Faculty

Areas of interest : Clinical Dermatology (Psoriasis, Vitiligo, Leprosy) and Dermatosurgery

• 3rd Prize for Best presentation(UNUSUAL PRESENTATIONS OF CUTANEOUS T-CELL LYMPHOMA) for the year 2012-2013 in Bangalore Dermatological Society meetings
• 2nd Prize for Poster presentation (COMPARATIVE STUDY TO EVALUATE THE EFFICACY OF RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION VS TRICHLOROACETIC ACID IN THE TREATMENT OF XANTHELASMA PALPEBRARUM) in CUTICON-2013

Presentations

• Poster presentation on 'CARCINOMA CERVIX WITH HISTOID LEPROSY- A SURPRISE ON HISTOPATHOLOGY' at DERMAZONE SOUTH-2012, XVII South Zone Conference of IADVL
• Paper presentation on 'CUTANEOUS CROHN'S DISEASE: A REPORT OF TWO PATIENTS' at DERMAZONE SOUTH-2012, XVII South Zone Conference of IADVL
• Handouts on 'A DERMATOLOGIST'S PERSPECTIVE OF SERONEGATIVE ARTHROPATHY' at Bangalore Dermatological Society meeting, 2012
• Poster presentation on 'MULTIFOCAL BOWEN'S DISEASE: A MARKER OF INTERNAL MALIGNANCY' at DERMACON 2013, Ahmedabad
• Paper presentation on 'MYCETOMAS-A CASE SERIES & REVIEW at Dermatological Society meeting, 2013
• Poster presentation on 'LINEAR VERRUCOUS HAEMANGIOMA- A RARE ENTITY AND A SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT WITH COMPLETE EXCISION AND GRAFTING' at CUTICON-2013, Shimoga
• Poster presentation on 'COMPARATIVE STUDY TO EVALUATE THE EFFICACY OF RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION VS TRICHLOROACETIC ACID IN THE TREATMENT OF XANTHELASMA PALPEBRARUM' at CUTICON-2013, Shimoga
• Paper presentation on 'UNUSUAL PRESENTATIONS OF CUTANEOUS T-CELL LYMPHOMA' at CUTICON-2013, Shimoga
• Poster presentation on 'An observational study of physiological and pathological skin changes in the geriatric population' at Dermacon International 2019
• Paper presentation on 'Owl's eye form of localized morphea: 2 case reports' at Mid-Dermacon 2021, Mangalore

Publications

• K. N. Shivaswamy, A. L. Shyamprasad, T. K. Sumathy, M. Y. Suparna. “Clinical Efficacy of Low Dose Intralesional 5-Fluorouracil (5-FU) in the Treatment of Keloids.” Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences 2015; Vol. 4, Issue 97, December 03; Page: 16229-16231
• Kanakapura Nanjundaswamy Shivaswamy, S Shanthakumar, K Rashmi, A L Shyamprasad, T K Sumathy and M Y Suparna (2016), “Giant Verrucous Haemangioma with Linear Features – A Rare Entity and Successful Treatment with Complete Excision and Grafting", JMED Research, Vol. 2016
• Reddy PK, Kunneth ST, Lakshminarayana SP, Yallappa SM, Chandrashekara R, Nanjundaswamy SK. Comparative Study to Evaluate the Efficacy of Radiofrequency Ablation versus Trichloroacetic Acid in the Treatment of Xanthelasma Palpebrarum. J Cutan Aesthet Surg. 2016 Oct-Dec;9(4):236-240
• Reddy PK, Sumathy TK, Shyamprasad AL, Shivaswamy KN, Suparna MY. Clinical, dermoscopic, and histopathological correlation of lichenoid dermatoses. Indian J Dermatopathol Diagn Dermatol 2019;6:75-82
• Mittal L, Yallappa SM, Reddy PKS. A middle-aged male with bullous lesions and co-morbidities. Int J Res Dermatol 2020; 6:683-7
• Suparna MY, Shanmugam Reddy PK, Sumathy TK, Mysorekar VV. Immunohistochemical demonstration of interleukin-17 positivity in skin biopsy specimens of patients with chronic plaque psoriasis and its correlation with severity of psoriasis and associated metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular changes. Clin Dermatol Rev 2022;6:97-102
• Suparna MY, Patil D, Shivaswamy KN, Sumathy TK. Dermatomyositis: severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, an initiator or a trigger?. J Egypt Womens Dermatol Soc [serial online] 2023;20:52-6.
• Localised Morphoea treated empirically with ceftriaxone: A case series – accepted for publication in Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, dated 12/10/2022

Member of

• Indian Association of Dermatologists, Venereologists and Leprologists (IADVL)
• Bangalore Dermatological Society (BDS)