Dr Amitha Juanita Lewis

Associate Professor

Department of Oral Pathology & Microbiology

CURRENT ACADEMIC ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES

    Amitha Juanita Lewis teaches BDS and postgraduate students.
    She is involved in PG discussions and diagnosis. She is also teacher guardian for the I BDS students. 

SUBJECTS CURRENTLY TEACHING

Subject Semester / Year
Dental Anatomy and Oral Histology First semester, BDS
Oral Pathology Second, third semester, BDS

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

Degree Specialisation Institute Year of passing
MDS (Master of Dental Surgery) Oral Pathology and Microbiology Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Mangalore 2010

Experience

Institution / Organisation Designation Role Tenure
Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, MCODS Mangalore Tutor February 2005 to May 2007
Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Mangalore Assistant Professor May 2010

Demirjian’s method in the estimation of age: A study on the human third molars

2007-01-12

XVI national conference of IAOMP, 17-19 December, 2007, Khajuraho, MP.

Ameloblastoma exhibiting atypia: what does it imply to the clinician

2008-27-12

XVII national conference of IAOMP held at Kolkata, 27- 29 December, 2008.

An evaluation of tumour, patient characteristics and survival in squamous cell carcinoma arising from different types of oral epithelia

2009-27-11

XVIII national conference of Indian Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathologists, New Delhi, 27- 29 November, 2009.

HIV/AIDS: Facts and figures; a district hospital based study

2010-03-09

international conference of HIV/AIDS in association with the International AIDS Conference-2010 Vienna, Manipal College of Medical Sciences, Pokhara, Nepal, 3- 4 September, 2010.

Lymphnode metastasis: decoding the variables of histological grading

2011-15-07

3rd World Congress of the International Academy of Oral Oncology, Singapore, 15- 17July, 2011.

Pre-treatment haematological variations among HIV-infected individuals: Relevance with regard to dentistry

2012-26-10

XXI national conference of Indian Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathologists, Bambolim, Goa, 26- 28 October, 2012.

Pulp tooth ratio in the estimation of age: A study on mandibular premolars

2013-28-08

101st Annual World Dental Congress (FDI 2013), Istanbul, Turkey, 28- 31 August, 2013.

AREAS OF INTEREST, EXPERTISE AND RESEARCH

Area of Interest

Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Forensic Odontology, Salivary Gland Neoplasms

Area of Expertise

Oral Cancer, Odontogenic Tumours

Area of Research

Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Forensic Odontology, HIV/AIDS

Professional Affiliations & Contributions

Won RV Mehta award for the best scientific paper presentation.

A novel technique to assess chromatin texture using pixel optical densitometry in oral squamous cell carcinoma, microscopy research and technique

2012-01-01 Srikant N Nandita KP Karen Boaz Manish Juneja

2012, 75:1119-1123.