Dr. Pratap Kumar Narayan

Professor & Head of the Dept.

Department of Reproductive Medicine

CURRENT ACADEMIC ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES

    Dr Pratap Kumar Narayan, Professor and Head of Department of Reproductive Medicine and Surgery

    • Teaches undergraduate and postgraduate students and does clinical work.
    • Heads Manipal Assisted Reproduction centre and has a special interest in Infertility and Reproductive Medicine.

SUBJECTS CURRENTLY TEACHING

Subject Semester / Year
Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Reproductive Medicine and Surgery

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

Degree Specialisation Institute Year of passing
MD Reproductive Medicine Kasturba Medical College, Manipal 1981
MBBS

Experience

Institution / Organisation Designation Role Tenure
Department of Reproductive Medicine and Surgery, KMC Manipal Professor Head of the department 1/10/2020 till date
KMC, Manipal Professor 06/2010 till date
KMC, Manipal Professor And Head 04/1996 to 05/2010
KMC, Manipal Professor 02/1990 to 03/1996
KMC, Manipal Head of Manipal Assisted Reproduction Centre 1990 till date
KMC, Manipal Associate Professor 02/1987 to 02/1990
KMC, Manipal Reader 02/1984 to 02/1987
KMC, Manipal Assistant Professor 02/1982 to 02/1984
KMC, Manipal Lecturer/Senior Resident 02/1981 to 02/1982
KMC. Manipal Junior Resident 06/1977 to 01/1981

Research

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Ansha Patel, PSVN Sharma, Pratap Kumar. Psychiatric disorders in Women seeking fertility treatments: A clinical investigation in India. International Journal of Fertility and Sterility. April - June 2020;14(1);68-71. doi: 10.22074/ijfs.2020.5759

April - June 2020 Ansha Patel PSVN Sharma Pratap Kumar

Ansha Patel, Pratap Kumar, PSVN Sharma. “The Miracle Mothers and Marvelous Babies” : Psychosocial aspects of surrogacy – A Narrative review”. Journal of Human Reproductive Sciences. April - June 2020;13(2);89-99. doi: 10.4103/jhrs.JHRS_33_20.

April - June 2020 Ansha Patel Pratap Kumar PSVN Sharma

Spoorthy Venkatesh, Anjali M, Akhila Vasudeva, Pratap Kumar. “Sliding sign and gel sonovaginography: A sneak peek prior to laparoscopy in patients with endometriosis”. Journal of Human Reproductive Sciences. May 2020;13(1);26-30. DOI:10.4103/jhrs.JHRS_169_19

May 2020 Spoorthy Venkatesh Anjali M Akhila Vasudeva Pratap Kumar

Ansha Patel, PSVN Sharma, Pratap Kumar. “Application of Mindfulness-Based Psychological interventions in Infertility”. Journal of Human Reproductive Sciences. January-March 2020;13(1);1-21. doi: 10.4103/jhrs.JHRS_51_19

January-March 2020 Ansha Patel PSVN Sharma Pratap Kumar

Shubhashree Uppangala, Gail Fernandes, Sujith Raj Salian, Pratap Kumar, Riccardo Talevi, Guruprasad Kalthur, Satish Kumar Adiga. Reduced ovarian response to controlled ovarian stimulation is associated with increased oxidative stress in the follicular environment. Reproductive Biology; May 2020 : 402-407. DOI: 10.1016/j.repbio.2020.04.005

May 2020 Shubhashree Uppangala Gail Fernandes Sujith Raj Salian, Pratap Kumar Riccardo Talevi Guruprasad Kalthur Satish Kumar Adiga

Shaiesta Amreen, Pratap Kumar, Priyanka Gupta, Pragna Rao. Evaluation of oxidative stress and severity of endometriosis. Journal of Human Reproductive Sciences. January – March 2019 ;12(1);40-46. DOI: 10.4103/jhrs.JHRS_27_17

JAN- MARCH 2019 Shaiesta Amreen Pratap Kumar, Priyanka Gupta

Preetha Ramachandra, Pratap Kumar, Asha Kamath, Arun G Maiya. Effect of intrinsic and extrinsic foot muscle strengthening exercises on foot parameters and foot dysfunctions in pregnant women: a randomized controlled trial. International journal of therapy and rehabilitation. Feb26(2): 2019. https://doi.org/10.12968/ijtr.2018.0027

Feb 2019 Preetha Ramachandra Pratap Kumar Asha Kamath Arun G Maiya.

AREAS OF INTEREST, EXPERTISE AND RESEARCH

Area of Interest

Reproductive Medicine

Area of Expertise

Reproductive Medicine

Area of Research

Reproductive Medicine

Professional Affiliations & Contributions

  • Member of Manipal OBG Society.
  • Member of Manipal OBG Society KSOGA, FOGSI.
  • Member of International Society of Ultrasound OBGYN.
  • Member of IMA, Udupi.
  • Awarded “Young Gynaecologist Award” by AOFOG Bangkok, Vice President of FOGSI (2000).
  • Awarded the FOGSI -Dr Kutty Lifetime  Achievement  Award

Publications

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Books

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Knowledge, attitudes and practices toward exercises among women visiting an infertility clinic: A cross-sectional study. Journal of Health Care for Women International.

2022 Shashwathi Gundimi, Bhamini Krishna Rao, Ajay Bailey, Pratap Kumar, Vipin Nair, Kiransha R Velingkar & Preetha Ramachandra

Published online: 29 Jun 2022, DOI: 10.1080/07399332.2022.2091569

Crossing the hurdle of a low oocyte yield in an in vitro fertilization cycle to obtain mature oocytes

2022 Pratap Kumar, Shubha Rao, Anjali Mundkur, Prashanth Adiga, Rashmi K Ullagaddi, Vidyashree G Poojari

Journal of Human Reproductive Sciences. Vol.15(2);April-June 2022:197-199

Random start ovarian stimulation. Journal of Human Reproductive Sciences

2022 Pratap Kumar, Shubha Rao, Anjali Mundkur, Prashanth Adiga, Vidyashree G Poojari, Rashmi K Ullagaddi

Vol.15(2);April-June 2022:200.

Re-examining Psychometric properties of fertility problem inventory: A clinic based study from India. Journal of Human Reproductive Sciences

2022 Ansha Patel, Binu Valsalakumari, Sreekumaran Nair, Sumit Kumar Das, Pratap Kumar, Podila Satya Venkata Narasimha Sharma

Vol.15(2);April-June 2022:174-183

Sperm characteristics in normal and abnormal ejaculates are differently influenced by the length of ejaculatory abstinence. Andrology.

2022 Meitei HY, Uppangala S, Lakshmi R V, Guddattu V, Hegde P, Kumar P, Adiga P, Kalthur G, Schlatt S, Adiga SK

2022 Jul 1. doi: 10.1111/andr.13222. Epub ahead of print. PMID:35776678

Combining machine learning with metabolomics and embryologic data improves embryo implantation prediction. Reproductive Sciences

2022 Aswathi Cheredath, Shubhashree Uppangala, Asha C S, Ameya Jijo, Vani Lakshmi R, Pratap Kumar, David Joseph, Nagana Gowda G.A, Guruprasad Kalthur, Satish Kumar Adiga

23 August 2022, https://doi.org/10.1007/s43032-022-01071-1

ICSI in non-male factor infertility patients does not alter metabolomic signature in sibling embryos as evidenced by sensitivity enhanced nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy

2022 Jijo A, Cheredath A, Uppangala S, Lakshmi R V, Joseph D, Meitei HY, Asampille G, Kumar P, Gowda G A N, Kalthur G, Kovacic B, Adiga SK

PLoS One. 2022 Sep 23;17(9):e0273321. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0273321. PMID:36149910; PMCID: PMC9506644

The effect of body mass index on semen quality

2022 Suvrati Bansal , Anjali Mundkur, Prashanth Adiga, Pratap Kumar, Satish Kumar, Vidyashree Poojary, Shaweez Faizi, Durgesh Shukla

International Journal of Infertility & Fetal Medicine. 2022

A clinical alert: Oral glucose tolerance test trigerring diabetic ketoacidosis in pregnancy

2022 Anjali Mundkur, P S Roopa, Pratap Kumar, Akhila Vasudeva, Gazal Jain & Prashanth K Adiga

Journal of Obstetric Medicine. September 2022. DOI: 10.1177/1753495X221130659

Clinical diagnosis and early medical management for endometriosis: Consensus from Asian Exper Group.

2022 Mee-Ran Kim 1,*, Charles Chapron 2, Thomas Römer 3, Angela Aguilar 4, Amphan Chalermchock charoenkit 5 , Siddharta Chatterjee 6 , Le Thi Anh Dao 7, Yoke Fai Fong 8, Hendy Hendarto 9, Syarief Taufik Hidayat 10, Su Yen Khong 11, Li Ma 12, Pratap Kumar 13, Relly Yanuari Primariawan 14, Anthony Siow 15, Areepan Sophonsritsuk 16 , Ramani Devi Thirunavukarasu 17, Bui Chi Thuong 18 and Chih-Feng Yen 19

Healthcare 2022, 10, 2515. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10122515

Clinical utility of aortic isthmus Doppler in the prediction of perinatal outcomes

2022 Akhila Vasudeva, Roopa P S, Disha Shree B S, Anjali Mundkur, Jyothi Samanth, Nivedita Hegde, Pratap Kumar Narayan

Am J Obset Gynecol Glob Rep.  2022 November; Vol.2(4): 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.xagr.2022.100102. PMID: 36536847; PMCID: PMC9758404. 

When love does not bear a fruit: Patterns and prevalence of sexual difficulties in infertile men and women as predictors of emotional distress

2021 Ansha Patel, PSVN Sharma, Pratap Kumar

Journal of Human Reproductive Sciences. July-September 2021;14(3):307-312.

Soluble huan leukocyte antigen-G is a potential embryo viability biomarker and a positive predictor of live-births in humans

2021 Vani Venkatappa, Satya S Vasan, Satish K Adiga, Varsha S Roy, Geetanjali Sachdeva, Pratap Kumar, Polani B Seshagiri.

Am J Reprod Immunol, 2021;e13499 https://doi.org/10.1111/aji.13499

An observational study to evaluate the follicular and endometrial response in couples with unexplained infertility undergoing micronized clomifene citrate stimulated intrauterine insemination.

2020 Aswathy Kumaran, Pratap Kumar

Journal of Indian Obstetrics & Gynaecology Jan-Mar 2020; Vol.10, No.1:35-38. (Indexed with EBSCO of USA and Google Scholar).

Psychiatric disorders in Women seeking fertility treatments: A clinical investigation in India. International Journal of Fertility and Sterility

2020 Ansha Patel, PSVN Sharma, Pratap Kumar

April - June 2020;14(1);68-71. doi: 10.22074/ijfs.2020.5759

“The Miracle Mothers and Marvelous Babies” : Psychosocial aspects of surrogacy – A Narrative review”

2020 Ansha Patel, Pratap Kumar, PSVN Sharma

Journal of Human Reproductive Sciences. April - June 2020;13(2);89-99. doi: 10.4103/jhrs.JHRS_33_20.

“Sliding sign and gel sonovaginography: A sneak peek prior to laparoscopy in patients with endometriosis”

2020 Spoorthy Venkatesh, Anjali M, Akhila Vasudeva, Pratap Kumar

Journal of Human Reproductive Sciences. May 2020;13(1);26-30. DOI:10.4103/jhrs.JHRS_169_19

“Application of Mindfulness-Based Psychological interventions in Infertility”.

2020 Ansha Patel, PSVN Sharma, Pratap Kumar

January-March 2020;13(1);1-21. doi: 10.4103/jhrs.JHRS_51_19

Reduced ovarian response to controlled ovarian stimulation is associated with increased oxidative stress in the follicular environment

Shubhashree Uppangala, Gail Fernandes, Sujith Raj Salian, Pratap Kumar, Riccardo Talevi, Guruprasad Kalthur, Satish Kumar Adiga

Evaluation of oxidative stress and severity of endometriosis. Journal of Human Reproductive Sciences

2019 Shaiesta Amreen, Pratap Kumar, Priyanka Gupta, Pragna Rao

January – March 2019 ;12(1);40-46. DOI: 10.4103/jhrs.JHRS_27_17

Effect of intrinsic and extrinsic foot muscle strengthening exercises on foot parameters and foot dysfunctions in pregnant women: a randomized controlled trial. International journal of therapy and rehabilitation.

Preetha Ramachandra, Pratap Kumar, Asha Kamath, Arun G Maiya

“In cycles of Dreams, Despair, and Desperation:” Research perspectives on Infertility specific distress in patients undergoing fertility treatments. Journal of Human Reproductive Sciences.

2018 Ansha Patel, PSVN Sharma, Pratap Kumar

October-December 2018;11(4);320-328. doi: 10.4103/jhrs.JHRS_42_18

Intrauterine administration of autologous platelet derived growth factor concentrate (aka Autologous Blood Cell Derivative) improves the endometrial thickness in ‘Thin’ Endometrium in the Frozen Embryo transfer cycle

2022 Pratap Kumar, Anjali Mundkur, D Sai Bhavana, Vasanthi Palanivel, Prashanth Adiga, Vidyashree G Poojari, Shubha Rao, Rashmi Ullagaddi

The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of India. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13224-022-10735-7 (Published online December 2022)

Endometrial compaction in response to progesterone administration and good endometrial vascularity improves the clinical pregnancy rates in hormone replacement frozen embryo transfers

2023 Vidyashree G Poojari, Prashanth Adiga, Anjali Mundkur, Pratap Kumar, Shreya Sharma.

 J South Asian Feder Obst Gynae 2023;15(1):47-52

We need to improve prenatal screening practices in primary obstetric care: A representative data from a fetal medicine unit in Coastal Karnataka

2022 Vidyashree G Poojary, Sanghamitra Paladugu, Akhila Vasudeva, Anjali Mundkur, Muralidhar V Pai, Pratap Kumar

The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of India (January – February 2022) 72(1):19-25. https://dol.org/10.1007/s13224-021-01456-3

    Assisted Reproductive Technology – 1st Edition 2020. Chapter in the Book “Down regulation in IVF cycles”. Pratap Kumar

    2020

    Edited by Nayana H Patel. Published by Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd, page 56-59:2020. ISBN: 9789388958998.

    Recurrent Pregnancy Loss – Causes, Controversies and Treatment

    2020

    Chapter in the Text Book “Ultrasound Follow-up in Early Pregnancy”. Akhila Vasudeva and Pratap Kumar. 3rd Edition. Page-134-144:2020. Edited by Howard J.A. Carp. Published by CRC Press - Talylor & Francis Group. ISBN 9780429450303

    Chapter in the Text Book “Ultrasound Follow-up in Early Pregnancy”.

    2020

    Akhila Vasudeva and Pratap Kumar. 3rd Edition. Page-134-144:2020. Edited by Howard J.A. Carp. Published by CRC Press - Talylor & Francis Group. ISBN 9780429450303

    Dasgupta’s Recent Advances in Obstetrics & Gynecology (Volume 11). Chapter in the Text Book “Preterm labour”.

    2020

    Dr Pratap Kumar. 11th Edition. Page 1-8:2020. Edited by Dr Nandita Palsetkar. Published by Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd. ISBN: 9789389776539

    A Text book of FOGS’s Postgraduate Gynecology (Volume 2). Chapter in the text book “Tubal factor Infertility : Etiology and management”.

    2022

    Dr Pratap Kumar & Dr Aswathy Kumaran. First Edition. Page 672- 681:2022. Edited by Dr Alpesh Gandhi, Dr Parikshit Tank & Dr Ameya Purandare. Published by Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd. ISBN: 9789354656620

    Dasgupta’s Recent Advances in Obstetrics & Gynecology (Volume 12). Chapter in the Text Book “Emerging role of the microbiome”.

    Dr Pratap Kumar, Dr Anjali Suneel Mundkur. 12th Edition. Page 243-246:2022. Edited by Dr Nandita Palshetkar, Dr Pratik Thambe & Dr Rohan Palshetkar. Published by Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd. ISBN: 9789354656385