CURRENT ACADEMIC ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES
- Provides clinical training for undergraduates.
- Is faculty of the training program for postgraduate students.
- Guides the postgraduate students for their theses work.
- Prepares course materials and question papers for undergraduate program.
- Conducts formative and summative assessments for students.
- Is involved in patient care and treatment.
Dr Chandrashekar UK teaches undergraduate and postgraduate students.
He:
SUBJECTS CURRENTLY TEACHING
| Subject | Semester / Year |
|---|---|
| General Medicine | |
| General Medicine |
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
| Degree | Specialisation | Institute | Year of passing |
|---|---|---|---|
| MD | General Medicine | JSS Medical College, Mysore | 2004 |
| MBBS | Ambedkar Medical College, Bangalore | 1999 |
Experience
| Institution / Organisation | Designation | Role | Tenure |
|---|---|---|---|
| KMC, Manipal | Professor | 04/2021 till date | |
| KMC, Manipal | Associate Professor | 01/2011 - 04/2021 | |
| KMC, Manipal | Assistant Professor | 2006 - 01/2011 |
A Ten year retrospective analysis of nocardiosis in a tertiary care center of South coastal India.
Chandrashekar Udyavara Kudru Abhishek Kumar B Kiran Chawla Chesmitha M Nayana Siddalingaiah Vasudeva Guddattu
Le Infezioni in Medicina: In Press
Serum lipid profile in dengue patients: a simple laboratory tool to predict disease severity
2021 ThejaswiniM Chnadrashekar Udyavara Kudru Shivashankara Kaniyoor Nagiri Arpita Chakraborthy Vasudeva Gudattu
Biomedicine
Spectrum of bacterial infections and predictors of mortality in adult cirrhotic patients
Oct 2019 Kudru C U Eshwara V K Nagiri SK Gudattu V
Med Pharm Resp
Factors associated with severity of illness in patients with dengue fever in a tertiary care hospital in Southern India
March 2018 Pereira M S Chnadrashekar Udyavara Kudru S Nair G Thunga V Kunhikatta V Guddattu
Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical and Clinical Research
Factors associated with severe sepsis or septic shock in patients with gram negative bacteremia: An observational cohort study
Maturu M V S Chandrashekar Udyavara Kudru Eshwara Guddattu
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
Diagnostic value of serum interleukin-6 in predicting bacteremia in adult patients with sepsis
2017-2020. Dr. Penna Rushi Vardan Reddy, 2017-2020.
Ongoing ICMR project
PI: Dr Rushi Vardhan Reddy Co-PI: Dr Chandrashekar UK Roche Diagnostics
Social determinants of stigma faced by people living with Human Immunodeficiency virus: A narrative review from past and present scenario in India
PI: Miss Irene Lalhruaimawii. Co-PIs: Dr Muralidhar Varma, Dr Chandrashekar UK. Ongoing ICMR project.
A Phase-IV, Randomized, Controlled Study of the Safety and Immunogenicity of Rabishield + Rabivax-S Post- Exposure Prophylaxis regimen in Patients with Potential Rabies Exposure.
Funded by Serum Institute of India Private Limited.
Co-PI: Dr Chandrashekar UK.
CLARITY trial- Controlled evaluation of Angiotensin Receptor Blockers for COVID-19 respiratory disease.
Funded from George Institute for Global Health, United Kingdom
Co-PI: Dr Chandrashekar UK
Pharmacogenomics, Biochemical, Epigenetic and Population Pharmacokinetic Study in Tuberculosis Patients- Multicentre study
ICMR funded
Co-PI: Dr Chandrashekar UK.
Development of highly sensitive real time multiplex PCR kit for point of care for diagnosis of rickettsiosis.
BIRAC’S BIG scheme
Co-PI: Dr Chandrashekar UK.
AREAS OF INTEREST, EXPERTISE AND RESEARCH
Area of Interest
Infectious Diseases, Rheumatology
Area of Research
Infectious Diseases
Professional Affiliations & Contributions
- Active member of Clinical Infectious Diseases Society of India (CIDSCON), 2011.
- Member of Association of Physicians of India (API), 2013.
- Active member of Association of Physicians of India (API), Manipal-Udupi Chapter, 2020
Pulmonary nocardiosis presenting with cardiac tamponade and bilateral pleural effusion in a HIV patient
2009-01-07 Chandrashekhar UK Acharya V Gnandev NC Varghese GK Chawla K
Tropical Doctor
An unusual presentation of pulmonary cryptococcosis with co-existing disseminated tuberculosis in an AIDS pateint
2012-01-01 Chandrashekhar UK Acharya V Varghese GK Rao L
Tropical Doctor
Tuberculosis mediastinal lymphadenopathy in an adult-a rare presentation
2014-13-01 Iyengar KB Chandrashekhar UK Shivashankar KN Rao ACK
BMJ case reports
Clinical profile of urinary tract infections in diabetics and non-diabetics
2014-31-01 Aswani SM Chandrashekhar UK Shivashankar KN Pruthvi B
Aust Med J
Wernicke's encephalopathy in a patient with gastric carcinoma: A diagnosis not to miss
2014-20-03 Chandrashekhar UK Nagiri SK Rao S
BMJ Case Reports
Nocardia causing chronic suppurative otitis media and cortical venous thrombosis
2014-01-01 Chawla K Gopinathan A Chandrashekhar UK Shivashankar KN
J Acad Clin Microbiol
Impact of tuberculosis disease on human gut microbiota: a systematic review. Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther
2023 Baral T, Kurian SJ, Thomas L, Udyavara Kudru C, Mukhopadhyay C, Saravu K, Manu MK, Singh J, Munisamy M, Kumar A, Khandelwal B, Rao M, Sekhar Miraj S
https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=56022011600
2023 Feb;21(2):175-188.
Determinants of stigma faced by people living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus: A narrative review from past and present scenario in India
2022
Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health 17 (2022) 101117.
Lymphocytic variant of Hypereosinophilic syndrome complicated by myocarditis
2015 Sravan Kumar, Jagadesh Madireddi, Chandrashekar UK, Shivashankara KN
J Cardiovasc Disease Res., 2015; 6(4): 184-186.
Dancing eyes and dancing feet in scrub typhus
2015 Koti N, S. Mareddy A, Shivashankara KN, Chandrashekar UK
- Australas Med J. 2015.
Prognostic significance of thyroid dysfunction in acute stroke
2019 Nagri SK, Kudru CU, Amaravadi SK, Prasad L
- APIK J Int Med 2021;9:14-8.
Pharmacokinetic Potentiation of Mixed Organophosphate and Pyrethroid Poison Leading to Prolonged Delayed Neuropathy
2016 Srinivasan M, Amin R, Thunga G, Nagiri SK, Kudru CU
J Clin Diagn Res. 2016 Nov;10(11):FD01-FD02
Clinical profile of urinary tract infections in diabetics and non-diabetics
2012-01-01 Aswani Srinivas
Study of bacterial infections in adult cirrhotic patients
2011-01-01 Divya
Clinical study of neurological disorders in patients with HIV/AIDS with special reference to CD4 count
2012-01-01 Keerthi Reddy
Stratifying risk factors for development of severe sepsis or septic shock in patients with gram negative bacteraemia
2013-01-01 Mohan Sumedha
Correlation of serum lipid profile in relation to the severity of dengue fever
2015-2017 DrTejaswini
A study of clinical profile and management of Dengue fever in adult patients in a tertiary care hospital
2016-19 Dr GayathriR Nair
Diagnostic value of serum interleukin-6 in predicting bacteremia in adult patients with sepsis
2017-20 Dr Penna Rushi Vardan Reddy
Role of the gut microbiome and probiotics for prevention and management of tuberculosis. Microbiome, Immunity, Digestive Health and Nutrition Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, Prevention and Treatment.
2022
2022; Chapter 25: Page: 361-371 (Publisher: Elsevier- Academic Press).
Pathogenesis and Pathophysiology of COVID-19. COVID-19 A Multidimensional Response
(Publisher: Elsevier- Academic Press)