Dr. Roshna Ramachandran

Dr. Roshna Ramachandran is a dynamic and compassionate physician with more than 15 years of clinical experience in patient care and disease management — evaluating patient histories, conducting clinical examinations, interpreting investigations and identifying the causes, symptoms and likely course of disease.

Diligent and detail-oriented, Dr. Roshna is committed to comprehensive, patient-centred care that addresses each patient's individual needs, and is passionate about promoting health and wellness.

Education & training

• Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Diabetology — Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu
• DNB (General Medicine) — Kerala Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS), Thiruvananthapuram
• MBBS — Padmashree Dr. D.Y. Patil Medical College, Pune, Maharashtra

Research

• Postgraduate thesis: Corrected count increment after platelet transfusion
• Post-doctoral dissertation: Prevalence and predictors of pancreatic exocrine insufficiency (PEI) and its association with diabetic autonomic neuropathy in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus — a cross-sectional study from South India (PREDICT)

Scientific presentations

• "Hyperglucagonemia, resting energy expenditure, insulin sensitivity — a paradigm shift in the pathogenesis of fibro-calcific pancreatic diabetes (FCPD) in Asian Indians?" — Annual Research Day, CMC Vellore, 2016 (gold medal)
• "Rapidly progressive occlusive vascular disease" (case report) — Kerala Chapter of the Association of Physicians of India, Kochi, 2007
• "Analysis of arterial blood gases — a report from a tertiary care centre" — Kerala Chapter of API, Calicut, 2006

Selected publications

• How safe is metformin when initiated in early pregnancy? A retrospective 5-year study of pregnant women with gestational diabetes mellitus from India. Diabetes Res Clin Pract 2018;137:47–55
• Indirect calorimetry: from bench to bedside. Indian J Endocrinol Metab 2017;21(4):594–599
• Clinical characteristics, beta-cell dysfunction and treatment outcomes in patients with A−β+ ketosis-prone diabetes (KPD): the first identified cohort amongst Asian Indians. J Diabetes Complications 2017;31(9):1401–1407
• Nutritional intake in low body mass index (BMI) males with type 1 diabetes and fibrocalcific pancreatic diabetes: what are the unmet needs? J Clin Diagn Res 2017;11
• How adequate are macro- and micronutrient intake in pregnant women with diabetes mellitus? A study from South India. J Obstet Gynaecol India 2018;68(5):400–407
• Bitter experience with liquorice sweetening agent resulting in apparent mineralocorticoid excess with periodic paralysis. BMJ Case Reports 2018
• Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency-related fat malabsorption and its association with autonomic neuropathy in Asian Indians with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Diabetes Metab Syndr 2021;15(5):102273