Prof.(Dr).A.Ramachandran, MD.Ph.D.,D.Sc., FRCP(Lond)., MNAMS., FICP. FRCP (Edin)

President
India Diabetes Research Fondation

Chairman / Managing Director
Dr.A.Ramachandran’s Diabetes Hospitals
28, Marshalls Road, Egmore
Chennai - 600 008, India
Email : ramachandran@vsnl.com

CURRICULUM VITAE

Qualifications :-

M.B.B.S. - Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER),
                   Pondicherry,1972.

M.D. (Gen. Medicine) - Madras Medical College, Madras, 1978.

Ph.D. (Medicine - Diabetology) - University of Madras, 1988.

D.Sc. - Dr. M.G.R. Medical University. 2001

MNAMS - 1988.

FICP - 1995.

FRCP (Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians, London) 1999.

FRCP(Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh) 2005.

Fellowship in Diabetes Endocrinology & Metabolism, University of Nebraska Medical Centre, Omaha, NE, USA, Jan 1983 to June 1984.

Clinical Epidemiology of Diabetes Course, WHO & IDF, Cambridge, U.K., 1981.

Recognitions :-

• Chairman, National Diabetes Control Programme, ICMR.
• Member, WHO Consultative Committee on Classification & Diagnosis of Diabetes.
• Member, Diabetes Health Economics Study group-International (IDF-WHO)
• Member, Indian Council of Medical Research Expert Committee on RDA.
• Member, Diabetes Atlas Committee
• Member, Immi-Diab Group.
• Member, Davidson’s Principles & Practices of Medicine.
• Member, Davidson’s International Advisory Board, Elsevier Publication.
• Member, Scientific Advisor for GlaxoSmithKline Beecham.

Awards :-

• Dr. R.V. Rajam Gold Medal for M.D. 1st rank in the University of Madras, 1978.
• R.V. Sathe Endowment Fund Award from Diabetic Association of India, January, 1979.
• Boehringer Knoll Junior Lectureship in Diabetes, Association of Physicians of India, 1981.
• Late Dr. J.N. Karande Oration Award, Diabetic Association of India, 1988.
• Dr. Devasagayam Memorial Oration Award, Indian Association of Occupation Health, 1988.
• ''''Professor Keshav Pai Memorial Gold Medal Oration Award 1999 was awarded by Dr. Keshaba Pai Memorial Trust Kasturba college, Mangalore, 2nd March''99
• Hoechst Sr. Lecture awarded by in Association of Physicians of India, January 2000.
• Prof. Kizar Ahmed (Medicine) Endowment Lecture for the year 1999-2000 at Dr.A.L.M.P.G. Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chennai , February 2000.
• Dr. Bankath Chandra Annual Memorial Oration, Indian Medical Association, Hyderabad, on 28th August 2001.
• Invited to deliver the oration at the 6th Annual Conference of North Eastern Diabetes Society held in Gawati, on 30th September 2001.
• Dr P. J. Mehta Oration at the 57th joint Annual Conference of Association of Physicians of India, held in Chennai on 14th January 2002.
• U.S.V. Oration at the 56th Annual Tamil Nadu State Medical Conference – “Megha Mediknit”, held in Tirupur on 28th & 29th September 2002.
• Vocational Achiever Award 2003 – 04 by The Rotary Club of Madras Central on 28th July 2003.
• “Best Referee Award 2003” by the Journal of Association of Physicians - The Dr. JC Patel –Dr.  B.C. Metha JAPI Award 2003.
• The Dr. J C Patel – Dr. B.C. Metha JAPI Award – 2003 – “Best Correspondence” by the Journal of Association of Physicians.
• RSSDI 2004 Oration at the 32nd Annual Conference of the Research Society for the Study of Diabetes in India, held in Patna on 4th November 2004.
• Netaji Oration at the Diamond APICON 2005, Mumbai, by Association of Physicians of India, JAPI.
• Medical Excellence Award by Harvard Medical International on 11th February 2007 at New Delhi.

Professional Affiliations Memberships:

• International Diabetes Federation
• American Diabetes Association
• International group of the Study of Epidemiology of Diabetes
• European Association for the Study of Diabetes
• Association of Physicians of India
• Research Society for the Study of Diabetes in India
• Diabetic Association of India

Regular invited speaker for International Conferences:

• International Diabetes Federation
• International Diabetes Epidemiology group
• World Congress on Prevention of Diabetes and its Complications
• Diabetes in Asia
• American Diabetes Association (ADA)
• International Congress on “Prediabetes” and the metabolic syndrome
• HDL Symposium
• National Diabetes Institute (NADI – Kuala Lumpur)

Papers published:
More than 250 original research papers in National and International Journals in the field of Diabetes.

Chapters:
Authored chapters in International Text Books on Diabetes.

Editorial Board:

• Associate Editor for Obesity Research and Clinical Practice
• Editorial Board Member for Practical Diabetes International

Scientific Reviewer:

Reviewer of Scientific papers of prestigious Journals

• Diabetes Care, USA
• Diabetes, USA
• Diabetes Medicine, UK
• The Lancet
• Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, Australia
• Practical Diabetes Mellitus, UK
• Diabetes Metabolism Research & Reviews, France
• International Diabetes Monitor, Denmark
• Practical Diabetes International, UK
• Diabetes Voice, Belgium
• International Journal of Epidemiology
• Current Diabetes Review
• Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine
• Journal of Physicians Associations of India, India
• Indian Journal of Medical Research, India
• Research Society for the Study of Diabetes in India

Research Fields

• Epidemiology of Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes.
• Diabetes in Pregnancy
• Diagnosis of Diabetes.
• Diabetes in Children.
• Insulin Metabolism in Diabetes.
• Study of Prediabetic State.
• Cardiovascular risk factors in Indians.
• Coronary artery disease in Indians.
• Genetic studies in Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes.
• Familial aggregation in Diabetes.
• Economic of Diabetes Health Care.