• Senior Consultant,Institute of Infectious Diseases Apollo Hospitals Greams Road Chennai
• Consulting Physician (Dec 1997-Dec 00)Capital Family Physicians, Frankfort, Kentucky, USA (Internal Medicine, Infectious Disease &Travel Medicine)
• Fellow(July 1995-June 97)Division of Infectious Disease, Dept of Internal Medicine Wright State University School of Medicine Dayton, Ohio, USA
• Resident(July 1993-June 95)Dept of Internal Medicine Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
• Senior House Officer(April 1992-May 93)Bromley Health Authority Kent, UK
• Senior Resident(July 1991-Oct 91)Dept of Internal Medicine Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research Chandigarh, India
• Junior Resident(July 1988-Jun 91)Dept of Internal Medicine Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research Chandigarh, India
• Internship(July 1986-June 87)Government General Hospital, Madras, India
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• Awarded 14^th Maj Gen CSV Subramanyam Memorial Lecture 2007
• Awarded “Best Doctor” by Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Medical University on 1^st July 2012
• First Prize from API for Dr. JC Patel and BC Mehta Best Paper award under the category of Original Article for the year 2013 for the article entitled “Melioidosis : An Emerging Infection in India” 

• Vidyalakshmi PR, Senthur Nambi P, Gopalakrishnan R, Ramasubramanian V, Abdul Ghafur K, Thirunarayan MA. Clinical and microbiological profile of patients with vancomycin resistant Enterococci from a tertiary care hospital. Abstract 14 at 1st Annual Conference of the Clinical Infectious Disease Society (CIDSCON), Hyderabad, August 13th and 14th, 2011
• Shareek PS, Ramasubramanian V, Gopalakrishnan R, Thirunarayan MA, Abdul Ghafur K. Antibiotic sensitivity pattern of Acinetobacter species bacteremia in a tertiary care hospital: a retrospective analysis. Abstract 7 at 1st Annual Conference of the Clinical Infectious Disease Society (CIDSCON), Hyderabad, August 13th and 14th, 2011
• Nagvekar V, Ramasubramanian V, Gopalakrishnan R, Abdul Ghafur K, Vidhyalakshmi PR. Candidemia in a South Indian Tertiary Care Hospital:  Analysis of Species and Sensitivity to Fluconazole.  Abstract 13 at 1st Annual Conference of the Clinical Infectious Disease Society (CIDSCON), Hyderabad, August 13th and 14th, 2011
• Sureshkumar D, Thirunarayan MA, Gopalakrishnan R. Vancomycin MIC creep against Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus - a report from India. Abstract 15 at 1st Annual Conference of the Clinical Infectious Disease Society (CIDSCON), Hyderabad, August 13th and 14th, 2011
• Choudhary A, Dhanda KK, Senthur Nambi P, Ramasubramanian V, Gopalakrishnan R, Abdul Ghafur K, Thirunarayan MA. Changing trends in antimicrobial susceptibility for Salmonella species from tertiary care hospital from south India. Abstract 20 at 1st Annual Conference of the Clinical Infectious Disease Society (CIDSCON), Hyderabad, August 13th and 14th, 2011
• Nagvekar V, Gopalakrishnan R, Setia M, Ramasubramanian V, Abdul Ghafur K, Choudhary A. Comparison of tenofovir versus non-tenofovir regimens: A retrospective cohort analysis, India.  Abstract 21 at 1st Annual Conference of the Clinical Infectious Disease Society (CIDSCON), Hyderabad, August 13th and 14th, 2011.
• Nagvekar V, Ramasubramanian V, Gopalakrishnan R, Abdul Ghafur K, Sureshkumar D. Mycobacterial Culture Remains Essential for the Laboratory Diagnosis of Tuberculosis (TB):Reminder for Clinicians in Developing Countries.  Abstract 22 at 1st Annual Conference of the Clinical Infectious Disease Society (CIDSCON), Hyderabad, August 13th and 14th, 2011.
• Gopalakrishnan R, Sureshkumar D. A longitudinal cohort analysis of patients receiving tenofovir/emtricitabine/efavirenz: clinical and epidemiological profile. Oral presentation at HIV Congress 2012, Mumbai on 17th March 2012.
• Vidyalakshmi P R, Abdul Ghafur K, Gopalakrishnan R, Ramasubramanian V, Thirunarayanan MA. ABS117/12. Rising Carbapenem Resistance: The Sky’s the limit! 2nd Annual Conference of the Clinical Infectious Disease Society (CIDSCON 2012), Aug 24-26, Chennai (SELECTED FOR TRAVEL GRANT AS AMONG 10 BEST ABSTRACTS)
• Tayade A, Senthur Nambi P, Gopalakrishnan R, Ramasubramanian V, Thirunarayan MA, Shareek PS. ABS122/12. Non tuberculous rapidly growing mycobacterial SSI:  a neglected entity.! 2ndAnnual Conference of the Clinical Infectious Disease Society (CIDSCON 2012), Aug 24-26, Chennai
• Tayade A, Abdul Ghafur K, Gopalakrishnan R, Priyadarshini K, Thirunarayan MA, Ramasubramanian V, Senthur Nambi P, Sureshkumar D. ABS121/12-Clinical profile of patients with colistin resistant Gram negative infections.2nd Annual Conference of the Clinical Infectious Disease Society (CIDSCON 2012), Aug 24-26, Chennai
• Shareek PS, Sureshkumar.D, Senthur Nambi.P, Gopalakrishnan R, Ramasubramanian V, Abdul Ghafur K, MA Thirunarayan. ABSO022/12. Candidemia  in a tertiary care center in South India: The newer trends in incidence and Fluconazole sensitivity. 2nd Annual Conference of the Clinical Infectious Disease Society (CIDSCON 2012), Aug 24-26, Chennai
• Vidyalakshmi P R, Gopalakrishnan R, Senthur Nambi P, Sureshkumar D. ABS124/12. Scrub Typhus in hospitalized children: a missed entity. 2nd Annual Conference of the Clinical Infectious Disease Society (CIDSCON 2012), Aug 24-26, Chennai
• Porwal R, Senthur Nambi P, Gopalakrishnan R, Vijayachandra Reddy Y, Sheba Jacob, Thirunarayan MA. ABS125/12 Mycobacterial fortuitum prosthetic valve endocarditis.2nd Annual Conference of the Clinical Infectious Disease Society (CIDSCON 2012), Aug 24-26, Chennai
• Gaikwad R, Abdul Ghafur K, Dedeepiya Devaprasad, Thirunarayan MA, Gopalakrishnan R,  Ramasubramanian V. ABS127/12. A fatal infection with Scedosporium apiospermum after near-drowning. 2nd Annual Conference of the Clinical Infectious Disease Society (CIDSCON 2012), Aug 24-26, Chennai
• Shareek PS, Sureshkumar.D, Senthur Nambi.P, Gopalakrishnan R, Ramasubramanian V, Abdul Ghafur K, Thirunarayan MA. ABS118/12. Antibiotic sensitivity pattern of Klebsiella species in a tertiary care Hospital: Static or Changing?2nd Annual Conference of the Clinical Infectious Disease Society (CIDSCON 2012), Aug 24-26, Chennai.
• Dorairajan Sureshkumar, Gopalakrishnan R, V. Ramasubramanian. Infection Control Program to rural community hospital in Southern India- a dream or reality? Oral paper presentation at HISICON 2013, Mumbai on 9th Feb 2013.
• Sureshkumar D, Gopalakrishnan R, Thirunarayan MA. Are all carbapenems same in Petri dish?3rd Annual Conference of the Clinical Infectious Disease Society (CIDSCON 2013), Aug 30-Sep 1, Mumbai.
• Topsy turvy TIPSITIS. Laxman G Jessani, Vinay Devraj, V Ramasubramanian, Gopalakrishnan R. Abstract at 4th Annual Conference of the Clinical Infectious Disease Society (CIDSCON 2014), Aug 22-24, Bengaluru.
• Changing trend in antibiotic susceptibility pattern in clinically important gram negative respiratory isolates – a retrospective observational study. Murali A, Senthur Nambi P, Sureshkumar D, Ramasubramanian V, Gopalakrishnan R. Abstract at 4th Annual Conference of the Clinical Infectious Disease Society (CIDSCON 2014), Aug 22-24, Bengaluru.
• Cryptococcal meningitis in non HIV, non transplant population. Swati Gohel, Sureshkumar D, Ram Gopalakrishnan, V Ramasubramanian. Abstract 134 at 5th Annual Conference of the Clinical Infectious Disease Society (CIDSCON 2015), Aug 21-23, New Delhi.
• Listeria monocytogenes causing meningitis in an immune compromised host. A Rajalakshmi, Ram Gopalakrishnan, P Senthur Nambi, P Vishnu Rao. Abstract 130 at at 5th Annual Conference of the Clinical Infectious Disease Society (CIDSCON 2015), Aug 21-23, New Delhi.
• A study on a novel rapid molecular test (Xpert Carba R) as a diagnostic tool for early detection of carbapenemase producing gram negative sepsis in intensive care unit patients. Laxman G. Jessani, Anil T, Vishnu P, Prabha, Sureshkuma D, V Ramasubramanian, Ram Gopalakrishnan. Abstract at 5th Annual Conference of the Clinical Infectious Disease Society (CIDSCON 2015), Aug 21-23, New Delhi.
• Genotypic HIV-1 drug resistance among patients with virological failure to antiretroviral therapy in private tertiary care hospital in South India. Laxman G. Jessani, Ram Gopalakrishnan, SureshkumarD, V Ramasubramanian. Abstract   at 5th Annual Conference of the Clinical Infectious Disease Society (CIDSCON 2015), Aug 21-23, New Delhi.
• Unilateral optic neuritis in scrub typhus: a rare manifestation. Laxman G. Jessani, Muthukumaran R, Latha Vishwanathan, Sureshkumar D, Ram Gopalakrishnan. Abstract   at 5th Annual Conference of the Clinical Infectious Disease Society (CIDSCON 2015), Aug 21-23, New Delhi.
• Imipenem sensitive meropenem resistant isolates: is it a reality. D Vinay, D Suresh Kumar, Ram Gopalakrishnan, V Ramasubramanian. Abstract 158 at 5th Annual Conference of the Clinical Infectious Disease Society (CIDSCON 2015), Aug 21-23, New Delhi.
• Botryomycosis in a lung cavity: a case report. D Vinay, V Ramasubramanian, Ram Gopalakrishnan, D Suresh Kumar, P Senthur Nambi. Abstract 159 at 5th Annual Conference of the Clinical Infectious Disease Society (CIDSCON 2015), Aug 21-23, New Delhi.
• Two patients with Cladophialophora bantiana brain abscess. Kalpesh Sukhwani, Madhumita R, Nitin Bansal, Nandini Sethuraman, Ram Gopalakrishnan. Poster  no  114 at 6thAnnual Conference of the Clinical Infectious Disease Society (CIDSCON 2015), Aug 26-28, Varanasi.
• Colistin Vs Polymyxin B: Comparative in vitro MIC activity- a report from South India. Dorairajan Sureshkumar, Kalpesh Sukhwani, Pratik Patil, Ram Gopalakrishnan, V. Ramasubramanian.Poster no 20 at 6thAnnual Conference of the Clinical Infectious Disease Society (CIDSCON 2015), Aug 26-28, Varanasi.
• A case of HIV associated disseminated Talaromyces marneffei infection from Assam. Pratik Y Patil, V Ramasubramanian, Nandini Sethuraman, Ram Gopalakrishnan. Poster no. 113 at 6thAnnual Conference of the Clinical Infectious Disease Society (CIDSCON 2016), Aug 26-28, Varanasi.
• Clinical profile and etiology in hospitalized patients with acute viral respiratory infection. P Vishnu Rao,  Ram Gopalakrishnan, Anil Tarigopula, Senthur Nambi P, Sureshkumar D, Pratik Y Patil, Vidya Krishna, V Ramasubramanian. Poster no 172 at 6thAnnual Conference of the Clinical Infectious Disease Society (CIDSCON 2016), Aug 26-28, Varanasi.
• Clinical efficacy and safety of Cefepime-tazobactam in South India. D. Sureshkumar, Nitin Bansal, Kalpesh Sukhwani, V. Ramasubramanian, P. S. Nambi, Ram Gopalakrishnan. Kochi Criticare 2017, Feb 3-5, Kochi. 
• Experience with Beta-D-Glucan for Diagnosis of Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia: Pilot Study from India.  Nitin Bansal, Nandini Sethuraman, Ram Gopalakrishnan. Poster no 84 at 7thAnnual Conference of the Clinical Infectious Disease Society (CIDSCON 2017), Aug 18-20, Nagpur. 
• Rare presentations of Burkholderia pseudomallei in Diabetic Hosts. Kalpesh Sukhwani, Nitin Bansal,  P Senthur Nambi,  Suresh Kumar D, Ram Gopalakrishnan. Poster no 51 at 7thAnnual Conference of the Clinical Infectious Disease Society (CIDSCON 2017), Aug 18-20, Nagpur. 
• Clinical Profile of Clostridium Difficile Associated Diarrhea:  A study from Tertiary Care Centre of South India.   Kalpesh Sukhwani. Nitin Bansal, Ram Gopalakrishnan. Poster no 50 at 7thAnnual Conference of the Clinical Infectious Disease Society (CIDSCON 2017), Aug 18-20, Nagpur. 
• Utility of Filmarray Gastrointestinal Panel in Diarrhoea – An Indian Perspective 
• Balavinoth Ramakrishnan, Ram Gopalakrishnan, Anil Tarigopula. Poster no 22 at 7thAnnual Conference of the Clinical Infectious Disease Society (CIDSCON 2017), Aug 18-20, Nagpur.

• Sureshkumar D, Gopalakrishnan R, Nambi PS, Thirunarayan MA.  Changing trends in the antibiograms of Gram negative bacterial isolates at a tertiary care hospital in India.  Abstract K-315, 50th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), Boston, USA on September 12th, 2010.
• Sureshkumar D, Gopalakrishnan R, Ramasubramanian V.  An Evaluation of Adherence to Antimicrobial Surgical Prophylaxis.  Abstract K-1725, 50th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), Boston, USA on September 12th, 2010.
• Senthur Nambi P, Ramasubramanian V, Thirunarayan MA, Gopalakrishnan R, Sureshkumar D, Vidyalakshmi R.  Extended spectrum beta lactamase (ESBL) prevalence among blood culture isolates of E. coli and Klebsiella between 2005 and 2010 in a tertiary care hospital from South India. Abstract GN 080, 8thInternational Symposium on Antimicrobial agents and Resistance (ISAAR), April 6-8, 2011, Seoul, Korea.
• Ramasubramanian V, Senthur Nambi P, Gopalakrishnan R, Sureshkumar D.  Drug resistant tuberculosis in South India- a report.  Abstract P3-57, 8th International Symposium on Antimicrobial agents and Resistance (ISAAR), April 6-8, 2011, Seoul, Korea.
• Ramasubramanian V, Gopalakrishnan R, Senthur Nambi P, Sureshkumar D. Acute suppurative thyroiditis with Escherichia coli- a case report. Abstract P2-61, 8th International Symposium on Antimicrobial agents and Resistance (ISAAR), April 6-8, 2011, Seoul, Korea.
• Ramasubramanian V, Senthur Nambi P, Gopalakrishnan R, Sureshkumar D. Microbiologic profile of blood stream infections in a pediatric population. Abstract P2-31, 8th International Symposium on Antimicrobial agents and Resistance (ISAAR), April 6-8, 2011, Seoul, Korea.
• A.Ghafur, V.Nagvekar, S.Thilakavathy, Chandra, Gopalakrishnan R. An Indian Success story of Infection Control through Persuasive Diplomacy. Poster at 3rd World Healthcare Associated Infection Forum, Annecy, France, May 2011.
• Anand Ramamurthy, Bipin B Vibhute, Ajitabh Shrivastava, Mahesh Gopasetty, Gopalakrishnan R, Abdul Ghafur, Anand K Khakhar. Invasive fungal infections following orthotopic liver transplantation. Abstract # P 515, International Conference on Liver Tansplantation.
• Senthur Nambi P, Ramasubramanian V, Gopalakrishnan R, Abdul Ghafur, Vidyalakshmi, Thirunarayan M.A. Carbapenem resistance in blood culture isolates of E.coli and Klebsiella – a six year study from Chennai.  Abstract No. 122 at 1st Global forum on Bacterial Infections, New Delhi, October 2011.
• Nagvekar V,  Gopalakrishnan R, V. Ramasubramanian, Abdul Ghafur K ,Senthur Nambi P, Thirunarayanan MA. Metallo B Lactamase prevalence among blood culture isolates of Enterobactereciae species between May 2010 and April 2011 in a tertiary care hospital from south India.Oral presentation for the International Workshop on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR-2011) on 11th – 13th November, 2011 at HaffkineInstitute, Mumbai.
• Sureshkumar D,Gopalakrishnan R. Melioidosis in India – an Emerging Infectious Disease- Congress of International Society of Travel Medicine (CISTM) Boston 2011.
• Sureshkumar D, Gopalakrishnan R, Ramasubramanian V: Abstract p-1474. In vitro activity of Tigecycline in era of NDM-1. European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), London, March 28-31, 2012.
• Ghafur A, Shareek PS, Senthur Nambi P, Vidyalakshmi PR, RamasubramanianV, Ashok Parameswaran, ThirunarayanMA, Gopalakrishnan R. Abstract P392,Mucormycosis in patients without cancer: a case series from a tertiary care hospital in south India. Meeting of International Society of Human and Animal Mycology (ISHAM), Berlin, June 2012.
• Nagusah S, Gopalakrishnan R, Girija T, Vaidehi T. 'Streptococcus gallolyticus bacteremia and meningitis in a patient with inflammatory bowel disease: a case report'. Abstract No:ISE.208, 15th International Congress on Infectious Diseases in Bangkok, Thailand, June 13 to 16, 2012.
• Senthur Nambi Panchatcharam, V. Ramasubramanian, Gopalakrishnan R, A. Ghafur, M. Thirunarayan.Cefepime-tazobactam: A promising therapeutic option. Abstract No: 50.011, 15th International Congress on Infectious Diseases, Bangkok, Thailand, June 13 to 16, 2012. Published in Int J Inf Dis June 2012 Volume 16, Supplement 1, Pages e470–e471. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2012.05.681
• D. Sureshkumar, Gopalakrishnan R, A. Ghafur, M. Thirunarayan. Anaerobic blood culture for developing world: a necessity or luxury? Abstract No:ISE.235, 15th International Congress on Infectious Diseases, Bangkok, Thailand, June 13 to 16, 2012.
• Senthur Nambi P, Gopalakrishnan R, Abdul Ghafur K, Vidyalakshmi PR, Tayade A, Ramasubramanian V.  Attitude of Doctors towards Infectious Disease Subspecialist - A Report from South India. Abstract P-564: 52ndInternational Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), Sep 9-12, 2012, San Francisco, USA
• Sureshkumar D, Gopalakrishnan R, K. Abdul Ghafur, P. Vidyalakshmi PR, Tayade A. Melioidosis in India: Rare or Rarely Diagnosed? Abstract P-1004: 52ndInternational Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), Sep 9-12, 2012, San Francisco, USA
• Senthur Nambi P, Gopalakrishnan R, Abdul Ghafur K, Ramasubramanian V. Sepsis does not Require High End Antibiotics Always - A Study from South India. Abstract P-1003. 52ndInternational Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), Sep 9-12, 2012, San Francisco, USA.
• Endocarditis after cutting fish. Ashwini Tayade, Gopalakrishnan R. Abstract 346. 9th International Symposium on Antimicrobial Agents and Resistance, Kuala Lumpur, 13-15 March, 2013.
• Universal Surveillance of ICU patients: a report from South India. D Sureshkumar, Abdul Ghafur, V Ramasubramanian, Gopalakrishnan R. 9th International Symposium on Antimicrobial Agents and Resistance, Kuala Lumpur, 13-15 March, 2013.
• Sureshkumar D, Gopalakrishnan R, Ramasubramanian V, Gaikwad R. A prospective study of MRSA screening in pediatric cardiothoracic patients. Abstract 2308 at 53rdInternational Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), Sep 10-13, 2013, Denver, USA.
• R. Porwal, Gopalakrishnan R, V Ramasubramanian. Knowledge or isolation practices among nurses: a single center survey from India. Oral presentation K 446 at 53rdInternational Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), Sep 10-13, 2013, Denver, USA.
• Sureshkumar D,Gopalakrishnan R, V. Ramasubramanian. Survey of Infection Control Programs In India. Abstract 42762 at ID Week 2013, Oct 2-6, San Francisco, USA.
• Quantiferon TB Test – Does It Have A Role In Identifying Patients At Risk For Reactivation Of Tuberculosis In Liver Transplant Recipients: A Study From An Endemic Country. Addala Pavan Kumar, Natarajan Murugan, Bipin Vibhute,Kirubakaran Renganathan,Gopalakrishnan R,Mahesh Gopasetty, Manish Varma,  Anand Khakhar,Anand Ramamurthy. World Transplant Congress 2014, USA.
• Infectious Disease Physicians impact on Infection Control & Antibiotic Stewardship programs in South India. D. Sureshkumar, A. Murali, V. Ramasubramanian, Gopalakrishnan R. Abstract POK-033. Presented at 54thInternational Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), Sep 5-9, 2014, Washington DC, USA.
• Laboratory based algorithm in the evaluation of Acute Febrile Illness in Children. Dorairajan Sureshkumar1, Gopalakrishnan R. Abstract 496. 5th Asia Pacific Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infection at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 26th-29th Nov 2014.
• A cross-sectional analysis of five proven cases of pulmonary mucormycosis over a period of six months in a tertiary care referral hospital in southern India. Laxman G Jessani, V Ramasubramanian, Sureshkumar D, Senthur Nambi P, Ram Gopalakrishnan. E poster EV0986 at European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) 2015, Copenhagen, April 25-29.
• Prevalence of Bacterial Resistance in Bloodstream Infections (BSI) in Pediatric Tertiary Care Hospital in South India.  L. Jessani,  Sureshkumar D,  Velupandi, V Ramasubramanian, Ram Gopalakrishnan. Abstract G-1201at 55th Interscience Conference of Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), San Diego, USA on Sep 17-21, 2015.
• Saccharomyces cerevisiae Fungemia Outbreak in Premature Neonates after Use of Probiotics. L. Jessani, Sureshkumar D,  V Ramasubramanian,  Ram Gopalakrishnan. Abstract M-12811201at 55th Interscience Conference of Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), San Diego, USA on Sep 17-21, 2015.
• A Multicentre Cross-sectional Study Among Healthcare Workers on Knowledge of Occupational Exposure and Infection Prevention Control of H1N1 Influenza in South India. L. Jessani, Sureshkumar D, Sheela Nagusah, V Ramasubramanian, Ram Gopalakrishnan. Abstract  K-330 at 55th Interscience Conference of Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), San Diego, USA on Sep 17-21, 2015.
• Disseminated phaeohyphomycosis presenting as chromoblastomycosis in an immunocompetent host: a rare manifestation. L. G. Jessani, M. Thirunarayan, A. Chakrabarti, D. Sureshkumar, A. Parameswaran, R. Gopalakrishnan. Abstract # 1394 at 17th International Congress of Infectious Diseases (ICID) at Hyderabad, India on 2nd-5th March 2016. Published in International Journal of Infectious Diseases 2016, Apr 30; Volume 45 , 313 – 314
• Human ocular dirofilariasis due to Dirofilaria repens: an underdiagnosed entity or emerging filarial disease? L. G. Jessani, S. Patil, D. Annapurneshwari, S. Durairajan, R. Gopalakrishnan. Abstract #2066 at 17th International Congress of Infectious Diseases (ICID) at Hyderabad, India on 2nd-5th March 2016. Published in International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2016 Apr 30;45:177.
• Clinical spectrum of Aeromonas infections in hospitalized patients. P V Rao, R Gopalakrishnan, V Ramasubramanian, S Nambi, D Sureshkumar. Abstact #1604 at 17th International Congress of Infectious Diseases (ICID) at Hyderabad, India on 2nd-5th March 2016.
• A study of 24 patients with colistin resistant gram negative isolates in a tertiary care hospital in South India.A. Rajalakshmi, Ram Gopalakrishnan, V. Ramasubramanian, Senthur Nambi, D. Suresh Kumar. Abstract # 814 at 17th International Congress of Infectious Diseases (ICID) at Hyderabad, India on 2nd-5th March 2016.
• A cluster of cases of melioidosis following floods in Chennai, India. A. Rajalakshmi, A Ghafur, Vidyalakshmi Devarajan,  V. Ramasubramanian, P Senthur Nambi, D. Suresh Kumar, Ram Gopalakrishnan. Abstract # 3223 at Microbe, ASM Annual Meeting, Boston, USA, June 16-19, 2016.
• Flood and Infectious Diseases in an Endemic Setting - A Report from Chennai.  D Suresh Kumar,  R Gopalakrishnan, V Ramasubramanian, A Rajalakshmi.  Abstract 23 at Microbe, ASM Annual Meeting, Boston, USA, June 16-19, 2016.
• Diagnostic Utility of Xpert MTB RIF in Extra-pulmonary Tuberculosis. Vidya Krishna, Ram Gopalakrishnan, Anil Tarigopula, Senthur Nambi P, V Ramasubramanian. Poster No 58328 at IDWeek 2016TM, October 26-30, 2016 at New Orleans, USA.
• Fumigation free operating rooms in developing world- a reality. Dorairajan Sureshkumar, Ram Gopalakrishnan, Venkatasubramanian Ramasubramanian, Subramanian Sreevidya, Ranganathan Jayapradha. Abstract DS2 at 8th International Congress of the Asia Pacific Society of Infection Control (APSIC), Feb 12-15, Bangkok, Thailand. Published in Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2017;6(Sup 2):DS2, page 25.
• A Study on Suboptimal Adherence and Associated Factors Contributing to Virological Failure on First Line Antiretroviral Therapy at a Private Tertiary Care Centre in South India.  L. Jessani, Ram Gopalakrishnan, Sureshkumar Dorairajan, V Ramasubramanian. Poster Board Number: 227 at Microbe 2017, ASM Annual Meeting, New Orleans, USA.
• β-D-Glucan Assay for Diagnosis of Invasive Candidiasis in ICU Patients: A Pilot Study from India. Nitin Bansal, Nandini Sethuraman, Ram Gopalakrishnan.  Poster No 2077 at IDWeek 2017TM, October 4-8, 2017 at San Diego, USA. Published in Open Forum Inf Dis 2017:4 (Suppl 1) • S611.
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Research And Publications

Medical Journal Publications:

• Gopalakrishnan R, Hawley HB, Czachor JS, Markert R, Bernstein JM.  Stenotrophomonas maltophilia infection & colonization in the intensive care units
• of two community hospitals: a study of 143 patients.  Heart Lung 1999:28,134-41.
• Czachor JS, Gopalakrishnan R.  Co-existentMycobacterium avium-intracellulare infection and gouty arthritis in a renal transplant recipient.  Kidney & Blood Pressure Research 1997: 20, 62-63.
• Gopalakrishnan R.  Antiretroviral therapy in the 1990s.  Antimicrobics & Infectious Diseases Newsletter, July 1996.
• Gopalakrishnan R, Easow JM.  East African sleeping sickness in Chennai.  J Assoc Physicians India 2003:51, 302-3.
• Swamikannu M, Ramakrishnan S, Williams S, Vaidehi T, Gopalakrishnan R.  A case of pneumococcal septic arthritis complicating rheumatoid arthritis.  Ind J Clin Practice 2003:13, 36-37.
• Rajagopalan RE, Arunkumar AS, Bhagwati AM, Divatia JV, Gopalakrishnan R, et al.  Guidelines for the Prevention of Infections Associated with the Use of Vascular Catheters in Indian Intensive Care Units- executive summary of recommendations.  Indian J Crit Care Med 2003; 7 (Sup 1), S3-16.
• Gopalakrishnan R.  Pulmonary cavitary disease due to Mycobacterium fortuitum and Nocardia species co-infection: a case report.  Apollo Hosp Proc 2004: 2, 118-119.
• Sanjay S, Annigeri RA, Gopalakrishnan R.  Refractory hyperkalemia due to trimethoprim, successfully treated with fludrocortisone.  J Assoc Physicians India 2007: 55, 74-75.
• Gopalakrishnan R.  The evolving role of bronchoscopy in the evaluation of pulmonary infections in the critical care unit.  Indian J Bronchology 2007: 2, 128-129.
• Gopalakrishnan R.  HIV/AIDS- Surgical aspects in 2009.  Cutting Edge Newsletter on Head & Neck Surgery March 2009, Issue no 3.
• Senthur Nambi P, Suresh Kumar D, Gopalakrishnan R.  Influenza vaccines.  Indian J Pract Pediatrics 2010;12(4):372-376.
• Gopalakrishnan R, Sureshkumar D. Changing trends in antimicrobial susceptibility and hospital acquired infections over an 8 year period in a tertiary care hospital in relation to introduction of an infection control programme.  J Assoc Physicians India 2010; December (special issue) 58: 25-31.
• Sunil Kumar KS, Narasimhan A, Gopalakrishnan R, Geetha N, Thirunarayan MA, Suryanarayanan P.  Coccidiodomycosis in Chennai.  J Assoc Physicians India 2011;59:122-124.
• Gopalakrishnan R. Intra-abdominal infections: do we need to change our antibiotic coverage in this era of Gram negative resistance?  J Assoc Physicians India 2011;59:1.
• Sureshkumar D, Gopalakrishnan R. Drug susceptibility pattern of M.tuberculosis isolated from patients attending a private hospital. Am J Infect Dis 2011; 7 (4): 104-106.
• Shareek, P.S., D. Sureshkumar, Gopalakrishnan R, V. Ramasubramanian, K. Abdul Ghafur, M.A. Thirunarayanan. Antibiotic Sensitivity Pattern of Blood Isolates of Acinetobacter Species in a Tertiary Care Hospital: A Retrospective Analysis. Am J of Infect Dis  2012;8 (1): 65-69.
• Vidyalakshmi PR, Gopalakrishnan R, Ramasubramanian V, Abdul Ghafur K,
• Senthur Nambi P, Thirunarayana MA.  Clinical, Epidemiological and Microbiological Profile of Patients with Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci from a Tertiary Care Hospital.J Global Infect Dis 2012 ;4 (2):137-138.
• A Ghafur, V Nagvekar, S Thilakavathy, K Chandra, Gopalakrishnan R, PR Vidyalakshmi. "Save antibiotics, save lives": an Indian success story of infection control through persuasive diplomacy. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2012, 1:29.
• Gopalakrishnan R, P Senthur Nambi, V Ramasubramanian, K Abdul Ghafur, Ashok Parameswaran. Histoplasmosis in India: Truly Uncommon or Uncommonly Recognised? J Assoc Physic India 2012; 60:25-28.
• Ghafur A, Mathai D, Muruganathan A, Jayalal JA, Kant R, Chaudhary D,Prabhash K, Abraham OC, Gopalakrishnan R, Ramasubramanian V, Shah SN,Pardeshi R, Huilgol A, Kapil A, Gill JPS, Singh S, Rissam HS, Todi S, Hegde BM, Parikh P. “The Chennai Declaration”.  Recommendations of “A roadmap to tacklethe challenge of antimicrobial resistance- Ajoint meeting of medical societies of India”. Indian J Cancer 2012;49(4):85-94.
• Ghafur A, Shareek PS, Nambi PS, Vidhyalakshmi PR, Ramasubramanian V, Parameshwaran A, Thirunarayan MA, Gopalakrishnan R. Mucormycosis in patients without cancer: a case series from a tertiary care hospital in South India. J Assoc Physic India 2013;61:11.
• Ashwini Choudhary, Gopalakrishnan R, Senthur Nambi P, Ramasubramanian V, Abdul Ghafur K, Thirunarayan MA.  Antimicrobial susceptibility of Salmonella enterica serovars in a tertiary care hospital in southern India. Indian J Med Res April 2013; 137:800-802.
• Dorairajan Sureshkumar, Gopalakrishnan R, MA Thirunarayanan. In vitro activity of tigecycline in the era of NDM-1. American Journal of Microbiology 2012;3 (2): 42-44.
• Gopalakrishnan R, Sureshkumar D, Thirunarayan MA, Ramasubramanian V. Melioidosis: an emerging infection in India. J Assoc Physic India 2013;61:24-26.
• Babu AK, Gopalakrishnan R, Sundararajan L. Pulmonary cryptococcosis: an unusual presentation. Lung India 2013;30(4):347-350.
• Sureshkumar D, Gopalakrishnan R, Abdul Ghafur K, Ramasubramanian V. Vancomycin creep among methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus: a report. American Medical Journal 2013; 4 (2): 197-200.
• Co-author of Chennai Declaration Team. “Chennai Declaration”: 5 year plan to tackle the challenge of anti microbial resistance. Indian J Medical Microbiology 2014;32:221-8.
• Ravikant Porwal, Ram Gopalakrishnan, Naga Jawahar Rajesh, V. Ramasubramanian. Carbapenem resistant Gram-negative bacteremia in an Indian intensive care unit: A review of the clinical profile and treatment outcome of 50 patients. Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine November 2014 Vol 18 Issue 11, page 820-823.
• Vidyalakshmi Devarajan, P. Senthur Nambi, Ram Gopalakrishnan, Alagesan Murali. Scrub Typhus in Hospitalized Children: A Missed Entity? Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice 2015; vol 23 (March), issue 2: 89-90.
• Ram Gopalakrishnan. Role of Pneumococcal Vaccine in HIV Infected Population. J Assoc Physic India 2015; Vol 63 special issue: 43-44.
• R Madhumita, Swati Gohel, Lata Vishwanathan, Ram Gopalakrishnan. Liver lesions, fever and eosinophilia caused by Fasciola hepatica in a 15 year old girl. Indian J Pediatr (October 2015) 82(10):967–968.
• Vaishali Shah, H. Ganapathy, Ram Gopalakrishnan, N. Geetha.  A Rare Case of Facial Palsy Due to Mucormycosis. International Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, 2015, 4, 224-228.
• Raman Gaikwad, Ram Gopalakrishnan, Sheela Nagusah, D Sureshkumar, V Ramasubramanian. Antiretroviral Therapy for HIV Infection: Time to Switch to Once-Daily Regimens? J Assoc Physic India 2015;63:15-17.
• Alagesan M, Gopalakrishnan R, Panchatcharam SN, Dorairajan S, Mandayam Ananth T, Venkatasubramanian R. A decade of change in susceptibility patterns of Gram-negative blood culture isolates: a single center study. GERMS. 2015;5(3):65-77. doi: 10.11599/germs.2015.1073.
• Laxman G. Jessani, Satish Nayak, Preethi Lingam, Vinay Devraj, Sarojini Parameswaran, Ram Gopalakrishnan, V Ramasubramanian. Endotipsitis caused by extremely drug-resistant Klebsiellapneumonia. Tropical Gastroenterology. 2016 Jun 16;36(4):280-2. (http://dx.doi.org/10.7869/tg.310)
• D Sureshkumar, R Gopalakrishnan, L Jessani: Congenital rubella syndrome exposure in a pediatric hospital: experience from developing world. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2015 4(Suppl 1):P260.
• Laxman G Jessani, Ram Gopalakrishnan, Muthu Kumaran, Vinay Devraj, Lata Vishwanathan. Scrub typhus: a rare cause of unilateral optic neuritis. Indian J Pediatr (November 2016) 83(11):1359–1360.
• Vinay D, V Ramasubramanian, Ram Gopalakrishnan, Laxman G Jessani. Botryomycosis in a lung cavity: a case report. Lung India 2016; 33(5):540-542.
• Ram Gopalakrishnan. Immune compromised states. Special supplement issue on Community-Acquired Pneumonia and Prevention. J Assoc Physic India 2016; December, Vol 64:40-42.
• Roy U, Jessani LG, Rudramurthy SM, Gopalakrishnan R, Dutta S, Chakravarty C, Jillwin J, Chakrabarti A. Seven cases of Saccharomyces fungaemia related to use of probiotics. Mycoses. 2017 Jan 1-6. 
• Sukhwani KS, Bansal N, Soni M, Ramamurthy A, Gopalakrishnan R. Enterococcal meningitis in association with Strongyloides hyperinfection syndrome. GERMS. 2017;7(1):28-31. doi: 10.18683/germs.2017.1105
• Madhumitha R, C Jagadeesh, Aditya V, Neeraj Sharma, P Senthur Nambi, Ram Gopalakrishnan. Isolated renal mucormycosis in an apparently healthy immune competent adult. Int J Med Health Sci. April 2017,Vol-6;Issue-2:124-126.
• Arjun R, Gopalakrishnan R, Nambi PS, Kumar DS, Madhumitha R, Ramasubramanian V. A study of 24 patients with colistin resistant Gram-negative isolates in a tertiary care hospital in South India. Indian J Crit Care Med 2017;21:317-21.
• Arjun Rajalakshmi, Ram Gopalakrishnan, P Senthur Nambi, P Vishnu Rao, V Ramasubramanian. Listeria in Adults – Truly Rare or Rarely Diagnosed in India? J Assoc Physic India 2017;65:106-108.
• P.Vishnu Rao, Anil Tarigopula, Nitin Bansal, Nandini Sethuraman, Ram Gopalakrishnan. Clinical profile of respiratory viral infections: A study from tertiary care centre of South India, Indian J Med Spec. (2017), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.injms.2017.06.003
• Swati G, Gopalakrishnan R, Sureshkumar D, Senthur Nambi P, Ramasubramanian V. A case series of cryptococcal infections in immune competent hosts. J Contemp Clin Pract. 2017;3(2):64-69. doi: 10.18683/jccp.2017.1026.
• Arjun R, Ghafur A, Devarajan V, Senthur Nambi P, Ramasubramanian V, Suresh Kumar D, Gopalakrishnan R. A cluster of cases of melioidosis following floods in Chennai, India. J Contemp Clin Pract. 2017;3(2):50-56. doi: 10.18683/jccp.2017.1024. 
• Murali A, Shankar JG, Nambi S, Shanthakumar S, Nambi AR, Gopalakrishnan R. Non Hodgkin's lymphoma of B cell type with hemophagocytosis in a patient with HIV infection. Open J Clin Med Case Rep. 2017; 1306.
• Murali A, Koushik V, Gopalakrishnan R, Nambi PS. IRIS due to cryptococcal meningitis ten years after the initial episode in a HIV positive patient with a high CD4 count and suppressed viral load – A case report. Open J Clin Med Case Rep. 2017; 1316.
• Nitin Bansal, Kalpesh S Sukhwani, Suresh Kumar D, P. Senthur Nambi, Ram Gopalakrishnan & V Ramasubramanian. Clinical efficacy and safety of cefepime–tazobactam in hospitalized patients in South India. Infectious Diseases, 2017; VOL. 0, NO. 0, 1–4. 
• Vishnu RP, Bansal N, Gopalakrishnan R, Ramasubramanian V, Madhumitha R, Nambi S, et al. Epidemiology, Clinical Features and Outcome of Hospitalised Patients with H1N1 Influenza in Chennai, India. Austin Virol and Retrovirology. 2017; 4(1): 1026.
• Human Fascioliasis: Diagnosis by typical computed tomography features and response to Nitazoxanide in 16 patients from India. Tropical Gastroenterology (in press)
• Gopalakrishnan R, Sethuraman N, Madhumitha R, Sukhwani K, Bansal N, Poojary I, Chakrabarti A. Cladophialophora bantiana brain abscess: A report of two cases treated with voriconazole. Indian J Med Microbiol 2017;35:620-2.

Other Publications :

• Taking a ride on thme wild side. The Hindu. https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/Taking-a-ride-on-the-wild-side/article14620048.ece.
• Straight to Walong. Sanctuary Asia. Vol 36, No 12, Dec 2016, 76-79. http://www.sanctuaryasia.com/index.php.
• The mysterious Mishmi Hills. Hornbill (July-Sep 2017).
• Birding in the ‘Wild East’ of India. Sanctuary Asia. Vol 37, No 4, April 2017, 62-65.
• In the garden of the gods. The Hindu, Aug 23, 2017. http://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/travel/beyond-the-humdrum-of-dehradun-lie-the-many-charms-of-devkyara-and-its-legion-of-himalayan-fauna-accessed-through-a-long-and-arduous-trek/article19545063.ece.
• The Holy Trail of Grandalas. Sanctuary Asia http://www.sanctuaryasia.com/index.php.  
• Bhutan: Land of Gross Birding Happiness. Saevus (in press)

Academic and Society responsibilities:

• Fellow, Infectious Disease Society of America (from 2015)
• Fellow, European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (from 2017)
• Adjunct Professor, Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Medical University (from 2011)
• Adjunct Professor & Distinguished Clinical Tutor, 
• Apollo Hospitals Educational and Research Foundation
• Mentor, Fellowship Programs in Infectious Disease,National Board of Examinations and Tamilnadu Dr. MGR Medical University Apollo Hospitals, Chennai (from 2009)
• Examiner, Exit examination for fellowship program in Infectious Diseases, Tamilnadu Dr MGR Medical University (from 2012)
• Editorial Board Member, ICMR Committee, Antimicrobial Agents Prescription Guidelines
• Past President, Clinical Infectious Diseases Society (India) (CIDS) from 2013-2015
• Editor, CIDS Newsletter (from June 2014)
• Organizing Secretary, 2nd Annual Conference of the Clinical Infectious Diseases Society, Chennai (CIDSCON 2012)
• Chairman, Scientific Committee, 5th Annual Conference of the Clinical Infectious Diseases Society, New Delhi (CIDSCON 2015)

• Member, Fungal Infection Study Forum (FISF)
• Member, International Association for Medical Assistance to Travelers (from 2001)

• Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology (from 2014)
• Medial Mycology (from 2016)
• Abstracts, ECCMID (European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases) from 2015
• Abstracts, CIDSCON 2017