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Dr Sham S
Department: Rheumatology
Designation: Consultant
Qualification: M.B.B.S, M.D, D.M
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Dr S Sham has an overall experience of 16 years and is currently working at Gleneagles Global Health City. He has attended various national conferences namely P – 86; Prevalence of Vitamin D deficiency in Rheumatoid Arthritis patients and correlation with disease activity and its efficacy after supplementation; Indian Journal of Rheumatology Volume 7, Supplement, Pages S7-S56, November 2012 (IRACON 2012, Ahmedabad), P 20. “Why not me? “ – Rituximab in Scleroderma with ILD-a Short Term Outcome Study; Indian Journal of Rheumatology; Volume 8, Supplement, Pages S7-S36, December 2013 (IRACON 2013, Kolkata). He has also attended various workshops and CMEs like IIF for autoimmune disease, MSK USG workshop, IRACON 2013, APICON 2013.
Experience
16 Years of Experience
Experience:
- Currently
Gleneagles Global Health City
- August 2010 to July 2011
Assistant Professor in General Medicine – Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical College & Hospital
Expertise
- SLE
- Vasculitis
- Soft tissue rheumatism
- Intra articular & intralesional injections
- Musculoskeletal Ultrasound & procedures
Achievements
- Best Outgoing Student (Dr K.P Ganesan, Dr B.M Hegde & Dr Prabhakar Rao – gold medal) in M.D General Medicine.
- Won gold medal – Competitive Examination in Thoracic Medicine & Cardiology (Darwady Shankar Hegde & Hirebettu Thimmapa Hegde memorial prize)
Publications
- Forestier disease (Images) – Indian Journal of Rheumatology ;Volume 9, Issue 2, p 86-87 ; June 2014
- Management of Refractory Calcinosis – How far to go? (Case report) – Indian Journal of Rheumatology (Accepted for publication)
- A rare presentation of childhood Takayasu’s arteritis – PRES (Case report) – Indian Journal of Rheumatology (Accepted for publication)
- Generalised Morphea – A rare variant of localized scleroderma (Clinical case vignettes) – Internet Journal of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology; 2014;2(1):12. (19 February 2014)
- APLAR-0202; “If we fail to see, patient might never see – Takayasu’s Arteritis” – International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases; ISSN 1756-1841 VOLUME 17 Supplement 1 April 2014 (APLAR 2014, Cebu, Philippines)
