Faculty

Contact
- Email roopakalams.rmc@msruas.ac.in
- Phone +8023605408
Dr. Roopakala M S
Professor
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School
Medical College
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Department
Department of Physiology
Total teaching experience 31yrs. Working in RMC for the past 27yrs. My passion is teaching and research. Have Guided more than 11 students for M D Physiology and is also a Ph.D. guide recognized by RUAS and RGUHS. Had been the Chief Investigator for 3 Funded research projects. Have published more than 25 papers, 14 of which are PubMed/Scopus indexed. Have presented more than 90 papers at national and international conferences. Have guided students for ICMR Short Term Studentship for five consecutive years and am actively involved in undergraduate student research. I am the Professor in charge of Central Library, RMC. I was a Member of the Board of Studies (BOS, UG) RGUHS for two terms. At present, am an External Member (Basic Medical Sciences), Institutional Ethics Committee, NIMHANS.
Qualifications
- MD (Physiology)
Mysore Medical College, 1995
- MBBS
Mysore Medical College, 1990
Experience
Total Years of Experience
31 Years
- Mysore Medical College- 3 Years
- JSS Medical College Mysore - 9 Months
- Ramaiah Medical College - 27 Years
Training Experience
- Clinical neurophysiology and Autonomic functions from NIMHANS
- Geriatric Medicine from Ramiah Medical College
- Neurophysiology, Diabetology & UG Student Research
- Organized more than 12 CMEs in the Dept of Physiology in various institutions and has got Best Branch Award at the National level for 2 consecutive years as secretary of APPI, Bangalore branch.
- Recognized and felicitated with the Award of Excellence (Doctor’s Day) for the year 2009 and the Women’s Day award 2010 by the Ramaiah institution.
Publications -Dr Roopakala M S, Physiology, RMC
- "Evoked electromyogram as a function of facial nerve." Roopakala M. S. Harmeet Singh, Rani Kanaka, Rajeev Sharma and Savitha ravindra Indian J of Physiol and Pharmacol, 2003; 47(2) .217-220
- "Dyslipidemia in Type 1 diabetes mellitus in the young." PushpaKrishna, Roopakala, Prasanna Kumar - Int. J. Diab. Dev. Countries. 2005:25(4); 110-112
- "A Comparative study of median nerve somatosensory evoked potentials in the totally blind and normal subjects." Dayananda, Roopakala, Srinivasa, Rajeev Sharma. Indian J of Physiol and Pharmacol 2008; 52(2): 183-188.
- "Anthropometric Measurements as Predictors of Intra abdominal Fat Thickness." Roopakala.M.S, Anagha Suresh, Asthalakshmi, Srinath, Ashok, Giridhar, Anand, Wilma Delphine Silvia., Indian J of Physiol and Pharmacol, 2009; 53(3):259-264
- "Index finger somatosensory evoked potential in Blind Brail Readers." Dayananda G, Roopakala.M.S, Sreenivasa.R, Rajeev Sharma. Neuralgia I Neurochirurgia Polaska 2009:43:5:439-445
- "Evaluation of glycated hemoglobin and microalbuminuria levels in type 1 diabetic patients in Southern India." Sakshi Sehagal, Vijayadas,. Wilma Silvia, Roopakala, Prasanna Kumar Biomedicine 2009; 29 (3): 275–277
- "Correlation of anthropometric measurements and ultrasonic measurement of abdominal fat in adults with hypertension." Ashwini.C.A, Roopakala M.S, Jagadish, Roopa Kulkarni Anatomica Karnataka, Vol-4 (2) Page 28-34 (2010)
- "Evaluation of IgE levels in bronchial asthma." Sandeep.T, Roopakala.M.S, Wilma Delphine Sylvia, Chandrashekara S, Mohan Rao. Lung India 2010:27(3), 138-140
- "Glycated Hemoglobin, Dyslipidemia and risk of atherosclerosis in Type I diabetic patients." Amodita Ahuja, Roopakala, Wilma, Sanjay Reddy, Prasanna Kumar KM Int J Diabetes Dev Ctries (January–March 2011) 31(1):18–21
- "A Comparative Study of Brainstem Auditory evoked potentials in Preterm and Full term Infants." M.S.Roopakala, Dayananda, P Manjula, Anish Konde, PT Acharya, R Sreenivasa and K S Nirmala2 Ind J of Physio and pharmac l 2011; 55 (1) : 44–52
- "Can Bronchial Asthma be classified based on Immunological Status?" Roopakala, Chandrashekara, Pushpakrishna, Wilma, Sandeep, Kusumadevi, Mohan Rao, Vasanth Kumar, Lung India. 2011 Apr-Jun; 28(2): 110–113
- "Evaluation of High sensitivity C-Reactive Protein and glycated hemoglobin levels in diabetic nephropathy." Roopakala MS, Pawan HR, Krishnamurthy U, Wilma Delphine Silvia, Eshwarappa Mahesh, Prasanna Kumar KM. Saudi J of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation 2012 :23: 2 : 286-289
- "Evaluation Of Plasma Fibrinogen Levels In Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus." Pannag Desai, Roopakala, Wilma, Prasanna Kumar Int J Diabetes Dev December 2012, Volume 32, Issue 4, pp 209-213
- "A study of association of ABI and hsCRP in Type II Diabetic patients and normal subjects." Tejashwini, Roopakala, Dayananda, Prasanna Kumar Journal of Clinical and diagnostic research 2013 Vol-7(1): 46-50
- "Effect of pressure pain threshold in fibromyalgia syndrome and rheumatoid arthritis patients." Vijayadas1*, R. Arun Kaushik1, M.S. Roopakala1 and S. Chandrashekara, Al Ameen J Med Sci 2013; 6(2) :112-119
- "EVALUATION OF ENDOTHELIAL INJURY MARKERS IN TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS PATIENTS." Umadevi1, Roopakala MS2, Wilma Delphine Silvia CR3, Prasanna Kumar KM International Journal of Chemical And Pharmaceutical Research Volume 2, (4) April 2013.
- "Use dependent limb dominance and somatosensory evoked potentials in congenitally blind." Dayananda Giriyappa, Roopakala M. Subramanyam, Rajeev Sharma, Srinivasa Rangasetty Al Ameen J Med Sci 2013;6( 4 ) : 30–301
- "A Comparative Study of Insulin resistance among Prehypertensive and normal subjects." Bharat T, Roopakala.M.S, Manjula.P. Biomedicine:2013;33(4):506-510
- "Potential role of transforming growth factor _1 and interleukin-6in elderly type 2 diabetes mellitus patients." M.S. Roopakala1*, Mahesh Eshwarappa2, C.R. Wilma Delphine Silvia3, Pushpa Krishna4, Vasanth Kumar5, S. Chandrashekara5 and K.M. Prasanna Kumar6. Al Ameen J Med Sci 2014; 7(2) :160-163
- "Inter channel variance in P300 amplitude-an advocacy for multichannel recording." J. Anupriya, Ravi Prakash, Arun Kumar, M. S. Roopakala Journal of Advanced Clinical & Research Insights (2015), 2, 116–119
- "Evaluation of high sensitivity c reactive protein levels in bronchial asthma." Samarth Arya, Roopakala MS, Wilma Delphine Silvia, Mohan Rao, Chandrashekhar S, Prasanna Kumar KM Intl. J Clin. Diag. Res. 2015;3(3):I
- "Insulin Resistance and Breast Cancer in Postmenopausal Women." K. R. Vinitha1*, M. S. Roopakala2 and K. Harish3 Indian J Physiol Pharmacol 2017; 61(4) : 411–415
- "Visual evoked potential changes in pre-diabetics, type 2 diabetics and normal subjects." Zaahid Naseer1, ArunKumar M2, Roopakala M S3, Pramila Kalra Indian Journal of Clinical Anatomy and Physiology 2018, 5(3): 326-330
- "Does the duration of mobile phone usage affect the human auditory system? A middle latency auditory-evoked potential study in young adults." Natl J Physiol Pharm Pharmacol 2018;8(4):611-615.
- "Diagnostic Value of Vibration Perception Threshold in Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy." Bharathi C , Roopakala M S, Shivaprasad C, Acharya P T. International Journal of Physiology, July-September 2018, Vol. 6, No. 3: 84-88
- "Autonomic functions in metabolic syndrome in Indian subpopulation using heart rate variability – A pilot study." Ankia Singh, Arun Kumar, Roopakala, Pramila Kalra Natl J Physiol Pharm Pharmacol 2020;10(9):705-709
- APPI and RSSDI