Dr. Vinod Gunasekaran
Qualification
M.B.B.S., M.D.(Paediatric), F.I.A.P., F.N.B.(Paediatric Haemato Oncology), Fellowship in Paediatric B.M.T.(S'pore)
Speciality
Paediatrics
Location
Trichy - Cantonment
Consultant, Paediatric Hematology, Oncology & Bone Marrow Transplantation
Brief Profile
- MBBS – Madras Medical College 2008
- MD (Pediatrics) – Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh 2012
- FNB (Pediatric Hematology-Oncology) – Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi 2016
- Clinical Fellow (Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplantation) National University Hospital, Singapore 2018
Scholastic Performance
- Research Paper
- Serum procalcitonin in predicting significant infections and mortality in pediatric oncology. Indian Pediatr. 2016 Dec 15; 53(12):1075-1078.
- Guidelines
- Umbilical Cord Blood Banking: Consensus Statement of the Indian Academy of Pediatrics. Indian Pediatr. 2018; 55:489-94.
- Consensus Statement of the Indian Academy of Pediatrics in Diagnosis and Management of Hemophilia. Indian Pediatr. 2018; 55:582-90.
- Editor of Book
- IAP NPH Pediatric Clinics ‘Pneumococcal Diseases in Children’
- Chapters Published
- In the textbook of “Fetal & Neonatal Hematology, Oncology and Immunology” 1st edition, 2017
- Physiology of Hematopoiesis (Chapter 1)
- Infections in the Neonatal Period: Primary Immunodeficiency Perspective (Chapter 47)
- Management of Specific Immunodeficiency (Chapter 56)
- In the textbook of “Algorithms in Pediatrics” 1st edition, 2017
- Approach to persistent fever with hepatosplenomegaly in a child (Chapter 62)
- In IAP NPH Pediatric Clinics ‘Pneumococcal Diseases in Children’
- Host Defense Mechanisms and Risk Factors in Pneumococcal Diseases
- Miscellaneous Infections Caused by Pneumococcus
- In Pedicon Workshop Manuals – 2015
- Childhood leukemia’s – in “Pediatric Hematology-Oncology”
- Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in primary immunodeficiency disorders – in “Primary Immunodeficiency Disorders”
- Introduction to hematopoietic stem cell transplantation – in “Manual for Nurses”
- Contributed to “Pedicon Manual on Antimicrobial Policy”
- In the textbook of “Fetal & Neonatal Hematology, Oncology and Immunology” 1st edition, 2017
- Faculty and Speaker in State, National & International Conferences
- Speaker in 10th SIOP Asia Congress, Moscow, Russia (May 25-28, 2016) and presented a research paper – ‘Serum interleukin-10 levels in childhood immune thrombocytopenia and its role in predicting the clinical course – a prospective case-control study’
- Faculty in Pedicon 2017 (54th National Conference of Indian Academy of Pediatrics), Bengaluru and contributed as
- One of the speakers on the session ‘Case Presentation on HLH’
- Moderator of the session ‘Newer CBC parameters’
- Conducted a one-day TOT session on Pediatric Hematology in St. Martha’s Hospital, Bengaluru
- Oral paper presentations on
- Bevacizumab with combination chemotherapy in children with refractory and/or relapsed solid tumors
- Respiratory viruses as a cause of febrile respiratory illnesses in children receiving chemotherapy
- Faculty in Mamalla Pedicon 2016 (41st Annual Conference of IAP – Tamil Nadu State Chapter) and delivered a lecture on the topic ‘Laboratory Diagnosis of Bleeding Disorders’
- Faculty in Bangalore Pedicon 2017 (4th Annual Conference of IAP – BPS) and delivered a lecture on topic ‘Megaloblastic anemia’
- Faculty in 8th SIOP-PODC Nutrition Workshop, 2017 held in PGIMER, Chandigarh and delivered a talk on ‘Nutrition in children with CNS tumours’
- Second prize for Oral oncology paper presentation in PHOCON 2012 (national conference), Ludhiana on the topic ” Anthracyclines induced cardiotoxicity among survivors of childhood cancer”
- Poster Presentations made in National & International Conferences
- St Jude VIVA Forum in Paediatric Oncology (2018), Singapore
- Transplant preparative regimens in Haemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis: one size does not fit all
- St Jude VIVA Forum in Paediatric Oncology (2016), Singapore (awarded with Full Travelling Fellowship)
- The spectrum of microbiological infections and resistance pattern in paediatric oncology patients: Experience from a tertiary care center in North India
- Role of serum procalcitonin in predicting significant infections and mortality in pediatric oncology
- 47th SIOP Congress 2015, Cape Town, South Africa.
- Predictive value of serum procalcitonin in fever in pediatric oncology patients: experience from India. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2015; 62(s4):s379.
- Spectrum of microbiological infections in pediatric oncology patients: experience from a tertiary care center in north India. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2015; 62(S4): S379.
- Acute lymphoblastic leukemia preceded by steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome – Case report and review of the literature. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2015; 62(S4): S248-9.
- The 3rd International Conference on Primary Immune-deficiency Diseases 2015
- Epstein-Barr virus-associated hem phagocytic lymphohistiocytosis: Experience from a tertiary care center in India
- PHOCON 2014
- Clinical profile and response to treatment in children with chronic immune thrombocytopenia
- PHOCON 2015
- Serum procalcitonin in predicting significant infections in pediatric oncology patients – Analysis of 8 years? experience
- St Jude VIVA Forum in Paediatric Oncology (2018), Singapore
- Winner of Quiz Competitions
- ‘NATIONAL LEVEL QUIZ WINNER’ for the quiz competition for fellows in Pediatric Oncology held during PHOCON 2015 (national conference)
- ‘NATIONAL IAP POST-GRADUATE QUIZ WINNER’ in the 6th IAP Pediatric quiz for postgraduates, 2012 organized by the Indian Academy of Pediatrics (IAP)
- FIRST prize in the Quiz competition conducted during 26th Annual Conference of Delhi Society of Hematology on 19th December 2015.
- FIRST place in State level quiz competition in 1st ISHTM National Hematology Quiz for postgraduates (2011)
- SECOND place in State level and Zonal level in 2nd ISHBT National Hematology Quiz for postgraduates (2012)
- Other Selected Academic Achievements
- Received the prestigious ‘Ravi K Jerath award – 2015’ for the best resident of the year at Sir Ganga Ram hospital.
- Attended ‘Workshop for Faculty Development in Research Methodology’ organized by National Board of Examinations on 7th – 9th April 2016.
- State first rank holder (aggregate marks – 300/300) in the Tamil Nadu state medical entrance examination (for MBBS) for the year 2003.
Professional Body Membership
- Life Member of Indian Academy of Pediatrics (No: L/2015/V-651)
- Life Member of Pediatric Hemato-Oncology chapter of Indian Academy of Pediatrics (No: AFL/2015/810)
- Life Member of the Indian Society for Primary Immune Deficiency Diseases (No: ISPID/16/V-05)
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