Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Kochi

Dr. Anand Kumar received his MBBS and MD [General Medicine] degrees from the Medical College of Trivandrum. He completed his post-doctoral studies in Neurology at the Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, a nationally recognised institute. He joined the faculty of Trivandrum Medical College after receiving his DM in Neurology. In 1989, after a brief stint at Medical College, he joined the Ministry of Health in Sharjah as a specialist Neurologist. In Sharjah, he created the Department of Neurology at Al Qassimi and Kuwait Hospitals. In 1999, he moved to India and joined the Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences. He established Amrita's Neurosciences Division, which today has the capacity of a tertiary care referral facility and ten professionally educated neurologists. He has a number of papers to his name and is particularly interested in cognitive neurology, sleep medicine, and biomedical research. Dr. Anand has also researched in the field of medical artificial intelligence, where he was part of a team that created an expert system for epilepsy. He is now researching memory, autonomic function, dysarthria, patient monitoring, lifestyle modification, space-mind medicine, and epilepsy prediction. View Profile

Dr. Chandrababu K. K is a well-known orthopaedic surgeon with over ten years of expertise in his specialty. He received his D Ortho, MS Ortho education. He presently works at the Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre in Kochi. His specialties include sports medicine, orthopaedic surgery, arthroplasty, and joint replacement. View Profile

DR.KANNAN RAJASEKARAN NAIR is one of the leading Urology Consultants in Kerala, with 12 years of expertise. he is currently practicing in Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Kochi. He earned his MS, DNB, MRCS, MCh, and FRCS degrees. Minimally Invasive Stone Surgery, Endourology, Reconstructive Urology and Andrology, Laser Prostatectomy, and Robotic Uro-oncology are among his specialties. View Profile

Dr. Nikhil Krishna Haridas is a hemato-oncologist with over 14 years of expertise. He finished his education in DNB (MEDICAL ONCOLOGY) through the National Boards of Examination - June 2019 Session. MD (GENERAL MEDICINE) at the Academy of Medical Sciences in Pariyaram, Kerala, under the auspices of the Kerala University of Health Sciences in Thrissur, Kerala - May 2014. MBBS from Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College in Belgaum, Karnataka, under the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences in Bangalore, Karnataka, in 2009. Clinical Haematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Medical Oncology, Stem Cell and other cellular therapy, Gastrointestinal Oncology, Genitourinary Oncology, Molecular Oncology, Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma, Research Methodology, Clinical Trials, Palliative Medicine, and Quality of Life are some of his research interests. View Profile

Dr. Praveen Varma graduated from Calicut Medical College in Kerala with an MBBS in 1992 and an MS in General Surgery in 1996. In the year 2000, he received his MCh from the Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology in Trivandrum. He thereafter became a Lecturer in Cardiac Surgery at the Medical College of Trivandrum. Until 2005, he was an Assistant Professor at Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute of Medical Sciences and Technology in Trivandrum. He then became a Resident in Cardio Thoracic Surgery at Boston Medical Center, where he also served as Chief Resident until 2008. At BMC, he obtained more experience in CABGs, Mitral Valve Repair, and Aortic Root Surgery. He spent two years as a senior clinical fellow at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School. He got experience at Brigham in Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Repair and AVR, difficult reoperation operations, Heart Failure surgeries such as Transplantation, and Ventricular Assist Device implantation. The senior staff selection committee nominated him as Additional Professor at Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology in Trivandrum. He is a Professor and Head of the Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery at the Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Center in Kochi. His research focuses on beating heart CABG, Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation correction, Mitral valve and Tricuspid valve repair, prolonged septal myectomy for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, surgery for infective endocarditis, and heart transplantation. He has taken an active role in resident education. He also serves on the Editorial Board of Annals of Cardiac Anesthesia and is a reviewer for several journals. He has around 50 journal publications to his credit. View Profile

"Dr. Rajesh R. Nair is a Professor and the Director of Nephrology and Kidney Transplantation Services at the Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences in Kochi. He specialises in chronic kidney disease, kidney transplantation, transplant immunology, research, and management. He was a key member of the pioneering team that was essential in establishing deceased organ transplantation in the state. He has eighteen years of Nephrology teaching experience and is a member of the Indian and International Societies of Nephrology, the European Dialysis and Transplant Association, and the American Society of Nephrology. He sat on the executive committee of the Indian Society of Nephrology Southern Chapter. He has presented invited talks in a variety of academic settings, published papers in national and international journals, and written chapters for textbooks. He serves as a regular peer reviewer for publications submitted to the Indian Journal of Nephrology. He just received Fellowships from the Royal College of Physicians of London and the University of Edinburgh. Ongoing research initiatives include stem cell transplantation in multiple myeloma with renal failure, as well as an epidemiological study of proteinuria prevalence and risk factors in the community." View Profile

Dr. Rajesh Thachathodiyl earned his MBBS and MD (General Medicine) degrees from S.C.B. Medical College Cuttack in Orissa. In 1998, he joined Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences (Amrita Hospital) as faculty after completing his cardiology residency at K.M.C. Manipal. Dr. Rajesh has worked in Interventional Cardiology for fifteen years. He has extensive expertise doing rotablations, CTO recanalization, left main interventions, saphenous vein graft interventions, carotid artery interventions, endovascular stent grafts, and other peripheral treatments. He has advocated for Radial Access Interventions in Amrita and is recognised nationally and worldwide in this specialty. Dr. Rajesh is a regular faculty member at the 'Kamakura Live' Summit in Japan and the CTO Summit in Kobe, Japan, in addition to holding the first 'AMRITA TRANSRADIAL SUMMIT' in Amrita Hospital, Kochi in 2008, where Dr. Shigero Saito was the International Faculty. He has also gained critical acclaim in the subject of 'Chronic Total Occlusion,' and in the year 2013, he was the national faculty at the INDO - JAPANESE, CTO summit in Mumbai. He has taught radial access difficult coronary interventions to a number of young aspiring cardiologists. Dr. Rajesh has led the Cardiac CT and Cardiac MRI programmes since 2005 and 2007, respectively. Apart from holding the first 'AMRITA TRANSRADIAL SUMMIT' in Amrita Hospital, Kochi in 2008, where Dr. Shigero Saito was the International Instructor, Dr. Rajesh is a frequent faculty at the 'Kamakura Live' Summit in Japan and the CTO Summit in Kobe, Japan. He has also gained critical acclaim in the field of 'Chronic Total Occlusion,' and was the national faculty in the INDO - JAPANESE, CTO summit in Mumbai in 2013. He has educated a number of young aspiring cardiologists in radial access complicated coronary procedures. Dr. Rajesh has been in charge of the Cardiac CT programme since 2005, and the Cardiac MRI programme since 2007. View Profile