Dr. Spoorthy Raj

DM Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology (2020-2023) Amrita institute of Medical ciences, Kochi.
Speciality certificate Examination in Rheumatology (2023) – Royal college of Physicians UK and British Society of Rheumatology.
MD Internal Medicine (Gold Medallist) (2017-2020) – JSSAHER, Mysore.
MBBS (2010-2016) – Mandya Institute of Medical Sciences.

Research and publications:

Approach to Neutropenic Sepsis. – Dr.Spoorthy Raj Dr, Dr.Shashidhara KC Medicine Update 2020.
Vitamin D in Diabetic Nephropathy. Dr.Spoorthy Raj DR, Dr.Srinath KM Medicine Update 2021.
Effect of COVID 19 on health care workers. Dr.Spoorthy raj DR, Dr.Shashidhara KC Medicine Update 2021.
Thesis: Study on association of Platelet hyper-reactivity with Rheumatoid arthritis. Guide: Dr. Suma Balan; Co-guides: Dr. Mithun CB, Dr. Jyothy Srikanth, Dr. Sandeep Surendran.
A novel homozygous variant in PMVK is associated with enhanced IL-1 secretion and hyper IgD syndrome like phenotype. Amita Jairaman, Vaishnavi Ashok Badiger, Karthik Vijay Nair, Spoorthy Raj DR, Suma Balan, Dhanya Lakshmi Narayanan. Clinical Genetics Journal.

Competence:

Confident in managing CTDs, Arthritides, Vasculitis, Rheumatological emergencies, Degenerative and Soft tissue rheumatism.

Awards:

“Colchicine response in TRAPS – A molecular enigma” – CRC 2022
“Baffling fevers, unyielding genetics and game saving colchicine: A retrospective observational study on profile of Syndrome of Undifferentiated recurrent fevers” from a single tertiary care centre in Kerala. – NCPR 2022.
“A case of systemic autoinflammatory disease secondary to Mevalonate Kinase pathway
defect-A hint to hidden spectrum of HIDS”-SZIRACON 2023.

Best Paper awards:

“Bumpy journey in the management of Hereditary Angioedema – HAE registry from a single centre in south India”, -2nd National conference of HAE society of India.
Paper presentation at 37th IRACON 2022: – Clinical Profile and outcome of COVID 19-related MISC. A prospective cohort study from three tertiary care centres in Kerala.

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