Careers
Medindia Interviews
Dr. Arvind Krishnamurthy
Consultant Surgical Oncologist and an Associate Professor in Cancer Institute, Adyar, Chennai, South India
Dr. Arvind Krishnamurthy, MCh Surgical Oncology, DNB Surgical Oncology, Consultant Surgical Oncologist and an Associate Professor in Cancer Institute, Adyar, Chennai, South India talks about the changing prevalence rates of cancer in India and how the 300 million tobacco consumers are likely to double its incidence by 2020.He is actively involved in comprehensive cancer care i.e. from prevention, management to rehabilitation and palliation. Contrary to popular belief, cancer can be cured if it is diagnosed early and modifying lifestyle and behavior such as quitting smoking and alcohol can even prevent it. Leading a healthy lifestyle also helps in the long term to keep the cancers at bay.
Mr. Gopi Natarajan,
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Omega Healthcare Management Services Ltd
Mr. Gopi Natarajan, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Omega Healthcare Management Services Ltd., speak on the challenges and rewards of excelling in business outsourcing in India.
Vidya Reddy
Founder Director, Tulir
Tulir, a registered non-profit Trust based in Chennai, South India, that has been working against child sexual abuse in India since 2004. The Centre for Prevention & Healing of Child Sexual Abuse (CPHCSA) is the inspiration of Vidya Reddy, Founder Director, Tulir,who saw the high prevalence of child sexual abuse while volunteering for a child helpline in Chennai and decided to start an organization exclusively to highlight and address this serious issue in India. Alankar, Vipin and Nancy have joined hands with her in the crusade against a malady that is desperately crying out for attention in India.
Karen Anderson Zabe,
A Yoga Teacher in Mexico
Kären Anderson Zabé, a Yoga teacher in Mexico, who began her tryst with Yoga very early in life and went on to share the benefits of this great art of living after experiencing the fullness of life through a diligent practice of Yoga for many years.
Padmashri Dr. Shanthi Ranganathan
Founder, Director of TTK Hospital
Padmashri Dr. Shanthi Ranganathan, Founder, Director of TTK Hospital, a nonprofit, pioneer voluntary organization involved for more than three decades in the holistic treatment and rehabilitation of persons addicted to alcohol, narcotic drugs and smoking.
K.Parthasarathy
Co-founder and Vice President, Hemophilia Society-Madras Chapter at Voluntary Health Services Hospital
K. Parthasarathy, Co-founder and Vice President, Hemophilia Society-Madras Chapter at Voluntary Health Services Hospital and heard him speak on the yeoman services rendered by the society in facilitating treatment at affordable cost for patients and families reeling under the burden of dealing with the bleeding disorder.
Dr. Prakash Boominathan
Associate Professor, Department of Speech ,Language and Hearing Sciences, Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai
Dr. Prakash Boominathan, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences, Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai, India. He also serves as a consultant speech language pathologist and audiologist at several Hospitals and ENT Research centers in Chennai.
Dr. V. Vishwanathan, DCH, MRCP, Ph. D (Pediatric Neurology)
Consultant Pediatric Neurologist and Founder President, Muscular Dystrophy Association India
Dr. V. Vishwanathan, DCH, MRCP, Ph. D (Pediatric Neurology) Consultant Pediatric Neurologist and Founder President, Muscular Dystrophy Association India, a project that has crossed cultures and borders in research and facilities for improving the quality of life for children affected by Muscular Dystrophy.
Kalki Subramaniam
A Transgender activist, celebrity and Founder/Director of Sahodari—an organization based in Tamil Nadu, South India
Kalki Subramaniam, a transgender activist, celebrity and Founder/Director of Sahodari—an organization based in Tamil Nadu, South India, working for the economic and social empowerment of transgender population. A transsexual woman herself, Kalki holds Master's degrees in Journalism and Mass Communications and International Relations, is an independent media specialist featuring on TV shows, developing web based projects and scripting and directing documentary films.
Dr. R.Thara, MD, Ph.D
Director of SCARF (Schizophrenia Research Foundation), the only WHO Collaborating Center in India for Mental Health Research and Training.
Director of SCARF (Schizophrenia Research Foundation), the only WHO Collaborating Center in India for Mental Health Research and Training. SCARF makes available a broad spectrum of interventions in different settings including day care, outpatient, community and in patient residential centers. Dr. Thara has published many scholarly papers on mental health and is known for her use of simple and clear language to enlighten laypeople on mental health issues particularly Schizophrenia.
Sushama Saldhana
Co-founder trustee of the Pranic Healing Foundation of Tamil Nadu, South India and Editor of Prana World, the international magazine of GMKCS Pranic healing and Arhatic Yoga
Sushama and her husband Dr. Cliff Saldhana who are senior disciples of Choa Kok Sui, founder of modern Pranic healing. Dr. Cliff Saldhana has widely researched on the benefits of Pranic healing and together the couple have been conducting Pranic Healing workshops and training many people in the ancient art of energy healing.
Dr. Mallika Tiruvadanan
Palliative Care expert
Dr. Mallika Tiruvadanan, a Palliative Care expert who heads Lakshmi Pain and Palliative Care Clinic, a charitable trust that combines science with compassion to relieve physical symptoms and offer support to patients suffering from prolonged or life-limiting illnesses. An anesthetist who was later drawn to Palliative Care on seeing the distress of patients and their families, Dr. Mallika specialized in this field at the Edith Cowan University, Australia and for the last ten years has been caring for the sick and spearheading the need to start more palliative care centers to care for the suffering millions in India.
Dr. M.S. Ranjit, DCH, MD (Pediatrics)
Professor and Consultant Pediatric Cardiologist, one of the pioneers of Pediatric Cardiology in Tamil Nadu, South India
Dr. M.S. Ranjit, DCH, MD (Pediatrics), Professor and Consultant Pediatric Cardiologist, one of the pioneers of Pediatric Cardiology in Tamil Nadu, South India. With his medical expertise and caring attitude, Dr. Ranjit has gladdened the troubled hearts of innumerable parents who've had babies born with defective hearts.
In this interview he traces the progressive development of this medical specialty in India and how successful outcomes encourage more and more parents to bring their children for corrective heart surgeries and take home healthier babies.
Dr. Lakshmi Vijayakumar, MBBS, DPM, Ph.D, FRC (Psych),
Founder/trustee of Sneha (a suicide and crisis hotline operating from India).
Dr. Lakshmi Vijayakumar, MBBS, DPM, Ph.D, FRC (Psych), founder/trustee of Sneha (a suicide and crisis hotline operating from India). She was the first Asian Vice President of the International Association for Suicide Prevention, is now the national representative for Suicide Prevention, member of WHO International Network for Suicide Prevention and Research, Associate Professor at the University of Melbourne and member of the Royal College of Psychiatry (the first woman and the second Indian to have this honor).Dr. Lakshmi Vijayakumar has published dozens of scholarly papers on the subject and it is not surprising that suicide prevention organizations from around the world—from Atlanta to Beijing and even beyond, as also WHO's international network to prevent suicide, have sought Dr. Lakshmi's expert advice on aspects of suicide research.
Dr. Saranya Narayan MD
Medical Director, Jeevan Blood and Stem Cell Bank and Research Center, Chennai
Dr. Saranya Narayan MD, Medical Director, Jeevan Blood and Stem Cell Bank and Research Center, Chennai, India, to learn more about stem cell banking in general and cord blood banking in particular.
Dr. Jan Prins
Professor at the University of Hawaii and Director of Aquatic Research Laboratory
Dr. Jan Prins who is a professor at the University of Hawaii and the director of the Aquatics Research Laboratory. He has now established an aquatic physical therapy clinic in Colombo, Sri Lanka, bringing the program to the country of his birth.
Dr. Srinivasan
Chairman, Jeevan Blood Bank
Dr. P. Srinivasan MD, Chairman and Managing Trustee of Jeevan Blood Bank and Research Center and Jeevan Stem Cell Center. Jeevan Blood Bank is a non-profit community blood bank which was started in Chennai.
Dr. Rekha Ramachandran
President of the Down Syndrome Association of India (TamilNadu chapter)
Dr. Rekha Ramachandran, President of the Down Syndrome Association of India (Tamil Nadu chapter) who has spearheaded the need to understand, support and improve the quality of life of children with Down syndrome.Dr. Rekha Ramachandran has relentlessly worked to raise public awareness on Down syndrome which is not a disease but a genetic disorder that happens when the baby gets three copies of chromosome 21, (Trisomy 21) instead of the usual two. Dr. Rekha Ramachandran is the co-founder and chairperson of 'Mathru Mandir', an institution that provides rehabilitation, support and therapy for individuals with Down syndrome while offering day care services to innumerable children from all over India and the Middle East.
Dr. S. Suresh
Director of Mediscan Systems
Dr. S. Suresh, Director of Mediscan Systems, one of the largest referral centers for ultrasound in Asia. A pioneer in ultrasound diagnostics and training in South India, Dr. S. Suresh along with his wife Dr. Indrani Suresh, contributes to extensive research in fetal malformations, prenatal diagnosis and fetal therapy through their non-profit Fetal Care Research Foundation and more recently, by establishing their own Birth Defects Registry of India that has set out to systematically collect information on the incidence of birth defects and assess their prevalence in India, thereby aiming to achieve the goal of evolving management strategies of birth defects all over India.
Dr. Kamala Selvaraj MD, DGO, PhD
Obstetrician and Gynecologist
Dr. Kamala Selvaraj has a list of firsts to her credit. To mention a few:
She pioneered the first test tube baby in South India in 1990.In 1992 - For the first time in India she made a surrogate baby possible.In 1992 - Her clinic performed the first Sperm attached Oocyte Fallopian tube Transfer (SOFT).In 2008 - first Frozen Egg (Oocyte) baby.For the first time in South East Asia, under her care, twins were born to a patient with Mayer-Rokintansky-Kustner-Hauser Syndrome through a surrogate. She has fulfilled the dream of thousands of couples in India and from countries like Dubai, UK, US, Australia, Sri Lanka and Canada to have children of their own.
