DESIGNATION: Senior Physician and Nephrologist, Little Flower Hospital, Angamaly EDUCATION: 1 Banaras Hindu University, Banaras M.B.B.S 1967-72 Medicine 2 Banaras Hindu University, Banaras M.D 1973-76 Internal Medicine 3 St Vincents Hospital, Sydney, Australia Training in Nephrology 1986 Nephrology 4 Vincents Hospital Karlsruhe, Germany Training in Nephrology 1993 Nephrology 5 Madras Medical College, Madras Advanced training for diplomate national board in Nephrology 1994-96 Nephrology 6 Westmead Hospital, New Southwales, Sydney Training in Nephrology 2008 Nephrology POSITION AND EMPLOYMENT: Little Flower Hospital, Angamaly Senior Physician and Nephrologist 1978 2012 HONORS AND AWARDS: • Life member Indian Medical Association • Life Member Association of Physicians of India • Life Member Indian Society OF Nephrology • Member of Society of Biotechnologists India • Founder member toxicology society of India • Member of the group which drafted National Snakebite Management protocol by the Director General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of India, 2008 • Set up a computerised databank of over 1500 cases admitted and treated for venomous snakebite cases over the past 10 years. • Organised an International Conference, the first of its kind in September 2008, the theme being “Snakes, Venom and Snakebite”. The conference had delegates from among physicians, venom researchers and herpetologist. There was a fair representation from the states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Orissa, West Bengal, Assam, and Rajasthan other than for the international faculty from Singapore, Sri Lanka, and Nepal. There was a whole section devoted to Ayurveda and plant products as well. The conference was hosted in Kochi on the 20th and 21st September 2009 • Invited faculty for SNAKE-SYMP- “ Conference on Snakes, Venom and Snakebite” organized in Tezpur, Assam • Invited faculty as a resource person for – the “Re orientation Training program” organized by the Trivandrum Ayurveda Medical college and AYUSH. This was a six day conference organized in Trivandrum, Dec 15-20th 2008 • Delivered a talk on AIR NEW DELHI in November 2009 • Present project related to an “Epidemiological study on the incidence of snakebite in Kerala: 2010-2011.This registry would require the authentication of the total number of patients admitted with venomous snakebite in hospitals in the State, both allopathy and ayurveda. INVITED LECTURES: • Late complications of Cobra Bite- Paper presented in All Kerala Physicians Chapter December 1980, Trivandrum • Lecture on Calcium Metabolism - Indian medical association , Cochin branch, November 20, 1998 • Lecture on Diabetic Nephropathy - Indian Medical Association , Madhya Kerala Branch, January 1998 • Paper on Renal Problems in Snake bite IMA Vadakanchery Branch, 2000 • Etiopathogenisis of Hypertension &Pregnancy Induced Hypertension – Symposium on hypertension June 2000 • Lecture on atherosclerosis, Leptospirosis& Snake bite , Indian Express excel seminar July 2000 PUBLICATIONS: Publications: FOUR Books: ONE Research Papers, Reports: FIVE General articles: SEVEN Others (Please specify): ONE (Book Chapters) Selected peer-reviewed publications (Ten best publications in chronological order) • “First authenticated cases of life threatening envenomation by the Hump nosed pit Viper (Hypnale hypnale) in India”. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (2007) 101, pp 85-90. • Paper titled “Treatment of snakebites – A Resume “. Cobra Vol 1 Issue 4, 2007. • “Clinical profile and laboratory parameters in 1051 victims of snakebite from a single centre in Kerala, South India “. PMJ ( Communication) • Eapen C K, Joseph K Joseph, A study of 100 cases of snake envenomation - International congress of Tropical Medicine ,Calgary , Canada September 16- 22 , 1991. • Joseph k Joseph, Kuruvilla T , Lithium Toxicity , Risk factor for neuroleptic malignant syndrome, JAPI, 39, 572, 1991. • Bajpai H S, Joseph K Joseph, Cell mediated Immunity in liver diseases, JAP1, 1979.

my_location Senior Physician and Nephrologist, Little Flower Hospital, Angamaly

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