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Dr. R. Srinivas

Dr. R. Srinivas Department of Pulmonology

Designation Associate Professor

Professional Information

Awards and Achievements

MBBS (JIPMER, Puducherry): 1997 June-2002 Dec, Puducherry University

  • Pathology: 2 nd (Silver)
  • Microbiology: 2 nd (Silver)
  • Medicine: 2 nd (Silver)
  • Certificate of honor: Microbiology & Physiology

Consecutive medals at Medical Quiz (Pegasus CMC Vellore)-2001, 2002 Medical Quiz

  • (JIPMER 2002): First
  • 14 th IAP Pediatric quiz 2001-first
  • Represented JIPMER in IAP Pediatric Quiz till South Zone (2001)

Consecutive medals at Medical Quiz (Pegasus CMC Vellore)-2001, 2002 Medical Quiz

  • (JIPMER 2002): First
  • 14 th IAP Pediatric quiz 2001-first
  • Represented JIPMER in IAP Pediatric Quiz till South Zone (2001)
Research and Publications
  • Research methodology & Biostatistics course (PGIMER University) in Sept 2004
  • Mentee of “Health Research Methodology” under aegis of NHLBI, USA, Bangalore CoE, India 2009-2011; Grant to perform a prospective trial
  • Intramural Grants from St. John’s Medical College to perform studies on adrenal insufficiency in bronchiectasis (published)
  • Anti-fungal susceptibility of Candida isolates: comparison of disc-diffusion & tube dilution methods in JIPMER scientific society meeting in 2000
  • Presented a paper on “Randomized control trial on betadine and commercial talc for pleurodesis” in NAPCON 2006 (Nagpur)
  • Presented “Pseudotumoral parenchymal tuberculosis-case series and systematic review” in NAPCON 2007 (Chandigarh)
  • Approach to spirometry-2009, St. John’s Medical Initiative for primary care physicians
  • Presented an approach to dyspnea in a HIV-positive adult in “HAPCON”, Command Hospital, 2009
  • Presented an approach to “Evidence based Medicine”, 3rd CME for post-graduate students, 2010
  • Presented CME in current approaches and controversies in management of sepsis, Global Hospital& Health City, 2011
  • Presented “Approach to the breathless solid-organ transplant recipient, Global Hospital& Health City, 2011
  • Presented “Approach to discontinuation of mechanical ventilation” in CME in Pulmonology and Critical care, Dibrugarh, Assam, India (2011)
  • “Post-transplant complications”-speaker in TRAICA, Chennai 2011
  • Management of fluid therapy in ARDS, National Pulmonary Medicine conference, NAPCON 2011
  • Endurance physiology for physiotherapists-REHABICON, 2012
  • Management of a brain dead donor at MOHAN Foundation, 2012
  • Presented Bronchoscopy in Critical Care, Adelaide, SA 2013
  • Presented a talk on “Current management and evolving strategies in management of ARDS” in CME on New Frontiers in Pulmonary Medicine, Manipal, Attavar, Mangalore October 2013
  • Presented the “CON” Position on “Pleurodesis in parapneumonic effusions” conference on Interventional Pulmonology workshop on the 13th Feb 2014 at Narayana Hrudayalaya, Bangalore
  • Presented “Sedation for flexible bronchoscopy” in in Respiratory & Critical Care Update, North East Chapter at Guwahati Medial College on 4-5th May 2014
  • Presented “Ventilator management in Obstructive lung disease” in Respiratory & Critical Care Update, North East Chapter at Guwahati Medial College on 4-5th May 2014
  • Presented “Fungal Infections in Critical Care” in Respiratory & Critical Care Update, North East Chapter at Guwahati Medial College on 4-5th May 2014
  • Presented “Year in update ARDS in 2014” at the 2nd DM-PGI Alumnus Group meeting on 29th March 2015 at Le Meridien, Delhi 2015
  • Presented “Approach to Pulmonary Vasculitis” on the 13th June 2015 at The Srinagar Conference on Update in Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
  • Presented “Approach to Newer Modes in Mechanical Ventilation” on the 13th June 2015 at The Srinagar Conference on Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
  • Presented an Approach to Arterial Blood Gas analysis on the 28th July 2015 at JIPMER, Puducherry
  • Round Table on “Experts Meet on Home Nebulization” at Tiruchirapalli, on 8/8/2015
  • Presented “Inhaled antibiotics in Intensive Care” at The Grand Regent Coimbatore on 25/9/2015
  • Presented “Newer Pathophysiologic factors in Asthma and COPD” at the 79th ROAD program conducted by Chest Research Foundation Pune at Vellore on the 29th November 2015
  • Presented “Management of Asthma” at the 79th ROAD program conducted by Chest Research Foundation Pune at Vellore on the 29th November 2015
  • Presented “Patient Counseling in Asthma and COPD” at the 79th ROAD program conducted by Chest Research Foundation Pune at Vellore on the 29th November 2015
  • Presented “Newer Pathophysiologic factors in Asthma and COPD” at the 81th ROAD program conducted by Chest Research Foundation Pune at Bangalore on the 6th December 2015
  • Presented “Management of Asthma” at the 81th ROAD program conducted by Chest Research Foundation Pune at Bangalore on the 6th December 2015
  • Presented “Systemic disease in COPD” at the 81th ROAD program conducted by Chest Research Foundation Pune at Bangalore on the 6th December 2015
  • Presented a talk on “Demystifying nebulization” at the IMA Meeting on 27th February 2016 at Udumalpet
  • Presented an approach to “Diagnosis and management of Fungal infections in the intensive care unit” at North East Pulmonary and Critical Care Society (NEPCCS) on 10th April 2016 at Guwahati
  • Presented an approach to “Approach to mediastinal lymphadenopathy” at North East Pulmonary and Critical Care Society (NEPCCS) on 10th April 2016 at Guwahati
  • Presented an approach to “Medical Thoracoscopy” at the PSG Monthly CME on 9th June 2016
  • Presented a talk on “Approach to diagnosis and management of Airway diseases” at the Hotel “Gem Park” in Ooty, the Nilgris on 28th August 2016

Publications

  • Intravascular Hemolysis due to Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency in a patient of Aluminium phosphide poisoning. Emerg Med J 2007; 24:67-69 Srinivas R, Agarwal R, Jairam A, Sakhuja V
  • Paraquat poisoning: report of 5 cases treated with immunosuppressive therapy Singapore Med J 2006; 47(12):1033-38 Agarwal R, Srinivas R, Aggarwal AN, Gupta D
  • A meta-analysis of immunosuppressive therapy in paraquat poisoning Singapore Med J 2007; 48 (11): 1000-05 Agarwal R, Srinivas R, Aggarwal AN, Gupta D
  • Severe sepsis with complicated falciparum malaria and leptospirosis co-infection treated with Activated protein C. Malaria Journal 2007, 6:42 accessed @ doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-6-42 Rajagopala Srinivas, Ritesh Agarwal, Ashutosh N Aggarwal,Dheeraj Gupta
  • Management of extensive subcutaneous emphysema and pneumomediastinum by micro-drainage: time for a re-think? Singapore Med J 2007; 48(12) : e323 Rajagopala Srinivas, Navneet Singh, Ritesh Agarwal
  • Deferred dilemma The American Journal of Medicine (2007) 120, 594-597 Rajagopala Srinivas, Ritesh Agarwal, Ashutosh N Aggarwal
  • Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis complicating Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Mycoses. 2008 Jan;51(1):83-5 Ritesh Agarwal, Rajagopala Srinivas, Surinder K. Jindal
  • Severe neuropsychiatric manifestations and rhabdomyolysis in a patient with imidacloprid poisoning American Journal of Emergency Medicine (2007) 25, 844–856 Ritesh Agarwal, Rajagopala Srinivas
  • Pulmonary vasculitis (Part 1) in Bulletin of pulmonary medicine & critical care accessed @ http://www.indiachest.org/pdf_files/July%202006.pdf
  • Pulmonary vasculitis (Part 2) in Bulletin of pulmonary medicine & critical care Accessed @ http://www.indiachest.org/pdf_files/Oct%202006.pdf
  • Case 32-2006. A girl with fever after visit to Africa N Engl J Med 2007; 365:5 Ritesh Agarwal, Rajagopala Srinivas, Alok Nath
  • Trichoptysis secondary to an intra-pulmonary teratoma Resp Care 2007; 52: 1779-81 Ritesh Agarwal, Rajagopala Srinivas,and Akshay kumar
  • Hot vs cold biopsy forceps: implication of study design ERJ 2007; 29 (5):1067-68 Alok Nath, Rajagopala Srinivas, Ritesh Agarwal
  • Noninvasive ventilation in acute heart failure Am J Med. 2007;120(10):e19 Ritesh Agarwal, Rajagopala Srinivas
  • Pulmonary vs extra-pulmonary ARDS: Fizz or Fuss? Accessed @ http://www.indiachest.org/pdf_files/April%20%2007.pdf Rajagopala Srinivas
  • TB or not TB: that is the question! Lancet. 2007 Aug 18; 370(9587):564 Ritesh Agarwal, Rajagopala Srinivas, Dheeraj Gupta
  • Is the mortality higher in the Pulmonary versus the Extrapulmonary ARDS? A meta-analysis Chest. 2008; 133(6):1463-73 Ritesh Agarwal, Rajagopala Srinivas, Alok Nath, Surinder K Jindal
  • Tubercular mastitis in men-case report and systematic review of literature Am J Med. 2008; 121(6): 539-44 Srinivas Rajagopala, Ritesh Agarwal
  • Parenchymal pseudotumoral tuberculosis: case series and systematic and review of literature. Respiratory Medicine (2008) 102, 382–389 Ritesh Agarwal, Srinivas Rajagopala, Ashutosh N Aggarwal
  • Leishmaniasis associated hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis: case report and systematic review J Infect. 2008; 56(5):381-8 Srinivas Rajagopala, Usha Dutta, K.S. Poorna Chandra, Prateek Bhatia, Neelam Varma, Rakesh Kochhar
  • The ABC trial: fallacies in interpretation accepted Lancet. 2008; 371(9622):1413-4 Ritesh Agarwal, Srinivas Rajagopala, Dheeraj Gupta
  • Pulmonary masses in Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis: a mechanistic approach Respiratory care 2008; 53(12): 1744-48 Ritesh Agarwal, Srinivas Rajagopala, Ashutosh N Aggarwal, Akshay K Saxena
  • Lung carcinoma mimicking hydatid cyst: a case report and review of the literature (in press) Med Oncol (2009) 26:424–428 Navneet Singh, Rajagopala Srinivas, Amanjit Bal and Ashutosh N Aggarwal
  • An unusual Cause of Non-resolving Pneumonia Respiratory Care 2009; 54(9):1266-69 Srinivas Rajagopala, Navneet Singh, Ritambara Nada, and Dheeraj Gupta
  • Nailing the diagnosis American Journal of Medicine 2009; 122:1085-87 Srinivas Rajagopala, Navneet Singh and Dheeraj Gupta
  • Pulmonary amyloidosis in Sjogren’s syndrome Respirology. 2010 Jul; 15(5):860-6. Srinivas Rajagopala, Navneet Singh, Kirti Gupta and Dheeraj Gupta
  • Set in stone! Intern Med J. 2011; 41: 290-1 Srinivas Rajagopala; Navneet Singh
  • Infected cavitating pulmonary infarction Respir Care. 2011; 56: 707-9 Srinivas Rajagopala, Uma Devaraj, George D’ Souza
  • An unusual lung mass Intern Med J. 2012; 42: 468-9 Srinivas Rajagopala, Ritesh Agarwal, Amit Panjawni, Dheeraj Gupta
  • Uncommon cause of intrathoracic mass Thoracic Cancer 2011; 2 (1): 24-26 Singh N, Rajagopala S, Agrawal G, Aggarwal, A.N, Rajwanshi A
  • Ace in the hole! Respiration. 2011; 82: 212-6 Srinivas Rajagopala, Uma Devaraj, Smrita Swamy, George D’ Souza
  • Mucoid impaction in a 15-year-old with bronchial atresia Respir Care. 2012; 57: 471-3 Srinivas Rajagopala, Uma Devaraj, Smrita Swamy, George D’ Souza
  • The missing link! Am J Med. 2012 Jul; 125 (7):653-6 Srinivas Rajagopala, Uma Devaraj, Smrita Swamy, George D’ Souza
  • Analysis of humoral responses to proteins encoded by Region of Difference 1 of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Sarcoidosis in a high tuberculosis prevalence country Indian J Med Res. 2012 Jun; 135(6):920-3 Ritesh Agarwal, Dheeraj Gupta, Srinivas Rajagopala, Indu Verma, Dr. Ashutosh N Aggarwal, Dr. Suman Laal
  • Latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in liver transplant recipients-controversies in current diagnosis and management Journal of Clinical & Experimental Hepatology 2011; 1(1): 34-37 Srinivas Rajagopala, Olithselvan A, Joy Varghese, Naresh Shanmugam, Mohamed Rela
  • Co-Infection with M. tuberculosis and M. leprae-Case Report and Systematic Review. J Mycobac Dis 2012; 2:118. doi: 10.4172/2161-1068.1000118 Srinivas Rajagopala, Devaraj U, D’Souza G, V Aithal V
  • Diagnosing and treating hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in the tropics Acta Medica Academica 2012; 41 (2): 161-174 Srinivas Rajagopala, Navneet Singh
  • Severe hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in adults-experience from an intensive care unit from North India Indian J Crit Care Med 2012 Oct; 16(4): 198-203 Srinivas Rajagopala, Navneet Singh, Ritesh Agarwal, Dheeraj Gupta and Reena Dass
  • Pulmonary hemorrhage in Henoch-Schönlein purpura: case report and systematic review of the English literature Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2013 Feb;42(4):391-400. doi: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2012.07.004 Srinivas Rajagopala, Vineeta Shobha, Uma Devaraj, George D’ Souza, Isha Garg
  • Adrenal insufficiency in Indian patients with stable non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis Indian J Med Res. 2014 Mar; 139(3): 393-401 Srinivas Rajagopala, Anantaraman Ramakrishnan, Ganapathi Bantwal, Uma Devaraj, George D’Souza, Smrita Swamy
  • Posttraumatic stress disorder in close Relatives of Intensive Care unit patients’ Evaluation (PRICE) study Aust Crit Care. 2014; 27(4):183-7. doi: 10.1016/j.aucc.2014.04.003 Krishnaswamy Sundarrajan, Michelle Martin , Srinivas Rajagopala, Marianne Chapman
  • Tuberculosis in liver transplant recipients-experience from a South Indian liver transplant Center Liver Transpl. 2014; 20: 960-966. doi: 10.1002/lt.23903 Olithselvan A, Rajagopala S, Vij M, Shanmugam V, Shanmugam N, Rela M
  • Esophageal perforation and death following glyphosate poisoning Jyoti Wadhwa, Thabah M M, Rajagopala S, Hamide A Journal of postgraduate medicine 2014; 60 (3): 346-7 PMID: 25121387
  • Aspergillus spp-related cavernous sinus thrombosis in an immunocompetent patient in the intensive are unit Austin J Crit Care 2014; 1(1): 1-3 Srinias Rajagopala, Sujatha Chandrasekharan, Satisk Kumar, Mohammed Rela
  • Adrenal insufficiency in acute exacerbation of bronchiectasis Indian J Med Res. 2015; 142(6): 763–767 Srinivas Rajagopala, Anantaraman Ramakrishnan, Anushree Chakraborathy, Ganapathi Bantwal, Uma Devaraj, George D’Souza
  • Pulmonary Renal Syndromes Clinical Queries: Nephrol 2015; 4 (2):1-8 doi:10.1016/j.cqn.2015.02.001 Alok Nath, Srinivas Rajagopala
  • Severe Mycobacterium tuberculosis-related immune reconstitution syndrome in an immunocompetent patient. Indian J Crit Care Med 2015; 19 (1): 50-52 Srinivas Rajagopala, Chandrasekharan.S
  • An unusual cause of type 2 Respiratory failure Indian J Crit Care Med. 2015; 19(2):122-5 Srinivas Rajagopala, Balamurugan Nathan, Vivekanandan Pillai
  • Acute hypopituitarism related to Russell Viper Envenomation: A case series & systematic review QJM. 2015 Sep;108(9):719-28. doi: 10.1093/qjmed/hcv011 Srinivas Rajagopala, Molly Mary Thabah, Kishore Adiga, Maya Gopalakrishnan
  • An unusually “dry” story Indian J Crit Care Med 2015; 19: 550-3 Srinivas Rajagopala, Gurukiran Danigeti, Dharanipragada Subrahmanyan
  • Pulmonary-Renal Syndromes: Experience from an Indian intensive care Unit Indian J Crit Care Med. 2015; 19(6): 316–325. doi: 10.4103/0972-5229.158261 Srinivas Rajagopala, Baburao Kanthamani Pramod Sagar, Molly Mary Thabah, B.H.Srinivas, Ramanathan Venkateshwaran, Sreejith Parameswaran
  • Undiagnosed Obstructive sleep apnea and postoperative outcomes: A prospective observational study Respirology (in print) Uma Devaraj, Srinivas Rajagopala, Ajay Kumar, Priya Ramachandran, George A D’Souza, Philip Devereaux Respiratory Care
  • Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage in IgA Nephropathy: Case series and systematic review Int J Rheum Dis. 2016 Feb 4. doi: 10.1111/1756-185X.12818 Srinivas Rajagopala, Sreejit Parameshwaran, Ajmeera Jail Singh, Rajesh Nachiappa Ganesh
  • Disseminated Nocardiosis in a patient with Sarcoidosis Indian J Med Res. 2016; 143(1): 118–119. doi: 10.4103/0971-5916.178625 Srinivas Rajagopala, Gurukiran Dangeti
  • Connective tissue disease related Pulmonary Hypertension Indian J Rheumatology 2016 Srinivas Rajagopala, Molly Mary Thabah

Book Chapters

  • Author of “Physiology of Pleural diseases” in Section “Pleural diseases” of Jaypee Publishers Textbook of Pulmonary Medicine
  • Author of “Malignant pleural effusion” in Section “Pleural diseases” of Jaypee Publishers Textbook of Pulmonary Medicine
  • Module development for public private participation for tuberculosis chemotherapy in primary care (2011)-published
  • Author of “Physiology of Pleural diseases” in Handbook of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Jaypee Publishers 2012 (ISBN 978-93-5025-073-0)
  • “Liberation from Mechanical Ventilation” in Respiratory Update of North-East RESPICON 2014
  • Author of “Physiology of Pleural diseases” in Section “Pleural diseases” of Jaypee Publishers Textbook of Pulmonary Medicine, 2nd edition 2014
  • Author of “Malignant pleural effusion” in Section “Pleural diseases” of Jaypee Publishers Textbook of Pulmonary Medicine, 2nd edition, 2014
  • Editor for “Handbook of Antimicrobial Use at JIPMER”, Third Edition June 2014
  • Author of a chapter on StepWise approach to Interstitial Lung disease in the Respiratory Update 2016 organized by North East Pulmonary and Critical care society (NEPCCS)
  • Author of “Physiology of Pleural diseases” in Section “Pleural diseases” of Jaypee Publishers Textbook of Pulmonary Medicine 2nd edition
  • Author of “Malignant pleural effusion” in Section “Pleural diseases” of Jaypee Publishers Textbook of Pulmonary Medicine, 2nd edition
Membership and Certifications
  • American Thoracic Society
  • European Respiratory Society
  • Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine

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