CURRENT ACADEMIC ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES

    Dr Chakrapani M is professor in the Department of Medicine. He teaches under-graduate and post-graduate students. He is the Unit Head of Medicine III at KMC Attavar.

     

SUBJECTS CURRENTLY TEACHING

Subject Semester / Year
MBBS 3rd, 5th, 6th, 7th , 8th and 9th semester
MD (Med) 1st, 2nd & 3rd year

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

Degree Specialisation Institute Year of passing
MD Internal Medicine Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore 1990
MBBS KMC Mangalore 1986

Experience

Institution / Organisation Designation Role Tenure
Department of General Medicine, KMC Mangalore Professor 2001 - till date
KMC, Mangalore Associate Dean & Professor 2014 - 2017
Department of General Medicine, KMC Mangalore Associate Professor 1995-2001
Department of General Medicine, KMC Mangalore Assistant Professor 1992-1995
Department of General Medicine, KMC Mangalore Lecturer 1990-1992

AREAS OF INTEREST, EXPERTISE AND RESEARCH

Area of Interest

Infectious Disease, Diabetes, Hypertension

Area of Expertise

Insulin resistance, Machine learning in Medicine

Area of Research

Continuous 24 hr temperature monitoring for the diagnosis of PUO, Coronary artery disease and Insulin resistance, Cluster analysis in diabetes, Artificial intelligence in the analysis of TMT

Professional Affiliations & Contributions

  • Director of Clinical Research at KMC Mangalore, 2010
  • President of API DK chapter, 2012
  • Life member of IMA, Mangalore, 1991
  • Past Chairman of ISCCM, Mangalore, 2002
  • Former President, API, DK Chapter
  • Former Chairman, ISCCM, Mangalore.

Predictive Model to Classify Undifferentiated Fever Cases Based on Twenty Four-Hour Continuous Tympanic Temperature Recording

Dakappa P H Prasad, K Rao S B Bolumbu G Bhat G K Mahabala C A

Journal of Healthcare Engineering, 2017, art. no. 5707162

Relationship between pelvic alignment and weight-bearing asymmetry in community-dwelling chronic stroke survivors

Karthikbabu S Ellajosyula R Ganesan S

Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice, 2016; 7 (5), pp. S37-S40

Manifestation of malaria in Mangaluru, southern India

Gai P P Mockenhaupt F P Siegert, K Wedam, J Boloor, A Kulkarni, S S Rasalkar, R Kumar A Mahabala C Baliga, S., Devi, R., Shenoy, D

Malaria Journal, 2018; 17 (1), art. no. 313

Atypical manifestations of dengue fever - Where do we stand today?

Sudhish Nimmagadda, S Mahabala, C Boloor, A Manibettu Raghuram, P Akshatha Nayak, U

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2014; 8 (1), pp. 71-73

Tuberculosis mimicked by Melioidosis

Vidyalakshmi, K Vishal, S Shrikala, B Damodar, S Lipika, S

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 2008; 12 (10), pp. 1209-1215

Home monitored night blood pressure

Aparna Pai

Study of home-monitored night blood pressure and its correlation with left ventricular hypertrophy in treatment-naive hypertensive patients

Singapore Medical Journal, 2012; 53 (2), pp. 95-98.

Comparison of conventional mercury thermometer and continuous thercom® temperature recording in hospitalized patients

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2016; 10 (9), pp. OC43-OC46.

Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis secondary to infections: A tropical experience!

Journal of Postgraduate Medicine, 2015; 61 (2), pp. 112-115.

Pretreatment elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate and c-reactive protein as a predictor of malarial complications

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2016; 10 (12), pp. 1332-1337

Study of home-monitored night blood pressure and its correlation with left ventricular hypertrophy in treatment-naive hypertensive patients

Singapore Medical Journal, 2012; 53 (2), pp. 95-98.