Specialty and areas of Interest

• Orthopedic Anaesthesia

Work Experience

• Professor & HOD, Department of Anaesthesiology, Meenakshi Medical College Hospital and Research Institute, Enathur, Kanchipuram. (Present)
• Professor & HOD, Department Of Anaesthesiology, Government Medical College, Kilpauk for seven years
• Professor and HOD Department of Anaesthesiology, Government Medical College, Chengalpattu - 4 years
• Professor in Madras Medical College - 1 year
• Assistant professor in Department of Anaesthesiology at Government Hospital, Royapettah - 13 years

Professional Membership & Certifications

• 2009 - Live USG workshop at KMC projected at Breeze Hotel, Chennai
• 2009-USG workshop on nerve blocks in ISACON 2009
• 2010- USG workshop demonstration at Stanley Medical college for Ether day Celebration
• 2012-USG live workshop on upper limb and lower limb blocks conducted at Karpaga Vinayagar Medical College, Chennai
• 2012-USG guided nerve blocks at National conference in Coimbatore
• CAP (Coimbatore academic program)- USG workshop on nerve blocks
• Yercaud Tamil Nadu conference 2015- Live USG and its uses in anaesthesia

Research & Publications

• Infective endocarditis, a retrospective study-Indian Heart association 1984
• Comparison of Tramadol and pentazocine - 1996
• Comparison of atropine and glycopyrrolate - 1996
• Difficult intubation Parameters Tamil Nadu journal of anaesthesia 2015
• Comparison of Glidescope and Conventional laryngoscope in Temporomandibular ankylosis Tamil Nadu journal of anesthesia 2015
• Use of sublingual nifedipine for attenuating sympathetic response to laryngoscopy and intubation
• Kanyakumari conference- 2008 autonomic neuropathy in diabetes mellitus- award winning paper
• Dexmedetomidine as an adjuvant in supraclavicular block
• Our experience with continuous, painless labour epidural at Kilpauk Medical college on 600 cases

Awards & Achievements

• SA Kabir Gold Medallist
• National award for Excellence-1998 in field of anaesthesia for orthopedic surgeries
• The Best Teacher Award for the year 2009 & 2010 from Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Medical University
• Received certificate of Excellence in orthopedic anaesthesia from Tamil Nadu Governor Dr. Rasalah on September 2013