Advisor & Senior Consultant

Education:

MBBS, DTCD, MD(Gen. Med)

Area(s) of Specialization:

COPD, Bronchial Asthma, Tuberculosis, Air Pollution

Experience:

Teaching undergraduate, Post graduate for 25yrs

Fellowships / Memberships:

•Fellowship Awarded for the Paper on Medical Education Outcome Assessment of Students in SRMC & RI(DU) at Hongkong on October 2004.

•American Respiratory Care Foundation and American Association for Respiratory Care presented the International Fellowship Award in Respiratory care at Las Vagas, December 2006

•Fellowship awarded for the Indian College of Chest Physicians 2011

•Life member - Indian chest society

•Life member - association of physician of India

•Life member - Indian medical association

•Life member - Indian society of clinical Medicine

Publications:

•Air pollution from household solid fuel combustion in India: An overview of exposure and health related information to inform health research priorities.Blakrishnan K, Ramaswamy P, Sambandam S, Thangavel G, Ghosh S, Johnson P, Mukhopadyay K, Venugopal V, Thanasekaraan VGobal Health Action, 2011 Vol No 4: 5638, dio: 10.3402/Gha.v4io.563

•Evaluation of muco-ciliary clearance among women using biomass and clean fuel in a per-urban area of Chennai-A preliminary study Pricilla Johnson, Kalpana Balakrishnan, Padmavathi Ramaswamy, Santu Ghosh, Muthukumar Sadhasivam, Omprakash Abirami, Bernard W.c.Sathiasekaran,

Academic:

Guest lecture in various Chest Forum

Awards and Honours:

•“Dr.O Sharma Oration Award” – Emergencies in Respiratory Medicine – Awarded in NAPCON 2004 at Ahamedabad.

• Best Chest Physician Award for taking care of Tuberculous patient – Awarded at NAPCON 2004 at Ahamedabad.

• PRESIDENT OF Indian Chest Society(ICS) - 2006 - 2007

• Organising Chairperson – Napcon 2013