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
21.10: Bacterial Meningitis and Brain
Abscess 1961
446. Yasir Rizvi MD, DM
Associate Professor & Head, Department of Nephrology, Safdurjung Hospital & VMCC, New Delhi, India
15.1: Structure and Function of the
Kidney 1101
447. Camilla Rodrigues MD Micro
Consultant Microbiologist & Chair Infection Control Committee, Hinduja Hospital, Mahim, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
3.2: Laboratory Diagnosis of Infections 96
448. Manojkumar Rohit MD, DM (Cardiology), MNAMS
Professor, Department of Cardiology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh, India
18.12: Acute Rheumatic Fever 1489
449. Angelica Romero MD
Mount Sinai Heart, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY, USA
18.6: Cardiac Imaging: Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging 1440
450. Mrinal Kanti Roy Dip. Card., MD (General
Medicine), DM (Neurology), FICP, FIACM
Professor, Department of Medicine, Calcutta National Medical College, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
2.14: Altered Sensorium 69
451. Rakesh Roy
Incharge of Medical Oncology & Palliative Care – Saroj Gupta Cancer Centre & Research Institute, Thakurpukur, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
14.19: Supportive Care in Cancer 1088
452. Priscilla Rupali
Professor and Head, Department of Infectious Diseases, CMC, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India
3.9: Infections in the Immunocompromised Host 119
453 M Sabir MD, FICP, FICS, FNCCP (I), FIAMS, FICN, FGSI, WHO Fellow NJCIRD (USA)
Senior Consultant Physician & Pulmonologist, KMRI, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India
3.25: Haemophilus Influenzae Infections 164
454. Kirti C Sabnis
Infectious Disease Physiscian, Fortis Group of Hospitals, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
3.41: Nocardia 201
455. Abhishek Sadalage
Department of Gastroenterology, Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
19.5: Oesophageal Disorders 1705
456. Manisha Sahay MD, DNB, MAMS
Professor and Head, Department of Nephrology, Osmania Medical College and General Hospital, Hyderabad, Telangana, India; Consulatant Nephrologist, Sahay Clinic, Ameerpet, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
9.10: Amyloidosis 669
457. Rakesh Kumar Sahay
Professor and Head, Department of Endocrinology, Osmania Medical College and Osmania General Hospital, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
12.8: Diabetic Kidney Disease 847
458. Tapan K Saikia MD
Head of Medical Oncology & Research Director, Prince Aly Khan Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
14.1: Development in Cancer 997
459. R Sajithkumar MD, PhD, FICP
Chief, Infectious Diseases & Head, Department of Medical Education, Govt Medical College Hospital, Kottayam, Kerala, India
4.8: Non-pharmacologic Interventions & Prevention in HIV (including vaccine development) 382
460. Vinay Sakhuja
Director-Nephrology & Transplant Medicine, Max Super Speciality Hospital Mohali, Near Civil Hospital, Phase-VI, Mohali, Punjab, India
15.5: Primary Glomerular Diseases 1130
461. Santosh Bandopant Salagre
Associate Professor & Head of Unit, Department of Medicine, Seth GS Medical College & KEM Hospital, Acharya Donde Road, Parel, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
27.10: Communication Skills 2455
462. Mukesh Samani MD (Psychiatry)
Professor & Head, Psychiatry Dept, PDU Govt. Medical College, Rajkot, Gujarat, India
22.10: Psychotherapies 2173
463. Rohini Satish Samant
Consultant Rheumatologist and Physician, Hinduja Hospital and Mrc, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India; Ex-Associate Professor in Medicine and Rheumatology, B.y.l. Nair Hospital and T.n. Medical, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
7.9: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus 543
464. Srinivas Samavedam MD, DNB, FNB, EDIC, DMLE
Head, Critical Care, Virinchi Hospitals, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
23.6: Electrolyte Disturbances 2207
465. Sriram Sampath MD
Professor & HOD, Department of Critical Care Medicine, St. John’s Medical College, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
23.12: Hemodynamic Disturbances and
Shock 2239
466. Shashikala A Sangle
Professor and Head, Department of General Medicine, BJ Govt. Medical College and Sassoon General Hospital, Pune, Maharashtra, India
24.6: Other Pesticide Poisoning 2269
467. Asha Sapre MD (Medicine), Mumbai
Associate, Insurance Institute of India, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
27.13: Insurance Medicine 2472
468. Vivek Anand Saraswat MD, DM
Professor and Head, Department of Gastroenterology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
20.1: Basic Considerations in Hepatobiliary Disorders 1779
469. Kavitha Saravu MD, DNB, DTM&H (London)
Professor of Medicine and Unit Chief, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Manipal, Karnataka, India; Joint Coordinator, Manipal McGill Center for Infectious Diseases, Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE)
3.50: Malaria 238
470. Sujoy Sarkar MD (General Medicine)
Assistant Professor, Department of General Medicine, Calcutta National Medical College, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
2.14: Altered Sensorium 69
471. Rajiv Sarin MD, FRCR (Clinical Oncology)
In-Charge, Cancer genetics Unit, Professor of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
5.6: Cancer Genetics 426
472. Neena Sawant
Professor (Addl.), Department of Psychiatry, Seth GSMC & KEM Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
22.8: Sexual Disorders 2164
473. Prabha Sawant
Former Professor and Head, Department of Gastroenterology, LTMMC LTMGH, Sion, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
2.12: Constipation and Diarrhoea 61
474. Renu Saxena
Professor and Head, Department of Hematology, AIIMS, New Delhi, India
13.1: Haematopoiesis 885
475. Saugata Sen MD Radiology
Senior Consultant, Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Tata Medical Center, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
25.1: Imaging Modalities – An Overview 2321
476. V Seshiah MD, FRCP, DSc (Hony), DSc (Hony), DSc (Hony)
Dr. Seshiah – Dr Balaji Diabetes care and Research Institiute, 729, Poonamalle High Road, Aminjikarai, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
12.13: Diabetes and Pregnancy 868
477. Ashok Seth FRCP (Lond., Edin., Irel.), FACC, FESC, MSCAI (USA), FIMSA, FCSI, DSc. (BHU, AMU, Amity U, TMU), D. Litt. (Jamia Millia U)
Chairman, Fortis Escorts Heart Institute and Medical Governance Board, Chairman, Cardiology Council, Fortis Group of Hospitals, Adjunct Professor of Cardiology, J.N.medical College, Aligarh Muslim University, Fortis Escorts Heart Institute, Okhla Road, New Delhi, India
18.17: Acute Coronary Syndrome-
NSTEMI 1531
478. Tulika Seth
Professor, Department of Hematology, AIIMS, New Delhi
13.9: Myelodysplastic Syndromes 938
479. Anand Shah
Department of Microbilogy, P.D. Hinduja Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
3.2: Laboratory Diagnosis of Infections 96
480. Ashok Shah MD
Professor, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute, New Delhi, India
17.10: Fungal Infections of the Lungs 1329
481. Hardik K Shah MD (Med), DNB (Nephro), SCH (USA)
Consultant Nephrologist and Specialist in Hypertension, Bombay Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
15.4: Chronic Kidney Disease 1122
482. Henal R Shah MD, MSc Health Professions Education (Maastricht)
Professor (Additional), Department of Psychiatry, Topiwala National Medical College & BYL Nair Charitable Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
22.6: Neurotic Disorders 2156
483. Nalini S Shah MD, DM (Endocrinology)
Professor & Head, Dept of Endocrinology, Seth GS Medical College & KEM Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
11.10: Disorders of Growth and
Development 778
484. Nimish M Shah MRCP(UK), MRCP (RESP) CCT-London, UK, PG Cert Clinical Education (Kings College, London)
Consultant- Pulmonary & Sleep Medicine, Reliance & Jaslok Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
17.4: Upper Respiratory Tract Infections 1288
485. Siddharth N Shah
Hon. Physician and Diabetologist, Bhatia Hospital, Saifee Hospital, Raheja Hospital, Sir H.N.Reliance Hospital, Mumbai; Hon. Exe. Editor, Journal of Association of Physicians of India; Editor-in-Chief, API Text Book of Medicine, Edition 7 & 8; Emeritus Editor, API Text Book of Medicine, Edition 9 & 10; Director, Physicians Research Foundation – API
12.5: Insulins 828
486. Vipul Shah MD
Infectious Disease Consultant, Healthcare Infectious Diseases Clinic (HIDC), Ahmedabad, Gujarat India
3.27: Plague and Other Yersinia Ifections 168
487. RV Shaji
Professor, Department of Haematology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India
13.1: Haematopoiesis 885
488. Shalimar DM
Associate Professor, Department of Gastroenterology, All India Institute of Medical Science, New Delhi, India
20.11: Acute Liver Failure 1837
489. Preeti Shanbag DCH, MD
Professor & Head, ESI-PGIMSR, Model Hospital, Andheri (E), Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
3.70: Viral Gastroenteritis 330
490. SK Shankar MD, FAMS, FNASc, FICP
Emeritus Professor of Neuropathology & Principal Co-ordinator, Human Brain Tissue Repository (Human Brian Bank), Neurobiology Research Centre, NIMHANS, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
21.14: Slow Virus Infections and
Prion Disease 1983
491. Aman Sharma MD, MAMS,FICP, FACR, FRCP (London)
Additional Professor, Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology Wing, Department of Internal Medicine, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India
7.18: Tropical Rheumatic Diseases 589
492. Atul Sharma MD, DM
Professor of Medical Oncology, Dr BRA IRCH AIIMS, New Delhi, India
14.3: Cancer Screening and Prevention 1004
493. MP Sharma
Former Professor and Head, Department of Gastroenterology, AIIMS, New Delhi, India
20.12: Parasitic Infections of the Liver 1842
494. Raju Sharma MD, MAMS, FICR
Professor, Department of Radiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
25.5: Magnetic Resonance Imaging 2359
495. Satyavan Sharma MD, DM, FAMS, FACC, FESC, FSCAI
Professor and Head of Cardiology and Interventional Cardiologist, Bombay Hospital Institute of Medical Sciences, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
18.16: Ischemic Heart Disease (IHD): Pathophysiology and Diagnosis 1526
496. Shefali Khanna Sharma MBBS, MD (Medicine)
Additional Professor, Rheumatology Division, Dept. of Internal Medicine, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India
7.12: Systemic Sclerosis 557
497. UK Sharma
Professor & Head, Department of Neurology, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Raebareily Road, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
16.2: Climate Change: Health and
Disease 1210
498. Amrita G Shenoy MHA-MBA (Texas), PhD in Public Health
Healthcare Management and Policy Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
27.7: Legalities in Medical Practice 2441
499. Gopinath N Shenoy LLM, PhD (Consumer Law – Bom. Univ.) MD, DGO, DFP, FCPS, MNAMS
Senior Medico-legal Consultant and Specializes in the Defense of Doctors in the Civil and Criminal Courts, Consumer Courts and Medical Councils all Over India
27.7: Legalities in Medical Practice 2441
500. Nitin Shinde MD (Internal Medicine)
Consultant, Infectious Diseases & Internal Medicine, Alexis Hospital, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India; (offering of Zulekha Healthcare, UAE)
3.24: Enterobacteriaceae 162
501. Sushant Shinde MBBS, MD Medicine (AIIMS)
Director, Quest Medical Academy; Consultant Physician, Rheum Derma Clinic, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
7.20: Pregnancy and Rheumatic Diseases 597
502. Akash Shukla
Professor & Head, Department of Gastroenterology, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College & Lokmanya Tilak Municipal General Hospital, Sion, Mumbai, India
19.15: Chronic Pancreatitis & Pancreatic Tumours 1770
503. Suhail Sarwar Siddiqui MBBS, MD, Fellow Critical care, DM (Critical Care Medicine)
Assistant Professor, Department of Critical Care Medicine, Trauma 1 Building, Fifth Floor, King George’s Medical University, Shah Mina Road, Chowk, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
3.60: Systemic Fungal Infections 286
504. Daljit Singh
Director Professor and Head of Department, Department of Neurosurgery, G. B. Pant Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research (GIPMER), New Delhi, India
21.16: Raised Intracranial Pressure and Hydrocephalus 1997
505. Harinder Singh MD 
Consultant Paediatrician, Tanvir Hospital, Plot No.100, Phase 1, Kamalapuri Colony, Hyderabad, Telangana
10.6: Osteoporosis 708
506. Harmandeep Singh
Assistant Professor, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
25.6: Nuclear Medicine 2372
507. Meeta Singh MD
Consultant Obstetrician and Gynecologist, Specialist in Obstetrics, Gynaecology, Menopause and Osteoporosis Tanvir Hospital, Plot No.100, Phase 1 Kamalapuri Colony, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
10.6: Osteoporosis 708
508. Narinder Pal Singh
Medical Advisor, Senior Director, Medicine, Max Super Speciality Hospital, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
24.3: Recreational Drug Overdoses 2257
509. Nishtha Singh
Chest consultant, Asthma Bhawan, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
17.5: Bronchial Asthma 1290
510. SK Singh
Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
9.1: Basic Consideration of Metabolism 631
511. Sandeep Singh MD, DM
Professor Department of Cardiology Cardiothoracic Sciences Center, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
17.16: Cor Pulmonale 1371
512. Saurabh Singh MD, DM (Endocrinology)
Professor of Endocrinology, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
9.1: Basic Consideration of Metabolism 631
513. Sumit Singh MBBS, MD, DM (Neurology)
Director Neurology, “Agrim” Institute of Neurosciences, Artemis Hospitals, Gurugram, Haryana, India
21.29: Myasthenia Gravis 2105
514. Surjit Singh MD, DCH (Lon.), FRCP (Lon.), FRCPCH (Lon.), FAMS
Head, Department of Pediatrics, and Chief Allergy Immunology Unit, Advanced Pediatrics Centre, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India
6.4: Primary Immunodeficiency Disorders: Approach and Diagnosis 464
515. Virendra Singh MBBS, MD (Medicine)
Director, Asthma Bhawan; Jaipur Chief Editor, Lung India
17.5: Bronchial Asthma 1290
516. Vivudh P Singh DM (cardiology)
Fortis Escorts Heart Institute & Research Centre, New Delhi, India
18.17: Acute Coronary Syndrome—
NSTEMI 1531
517. Tanu Singhal
Consultant Pediatrics and Infectious Disease, Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital and Medical Research Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
3.22: Bacillary Dysentery 156
518. S Sinha
Dept. of Neurology, NIMHANS, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
9.11: Wilson’s Disease 674
519. Ajith Sivadasan
Department of Neurological Sciences, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India
21.28: Disorders of the Autonomic Nervous System 2101
520. Chamukuttan Snehalatha
India Diabetes Research Foundation and Dr. A. Ramachandran’s Diabetes Hospitals, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
12.16: Prevention of Diabetes Mellitus 877
521. Rajeev Soman MD, FIDSA
Consultant Physician & Infectious Diseases Specialist, PD Hinduja Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
3.4: Antimicrobial Therapy: PKPD of Antimicrobials 108
522. Archana Sonawale MD (Internal Medicine), Fellowship in Rheumatology (EULAR)
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
8.5: Fat Soluble Vitamins 618
523. Ajit Sood
Professor & Head, Dept. of Gastroenterology, Dayanand Medical College & Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab, India
19.8: Inflammatory Bowel Disease 1728
524 Gumpeny Ramachandra Sridhar MD, DM, FACE, FRCP
Endocrine and Diabetes Centre, 15-12-15 Krishnanagar, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India
11.5: Disorders of Posterior Pituitary 749
525. BC Srinivas
Professor of Cardiology, Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
18.32: Venous Thrombo Embolism (VTE) – Deep vein thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism 1655
526. Alok Srivastava MD, FRACP, FRCPA, FRCP
Professor of Medicine, Department of Haematology, Head, Centre for Stem Cell Research, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India
13.17: Coagulation Disorders 977
527. MV Padma Srivastava MD, DM, FAMS, FNASc
Professor, Head Unit II Neurology, AIIMS, New Delhi, India
21.1: Neurological Disorders: Basic Considerations and Clinical Approach 1875
528. MVS Subbalaxmi
Additional Professor, Department of General Medicine, Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
3.1: Basic Considerations of Infections 95
529 Shankar Subramanian MD, DNB, MNAMS, FICP, FRCP (Glasg)
Senior Advisor (Medicine and Clinical Immunology), Command Hospital (Air Force), Bangalore, Karnataka, India
16.11: Hospital Environment 1266
530. DKS Subrahmanyam MD
Professor, Medicine, JIPMER, Puducherry, India
24.2: Plant Poisoning 2252
531 TK Suma
Professor of General Medicine, Principal Investigator, Filariasis Research Unit, Govt. T.D. Medical College Hospital, Alappuzha, Kerala, India
3.58: Filariasis and Other Related
Infections 279
532. Ayesha J Sunavala DNB (Med.), FNB (Infectious Diseases)
Consultant, Infectious Diseases, P.D. Hinduja National Hospital & Medical Research Centre, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
3.29: Melioidosis (Burkholderia) 173
533. Shyam Sundar MD, FRCP (London), FAMS, FNASc, FASc, FNA, FTWAS, FASTMH
Professor of Medicine, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
3.52: Leishmaniasis 251
534. Uma Sundar
Professor, Medicine, In-charge Neurology Services, LTMMC&H, Sion, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
2.18: Motor Weakness 81
535. JC Suri
Professor & Head, Department of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine Vardhman Mahavir Medical College & Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India
17.14: Sleep Disordered Breathing – An Overview 1357
536. Vikas Suri
MD Medicine
Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India
24.15: Miscellaneous – Including Household and Other Poisoning 2314
537. Neha R Suryawanshi
Assistant professor, Department of General Medicine, BJ Govt. Medical College and Sassoon General Hospital, Pune, Maharashtra, India
24.6: Other Pesticide Poisoning 2269
538. Subramanian Swaminathan
Senior Consultant, Gleneagles Global Hospitals, Chennai / Bengaluru, India
3.75: Viral Infections in Transplant
Recipients 342
539. Vattaparambil Sabid Syed
Military Hospital (CTC), Golibar Maidan, Pune, Maharashtra, India
16.7: Heat Related Illness 1240
540. Aastha Takkar
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
21.12: Neuro-ophthalmology 1973
541. Deepak Talwar
Director Pulmonary & Critical Care, Metro Group of Hospitals, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
17.17: Pulmonary Rehabilitation 1376
542. AB Taly
Professor of Neurology, BMC R & I Hospital, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
9.11: Wilson’s Disease 674
543. Shruti Tandan-Pardasani MD (Internal Medicine, AIIMS), FNB (Critical Care)
Consultant Critical Care Physician, Jaslok Hospital & Bhatia Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
3.26: Legionnaire’s Disease 167
544. Nikhil Tandon MD, PhD (Cantab)
Professor and Head, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
11.5: Disorders of Thyroid Glands 749
545. PN Tandon MD, FRCS, DSc (hc), FAMS, FNASc, FASC, FTWAS
Emeritus Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
21.25: Intracranial Space-Occupying
Lesions 2072
546. Ashwini Tayade MD, DNB (Med), FNB (Infectious Diseases)
Consultant Infectious Diseases, Meditrina Institute of Medical sciences, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
3.7: Miscellaneous & Newer Antibiotics 113
547. K Tewary MD, FICP, FIAMS
Professor & HOD Medicine, SK Medical College, Muzaffarpur, Bihar, India
3.36: Other Spirochaetal Infections: Lyme Disease & Rat Bite Fever 190
548. Ashish K Thakur MD, DM, FRCP, FESC, FICP, FRSM
Consultant Cardiologist and Honorary Senior Lecturer, The Mid Yorkshire NHS Trust and University of Leeds Medical School, UK
18.24: Sudden Cardiac Arrest 1584
549. BB Thakur MD, FICP, FIAMS, FIACM, FISPD
Consultant Physician & Cardio-diabetologist, Muzaffarpur, Bihar, India
27.9: Yoga and Medicine 2451
550. Damodar Thakur MA (Bihar Univ.), PGTE (Hyderabad), DAL (Edinburgh), PhD (Reading England)
Ex-Professor and Chairman, Deptt. of English, University of Sahana, Yemen
27.9: Yoga and Medicine 2451
551. Urmila Thatte MBBS, MD, DNB, PhD, FAMS
Professor and Head, Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
27.8: Clinical Pharmacology for the
Physician 2446
552. Nihal Thomas MD, MNAMS, DNB (Endo), FRACP (Endo), FRCP (Edin), FRCP (Glas), FRCP (London), Phd (Copenhagen)
Professor and Head Unit-1, Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India
12.6: In Hospital Management of Diabetes Mellitus 834
553. Sanjeev V Thomas MD, DM
Professor of Neurology and Head, R. Madhavan Nayar Centre for Comprehensive Epilepsy Care, Room 1409, Department of Neurology, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, Kerala, India
21.4: Epilepsy 1897
554. Julian Jhony Thottan
West Fort Hitech Hospital, Thrissur, Kerala, India
18.34: Cardiac Tumours 1672
555. Parag Tilve
Assistant Nephrologist, Bombay Hospital Institute of Medical Sciences, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
15.14: Dose Adjustment in Patients with Renal Impairment and Drug Nephrotoxicity 1177
556. Pawan Tiwari
Department of Pulmonary Medicine and Sleep Disorders, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi, India
17.13: Sarcoidosis 1347
557. Smrati Bajpai Tiwari MD, DNB, FIDSI, FICS
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Seth GSMedical College and KEM Hospital Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
3.39: Actinomycosis 198
558. Mangesh Tiwaskar MD (Medicine), FRCP (London), FRCP (Ireland), FRCP (Glasgow), FACP, FICP, FGSI, FDI, Dip. in Advanced Diabetology (Denmark)
Consultant Physician & Diabetologist, Karuna Hospital, Borivali (West), Mumbai, Maharashtra, India; Shilpa Medical Research Centre, Rainbow Apts., Avdhoot Nagar, Dahisar (E), Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
2.2: Pain – A General Approach 24
559. Subhash Todi MD, MRCP (UK)
Director, Critical Care & Medical Advisor, AMRI Hospitals, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
23.9: Acute Respiratory Distress
Syndrome 2225
560. Harsh Toshniwal MD
Chief Consultant: Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Clinic, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India; Former Assistant Professor of Infectious Diseases, Shri MP Shah Medical College, Jamnagar, Gujarat, India; Former Professor of Medicine, CU Shah Medical College, Surendranagar, Gujarat, India
3.72: Zika Virus Infection 335
561. Anil Kumar Tripathi MD, FRCP (London),FRCP (Glasgow), FAMS, FICP, FISHTM, FIACM, Fellow WHF, Fellow NIH (USA)
Professor & Head, Department of Clinical Hematology, K.G.’s Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
4.6: Non-opportunistic Infection Complications in HIV 374
562. Naresh Kumar Tripathy
Department of Hematology, Sanjay Gandhi Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS), Raebareli Road, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
27.14: Regenerative Medicine: From Concept to Reality 2475
563. Saroj Kumar Tripathy MD
Associate Professor & Unit Head, P.G. Department of Medicine, S.C.B.Medical College & Hospital, Cuttack, Assam, India
9.3: Disorders of Protein Metabolism 637
564. Trupti H Trivedi MD, FICP
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, LTM Medical College and General Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
24.4: Organophosphorus Compound Poisoning 2263
565. Sanjay Tyagi MD, DM
Director Professor & Head, Dept. of Cardiology, Govind Ballabh Pant Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, New Delhi, India
18.28: Diseases of the Pericardium 1618
566. Vrajesh Udani, MD
Consultant, Child Neurology & Epilepsy, P.D. Hinduja National Hospital & Medical Research Centre, Veer Savarkar Marg, Mahim, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
21.24: Metabolic Disorders of
Nervous System 2059
567. Yanamandra Uday MD, DND (Med), DM (Hemat)
Associate Professor (Med), Department of Internal Medicine, Army Hospital Research & Referral, Delhi Cantt., Delhi, India
16.5: High Altitude Medicine 1227
568. AG Unnikrishnan
CEO and Chief Endocrinologist, Chellaram Diabetes Institute, Pune, Maharashtra, India
12.1: Basic Consideration in Diabetes
Mellitus 811
569. Rajesh Upadhyay
Director & Head, Department of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Max Superspeciality Hospital, Shalimar Bagh, Delhi, India
19.12: Gastrointestinal Bleeding 1750
570. Deepa Usulumarty MD
Consultant Nephrologist, Sushrut Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
15.10: Cardio-renal Syndrome 1162
571. GK Vankar MD (Psychiatry)
Professor and Head, Department of Psychiatry, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College and Acharya Vinoba Bhave Rural Hospital, Sawangi (Meghe), Wardha, Maharashtra, India
22.11: Psychosomatic Disorders 2177
572. George K Varghese MD, Msc
Sr. Consultant in Medicine & Infectious Diseases, Mazumdar-Shaw Medical Center, NH Health City, 258/A, Bommasandra Industrial Area, Hosur Road, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
3.21: Typhoid Enteric Fever 154
573. Neelam Varma MD
Professor & Head, Hematology, Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India
13.4: Approach to Disorders of Granulocytes and Monocytes 905
574. Subhash Varma MBBS, MD, FRCP (London)
Director Medicine and Hematology, Fortis Hospital, Mohali; Ex-Dean and HOD Internal Medicine, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India
13.5: Nutritional Anaemia 909
575. Premlata K Varthakavi
Former Professor & Head, Department of Endocrinology, TN Medical College & BYL Nair Ch. Hospital, Dr A. L. Nair Road, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
11.13: Endocrine Disorders of
Female Gonads 795
576. Benjo Vazhappilly
West Fort Hitech Hospital, Thrissur, Kerala, India
18.34: Cardiac Tumours 1672
577. Sudha Vidyasagar
Professor, Department of Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Manipal, Karnataka, India
27.4: Diet in Medical Disorders 2426
578. VK Vijayan MD (Med), MAMS, PhD(Med), DSc, FAPSR, FAMS, FICC, FNCCP, FISC, FCAI, FIAB, FIMSA, FCCP(USA)
Former Director, Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute, Delhi & Senior Consultant in Chest Medicine, Baby Memorial Hospital, Kozhikode, Kerala, India
17.12: Eosinophilic Lung Diseases and Tropical Pulmonary Eosinophilia 1342
579. JR Vijaykumar
Assistant Professor, SJIC, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
18.32: Venous Thrombo Embolism (VTE) – Deep vein thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism 1655
580. VY Vishnu MD, DM
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS), New Delhi, India
21.1: Neurological Disorders: Basic Considerations and Clinical Approach 1875
581. Vijay Viswanathan MD, PhD, FICP, FRCP (London), FRCP (Glasgow)
Head & Chief Diabetologist, MV Hospital for Diabetes & Professor M Viswanathan Diabetes Research Centre, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India; Adjunct Professor, The Tamilnadu Dr.MGR Medical University
12.11: Diabetic Foot in the India Scenario 863
582. Agam Vora MD Chest & TB
Asst. Hon. Chest Physician and I/C, Department of Chest & TB, Dr. RN Cooper Mun. Gen. Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India; Ex Ass. Professor, Department of Chest & TB, KJ Somaiya Medical College, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India; Assistant Editor, Journal of Association Physician of India; General Secretary, Academy of Advanced Medical Education; Vice President, Geriatric Society of India; Trustee, Malad Medical Association
17.9: Pulmonary Tuberculosis 1325
583. Amit Vora MD, DM, DNB
Consultant Electrophysiologist, Glenmark Cardiac Centre, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
18.23: Tachyarrhythmias 1575
584. Manav Wadhawan MD, DM (Gastroenterology)
Senior Consultant, Liver & Digestive Diseases Institute (FELDI), Fortis Escorts Hospital, Delhi, India
20.14: Liver Transplantation 1846
585. Pettarusp Murzban Wadia MD, DNB (Int. Medicine), DM, DNB (Neurology)
Department of Neurology, Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre, Mumbai, India
3.67: Japanese Encephalitis 320
586. RS Wadia MD, FIAN, FICP
Director Professor, Department of Neurology, Ruby Hall Clinic, Pune, Maharashtra, India
21.1: Neurological Disorders: Basic Considerations and Clinical Approach 1875
587. Anupam Wakhlu MD, DM, Professor
Department of Rheumatology, King George’s Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
7.10: Antiphospholipid Syndrome 549
588. Gurpreet S Wander MD (Medicine),
DM (Cardiology)
Professor and Head of Cardiology, Hero DMC Heart Institute, Dayanand Medical College & Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab, India
18.2: Cardiovascular Diseases: A Clinical Approach 1396
589. SK Wangnoo MD (Medicine), DM (Endocrinology), FRCP (London)
Senior Consultant Endocrinologist and Diabetologist, Apollo Centre for Obesity, Diabetes and Endocrinology (ACODE), Gate No.10, Ist Floor, Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, Sarita Vihar, Mathura Road, New Delhi, India
9.4: Disorders of Lipid and Lipoprotein Metabolism 641
590. Anup Warrier DNB (Gen. Medicine), Fellowship (Infectious Diseases)
Consultant in Infectious Diseases, Aster Medicity, Kochi, Kerala, India
3.30: Pseudomonas 177
591. Mukta Wyavahare
Addl. Professor, Department of Medicine, Puducherry, India
24.2: Plant Poisoning 2252
592. Sireesha Yareeda
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
21.27: Peripheral Neuropathy 2087
593. Abdul Hamid Zargar DM
Department of Endocrinology, Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir
11.3: Disorders of Hypothalamus and Pineal Gland 736