Meet Our Doctors
Dr. Varadarajan Seshadri
General Medicine
Registration No.
27399
Years of Experience
45 Years
Languages
Tamil, English
Degree
MBBS., M.D. (General Medicine)
Speciality and areas of Interest
- Internal Medicine
- Diabetes
Work Experience
- Senior Consultant Physician
- Medical Coordinator of Medical Examinations for National Board of Examinations for DNB postgraduates in Family Medicine since 2015 -2018
- Medical Examiner for the award of the Best Bedside Clinical presentation for Final year postgraduates in Medicine of All Teaching
- Medical Colleges in Tamil Nadu conducted by the Association of Physicians of India ( API) Chennai Chapter, 2015
- Head of the Department – Family Medicine, 2012-till date
- Visiting Senior Faculty – Internal Medicine
- Madras Medical Mission and Institute of Cardio Vascular Diseases Chennai since 2005
- Frontier Lifeline Hospital (Dr. K.M. Cherian Heart Foundation)
- Chief Medical Officer And Consultant In Occupational Diseases, Occupational Health Centre, Brakes India Pvt Ltd Since 1980
- Clinical Research Assistant, Dept of Medicine, Madras Medical College, Chennai attached to Medical Unit of Prof.K.V.Thiruvengadam Head of Department of Medicine, Government General Hospital and Mdars Medical College, Chennai 1979 -1981
- CSIR Senior Research Fellow in Medicine, Department of Medicine, Government General Hospital and Madras Medical College, Chennai 1979-1981; topic: Immunology of Typhoid fever Guide: Professor K.V.Thiruvengadam, HOD, and Prof. of Medicine
- Senior House Surgeon, Dept Of Medicine, Government Stanley Medical College and Hospital, Chennai 1976-77
Professional membership and certification
- Indian Medical Association
- Royal college of Physicians and Surgeons Glasgow
- American Association of Physicians
- American Diabetes Association
- Association of Physicians of India-All India
- Association of Physicians of India-TamilNadu
- American Diabetes Association
- RSSDI -All India and Chennai chapter
Research and Publications
- Immunological Aspects of Typhoid fever, Journal of Association of Physicians in India, Aug 1977
- Immunological aspects of Filarialsis – Pan-AsianConference on Infections and Tropical Diseases, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia,1979
- A Rare case of interosseous membranous Lipoma of the forearm - A case report in Internet Journal of Neurological Surgery,2007
- Recent Advances in the management of Dyslipidemias – Tamil Nadu State Conference on Recent Advances of Medicine for Post Graduates, Association of Physicians of India, Chennai 2006
- Molecular Basis of Infectious Diseases – Clinical Applications of Polymerase Chain Reactions (PCR) and their role in the diagnosis of Infectious Diseases – Tamil Nadu State Conference on Recent Advances of Medicine for Post Graduates Association of Physicians of India, Chennai 2007
- Nebuliser vs Spacer therapy in emergency room management of Bronchial asthma Third All India conference in Emergency Medicine, Pune, India 2007; A first-prize ( $100) award-winning presentation
- Diagnosis & Management of Bronchial asthma in Emergency Room – Sixth SMF- FORUM conference, Chennai, 2006
- Workshop on management of Bronchial asthma –Basics, diagnosis and Management, Sixth FORUM conference, Chennai, 2006
- Approach and Management of common causes of fever – Silver Jubilee Conference of Indian Medical Association, Kodambakkam Chapter, MIOT Hospitals, Chennai - 2008
- Role of Specialist in General Medicine in Tertiary Cardiac Care – Conference on Cardiovascular Diseases, Tamil Nadu Association of Cardiological Society of India, Tanjore.2008
- Evaluation of Immunochromatographic test rapid diagnostic kit for malarial Parasite (Parascreen) in the Emergency Room in a Community Hospital, A Poster Presentation in the 10th International Conference of Emergency Medicine (EMCON2008) Sri Vinayaka Missions University, Salem, Tamil Nadu
- The Clinical Profile Of Hypoglycemia In Emergency Room In A Community Hospital 3rd World Congress On Controversies To Consensus In Diabetes, Obesity And Hypertension (codhy) Prague, Czech Republic - May 2010
- Hypoglycemia Unawareness In Type 2 Diabetes In Emergency Room In A Community Hospital 38th Annual Conference Of Research Society For The Study Of Diabetes In India India ( Rssdi ) Kochi, India - 2010
- Study On Renal Profile In Pre Diabetes 39th Annual Meeting Of Rssdi Research Society For The Study Of Diabetes In India November 2011
- Clinical Profile Of Scrub Typhus In An Urban Community Hospital – First National Conference On Family Medicine And Primary Care, New Delhi 2013
- Significance Of Absolute Eosinophil Count In Early Diagnosis Of Typhoid Fever First National Conference On Family Medicine And Primary Care, New Delhi 2013
- A rare case of Mycotic Abdominal Anurysm – Poster presentation on a case report, CIDSCON 2014
- A study on Colistin usage on the rise in a community hospital – All India Clinical Infectious Disease Society Annual Conference (CIDSCON) 2014
- Differences in health-seeking behavior and lifestyle attitudes among genders in an Urban Community Hospital, Annual Conference of World Organisation of Family Doctors (WONCA) 2014
- Awareness About Bone Health Among Health Care Providers In A Community Hospital Trendo Endocrinology Conference Chennai 2015
- Diabetes Associated Morbidity And Mortality A Retrospective Analysis Trendo Endocrinology Conference Chennai 2015
- Kocuria rose a native valve endocarditis complicating peripheral Mycotic aneurysm All India Clinical Infectious Disease Society Annual Conference (CIDSCON) 2014
- Urine gene Xpert a novel tool in diagnosing extrapulmonary tuberculosis 2 case reports Annual Conference of World Organisation of Family Doctors (WONCA) 2014
- A study on Tramadol induced hypoglycemia among type 2Diabetess mellitus population awareness Association of Physicians of India Conference (Apicon ) 2017
Awards and achievements
- Teacher and guide to postgraduates in DNB (internal medicine) candidates for 21 years (since 1995). At present guiding 3 DNB Postgraduates in Medicine; So far guided more than about 20 successful postgraduates in Internal Medicine
- Head of the Department of Family medicine and Teacher and guide to postgraduates in DNB ( family medicine) since 2012 At present guiding 11 DNB Postgraduates in Family Medicine so far
- Teacher to internal medicine MRCP(UK) candidates at Sundaram Medical foundation from 2012
- Regular didactic lectures and bedside clinical examinations and presentations
- Awarded “EMINENT TEACHER AWARD 2001” by City Physician Association, -an association of all Post graduate teaching medical institutions in Chennai Tamil Nadu, India
- Awarded “FELLOWSHIP FOR DISTINGUISHED SERVICES 2001” by City Physician Association, -an association of all Postgraduate teaching medical institutions in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
- Association Of Physicians Of India (Chennai Chapter) Dr. S K Rajan Oration 2013– Topic – Travel Medicine
- Resource person(Medicine) for National Conference on Global Trends in Evidence-Based Nursing Practice – A key to excellence in Health care