Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Personal Details


Name
:
D.Rajasekhar
Full Name
:
Durgaprasad Rajasekhar
Father’s Name
:
G.S.DURGAPRASAD
Date  of Birth

10.02.1963
Official Address
:
Professor & Head

Dept of Cardiology

Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences
TIRUPATI : 517 507

Andhra Pradesh    INDIA

Phone :  0877  22 87777 Extn. 2369

0877 22 88133

Fax      : 0091  8772288133

Mobile : 9849221650,9493547667
Email : drdrsekhar@yahoo.co.in
Residential Address
:
8-1-10/10, Ramachandra Nagar

K.T.  Road

TIRUPATI -  517507.

Andhra Pradesh

Phone 0091 .877 2241157
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Educational/Professional Qualifications

Degree
Year of Passing
College & University
MBBS
1985
JIPMER, Puducherry University of Madras
M.D (Int Medicine )
1989
PGIMER Chandigarh, Autonomous institute
D.M., (Cardiology)
1993
SCTIMST  Thiruvananthapuram
Autonomous Institute
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Places of Study

Matriculation  (1978)
:
Petit Seminaire High School, Puducherry
A prestigious school in Puducherry Medium of education : English
Higher secondary(+2) (1980)
:
Petit Seminaire Higher Secondary School,Pondicherry ,A prestigious school in Puducherry,Medium of education :English
M.B., B. S., (1985)               
:
Jawharlal  Institute of Post-graduate Medical Education & Research(JIPMER). Puducherry is a prestigious centrally administered medical college hospital, affiliated to the famous University of Madras.  Admission to the course is based on All India entrance test and the total number of seats only 65.
M.D.(Int Med) (1989)          

Post-graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research Chandigarh.

(PGIMER) is a national Institute known for its academic    excellence and a University on itself. Admissions are made on all India Entrance examination.
D.M., (CARD) (1993)        
:
Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical  Sciences & Technology,  Tiruvananthapuram.

 It is a prestigious national Institute and a University on itself.  Admissions are based on All India Entrance Examination.
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Academic Achivements

  • Passed all exams on first attempt.
  • Aggregate of 71% marks in MBBS course.
  • Distinctions (>75%) earned in Anatomy, Microbiology, Pharmacology and         Medicine in MBBS examinations.
  • Masilamani ‘Gold medal in Medicine in 1985 for performance in final MBBS Medicine examination
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Awards

  •  Awarded the prestigious  “FELLOW OF THE INDIAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY -FICC” at the 5th annual Conference of the Indian College of Cardiology  held at Varanasi  in July 1999.
  • Was awarded “K.V. NAIDU MEMORIAL AWARD” in September 2000.
  • Was awarded the A.P. State Government Award Certificate of Applications for the Best performance for the year 2001-2002 at the Republic Day celebrations on 26th January 2002, at Chittoor
  • Awarded the prestigious “FELLOW OF THE CARDIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF INDIA- FCSI” at the 57th annual conference of CSI held at Mumbai in December 2005.
  • Awarded the prestigious “FELLOW OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY- FACC ‘’ at the annual scientific sessions of ACC at Atlanta Georgia on 15 03 2010
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Membership


  • Life member,  Cardiological Society of India.
  • Life member,  Indian College of Cardiology.
  • Life member, Indian Society for atherosclerosis research
  • Life member, IMA Tirupati Chapter
  • Member of American college of Cardiology since Jan 2010
  • Member Governing Council of SVIMS from Feb 2005 to .Feb 2008
  • Life member of  Association of Physicians of India National, State and Tirupati Chapters
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Work Experience

S. NO
POST
INSTITUTE
PERIOD
FROM
TO
  1.  
Compulsory rotary internship
JIPMER Puducherry
May 1985
April 1986
  1.  
House Job
JIPMER Puducherry    
May 1986
Dec. 1986
  1.  
Junior Resident               
PGIMER,  Chandigarh   
Jan  1987
Dec 1989
  1.  
Senior Resident, Dept of  Cardiology      
JIPMER Puducherry    
Jan 1990
Dec 1991
  1.  
Senior Resident, Dept of  Cardiology
SCTIMST  Thiruvananthapuram  
Jan 1991
Dec 1993
  1.  
Asst.  Professor, Dept of  Cardiology
SVIMS Tirupati              
Jan 1994
April 1997
  1.  
Associate Professor, Dept of  Cardiology
SVIMS Tirupati         
April 1997
April 2001
  1.  
Head, Dept of  Cardiology
SVIMS  Tirupati           
March 1998
  Till date.
  1.  
Additional Professor, Dept of  Cardiology
SVIMS  Tirupati           
April 2001
May 2005
  1.  
Professor & Head, Dept of  Cardiology
SVIMS, Tirupati
June 2005
To till date
  1.  
Registrar, SVIMS
SVIMS, Tirupati
August 2007
 April 2008
  1.  
Dean, SVIMS
SVIMS Tirupati
Sept 2010
Jan 2014
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Guest Lectures

1.      “VALVULOPLASTY  IN  PREGNANCY” at the first mid term conference of AP Chapter CSI  held   at Tirupati  in March 1996.
  1.  Participated as a panelist in a panel discussion on “MULTIPLE ORGAN  DYSFUNCTION SYNDROME” in the CME on “Recent Advances in Anaesthesia  and Critical Care” held     at Tirupati  in June 1996.
3.      “IRON STATUS AND CORONARY HEART DISEASE” at the 12th  Annual conference of ISAR  held  at Tirupati in December 1999.
4.      “LIPOPROTEIN (A) AS A RISK FACTOR FOR CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE” at the fifteenth annual confereence of ISAR held at Tirupati on October 2002.
5.      Utility of carotid intima media thickness (CIMT) in clinical practice at the CME programme on current advances in atherosclerosis reasearch, held at SVIMS, Tiruapti in April 2005.
6.      “NEWER IONOTROPIC DRUGS” at the 13th annual conference of A.P. Chapter of CSI in Hyderabadin June 2006.
7.      “CARDIAC BIOMARKERS” at the 14th annual conference of A.P chapter of CSI held at Tirupati in June 2007.
8.      “NON LDL TARGETS” at the 59th annual conference of CSI held at Hyderabad in December 2007.
9.      “NON LDL TARGETS” at the 20th annual conference of ISAR held at Tirupati in December 2007.
10.   “Management of angina in those with non revascularisable vessels” at the 60th annual conference of cardiological society of India at Chennai in Dec 2008
11.  ” Direct Renin Inhibitors.” At the API Regional CME held at SVIMS Tirupati in Nov 2008.
12.  ”Obesity as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease “ in theCME on the occasion of World Heart day  in Sept 2008
13.  ”Prevention of stroke in atrial fibrillation –What is new?” at the 14th annual conference of AP chapter of CSI at Vijayawada in Jul 2009
14.  “Diabetes and   Dyslipidemias”  CME held in Tirupati. On 31 Oct 2009
15.  “Diabetes dyslipidemia and platelet function”  at 61st annual conference of  CSI    held at Kochi in   Dec, 2009.”
16.  Management of cardiovascular emergencies  in a CME organised by EMRI in Tirupati in Sept 2010
17.  Non Invasive screening test for atherosclerosis  in a CME organised in SVIMS in Sept  2010 on World Heart Day.
18.  18.Clinical conundrums in CHF-Dyspneic patient with increased Renal parameters – in 63rd Annual CSI Conference held at Mumbai from 8-11 Dec 2011.
19.  Are all statins equal ?  at the 16th Annual APCSI conference held at Visakapatnam from 16-17 Jul 2011
20.  Echo Doppler evaluation of Diastolic Dysfunction of LV in the 16th Annual cinference of ICC held at Kolkota on 21 08 2011.
21.  Primary Angioplasty for Acute Myocardial Infarction at the monthly CME of the Tirupati Chapter of API on 31 05 2011.
22.  Cardiovascular complications in Diabetes Mellitus- in a CME organised by Dept of Endocrinology in SVIMS on 10 02 2011
23.  Cardiovascular complications in Obesity in a CME on obesity organised by the Department of Plastic Surgery in SVIMS in Aug 2011.
24.  ECG in Acute coronary Syndromes in a CME on ECG organised by Department of cardiology ,Narayana Medical College Nellore 21 07 2011.

25.  Prevention of cardiovascular complications in DM and Hypertension in a CME for TTD medical officers at TTD central Hospital on 07 09 2011.
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Academic Credits

1.      Chairman Scientific Committee of 12th annual conference of ISAR held at Tirupati in December 1999.
2.      Organsing Secretary for the 15th Annual conference of ISAR held at Tiruapti in October 2002.
3.      Editor & Publisher : Current Advances in Atherosclerosis research Volume-V, 2003
4.      Chairman Scientific Committee for the Indo American update on Medicine – Conference held at Tirupati in December 2003.
5.      Organsing secreatary of the CME programme on “Current Advances in atheroscloresis research” held at SVIMS Tiruapti in April 2005.
6.      Organsing secretary for the 14th Annual Conference of A.P Chapter of CSI held at  Tiruapti in June 2007.
7.      Organising  secretary for the 20th annual conference of ISAR held at Tiruapti in December 2007.
8.      Vice President , Tirupati Chapter of API 2007-08.
9.      Manuscript reviewer for Journal of Clinical and Scientific Research.

10.  Manuscript reviewer for African Journal of Biotechnology.
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Publications

I.    ORIGINAL ARTICLES.
1.      Thrombolytic therapy for prosthetic cardiac valve thrombosis.     D.Rajasekhar  K.G.Balakrishnan  C.G.Venkatachalam  et al     Ind Heart J 1994:. 46;101-105. (1 citation)
2.      Primary Pulomary  Hypertension-Natural History and Prognostic factors. D. Rajasekhar, K.G,Balakrishnan, C.G.Venkatachalam  et al,  Ind  Heart J. 1994;       46; 165-170. (1 citation)
3.      Stress thallium perfusion imaging using oral Dipyridamole for detection of   coronary   artery disease D.Rajasekhar, K.M.Lakshmipathy,S.K. Agarwal and Y.Vijaychandra.  .Ind J Nucl Med,1996; 11;90-92,  .
4.      Closed  Mitral  Valvotomy versus Balloon Mitral Valvotomy – A  comparison   of 100   cases .   R.S.Iyer, R.Jain D.Rajasekhar et al  Asian Cardiovasc & Thoracic Annals1998;.6;285 –287..
5.      Early Beneficial Effect of Preservation of  Papillo-Annular Continuity in Mitral Valve Replacement on Left Ventricular Function. Dronamraju Dilip, Abha Chandra, Durgaprasad Rajasekhar, Manoj Padmanabhan J Heart Valve Dis 2001 .10.;294-301; .
6.      Coronary  Artery Bypass Grafting in severe Left Ventricular Dysfunction. D.Dilip., M.H. Rao, D. Rajasekhar, et al, Asian cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals; 2002 : 10: 211-214. (1 citation)
7.      Infection Etiology in Acute coronary syndromes, D. Rajasekhar,                    G. Subramaniam, SAA Latheef et al, Ind J Med Microbilogy, 2002:20;83-87. (3 citations)
8.      Immediate and follow-up hemodynamic results of percutaneous balloon mitral Valvotomy: D. Rajasekhar, A. Bhatt, K.G. Balakrishanan at al. Ind Heart J. 1994 : . 46; 3-5.
9.      Lipoprotein(a) : Better assessor of coronary heart disease risk of South Indian Population .. D. Rajasekhar, K.S.S. Saibaba, PVLNS. Rao, SAA Latheef and G. Subramanyam. Ind J of clinical Biochemistry, 2004: 19:53-59. (3 citations)
10.  Seroprevalance of lgG antibodies to Chlamydia pneumoniae prevalence and Helico bacter Pylori among coronary heart disease patients and normal individuals in South Indian population.  A Choudhary, D. Rajasekhar, SAA. Latheef, G. Subramanyam.  Ind J Pathol Microbiol 2004; 47.;433-34.
11.  Association of serumantioxidants and risk of coronary heart disease in South Indianpopulation.  D. Rajasekhar, SAA Latheef,KSS Saibaba, PVLNS Rao and G Subramanyam. Ind J Med .Sciences 2004;58; 465-471. (4 citations)
12.  Clinical and echocardiographic profile of patients with toxic myocarditis due to scorpion sting. D Rajasekhar and A Mohan, National Med J of India 2004; 17; 307-309. (4 citations)
13.  Pulmonary hypertension in hemodialysis patients.  Ch. Ramakrishna, SAA. Latheef, V. Vanaja, D. Rajasekhar, G. Subramanyam, Indian J of Nephrology 2006; 16; 168-169.
14.  High prevalence of birth defects in congenital Hyperthyroidism. P Amareesh Reddy, G Rajagopal, CV Harinarayana, V Vanaja, D Rajasekhar, V Suresh and Alok Sachan. International Journal of Paediatric Endocrinology, 2010:10.1155/2010/940980. (1 citation)
15.  Assesment of endothelial function by brachial artery flow mediated diatation in microvascular disease. OAK Naidu, D Rajasekhar and SAA Latheef. Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2011, 9-40. (1 citation)
16.  Association of hyperhomocysteinemia and coronary artery disease in South Indian population. D Rajasekhar, PVLN Srinivasa Rao, SAA Latheef, G Subramanyam and KSS Saibaba. Indian J of Nutrition and Diatetics. 2006:43; 146-52.
17.  Serum adenosine deaminase and malondialdehyde as determinants of extent of myocardial reperfusion injury. Y. Dhanunjaya, **Aparna R. Bitla, **D. Rajashekhar, **M.M. Suchitra and **P.V.L.N. Srinivasa Rao. Biomedicine: 2011; 31(3): 411 – 414.
18.  Docking and Molecular Dynamic Simulations of Legionella pneumophilia MurB Reductase for Potential Inhibitor Design. Vani Priyadarshini, Dibhyabhaba Pradhan, Manne Munikumar, Ammineni Umamaheswari, D Rajasekhar and PVLN Srinivasa Rao. Biochem & Anal Biochem, 1:101 doi:10.4172/2161.-1009,1000101.
19.  Effect of percutaneous mitral balloon valvuloplasty on left atrial appendage function :Transesophageal echo study. V Ganeshwar Reddy,D Rajasekhar ,V Vanajakshamma. Indian Heart journal :2012;64:462-468.
20.  High sensitivity C-reactive proteinlevels across spectrum and severity of coronary artery disease. S Guruprasad, DRajasekhar, G Subramanyam, PVLNS Rao, V Vanajakshamma & K Latheef.  J Clin Sci Res 2012; 3:126-30.
21.  Correlation of coronary artery disease angiographic severity with intima-media thickness of carotid artery Latheef K, Praveen M, Vanajakshamma V, Rajasekhar D. Journal Ind Coll Cardiol 2012; 2(4): 144-49.
22.  Factor V Leiden mutation is not a predisposing factor for acute coronary syndromes. Himabindu G, Rajasekhar D, Latheef K, Sarma PV, Vanajakshamma V, Chaudhury A, Bitla AR. Indian Heart J. 2012; 64(6):570-5.
23.  Assessment of mitral valve commissural morphology by transoesophageal echocardiography predicts outcome after balloon mitral valvotomy. Sarath Babu D, Ranganayakulu KP, Rajasekhar D, Vanajakshamma V, Pramod Kumar T. Indian Heart J. 2013; 65(3):269-75.
24.  Comparative tissue Doppler and catheterization study for assessing left ventricular diastolic dysfunction. Haritha PNS, Vidya Sagar A, Latheef K, Rajasekhar D, Vanajakshamma V. Journal Ind Coll Cardiol 2012; 3(3): 93-98.
25.  Three dimensional Echocardiographic assessment before and after percutaneous transvenous mitral commissurotomy in patients with Rheumatic mitral stenosis. Shashanka C, Rajasekhar D, Vanajakshamma V, Sreenivasa Kumar ML. The Journal of Heart Valve Disease 2013; 22(4): 543-49.
26.  Magnetic resonance angiography vs. angiography in tetrology of Fallot. Venkateswara Rao U, Vanajakshamma V, Rajasekhar D, Lakshmi AY, Niranjan Reddy R. Asian Cardioivascular & Thoracic Annals 2013; 21: 418-25.
27.  In silico drug targets for infective endocarditis. Vani Priyadarshini, Dibyabhaba Pradhan, Manne Munikumar,Sandeep Swargam, Amineni Umamaheswari, D. Rajasekhar. Online Journal of Bioinformatics. 2013; 14(1):32-50.
28.  Molecular modelling, docking and dynamics studies of biotin carboxyl carrier protein of acetyl-CoA carboxylase to discover potential inhibitors. Priyadarshini V, Pradhan D, Munikumar M, Sandeep S,Umamaheswari A, Rajasekhar D. Journal of Clinical and Scientific Research. 04/2013; 2(2):72-80.
29.  Genome-based approaches to develop epitope-driven subunit vaccines against pathogens of infective endocarditis. Vani Priyadarshini, Dibyabhaba Pradhan, Manne Munikumar,Sandeep Swargam, Amineni Umamaheswari, D Rajasekhar. Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics 06/2013. DOI:
10.1080/07391102.2013.795871.
 
30.  The real world experience of the biodegradable polymer-coated sirolimus-eluting coronary stent system: Results from an “all-comers” clinical experience. Rajasekhar D, Vanajakshamma V, Shashank C, Srinivasakumar ML, Sivasankara C. Catheterization and cardiovascular intervention 2013. DOI: 10.1002/ccd.25246. (ACCEPTED)
31.  Effects of Statin Therapy on Endothelial Function in Asymptomatic Metabolic Syndrome. Buchi babu M, Rajasekhar D, Vanajakshamma V, Vinod kumar M, Latheef K, Ashok T. International Journal of clinical medicine 2014; 5:149-56. doi:10.4236/ijcm.2014.
32.  Clinical efficacy of l-carnitine in scorpion sting myocarditis: A randomized study. Rajasekhar D, Vanajakshamma V, Ravikanth A, Praveen Kumar BS. Journal Ind Coll Cardiol 2014.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jicc.2014.01.008

 II    REVIEW ARTICLE

1.      Iron Status and Coronary artery  disease. D.Rajasekhar  and Abdul  Latheef. Current Advances in Atherosclerosis Research, Vol III 32-38, 2000.
2.      C-Reactive protein and coronary heart disease.  D. Rajsekhar, G. Subramanyam, SAA. Latheef.  Current advances in Atherosclerosis Research volume V 2003    .207-214.
3.      “Diabetes, Dyslipidemia and platelet function” D Rajasekhar & PNS Haritha,  in   Cardiology Update - 2009 ; 233-241.
4.      Electrocardiographic localization of infarct related coronary artery in acute ST- elevation myocardial infarction. Thejanandhan Reddy CS, Rajasekhar D, Vanajakshamma V. J Clin Sci Res 2013;2:151-60.





III        CASE REPORTS

1.      Ruptured hydatid cyst of right ventricular outflow tract. D.Rajasekhar, D.Dilip and   P.Manoj. Asian Cardiovasc and Thoracic Annals 1999;             7;161-63 .
2.      Aorto left atrial fistula following native aortic valve endocarditis.    D.Rajasekhar,           D.Dilip and P.Manoj.  Asian Cardiovasc and Thoracic Annals,1999;7:243-45.
3.      Anomalous  left anterior descending  coronary artery from right  common trunk. D. Rajasekhar, P. Ghosh A.Chandra and N.Raju. Asian Cardiovasc and  Thoracic  Annals. 1999;7:285-87.
4.      Ebstein’s  anomaly tricuspid valve in association with corctation of aorta. D. Rajasekhar, R.Raju, and D.C.Reddy.Ind Heart J : 2000, 52 : 599-600. (1 citation)
5.      Bilateral unruptured sinus of Valsalva aneurysms manifesting as transient complete heart block,  D. Rajasekhar, M. Praveen, S. Guruprasad, V. Mukesh and G. Subramanyam.  Asian Cardiovasc & Thoracic Annals 2005 ; 13’ 282-86.
6.      Thalamic disequilibrium syndrome after thrombolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction.  R. Nandagopal, B. Vengamma, S.G. Krishnamoorthy, D. Rajasekhar, G. Subramanyam, Neurology 2005;           65 : 494. (1 citation)
7.      Anomalous Right coronary artery arising from left anterior descending artery. M L Srinivas Kumar, D Rajasekhar, V Vanajaksmamma & C Shashanka . J Clin Sci Res 2012; 3 :144-7.
8.      An unusual case of native  tricuspid valve endocarditis and sepsis in a child with structurally normal heart mimicking bronchopneumonia. D Rajasekhar, V Vanajakshamma, C Shashanka, ML Srinivas Kumar &  D Sarath Babu . J Clin Sci Res 2012;1:97-100.
9.      A rare coronary anomaly: Intercoronary communication between the circumflex and right coronary arteries. C. Shashanka, D. Rajasekhar, V. Vanajakshamma, M.L. Srinivas Kumar. Journal Ind Coll Cardiol 2012; 2(4): 167-69.
10.  Hyperdominant left anterior descending artery continuing as posterior descending artery: a rare coronary artery anamoly. Buchi Babu M, Rajasekhar D, Vanajakshamma V. CathLab Digest 2013; 21(1): 35-36.
11.  Right subclavian steal syndrome in a patient with aberrant right subclavian artery, common carotid trunk and hypoplastic left vertebral artery. Boochi Babu Mannuva, Rajasekhar Durgaprasad,Vanajakshamma Velam, Shashanka Chunduri, Vijayalajshmi Devi B. International Journal of Case Reports and Images. 01/2013.

IV     LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

1.      Seropositivity of Chlamydiae pneumoniae and Helicobacter pyiori among coronary disease patients and normal individuals in South Indian population.  D. Rajasekhar, A. Choudary, SAA. Latheef and G. Subramanyam. Ind Heart J:2003:55:384-385.
2.      Utility of Luminol enhanced neutrophil chemiluminescence in fulminant hepatic failure. D. Rajasekhar, SAA. Latheef, A. Sethi, Y. Chawla, JB Dilawari and N.K. Ganguly.  Ind J of .Gastroenterology 2004: 23:116.

3.      Cardiac and renal toxity to a herbal concotion.  S.P. Padmanabhan,              D. Rajasekhar, V. Siva Kumar.  Indian J of Nephrology 13; 114-115.
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