General Medicine

  • Department
  • HOD Profile
  • Faculty Members
  • Publications
  • Activities

Department

General Medicine department has five units headed by one Professor and four Associate Professors with 150 beds for inpatient and daily outpatients services.

The department is fully equipped to handle all medical emergencies in IMCU and ICCU.

Cardiology, Nephrology, Neurology, Diabetes and Hypertension special clinics provide services to public in this area. All the special clinics are well equipped with latest tests and equipments in each specialty.

The first two batch of medical students secured 100% pass in General Medicine final MBBS. One student scored “H” (Honours) rank in General Medicine and 5 students scored “D” (Distinction) in the examination conducted by The Dr. MGR Medical University.

The Professors assist Medical Students in ICMR Projects every Year.

Further the department conducted CME Programmes on Rabies, Diabetes, Preventive Cardiology, Epilepsy, and Acute Medical Emergencies, Critical care Medicine, Acute and chronic kidney diseases and exhibition on diet and physical activity for diabetics. Professors and experts from various medical colleges have delivered excellent lectures in the above mentioned CME programmes.

The CRRI’S are well trained in all the fields of emergency medicine, Inpatient and Out Patient services so that they can serve needy public both in Government service and in Private practices.

HOD Profile

Qualification

  • M.B.B.S - Kilpauk Medical College 1983
  • M.D - Kilpauk Medical College 2000

Experience

  • U.G - 15 Years
  • PG - 5 Years, 6 Months

Areas of Interest / Specialization

  • Clinical Teaching

Field of Expertise

  • Tamil Nadu Association of Physicians of India Conference
  • Association of Physicians of India
  • World Diabetes Association

Membership

  • Life Member, Indian Medical Association

Publications (in numbers)

  • 8

DR. K.B.PRASANNA M.B.B.S., M.D.,
Professor & HOD of General Medicine .,


Faculty Members

Professor & HOD
Dr. K. B. Prasanna
MD
Dr. Chella Pandian
MD
Associate Professor
Dr. S. Hari Sudan
M.D
Dr. D. Rajasekar
MD., DM
Dr. R. V. Sridhar
MD, MRCP, FRCP, FACC
Dr. R. Gopal Kumar
MRCP (UK)
Dr. K. Muralidaran
MD
Dr. M. Maruthupandian
M.D.
Dr. N. Khuda Bakash
MD.
Assistant Professor
Dr. D. Aishwarya
MD.
Dr. T. Balaji
MD
Dr. K. C. Midun Chandar
MD
Dr. Raj Santan
MD.
Dr. J. Rishi Kumar
MD.
Dr. B. V. Kiran Kumar
MD.
Dr. A. P. Goutham Kumar
MD.
Dr. R. Thilakh Babu
MD.
Dr. R. Arun Raja
MD.
Dr. G. Dharshana
MD.
Dr. J. Jeyahar Jushantan
MD.
Dr. Mimethashree
MD., DM.
Dr. G. Ilaya Perumal
MD.
Dr. D. Aravindan
MBBS., DNB.
Dr. H. Mohammed Ayub Sulaiman
MD.
Dr. Dantuluri V. Satya Jagannadha Raju
MD.
Senior Resident
Dr. A. Murali
M.D.
Dr. Mohamed Kamil
MBBS.
Dr. C. D. Ramadesikan
MBBS
Dr. Ajaey
M.D.
Dr. Deshmukh Payal Anil
M.D.
Dr. Vonti Mitta Ismayeel
M.D.
Dr. N. Bharghav Reddy
M.D.
Dr. V. Soundarya Sathish
MBBS., DNB.
Junior Resident
Dr. Amritha Manjubashini
MBBS.
Post Graduate
Dr. K. V. Naveen Prasad
MBBS.
Dr. R. Roobesh
MBBS.
Dr. V. Sankavi
MBBS.
Dr. D. Riya
MBBS.
Dr. M. S. Shebaz
MBBS.
Dr. M. Gouthamram
MBBS.
Dr. S. Arunkumar
MBBS.
Dr. S. Samitha
MBBS.
Dr. S. Shabnam Shameem Banu
MBBS.
Dr. M. Rabiah
MBBS.
Dr. Abhilash Moses Bharat
MBBS.
Dr. Angita Thomas
MBBS.
Dr. Barat K
MBBS.
Dr. Nanda G
MBBS.
Dr. Velmurugan P S
MBBS.

Completed Publications

  • Duraisingam A, Kamil M. Comparison of troponin-T level in patients with acute ischemic stroke and acute spontaneous intracranial hemorrhage with all-cause mortality. J Cardiovasc Dis Res. 2024;15(3).
  • Duraisingam A, Rishi Kumar J, Midunchandar KC. Detection and evaluation of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in asymptomatic type 2 diabetic patients by conventional and tissue Doppler imaging. J Cardiovasc Dis Res. 2024;15(3).
  • Sharavanan TKV, et al. Discovery of hepatitis-C virus NS5B polymerase inhibitors among the phytochemicals present in Phyllanthus species by molecular docking methods. Biomedicine. 2019;39(1):164-169.
  • Premalatha E, et al. Molecular docking study on quercetin derivatives as inhibitors of pantothenate synthetase (PanC) of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Int J Res Pharm Sci. 2020;11(3):3684-3690.
  • Pandiyan S, Sharavanan TKV. Study on the prevalence of hypoalbuminemia in hospitalized type 2 diabetes mellitus patients with adult hyperglycemia and its correlation with risk to ketosis. Int J Adv Med. 2021;8(6):809-813.
  • Archana Meena T, Kannan J, Premalatha E, Sharavanan TKV, Aishwarya Anbarasan MS. Molecular docking study on phytochemicals of Azadirachta indica and their derivatives as inhibitors of type 1 3-dehydroquinate dehydratase of Salmonella typhi. J Med Sci Clin Res. 2021;9(11):23-31.

Ongoing Project

  • Aishwarya D. Study of prevalence of hypertensive retinopathy in newly diagnosed hypertensive patients.
  • Aishwarya D. A prospective study of troponin-I in patients with ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke.
  • Gopal Kumar R. A study of causes of acute kidney injury in ICU patients.
  • Gopal Kumar R. A study on mean platelet volume and its correlation with cardiovascular outcomes in patients with acute myocardial infarction.
  • An observational descriptive study of cutaneous manifestations in patients with hepatitis-C.
  • A study on prevalence of renal artery stenosis in chronic kidney disease at a tertiary care centre.
  • Midun Chandar. A study on prevalence of hypokalemia in patients with leptospirosis.
  • Prasanna KB, Sharavanan TKV, Ekanthalingam S, Kannan I. Efficacy of SMBG in improving glycemic control (HbA1c) in insulin-treated patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
  • Prasanna KB, Sharavanan TKV. Serum magnesium and its association with vascular calcification in chronic kidney disease patients on haemodialysis.
  • Prasanna KB. Assessment of right ventricular function in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by echocardiography and its correlation with severity of disease.