Biochemistry

Faculty and Department Details

 

 

Ever since the Govt. Medical College at Kozhikode, the second medical college that was established in kerala in the year 1957, the Department of Biochemistry has held a pivotal role in the health care scenario of Calicut since then. Major facets of the department are academic, research and diagnostics.

Courses Offered

MD Biochemisty

3 students are admitted every year. The duration of the course is 3 years. The academic activities include regular classes, laboratory training, seminars, journal clubs, attendance at CMEs, participation in National health programmes , Community health , thesis work & research activities.

 

MBBS

250 students are admitted every year. Their academic and practical skills are assessed by conducting seminars and periodic examinations (both theory and practical). All students acquire the basic information regarding Biochemistry before they reach the clinical postings in third semester.
Urban Field Practice – UHC under medical college provides services for a population of 100000. Other urban Training Centres are at UHC Mankavu and UHC Paniankara.

 

BDS

We also conduct theory and practical classes for BDS (50 students per year).

 

BSc Nursing

60 students admitted every year for BSc nursing are being taught by our staff.We are also conducting classes for BSc MLT (25 students per year), DMLT (30 students per year), BSc Optometry (20 students per year), DORA (8 students per year), Diploma in Endoscopy technology (5 students per year), BSc Perfusion technology (2 students per year), Diploma in Respiratory technology (5 students per year).

 

Diagnostic Services

Average investigations :
1. Serum Electrophoresis
2. Metabolic screening
3. Urine PBG-Spot
4. Urine VMA-Spot
5. Urine HIAA-Spot
6. Urine BJP
7. Urine mucopolysaccharides
8. Analysis of Calculi
9. Ceruloplasmin
10. 24 Hour urine protein
11. pH

12. Specific gravity

13.Anti covid-19 ANTIBODY

14.Special covid tests –IL-6,serum ferritin,D-dimer,procalcitonin,CRP,LDH

 

A.1000 Samples per day
B.7000 Investigations per day

 

New Instruments :

1. Fully automated  XL 1000 Transasia/erba Clinical Biochemistry analyzer

                (Lab 77)

 2. Fully automated Random access Roche Cobas C.501 Clinical Biochemistry analyzer (Lab 77)

3. Fully automated electrophoresis with densitometer(Research Lab)

4. Biorad D10 automated HbA1C HPLC analyzer(Research Lab)

New Procedures :

1. Quantitative Serum Electrophoresis

2. HbA1C

 

CME Programmes

 

Aids Diagnosis & Control - 1998

• 1. Historical Aspects - Dr.R.Rajan, Professor of Biochemistry, Medical College, Calicut.

• 2. Immunology of Aids - Dr.D.M.Vasudevan, Professor&HOD, Manipal Institute of Biological Science

• 3. Diagnosis and the present situation of AIDS in Kerala - Dr.Mabel Lego, Aids Surveillance Centre, M.C. Trivandrum

• 4. Role of NGO’s in the control of AIDS in Kasargode area - Dr.S.R. Narahari, Consultant Dermatologist, Kasargod

• 5. Status of AIDS in Calicut - Dr.Beena Philomina, Assistant Professor of Microbiology, M.C. Calicut

• 6. Social Aspects of AIDS - Dr. Leelamoni, Professor of Community Medicine, M.C. Calicut

• 7. Aids Enzymes - Dr.Geetha Damodaran, Lecturer, M.C.Calicut

Free Radicals in Health Diseases - 1999

• 1. Free Radicals - Formation, Chemistry & Mechanism of Action - Dr.N.Jayanthi Bai, Professor of Biochemistry, ACME, Pariyaram

• 2. Pathological Aspects - Dr.K.P.Aravindan, Asso.Prof of Pathology, M.C.Calicut

• 3. Diseases due to free radical toxicity - Dr.Jacob Cherian, Professor & HOD, Medicine, M.C. Calicut

• 4. Evaluation of free radical toxicity - Dr.K.Geetha Damodaran, Lecturer in Biochemistry, M.C.Calicut

• 5. Free Radicals in skin diseases - Dr.Najeeba Riaz, Asso.Prof.of Dermatology, M.C.Calicut

• 6. Free Radicals & the eye - Dr.Padmaja Krishnan, Asso.Prof of Opthallmology, M.C. Calicut

GENE CON - 2000 - Workshop on “Recent Trends in laboratory medicine”

• 1. Recent Trends in Laboratory Medicine - Dr.T.Vijayakumar, Sr.Research Officer,Central Research Laboratory, Dept of Mediciine, Medical College, Trivandrum

• 2. HPLC, GLC, Electrophoresis, WESTERN BLOT, NCM ELISA (DIBA), PCR, AAS - Indian Institute of Spices Research, Kozhikode

Application of molecular Genetics in clinical medicine - perspective for the next century

• 1. Genetic Engineering - Dr.C.R.Soman, Former Prof.&HOD, in Nutrition, M.C.H, Trivandrum

• 2. D.N.A.Technologies in Medicine - Dr.K.P.Aravindan, Asso.Prof. of Pathology, M.C.Calicut

• 3. Molecular Biology of Cancer - Dr.K.Pavithran, Asst.Prof in Haematology, M.C.H., Trivandrum

• 4. Forensic Applications of DNA Typing - Dr.M.R.Chandran, Prof. & HOD, in Forensic medicine, M.C.Calicut

• 5. Genetics & Internal Medicine - Dr.G.Ganapathy Rao, Asso.Prof.in Medicine, M.C.Calicut.

• 6. Gene Therapy - Dr.M.N.Rema, Prof in Pharmacology, M.C.Trivandrum

• 7. Molecular Genetics & Gene therapy for Human Gliomas - Dr.P.Sanal Kumar, Prof. & HOD, in Neuro Surgery, M.C.Calicut

• 8. Molecular Genetics - Challenges before the coming generation - Dr.K.Parvathy, Asso.Prof. in Biochemistry, M.C.Calicut

Newer Trends in auto immune diseases - 2001

• 1. Auto Immune Disease-Biochemical Aspects - Dr.Sreekumari, Prof.,Biochemistry, Medical College, Trivandrum

• 2. Auto Immune Disease – Immunological aspects - Dr.C.K.Jayaram Panicker, Former Principal, M.C.Calicut

• 3. Auto Immune Disease- Pediatric group - Dr.C.M.Aboobacker, Former Professor, Pediatrics, M.C.Trivandrum

• 4. Medical Management of Auto Immune Diseases - Dr.Joy Philip, Professor, M.C.Trivandrum.

• 5. Surgical Management of Auto Immune Diseases - Dr.N.J.Mani - Former Professor, Dept. of Orthopedics, M.C.Calicut.

Cell Signaling - 2005

• 1. Key Note Address - Dr. D.M. Vasudevan, Principal, Amrutha Institute of Medical Sciences

• 2. Signaling Cascades - Dr. Annamma Mathew, Professor of Physiology, MOSC Medical College, Kolanchery

• 3. Protein Kinases and Phosphatases - Dr. Sreekumari S .Professor of Biochemistry, Jubilee Mission Medical College, Thrissur

• 4. Diseases related to Signaling - Dr. S.R.Chandra Professor of Neurology, Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram

• 5. Signaling – Newer trends in therapeutics - Dr. Jillee Teressa, Professor of Pharmacology, Dr. Somervell Memorial CSI Medical College, Karakonam

Alzheimer’s Disease on 12th August 2006

• 1. Key Note Address - Dr.K.Parvathi, Professor of Biochemistry, MES Medical College, Perinthalmanna

• 2. Physiology of Memory and Learning - Dr.Vijayalakshmi, Professor of Physiology, Calicut Medical College

• 3. Physician’s Perspective - Dr.P.K.Sasidharan, Professor of Medicine, Calicut Medical College

• 4. Therapeutic Aspects - Dr.M.N.Rema, Professor of Pharmacology, Amala Medical College, Thrissur

• 5.Psyco Social Aspects - Dr.Suresh Kumar, Director, IMHANS, Calicut

CME on pancreatic disorders - 2017

• 1. Biochemical markers in acute and chronic pancreatitis - Dr.Kannam Vaidyanathan, Professor and HOD, Dept.of Biochemistry, Pushpagiri Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Tiruvalla, Kerala

• 2. Pancreatic disorders – physician’s perspective - Dr.P.K.Sasidharan, Emeritus professor & HOD, Department of Medicine Government Medical College, Kozhikode.

• 3. Evaluation and management of pancreatic disorders – a surgeon’s perspective - Dr.Prathapan V.K, Professor & HOD, Department of Surgical Gastroenterology, Government Medical College, Kozhikode

• 4. Chronic hereditary pancreatitis – genetic aspects - Dr.Parvathi.K, Professor and HOD, Dept.of Biochemistry, MES Medical college, Perinthalmanna, Malappuram

 

 

   PROFESSOR AND HEAD

Dr. Geetha.P.A

 

 

ASSOCIATE   PROFESSORS

 

         

Dr.Asha.E                            Dr. Jayarajan. K                     Dr. Rebecca James    

 

 

ASSISTANT  PROFESSORS

     Dr. Sandeep Appunni          Dr. Rashid .C.P                     Dr. Suritha.P.K                    Dr. Najla.O

 

 

Dr.Sunu.C P                      Dr.Dhanya.A K                 Dr.Hajfa.E

 

SENIOR RESIDENTS

 

   

  Dr. Jasla. C                                        Dr. Anupama Shaji              

JUNIOR RESIDENTS

  

   Dr. Sreedevi

  Dr. John Paul Jose                       Dr. Jazeela                                    Dr. Akhil S S    

  

Dr. Arandha Jose P H                    Dr. Vignesh Jayadevan               Dr. Kavya Mohan

   Dr.Husna.P                           Dr.Rehana John                    Dr.Fathima Nasrin.T P

 

Research Programmes (completed and ongoing)

 List of publications by the members of the staff ONLY during the preceding 3years

 

Current areas of Research

1. Serum Cystatin C and serum Adenosine Deaminase level in patients with stable and exacerbated chronic obstructive pulmonary disease -A cross sectional comparative study: Dr. Sandeep Appunni

2. Genomics of Familial Hypercholesterolemia Dr Rebecca James

3. Evaluation of serum uric acid and serum amylase inacutedecompensated heart failure and its correlation with in-hospital and 30 day mortality-Dr. Jazeela K P,

4. A comparison of asprosin and adiponectin as a Novel biomarker for diagnosing Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease(NAFLD)In a tertiary care centre in north kerala-Dr.John Paul Jose,

5. Association between serum omentin-1 and acuteCoronary artery disease-Dr.Akhil S S

6. Serum Gamma Glutamyl Transferase,Serum C-Reactive Protein and Serum Uric acid levels in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease-A cross sectional comparative study-Dr.Aswathy M S

7. A Comparative cross sectional study about association of metabolic syndrome in Psoriasis children of age group 10-16 years-Dr.AnupamaShaji

8. A comparative cross sectional study on whether  the level of plasma micro-RNA predict SIRS in adult Covid-19 patients-Dr.Sreedevi CP