Curriculum vitae

Ravindran Chetambath                                           Navaneeth,

Professor & Head                                                                            Sarovaram Road,

Dept. of Pulmonary Medicine                                                          Civil Station PO,

DM WIMS Medical College                                                         Calicut- 20,673020,

Wayanad.                                                                                             Ph: 9446951712

Ph.8111881232                                                                            crcalicut@gmail.com

Profile

Presently working as a Professor & Head in the Department of Pulmonary Medicine and Vice Dean, DM Wayanad Institute of Medical Sciences, Wayanad, Kerala, attending the challenges in medical education and providing comprehensive care to all sections including underprivileged in a back ward district of Kerala. Interested in working in different and challenging areas where I can make a clear difference in medical teaching as well as patient care. I also work with district health authorities in TB control program of the district, thus contributing to case detection, treatment and prevention.

Medical Employment

Professor & Head, Dept. of Pulmonary Medicine & Vice Dean	DM Wayanad Institute of Medical Sciences, Wayanad	From Nov 2015 onwards
Principal	Govt. Medical College, Kozhikode	24.07.2009 to 30.04.2015
Professor & Head. Dept. of Pulmonary Medicine,	Govt. Medical College, Kozhikode	09.08.2002 to 24.07.2009
Professor & Head. Dept. of Pulmonary Medicine	Govt. Medical College, Alappuzha	14.11.2000 to 08.08.2002
Associate Professor, Dept. of Pulmonary Medicine	Govt. Medical College, Kozhikode	07.07.1997 to 07.11.2000
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Pulmonary Medicine	Govt. Medical College, Kottayam & Kozhikode	04.01.1990 to 07.07.1997
Tutor, Dept. of Pulmonary Medicine	Govt. Medical College, Kozhikode	24.06.1985 to 02.01.1990

                       

Qualification:           

Indira Gandhi Open University     M.B.A (Human Resource Management)   2007

University of Calicut                     M.D (Internal Medicine)                            1988

University of Calicut                      D.T.C.D (Chest Diseases)                          1985

University of Calicut                      MBBS                                                        1981

Former Positions Held:

• Member, PG Board of Studies, University of Calicut
• Member, PG Board of Studies, Kerala University of Health Sciences
• Member, Academic Council, University of Calicut
• Member, Governing Council, TB Association, Kerala
• Member, Chairperson, Indian Chest Society- South zone chapter and Governing Body of Indian Chest Society
• Chairman, RNTCP – State Task Force, Kerala

Presently holding

• Section Editor, Lung India
• Member, Editorial Board, CHEST (India Edition)
• Reviewer, International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases
• Member, Local Advisory Committee, Regional Science Centre, Calicut
• Chairman, Indian Chest Society-Kerala State chapter

Memberships

•                    Europian Respiratory Society

•                    Indian Chest Society( L-295)

•                    Indian Medical Association

•                    Association of Physicians India

•                    Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine

•                    Indian Association of Bronchology

•                    Academy of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

•                    International Medical Science Academy

Awards & Honours

•                    Fellow of the Academy of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine(FACCP)

•                    Fellow of International Medical Science Academy (FIMSA)

•                    Dr C V Ramakrishnan-ICS Chest Oration 2010 ( Napcon 2010)

•                    Academy Oration 2009, Academy of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Annual Conference

•                    Dr NVU Warrier Oration 2011

•                    Sher E Kashmir Sheik Abdulla Memorial Oration 2012, Jaipur-Rajasthan

•                    Mother Theresa National Award 2013

•                    Rotary excellence award 2014

Achievements

·         PG teacher and PG guide for MD-Pulmonary Medicine

·         PG examiner for various Universities for MD, DTCD and DM

·         Examiner for Diplomate of National board

·         Organizing Secretary, NAPCON 2009 held at Calicut

·         Co-investigator for ongoing research projects of Indian Chest Society ( ILD India Registry and SWORD Survey)

·         Instrumental in starting DM Pulmonary Medicine in Govt. Medical College, Kozhikode

·         Instrumental in starting MD Family Medicine for the first time in India in Govt. Medical College, Kozhikode

·         Set a simulation Lab in Govt. Medical College, Kozhikode

·         Set up Medical Thoracoscopy facility and Sleep Lab in a Govt. institution for the first time in the state.

·         Faculty for NAPCON since 2001

Published Research papers as first author:

1. Ravindran C: Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis. Pulmon 1999,1:19-21
2. Ravindran C: Bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia(BOOP). Pulmon 2000,2:123-126.
3. Ravindran C, Ramachandran PV, Babu KMRC, Suhail N: Benign fibrous tumour of the pleura. Pulmon 2000, 2:142-147.
4. Ravindran C: An unusual cause of dysphagia and stridor. Pulmon 2001,3:77-80
5. Ravindran C: Asthma Guidelines simplified. Pulmon 2001,3:67-70
6. Ravindran C, Venugopal P, Prasad KM: Changing face of mycobacterial drug resistance. Pulmon 2001,3:109 -113
7. Ravindran C: Mycobacterial resistance to Pyrazinamide. Lung India 2002,20:9-11
8. Ravindran C: Late onset asthma. Pulmon 2003,5:58 -62
9. Ravindran C: Diesel exhaust and respiratory allergy- Is there a link? Pulmon 2003,5:81 -82
10. Ravindran.C, Sudin Koshy, Madhusudan.K.S, Rajalakshmi.P.C, Rauf C.P, Nasser Yusuf: Pulmonary Alveolar proteinosis: A case Report. Calicut Medical Journal 2003;1(1):e7
11. Ravindran C: N-Acetyl Cysteine: Its new role in ILD. Pulmon 2005; 7(1):3-5.
12. Ravindran C, Suraj KP, Mohammed Mustafa, Harilakshmanan, Sajeev Kumar P, Yusuf Nasser: Hemangioendothelioma of Pleura- A rare neoplasm. Pulmon 2005,7:1:44-49
13. Ravindran C,James PT,Jyothi E: Prevalence of initial drug resistance of mycobacterium tuberculosis in northern kerala.Lung India 2006;23:106-108.
14. Ravindran C,Durga Balagopalan,Mohammed Musthafa A: Medical Thoracoscopy-An interventional procedure for the pulmonologists; Pulmon 2006;8:2:10-13
15. Ravindran C: Critical Thinking in Clinical Practice;Pulmon 2006;8:3:73-75
16. Ravindran C, Arun P, Harilakshmanan, et al: Syndrome Z- The new metabolic syndrome; Calicut Medical Journal 2007;5(1)e1
17. Ravindran C: Study of Factors Influencing The Work Output of Human Resource in Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP); Pulmon  2007;9:3:88-96

18.  Ravindran C, Padmanabhan K V, Sreedhar Rejna: A study of correlation between transhilar diameter and P pulmonale in COPD patients; Lung India 2008; 25(4):145-147.

19. R Chetambath,S Babu,PT James. Correlation between Epworth sleepiness score and polysomnographic indices in sleep disordered breathing. ERJ 2008;32:S 51
20. Ravindran C,James P T,Moyinkutty K,Abdul Khader AK,Velayudhan C C.Clinical significance of P wave amplitude and axis in ECG of COPD patients during acute exacerbations. ERJ 2008; 32: S 51
21. Ravindran Chetambath, M. S. Deepa Sarma, K. P. Suraj, E. Jyothi, Safreena Mohammed, Beena J. Philomina, S. Ramadevi: Basidiobolus: An unusual cause of lung abscess. Lung India 2010; 27:89-92.
22. Ravindran C. Resurgence of H1N1 Influenza in 2010: Editorial. Chest(India edition) 2010;2(4):195-97
23. C Ravindran. Psychiatric morbidity in COPD. Pulmon 2011;13(3):86-91
24. Ravindran C, James P T, Sajeev C G, Paulo Varghese Akkara. Cardiovascular implications in obstructive sleep apnoea-hypopnoea syndrome. Pulmon 2011;13(3):92-97
25. Ravindran Chetambath, Jyothi Edakalavan. Diagnostic Approach to Pneumonias. World Clin Pulm Crit Care Med 2012;1(1):19-46
26. Ravindran C.Septicemia due to Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Editorials CHEST (India Edition) / 4 / 3 / 2013;1
27. Ravindran Chetambath. Emerging Respiratory Viral Infections. Pulmon 2013;15(1):01-03

28.  Ravindran Chetambath, Jabeed Parengal, Mohammed Aslam, Sanjeev Shivashankaran. Severe pneumonia in a young female with a possible causal relationship to hypothyroidism - A case report and review of literature. IJMAR 2017; 2(2), 17-24

29.  Ravindran Chetambath. Tracheobronchomalacia in obstructive airway diseases. Lung India 2016; 33 (4):451-52.

30.  Ravindran Chetambath, Jabeed Parengal, Mohammed Aslam, Sanjeev Shivashankaran. Esophagus Associated Lung Diseases- A Retrospective Study. JMSCR 2017; 5(3): 18289-96

31. Ravindran Chetambath, Jabeed Parengal, Mohammed Aslam, Sanjeev Shivashankaran. Cut Pumpkin Sign- A Diagnostic Radiological Sign in Pulmonary Contusion. JMSCR 2017; 5(7): 25464-466.
32.  Ravindran Chetambath, Jabeed Parengal, Mohammed Aslam, Sanjeev Shivashankaran. Bilateral morgagni hernia in a case of Weill-Marchesani syndrome-                     a rare association. International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences 2017;5(6):2790-93.
33. Ravindran Chetambath, Jabeed Parengal, Mohammed Aslam, Sanjeev Shivashankaran. Lung involvement in accident victims: report of three cases. Int J Res Med Sci. 2017; 5(9):4167-4171. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2320-6012.ijrms20174005
34. Ravindran Chetambath. Role of probiotics in preventing acute respiratory tract infections- Review article. Pulmon 2016; 18(2):57-60.
35. Ravindran Chetambath, Jabeed Parengal, Mohammed Aslam, Sanjeev Shivashankaran. Aspiration pneumonia due to esophageal cause in the elderly. Pulmon 2016; 18(2):71-73.
36. Ravindran Chetambath. Medical teaching- is there a better alternative? (Editorial). Pulmon 2016; 18(1):5-11.

Published Research papers as Co-author:

1.      C.M. Shyam, V. Achuthan, K.P. Govindan, N.V.V. Warrier, K.S. Menon, C. Ravindran, K.M. Ramesh Chandra Babu. Peripheral lymph node tuberculosis in adults in North Kerala. The Indian J Tuberculosis 1995;42(2):126

2.      KMRC Babu, Rajagopal TP,Suraj KP, Ravindran C: Unusual radiological presentation of a common disease. Pulmon 1999,1:45-46

3.      Achuthan V,Menon KS, Ravindran C, Shyam C M,Mohammed faizy AH,Vijayan VP: Aneurysm of Diverticulum of Kommerell- A case of tracheal compression. Pulmon 1999,1:90-92

4.      Ramachandran PV, Ravindran C, Babu Varghese: Solitary lung cyst with a Mycetoma- A rare pulmonary manifestation of Tuberous sclerosis complex. Lung India.

5.      Abdul Sathar A A, Ravindran C, Achuthan V: Radiological pattern of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in diabetes mellitus. Pulmon 2000,2:94-96

6.      Venugopal P, Raseela karunakaran, Ravindran C: Mediastinal Lymphangioma- A rare presentation. Lung India 2002; 20:9-11

7.      Sreejith MO,Abdul Nazar, Ravindran C, James PT, Remeshchandrababu KM: Drug resistance of MycobacteriumTuberculosis to Quinolones- a prospective clinical study. Pulmon 2004,6:90-94

8.      Emil J Thachil, Praveen Sreekumar, Harilakshmanan, Mohanan J
Manjakara, Anoop Kanaran, Mohammed Musthafa, Sooraj K P, Ravindran C: An Unusual Cause for Pulmonary Metastasis. Calicut Medical Journal 2005; 3(3):e5

9.      Dhanya TS, Rajagopal TP, Ravindran C, Binoy J Paul: Bronchiolitis
obliterans organizing pneumonia(BOOP) in SLE- An unusual presentation. Pulmon 2005,7:2:81-84

10.  Abdul Nazar, Mohammed Mustafa, Suraj KP, Ravindran C: Churg- Strauss syndrome: A case report. Pulmon 2005,7:2:90-94

11.   Anandan.PT, Rajgopal TP,James PT, Ravindran C:Clinical profile of patients undergoing fibreoptic bronchoscopy in a tertiary care setting. Indian J Bronchology, 2006 (May-Aug):1:58

12.  Abdul Nazar T,Mohammed Musthafa A,Suraj KP, Ravindran C:Bronchial stump  carcinoma ; A rare cause; case report.Indian J Bronchology; 2006 (May-Aug) :1:72

13.  Elizabeth Sunila C.X, Safreena Mohammed, Jyothi E, Suraj K P, Ravindran C: Limited wegener's granulomatosis - A case report; Pulmon  2008;10:1:19-22

14.  Lakshmanan P Hari, Musthafa A Mohammed, Suraj K P, Ravindran C: Pleuropulmonary hydatid disease treated with thoracoscopic instillation of hypertonic saline; Lung India; 2008; 25 (1).

15.  Dhanya T S, Ravindran.C: Medical Thoracoscopy Minimally invasive diagnostic tool for a trained Pulmonologist; Calicut Medical Journal 2009; 7(1) e4.

16.  Jaffer Basheer,Biju George, Ravindran C. Smoking cessation intervention strategies for adults in different populations-A systematic review. Lung India 2009; 26(S):13

17.  Nithya Haridas,Divya R,Sijith K R,Jyothi E,Anandan P T, Ravindran C. Clinical Profile and treatment outcome of DPLD in a tertiary care setting. Lung India 2009; 26(S):18

18.  Padmavathy R, Muraly C P,Sunny George,Jyothi E, Ravindran C. Factors determining length of hospital stay in patients with pleural effusion admitted in a tertiary care setting. Lung India 2009; 26(S):18-19

19.  E V Krishnakumar,Sunny George,T P Rajagopal,P T James, Ravindran C. Correlation between essential hypertension,obesity and sleep apnoea hypopnoea syndrome- A prospective clinical study. Lung India 2009; 26(S):15

20.  Lisha PV, Jyothi E, santhosh KumarPV,James P T, Ravindran C. Evaluation of new smear positive tuberculosis patients 5 years after initiation of treatment under DOTS programme.Lung India 2009;26(S):15

21.  Divya R,Durga B,Mohammed Mustafa,Jyothi E,Suraj K P, Ravindran C. Study comparing the efficacy and side effect profiles of inhaled steroids Ciclosonide and Fluticasone in patients with moderate persistent Astma.; Lung India 2009;26(S):10

22.  Arun Prabhakaran, Ravindran Chetambath, Sunny George. Measurement of cephalometric indices in patients with obstructive sleep apnea.ERJ 2009; 34(S53)

23.  Deepa Sarma, Ravindran Chetambath, E. Jyothi, T.P. Rajagopal, P.T. James. Predictors of mortality in COPD during acute exacerbation. ERJ 2009; 34(S53)

24.  Venugopal Panicker, C. Ravindran .Nasobronchial allergy and pulmonary function abnormalities among coir workers of Aalappuzha.ERJ 2007; 30:S 51

25.  Sunny George, Rajagopal TP, James PT, Ravindran Chetambath: A trend analysis of Diabetic patients with MDR-TB initiated on DOTS PLUS regimen. Pulmon 2010; 12(1):5-10

26.  PV Lisha, PV Santhosh Kumar,Thomas James Ponneduthamkuzhy, Ravindran Chetambath: Evaluation of new smear positive tuberculosis patients 5 years after initiation of treatment under a DOTS programme. ERJ 2010; 36(S 54):1025

27.   Venugopal panicker, Raseela Karunakaran, Ravindran C: Nasobronchial allergy and pulmonary function abnormalities among coir workers in Alappuzha. JAPI 2010; 58:420-422

28.  Divya R, Ravindran C. Clinical profile, treatment response and survival of patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in a tertiary care setting-A prospective study.Pulmon 2011; 13:16-20.

29.  P V Lisha, P T James, C Ravindran. Morbidity and mortality at five years after initiating category-1 treatment among patients with new sputum smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis. Indian J Tuberc 2012; 59:83-91

30.  NIthya Haridas, Suraj K.P, Rrajagopal T.P,James P.T, Ravindran Chetambath. Medical Thoracoscopy vs Closed Pleural Biopsy in Pleural Effusions: A Randomized Controlled Study. Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research. 2014 May, Vol-8(5): MC01-MC04

31.  Ethan Rubinstein, Tahaniyat Lalani, et al and the ATTAIN Study Group. Telavancin versus Vancomycin for Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia due to Gram-positive pathogens. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2011; 52(1):31–40.

32.  Surendra K. Sharma, Alladi Mohan, L.S. Chauhan, J.P. Narain, P. Kumar, D. Behera, K.S. Sachdeva, Ashok Kumar, for Task Force for Involvement of Medical Colleges in the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme. Contribution of medical colleges to tuberculosis control in India under the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP): Lessons learnt & challenges ahead. Indian J Med Res 2013; 137: 283-294

33.  Bridget Collins, Sheetu Singh, Jyotsna Joshi, Deepak Talwar, Sandeep Katiyar, Nishtha Singh, Lawrence Ho, Jai Kumar Samaria, Parthasarathi Bhattacharya, Rakesh Gupta, Sudhir Chaudhari, Tejraj Singh, Vijay Moond, Sudhakar Pipavath, Jitesh Ahuja, Ravindran Chetambath, Aloke Ghoshal, Nirmal Kumar Jain, Gayathri Joshy, Surya Kant, Parvaiz Koul, Raja Dhar, Rajesh Swarnkar, Surendra Sharma, Dhrubajyoti Roy, Kripesh Sarmah, Bhavin Jankharia, Rodney Schmidt, Virendra Singh, Ganesh Raghu. ILD-India registry: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and connective tissue disease (CTD) associated interstitial lung disease (CTD-ILD). European Respiratory Journal 2016; 48: PA812

34.  Thomas James Ponneduthamkuzhy, B.R. Sandeep, P.V. Santhosh Kumar, Chetambath Ravindran. A study to analyse the clinical profile and outcome of hospitalised patients with H1N1 and the factors influencing the outcome. European Respiratory Journal 2011; 38: p4355

35.  Sheetu Singh, Bridget Collins, Bharat Bhushen Sharma, Jyotsana M. Joshi, Deepak Talwar, Sandeep Katiyar, Nishtha Singh, Lawrence Ho, Jai Kumar Samaria, Parthasarthi Bhattacharya, Rakesh Gupta, Sudhir Chaudhari, Tejraj Singh, Vijay Moond, Sudhakar Pipavath, Jitesh Ahuja, Ravindran Chetambath, Aloke G. Ghoshal, Nirmal Kumar Jain, H.J. Gayathri Joshy, Surya Kant, Parvaiz Koul, Raja Dhar, Rajesh Swarnkar, Surendra K. Sharma, Dhrubajyoti Roy, Kripesh R. Sarmah, Bhavin Jankharia, Rodney A. Schmidt, Virendra Singh, Ganesh Raghu.Environmental exposures in 513 patients of hypersensitivity pneumonitis: Prospective ILD India registry. European Respiratory Journal 2016, 48: PA3882

36.  Sethu Babu, Beena Thomas, Ravindran Chetambath. Correlation between Epworth Sleepiness Score and Polysomnographic Indices in Sleep Related Breathing Disorders. JMSCR 2014; 2(8): 2082-2089.

37.  Sheetu Singh ; Bridget F Collins ; Bharat B Sharma ; Jyotsna M Joshi ; Deepak Talwar ; Sandeep Katiyar ; Nishtha Singh ; Lawrence Ho ; Jai Kumar Samaria ; Parthasarathi Bhattacharya ; Rakesh Gupta Sudhir Chaudhari ; Tejraj Singh ; Vijay Moond ; Sudhakar Pipavath ; Jitesh Ahuja ; Ravindran Chetambath ; Aloke G Ghoshal ; Nirmal K Jain ; HJ Gayathri Devi ; Surya Kant ; Parvaiz Koul ; Raja Dhar ; Rajesh Swarnakar ; Suresh Kumar Sharma ; Dhrubajyoti J Roy ; Kripesh R Sarmah ; Bhavin Jankharia ; Rodney Schmidt ; Santosh K Katiyar ; Arpita Jindal ; Daya K Mangal ; Virendra Singh ; Ganesh Raghu. Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD) in India: Results of a Prospective Registry

38.  Sunny George, T P Rajagopal, P C Annamma, P T James, Ravindran Chetambath. Sharing five years’ experience of delivering DRTB services from a tertiary care setting- A descriptive study. KMJ 2015; 8(1): 6-13.

39.  Sunny George,            Rajagopal T.P, Annamma P. C, James P.T, Ravindran Chetambath. Decentralizing drug-resistant tuberculosis centre services by offering virtual consultancy- a Kozhikode model. IJRMS 2017;5(5): DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2320-6012.ijrms20171479       

Text Book Chapters

1)      Chapter on Lung Abscess in “Text Book of Pulmonary & Critical care Medicine” by SK Jindal, Jaypee Publishers 2010.

2)      Chapter on Medical Thoracoscopy in “Text Book of Pulmonary & Critical care Medicine” by SK Jindal, Jaypee Publishers 2010.

3)      Chapter on Interstitial Lung Diseases in “NCCP Text Book of Respiratory Medicine” by D Behera , Jaypee Publishers,2011

4)      Diagnostic approach to Pneumonia, Chapter in World Clinic of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Published by Jaypee Publishers 2012

5)      Chapter on Infection control issues in Pulmonary Function laboratory in “SPIROMETRY” by D.Behera, Kothari Medical Subscription Pvt. Ltd 2015.

6)       “Paediatric Respiratory Illness”, MacMillan Medical Communications. 2011.(2^nd edition 2015)

7)      Pulmonary Infections- Chest X-ray Illustrated (Booklet) Mac Millan Medical Communications.2013

8)      Interstitial Lung Diseases- Chest X-ray Illustrated (Booklet) Mac Millan Medical Communications.2014

9)      Lung Tumors- Chest X-ray Illustrated (Booklet) Mac Millan Medical Communications.2014.

10)  Pleural Diseases- Chest X-ray Illustrated (Booklet) Mac Millan Medical Communications.2015

11)  X Rays Atlas: Images in common respiratory diseases ( Book) Mac Millan Medical Communications.2016

Personal Details

Name:                                     Ravindran Chetambath

Address:                                 Navaneeth, Sarovaram Road, Civil Station Post, Calicut,India, Pin 673020

Telephone:                             +919446951712, +91811881232

Email:                                     dr.ravindranc@dmwims.com,

 crcalicut@gmail.com

Date of birth:                         18.11.1954

Gender:                                  Male

Nationality:                            Indian

Marital Status:                       Married

Educational Qualifications: 

Indira Gandhi National Open University, MBA (HRM) 2004-2007

University of Calicut, DTCD (Chest Diseases) 1983-85

University of Calicut, M.D (General Medicine) 1986-88