Faculty

Contact
- Email manjunathpr.rmc@msruas.ac.in
- Phone +8040502000
Dr. Manjunath P.R.
Associate Professor
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School
Medical College
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Department
Department of Endocrinology
Trained in one of the premier most institutes of the country - Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, in the first and fully comprehensive state of the art - Centre for Excellence - Department of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Podiatry of Kerala state Worked under the foremost and senior most specialists in Endocrinology. Trained in the diagnosis, workup, management of various types of Diabetes - in Neonates,Paediatric population, Adolescents, Obstetric population and Adults; and its complications.
Trained in management of Adrenal( Cushing’s, Addisons, Hyperaldosteronism and others), Pituitary( medical management of Multiple Pituitary hormone deficiencies and disorders), Neuro endocrine disorders, Bone disorders( Osteoporosis, rickets, fibrous dysplasias, BMD scans interpretation etc) Worked closely with Podiatry surgeons in the active management of Diabetic foot infections and chronic foot problems Trained in CGMS, I Port, Insulin pumps.
Trained in CGMS , I Port , Insulin pumps. Actively conducted Thyroid Carcinoma clinic with Dr. Vasantha Nair - one of the foremost in Thyroid carcinoma care in the country and have published our work on medullary thyroid carcinoma in IJEM.
Was part of Obesity, Bone and Transgender clinic Actively involved in clinical trials and research activities Active participation in academic activities of the department, participation in tumour board, inter departmental meets and telemedicine conference with other institutes and teaching of Undergraduate, Post graduate, Paramedical and Nursing students.
Qualifications
- DM - ENDOCRINOLOGY
Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Cochin, 2017 - 2020
- MD - GENERAL MEDICINE
JJM Medical College, Davangere, 2011-2014
- MBBS
MS Ramaiah medical college, Bangalore, 2003 - 2009
Experience
Total Years of Experience14 Years
Academic Experience
2.5 Years as Assistant Professor - Ramaiah Medical college, Bangalore
1 Year as Senior Resident in the Department of Endocrinology at St John’s Medical College Hospital, Bangalore
Training Experience (With Topics)
Received training in Thyroid ultrasound and FNAC. Has performed over 1000 thyroid ultrasounds and 250 - 300 FNACs independently.
- Osteoporosis, Diabetes, PCOS
- Authored a chapter titled “Management of associated complications in elderly diabetics” in a book “Diabetes Mellitus in the elderly” 1st/2019. Author : Anita Nambiar , ISBN : 9788193670385
- Got first prize in the state-level Haematology quiz held at St. John’s Medical College, Bangalore on 12/07/13.
- Got first prize in the national-level APICON conference - poster presentation for "A young case of fibro calculus chronic pancreatitis later presented with primary pancreatic carcinoma with metastatic adenocarcinoma of liver and spleen."
- Participated in the "Dr. SD Deodhar All India Intercollegiate Postgraduate Rheumatology Quiz" Zonal round (West zone) held at AFMC Pune in November 2012.
- Got the Best Poster Award for "Technetium MIBI scintigraphy in Indian patients with amiodarone-induced thyroiditis: imaging characteristics and response patterns" at ESICON 2019, held at Nagpur.
- Won the zonal round and participated in the final round of the Torrent Young Scholar Award held at Delhi by the Endocrine Society of India in February 2020.
National Conference Papers
- Got first prize in national level APICON conference -poster presentation. “A young case of fibro calculus chronic pancreatitis later presented with primary pancreatic carcinoma with metastatic adenocarcinoma of liver and spleen”.
- Got best poster award for “Technetium MIBI scintigraphy in Indian patients with amiodarone induced thyroiditis:imaging characteristics and response patterns” at ESICON 2019,held at Nagpur.
- Presentation on “Clinical and imaging profile of patients with primary hyperparathyroidism(PHPT)” at ISBMR conference held at Bangalore in 2019.
National Journal Papers
- “Riding high on low fuel” - Our experience with endogenous hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia. Manjunath P R, George B, Mathew V, Bantwal G, Ayyar V. Indian J Endocr Metab 2017;21:655-9
- Insulin autoantibody syndrome: Varying clinical presentations and response patterns of an underrecognized entity. Manjunath P R, Pavithran PV, Bhavani N, Kumar H, Nair V, Menon AS, Menon UV, Abraham N, Narayanan P, Ruben R. Indian J Endocr Metab 2019 ;23:540-4.
- Clinical profile of medullary thyroid carcinoma: Audit from a tertiary care center in South India. Manjunath P R, Vadayath UM, Nair V, Pavithran PV, Bhavani N, Kumar H, Abraham N, Menon AS, Narayanan P. Indian J Endocr Metab 2020;24:355-9
- H syndrome presenting as juvenile diabetes: an underdiagnosed entity. Bhadran K, Ramakrishna MP, Bhavani N, Pavithran PV. J Diabetol 2020;11:214-7
- Changes in bone mineral density in patients undergoing kidney transplantation. Manjunath P Ramakrishna, Chankramath S Arun, Sandeep Sreedharan, Praveen V Pavithran, Nisha Bhavani, Renjitha Bhaskaran, Harish Kumar
- Adverse Effects of Plasticizers and Pesticides on Female Reproductive Health. Journal of Psychosexual Health 4(1) 38 - 42, 2022.
International Journal Papers
- Hypophysitis in granulomatosis with polyangiitis: rare presentation of a multisystem disease Manjunath P Ramakrishna, Chankramath S Arun, Praveen V Pavithran, Mithun C Bhagavaldas, Harish Kumar J R Coll Physicians Edinb 2020; 50: 0 - 00 ; doi: 10.4997/JRCPE.2020
- Mitochondrial Diabetes: More Than Just Hyperglycemia Manjunath P. Ramakrishna, Praveen V. Pavithran, Nisha Bhavani, Harish Kumar, Vasantha Nair, Arun S. Menon, Usha V. Menon,Nithya Abraham Clin Diabetes. 2019 Jul; 37(3): 298 - 301.doi: 10.2337/cd18-0090
- Hypophysitis in granulomatosis with polyangiitis: rare presentation of a multisystem disease Manjunath P Ramakrishna, Chankramath S Arun, Praveen V Pavithran, Mithun C Bhagavaldas, Harish Kumar J R Coll Physicians Edinb 2020; 50: 0 - 00 ; doi: 10.4997/JRCPE.2020
- Clinical, Biochemical parameters and its Co-relation with Quality of Life in Congenital Hypothyroidism-A Cross sectional study from a Tertiary Centre in South India.AMJ ISSN: 0005-2523 Volume 62, Issue 08, October, 2022.
- Endocrine society of India
- Karnataka Endocrine society
- Rssdi - Research Society for The Study of Diabetes in India.
- Its – Indian Thyroid Society
- ECTS - European Calcified Tissue Society