DR. SHOBHANA RAMACHANDRAN

 

Vice President
India Diabetes Research Fondation

 

Joint Managing Director
Dr.A.Ramachandran’s Diabetes Hospitals
28, Marshalls Road, Egmore
Chennai - 600 008, Ph : 044 – 28582003 – 05

 

CURRICULUM VITAE

 

B.Sc. – Home Science - Queen Mary’s College, Chennai.
M.A. – Sociology - Annamalai University, Chennai.
Ph.D – Madras Medical College, Chennai.
The Tamilnadu Dr. MGR Medical University, Chennai.

 

Field of Specialization

Major - Medical Sociology {Socio-Medical Faculty}
Minor - Diabetes – Psycho-Social

 Special Interest

Economics of Diabetes Health Care
Education of Diabetic Patients
Children with IDDM {Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus}

 Teaching Experience

• Diabetes Patient Education & Counseling - 22 years
• Recognized Guide for Ph.D.(Department of Psychosocial Studies) - MAHER University, Chennai.

 Author of

• Books on Diabetes
• “Know your Diabetes” 100 questions & Answers in 5 languages
• Diet in Diabetes
• A Hand Book on Diabetes (2 languages) 

 

Membership Research Society

 

• American Diabetes Association
• Research Society for the study of Diabetes in India {RSSDI}
• Diabetes Association of India

 

 Research Fields

• Published Research papers in International and National Journals (Enclosed)
• Presented Papers in many medical conferences.

 Contributions to Diabetes Health Care

• Has been responsible for evolving and establishing the 1st structured Diabetes Patient Education Programme in India. This model has been implemented widely throughout the country.
• Also responsible for starting the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics and developed Diabetes Diet System for Indian patients and is the Founder President of Indian Diabetes Educators Association.
• Recent progress work has been on Psychosocial aspects on Diabetes in the developing countries.

Research Paper Presentation

Our study on "Fear of Hypoglycaemia among Diabetic subjects" was presented at the conference, Journal of Association of Physicians in India. This paper has been awarded as the "Best Poster Award" during the Diamond APICON held at Mumbai, January 2005.

 

Our Research Publications

Shobhana R, and Viswanathan M. Challenges in patient education in India, IDF Bulletin 1985; 30:18.

Shobhana R, Indira P, Ramachandran A, Mohan V, Premila L, Viswanathan M. Effectiveness of patient education in a multilingual, multi-literate population. J Med. Ass. Thaliland. 1987; 70:219 - 222. 

Shobhana R, Premila L, Shyamala P, Mohan V, Ramachandran A, Viswanathan M. Assessment of background knowledge of diabetes mellitus in diabetic patients. Jour. Diab. Assoc. India. 1987; 29: 70 - 73.

Shobhana R, Rama Rao P. The IDDM patients and their families. Diabetes today, 5 July - September.

Shobhana R, Snehalatha C, Sheela P, Vijay V, Ramachandran A. Constant motivation and education help to achieve dietary adherence in Type 2 diabetes.

Shobhana R, Rama Rao P, Vijay V, Snehalatha C, Ramachandran A. Diabetes Education session for young IDDM probands and their family members in a developing country. An evaluation. Pract. Diabetes Int. 1997; 14: 123 - 125.

Shobhana R. The exisiting model and future directions in diabetes patient-education. Int. J. Diab. Countries (1997), Vol. 17.

Shobhana R, Rama Rao P, Sheela P. Psychosocial aspects of dietary non-adherence in diabetes. Int. J. Diab. Dev. Countries (1998) Vol. 18.

Shobhana R, Snehalatha C, Latha E, Vijay V, Ramachandran A. Dietary profile of urban south Indians and its relation with glycaemic status. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice. 42 (1998) 181 - 186.

Vijay Viswanathan, Shobhana R, Snehalatha C, Seena R, Ramachandran A. Need for Education on Footcare in diabetic patients in India. Journal of Association of Physicians of India (JAPI) 47: No 11; 1083 - 1085, 1999.

Shobhana R, Begum R, Snehalatha C, Vijay V, Ramachandran A. Patient''s adherence to diabetes treatment. JAPI 1999, Vol. 47, No.12.

Shobhana R, Rama Rao P, Lavanya A, Vijay V, Ramachandran A. Expenditure on health care incurred by diabetic subjects in a developing country - a study from southern India. Diabetic Research and Clinical Practice. 48: 37 -42, 2000.

Shobhana R, Rama Rao P, Lavanya A, Vijay V, Ramachandran A. Cost burden to diabetic patients with foot complications - A study from Southern India. Journal of Association of Physicians of India (JAPI) 48: 1147 - 1150, 2000.

Shobana R, Rama Rao P, Lavanya A, Williams R, Padma C, Vijay V, Ramachandran A: Costs incurred by families having Type 1 diabetes in a developing country - a study from Southern India. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice 2002; 55: 45 - 48

Shobana R, Rama Rao P, Lavanya A, Padma C, Vijay V, Ramachandran A: Quality of Life and Diabetes Integration among subjects with Type 2 diabetes. JAPI 2003; 51: 363 - 365.

Shobana R, Christina Augustine, Ramachandran A, Vijay V. Improving psychosocial care: The Indian experience. Diabetes Voice 2005; Vol. 50: 19 - 21.

Ramachandran A, Shobhana R, Snehalatha C, Christina A, Murugesan N, Vijay V, Anil Kapur, Rhys Williams. Increasing Expenditure On Health Care Incurred By Diabetic Subjects In A Developing Country - Study From India. Diabetes Care 30 : 252 - 256, 2007.