Medical College Trivandrum, 1992 MBBS batch

Alex Joseph is now a specialist registrar in anasthetics at the University College, London. Congrats !

Spoke to Unni who is in UK now, and he gave me an update on the following people: Littu, Nandu and Prince are now in UK; Devi prasad is doing DM Gastroenterology in tvm; Shibu Y working as an internist at Holy Cross Kottiyam, where Biju Mohan is working as a radiologist. Riaz is working as a pediatrician taking care of all the babies that Tanuja delivers. Sunil Latheef is working in Punalur. Renjith CP is working as a General Practitioner in UK. Thomas baby is an Orthopod at KIMS trivandrum VTP is working in the oncology division of Thrisur Amala Center Tinku Jose is working as a lecturer in surgery in Kottayam Praveen Namboodiri finished his DM nephrology from Bombay, where Praveen M has now joined for his DM nephro.

finally tracked down ben george ! Ben and his wife, Reshmi are in their 2nd yr of residency in Internal medicine in LaCrosse, Wisconsin; Ben moved here after completing his PhD from the University of Southern California. Looks like Ben is the only MD,PhD in our batch !! He has promised to be in touch with the rest of us mortals from now on..kandariyaaam :)

Strategies and Methodologies for Identifying Molecular Targets in Sarcomas and Other Tumors Vinod Ravi, MD and Michael K. K. Wong, MD, PhD, FRCPC Current Treatment Options in Oncology 2005, 6:487-497 Current Science, Inc. ISSN 1527-2729 Copyright © 2005 by Current Science, Inc. Opinion Statement Sarcomas are a heterogeneous group of tumors that respond poorly to conventional cytotoxic chemotherapy. Sarcomas possess specific molecular characteristics that exist because of unique somatic mutations, vital growth factor or growth factor receptor overexpression, or are critically dependent on host pathways. Currently these tumors are classified on the basis of their tissue of origin and histologic appearance. Gene expression and proteomic analysis of sarcomas may enable reclassification of these tumors and help predict their biologic behavior and devise common therapeutic strategies within a class. It may not be long before cDNA/protein expression profiling and karyotyping complement t...

   

Smithfield welcomes a new doctor By SARAH MCNEIL, STAFF REPORTER Smithfield — At Meridian Medical Center, Dr. Shubi Shahida has been on the job for just four days, but she already has the goal of keeping her patients educated and healthy. "Everything about my new practice is about prevention or the proper care of diseases that people already have," she said. Shahida has taken over the internal-medicine practice of Dr. Joseph "Jan" Creech, who retired in April. Creech owned the practice for 23 years and plans to fill in for Shahida if she needs to be away from the office. "I am definitely not Dr. Creech, but I think that I will be close to Dr. Creech," Shahida said. "I am confident that after a couple of visits, they will get to know me very well, but they have to come in and see how I do it." Shahida is focused particularly on cancer prevention because she has family members who have been diagnosed with the disease or died from it. Annual mammogr...

Anil George who is in trivandrum for his wedding on the 19th, tells me that Arshad has joined a DM Cardiology program in Bombay. Good Job Arshad !!

Most people on the 92batch egroups will have received the Onam greetings sent by Syamlal and Shahnaz, the final yr. DM Neurology trainees at MCH Trivandrum... Quite a few superspecialists in our batch eh?-if i remember correctly, wasnt gopalakrishnan doing MCH neurosurgery at NIMHANS, and MR Rajesh was doing MCH Cardiothoracic surgery at AIIMS ? Anyone has any updates on them, please let me know, and we can put it up here...

Deepa S kurup is working as a registrar in Anasthesia

I understand that Saritha is working as an SHO in Ob/Gyn while Smitha Menon is doing a registrarship in radiology.

I hear that the couple that was one of the first to reach the UK are doing extremely well. K. Rajesh, is one of the very few indians who got accepted into a registrar post in Cardiology, and currently is in Australia, pursuing a PhD. Priyarenjini is doing a registrarship in Neurology.

I had a chance to have a long conversation with Jeet. He is doing very well in UK. He is now married. His wife Mridula, is preparing for her PLAB, while jeet is a few months away from finishing his training in general practice, and will be starting out as an independent physician. Incidentally, Dilip Abraham Eapen was visiting jeet this weekend. Dilip is in internal medicine and doing well too. Dilip's wife, Deepa, is currently finishing her MPH from Sri Chitra in Trivandrum. Jeet tells me that there are at least 30+ of our classmates in the UK !

I had a chance to call leema on her birthday today. leema is working as an Opthalmologist at the Mulamootil Eye Hospital, Kozhenchery. Her husband, Manoj is a Dentist who has a very busy clinic in changanachery.

Someone finally decided to marry Anil !!! The "lucky" girl is Rani, who happens to be Reena Jacob's youngest sister. Rani is an engineer, currently in south africa. They are planning a september wedding in trivandrum. Imagine Anil and Joji- hanging out and sharing a couple of beers together :)

I joined the fellowship program here at Charlottesville. Its a small college town, but nestled in a very scenic spot- just on the foothills of the shenandoah mountains... Unlike the residency program, they are making me work hard here in UVA. Damn, and to think that i thought that rheumatology meant a nice lifestyle.....

My graduating class foto

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Alex (chalex) is now training in anesthesiology at Bradford Royal Infirmary. He has passed his FRCA part one and hopes to become a registrar soon.

Sheen sent me an email informing me that he has been accepted into the oncology training program at Cambridge.

If you have been following the news in kerala, currently a hot topic is the nanotechnology that our Arunkumar VS ( vepraalam) and his brother have been experimenting in. They have laid claim to "hundreds of patents" for their pathbreaking technology. But is this the real thing or just another scam?? check out the following link: http://www.hindu.com/2005/03/07/stories/2005030707160500.htm Also check out the blog on their activities: http://www.keralananofrauds.blogspot.com So, what do you think ?

Pradeep tells me that Asha is busy working as a fulltime mom and as a part time pediatrician in chicago nowadays.

Apparently both Jason and Muralikrishnan have settled into cozy central government jobs. Both cleared the UPSC exams and are working in the railway hospital system. Jason is working in Chennai, and Murali is in Palakkad. Jason did his MS in surgery from Trivandrum, while Murali completed with honors, his MD in medicine.

Harikrishnan after finishing his MD, has joined the infectious diseases department of the medical college, via the PSC exam. This posting too is a permanent Govt job.

I spoke to Jayachandran today, and he tells me that he has been working in our Medical college, as a lecturer in M5 team. He got this through the PSC and this is a permanent job ! His unit chief is C.Jayakumar ( Aniyaa)..

Jagan hopes to start a 4 year Neurology residency in July, at the Albert Einstein Medical Center in NewYork. Jagan currently is a PhD student in Auditory Neurosciences at Northwestern University in Chicago. Incidentally, Jagan has also been publishing short stories on the net, that you should certainly read. Here is the link to one of his stories: http://www.viewsunplugged.com/VU/20031021/arts_shortStory_burningDay.shtml

We congratulate VP on publishing a review article in Dialysis & Transplantation about Anemia of CKD. This article appears in the December 2004 issue of the journal and is linked to below: http://www.eneph.com/pdf/v33n12p758.pdf

Prasanth with Son Harigovind(Vava)

Had been to Chocowinity( middle of nowhere!), North Carolina, over the weekend, as Pradeep and Priya were hosting a grand party celebrating sweet anjaly's 5th birthday. Anoop also had come as did a bunch of our friends from here. Anil George had some some bullshit research that he couldnt get away from, but thankfully his Parents were there :D

Part of the 92batch MBBS family

Pradeep, Priya and Anjali

Anjali's 5th Birthday 

pradeep and priya- saying "we should have these kinds of parties more often. We have absolutely no idea how to spend all the money we are raking in" 

sheeba ( anish's wife), priya & a visibly contented anoop ( who's thinking-"take the bloody picture fast so that i can get back to my ginger chicken")

Anil's Parents Obviously happy that Anil didnt come with them :)

priya, anjaly & pradeep 

Seema and I

VP and Shalini in Cleveland