Dr. Balaji Kirushnan

Brief Profile: Senior consultant nephrologist

Consulting Timings: 9.00 to 6.00 at Kauvery Hospital, Alwarpet.
Wednesdays evening at Kauvery Medical Center, Anna Nagar.

Education

• 1989-2002 – Basic Studies and Schooling at Bala Vidya Mandir, Chennai
• March 2002-March 2008 – Bachelor Of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery(MBBS) – Ramaiah Medical College, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
• March 2008-March 2011 – Doctor Of Medicine (M.D) in General Medicine – JSS Medical College, Mysore, Karnataka, India
• March 2011-March 2012 – Post-Graduate Diploma In Health Sciences In Diabetology (PGDHSC) – Annamalai University, Chidambaram, Tamilnadu, India
• February 2012 – March 2015, Diplomate of National Board in Nephrology – National Board of Examinations, Trained At Apollo Hospitals, Chennai

Medical Licenses

Active:  Tamilnadu Medical Council and Medical Council of India
Honors And Awards

• Sri Viswanathan Memorial Award for general proficiency in class XII.
• Master R.Balakrishnan Memorial Award for best all-rounder boy student in Class XII.
• Best All-rounder Award from Lions Club of Madras in Class XII.
• Dr.Krishnamurthi Memorial Award in Physics Jambakavalli Sreenivasan Endowment for Biology in Class XII.
• “Apollo Gold Medal” for excellence in General Medicine for Examination conducted by Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences May 2011

Clinical Activities:
Invited as guest speaker for International women’s Day celebration of Deloitte Haskins and Sons, Chennai – Talk on Women Health – 7/3/2016

In DNB Nephrology:

• Active participation and discussion of clinical cases in weekly Grand rounds
• Loves the interaction with colleagues at work
•  Active participation in organizing the monthly City Nephrology Meet
• Performed more than 50 kidney biopsies under local anesthesia by ultrasound guidance
• Well proficient in executing transplant kidney biopsy
• Conducted kidney biopsy for pediatric patients under general anesthesia
• Proficient in Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy and treated multidisciplinary patients in ICU
• Been a part of Kidney Pancreas Transplant team
• Kidney harvesting from deceased donors from various hospitals across the city
• Well versed with pre-transplant laboratory workup and patient admission
• Participated in 2 educational CME at 9th and 10th Renal Clinical Conference at CMC Vellore in 2013 and 2014
• Case Presentation in City Nephrology Meet in July 2013  – “Tenofovir induced nephrotoxicity”
• Case Presentation in City Nephrology Meet in July 2014 – “Atypical Membranous Nephropathy and its recurrence after renal transplant”
• Case Presentation in Chennai – Mineral Bone disease – Clinical Meet arranged by Biocon Pharm, presided by Dr.Muthusethupathi and Dr.Subba Rao B
• Clinical Teaching of Principles of Haemodialysis to dialysis technologists
• Experience with more than 100 native kidney histopathology examination
• Attended Weekly histopathology meeting with Nephrologists and Pathologists
• Post Graduate Research work in Malnutrition Inflammation Score and its association with Inflammation, Atherosclerosis and Short Term Mortality in haemodialysis patients
• Delegate in 32nd Annual Conference of the Indian Society of Nephrology – Southern Chapter Chennai – 2012
• Delegate in 34th Annual Conference of the Indian Society of Nephrology – Southern Chapter, Bangalore – 2014
• Delegate in 45th Annual Conference of the Indian Society of Nephrology (ISNCON 2014) held a Kolkatta, India
• Poster Presentation at ISNCON 2015, Bangalore – “Impact of Malnutrition, Inflammation and Atherosclerosis on the outcome of haemodialysis patients”
• Co-authored paper presentation at ISNSCCON 2016 at Tiruchirapalli, Tamilnadu, India – “Efficacy and tolerability of Sofosbuvir and Ribavirin in treating hepatitis C viremia in hemodialysis patients”
• Poster Presentation at ISNSCCON 2016 at Tiruchirapalli, Tamilnadu, India – “Efficacy and Tolerability of Sofosbuvir and Ribavirin in treating hepatitis C infection in post-renal transplant scenario”

In MD General Medicine

• Conducted weekly Bedside clinics in General Medicine for Interns and Under Graduates
• Lectures on Fluid and Electrolyte Balance and General Nephrology to MBBS Under Graduates
• Presentation on “Doctors Day” at Mysore Physicians Medical Research Trust in July 2009
• Presentation on “Newer Treatment of Malaria” at City Medicine Meet, Mysore in August 2010
• Presentation of Clinical Case at Medical Education Research Trust, Bangalore 2011 in State Level PG Conference

Paper presentation: “A comparative study of outcome among patients admitted to an intensive care unit in a tertiary care medical college hospital based on predictor scores” at the International Conference on Emergency Medicine (INTEM 2010)

In MBBS

• Instructor in International Trauma Life Support(ITLS).
• Instructor in Project PULSE [People United for Life Savings Emergencies] and has trained more than 600 medical students in Bangalore, India
• Completed Training for ACLS/BLS – AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION – Trained at St.Johns Hospital, Bangalore, India

Personal Interest:

• Well trained in Indian Classical Music and given stage performances in vocal music
• Won accolades for the Medical College cultural team and been a part of the cultural organizing committee

Publications

• Publication of Case report: “Thyrotoxicosis induced liver disease”.  J Indian Med Assoc. 2012 Aug;110(8):576-7
• Publication of Case report: “An Airy Image”. Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences. 2012;37(1):64.
• Publication of Case report:  “Emphysematous pyelonephritis in a non-diabetic young woman: A rare association” Journal of Indian Academy of Clinical Medicine. 2012; 13(4): 328-9
• Paper presentation: “A comparative study of outcome among patients admitted to intensive care unit in a tertiary care medical college hospital based on predictor scores” at Internation Conference in Emergency Medicine (INTEM 2010)
• Poster Presentation – “Clinical utility of urine neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (uNGAL) measured at admission to predict outcomes in a heterogeneous population of critically ill patients” at ISNCON 2014
• Paper accepted for Poster Presentation at the International Society of Haemodialysis, Kuala Lampur, Malaysia 2015 Malnutrition inflammation score and its use in Haemodialysis patients
• “Treatment efficacy and tolerability of Sofosbuvir and Ribavirin for chronic hepatitis C infection in post-renal transplant patients – A retrospective single-center study” – published in Indian Journal Of Transplant June 2016
• Poster presentation at Indian society of Nephrology – southern chapter conference 2016 at Tiruchirapalli, Tamilnadu on “Treatment efficacy and tolerability of Sofosbuvir and Ribavirin for chronic hepatitis C infection in post-renal transplant patients – A retrospective single-center study”
• Impact of malnutrition inflammation and atherosclerosis on the outcome of hemodialysis patients – accepted for publication to Indian Journal of Nephrology
• Sofosbuvir-based treatment is safe and effective in Indian hepatitis C patients on maintenance haemodialysis: a retrospective study – Published in NEPHROLOGY 2017- International Journal of Asia Pacific Society of Nephrology

Lectures and CME’s

• “Women health-importance in India” – presented a talk at Deloitte Chennai on the occasion of Women’s day 2016
• “Diabetes and Hypertension – Live a Life with it” – Presented at Tatvaloka – cultural center, addressing an audience of 100 people
• Addressing school students at Saraswati Kendra about Organ Donation
• Speaker at Indian Medical Association Kumbakonam Branch, Tamilnadu – October 16th, 2016: Renal Transplantation – Current Scenario
• Speaker at Indian Medical Association Aranthangi Branch, Tamilnadu – October 22nd, 2016; When should a Physician refer to Nephrologists?
• Medical camps monthly at various suburbs of Tamilnadu, India