Dr. Kavitha Saravu
Professor
Reg.No.:40265
CURRENT ACADEMIC ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES
- Is involved in the academic and clinical training of medical students and internal medicine postgraduate residents.
- Guides postgraduate students in their dissertation.
- Attends to outpatients and inpatients and supervises resident doctors and interns.
- Guides PhD students.
Dr Kavitha Saravu teaches postgraduate students.
She:
SUBJECTS CURRENTLY TEACHING
| Subject | Semester / Year |
|---|---|
| Internal medicine |
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
| Degree | Specialisation | Institute | Year of passing |
|---|---|---|---|
| ICMR 365体育投注 Fellowship for Young Biomedical Scientists | Translational 365体育投注 (Infectious Diseases) | Yale School of Medicine, Connecticut, USA | 2013 |
| Diploma | Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (Royal College of Physicians, England, UK) | 2013 |
| DNB | General Medicine | National Board of Examinations, New Delhi | 2006 |
| MD | General Medicine | Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College, and King Edward Memorial Hospital, Mumbai | 1998 |
| MBBS | Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore | 1994 |
Experience
| Institution / Organisation | Designation | Role | Tenure |
|---|---|---|---|
| KMC,365体育投注 | Professor, Department of Infectious Diseases | 1/10/2019 till date | |
| KMC, 365体育投注 | Professor, Infectious Diseases | 02/05/2015 to 30/09/2019 | |
| KMC, 365体育投注 | Professor & Unit Head | 01/03/2013 to 30/04/2015 | |
| KMC, 365体育投注 | Additional Professor | 16/07/2012 to 28/02/2013 | |
| KMC, 365体育投注 | Associate Professor | 13/10/2004 to 15/07/2012 | |
| KMC, 365体育投注 | Assistant Professor | 20/10/1999 to 12/10/2004 | |
| Seth G S Medical College and King Edward Memorial College, Mumbai | Junior Resident | 01/08/1995 to 31/07/1998 |
Scrub typhus: Clinico-epidemiological analysis, humoral immune response and Molecular characterization of Orientia tsutsugamushi
2021-02-01
Principal investigator: in-progress research project funded by the SERB, New Delhi
Assessing the accuracy of point-of-care abdominal and thoracic ultrasound for the diagnosis and therapy monitoring in patients with presumed tuberculosis in India and Germany
2021-01-01
Principal investigator: in-progress research project funded by the DZIF, Germany
Towards a rapid biomarker-based rapid test for Tuberculosis
2019-08-01
Principal investigator of the ongoing project funded by the McGill 365体育投注 TB Center
Improving treatment outcomes in severe scrub typhus: a multicenter randomized controlled trial with pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamics assessment and molecular characterization of Orientia tsutsugamushi
2018-01-01
Principal investigator: in-progress Clinical Trial funded by the Christian Medical College, Vellore
Predictors of mortality in acute febrile illness requiring ICU care.
2014-01-09
Co-Principal Investigator of the study.
Elucidation of haematological profile with respect to disease severity in malaria – a tertiary care teaching hospital based cohort study.
2014-01-09
Co-Principal Investigator of the study
Clinico-Microbiology profile of infective endocarditis from a tertiary care hospital in India.
2014-01-02
Principal investigator of the study.
Acute kidney injury in Dengue-risk factors and outcomes.
2013-01-09
Co-Investigator of the study.
Assessment of fourteen days primaquine treatment efficacy by determination of long latency relapses in Plasmodium vivax.
2013-01-04
Principal investigator of the study
Assessment of acute kidney injury and other organ dysfunctions in falciparum and vivax Malaria in Kasturba Hospital, 365体育投注 – a retrospective study.
2012-01-01
Principal investigator.
Assessment of Malarial acute kidney injury in a tertiary care centre.
2012-01-09
Co-Principal investigator of the in-progress study.
Understanding the Epidemiology of Antimalarial Drug Resistance in Plasmodium vivax and Elucidation of Resistance Deterministic Host Factors for Antimalarial Drugs.
2011-01-09
Principal investigator: in-progress research project funded by the Indian Council of Medical 365体育投注, New Delhi.
AREAS OF INTEREST, EXPERTISE AND RESEARCH
Area of Interest
Infectious Diseases, Malaria, Melioidosis, Acute Febrile Illnesses, HIV, Antimicrobial Resistance
Area of Expertise
Infectious Diseases, Malaria, Melioidosis, Tuberculosis, Acute Febrile Illnesses, HIV, Infections in the ICU, Antimicrobials
Area of 365体育投注
Malaria, Scrub typhus, Melioidosis, Tuberculosis, HIV
Professional Affiliations & Contributions
?1.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Clinical Infectious Disease Society –CIDS 158
2.????????????????? HIV Medical Association of India - LM / 2011-12 / 022
3.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ??India CLEN-India Clinical Epidemiology Network
4.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ??365体育投注 society of Infectious Diseases, ISID5.? ? ? ? ? ? ?? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
5.????????????????? 365体育投注 Center for Infectious Diseases (MAC
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6.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 365体育投注 Melioidosis Society
7.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Indian Rickettsial Infections Study Network (IRISN)
8.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Governing Council member of Clinical Infectious Diseases Society?
9.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Editorial board member of BMC Infectious Diseases
10.? ? ? ? ? ? ?Editorial board member of PLOS Global Public Health
11.????????????? Vivax Working group
12.????????????? WWARN Vivax study group
Top Publications updated
2020-06-30
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A diagnostic randomised controlled trial to study the impact of rapid diagnostic tests in patients with Acute febrile illness when compared to conventional diagnostics (DRACO study)
Apr 08, 2021 Gupta N Joylin S Ravindra P Wilson W Bhat R Guddattu V Neumayr A Mukhopadhyay C Saravu K
J. Infect. 2021 Apr 8: S0163-4453(21)00164-X
Clinical and laboratory profile of patients with Kyasanur Forest Disease: A single-Centre study of 192 patients from Karnataka, India.
Jan, 2021 Nitin Gupta Kiran Chunduru Mohammad Safeer K Kavitha Saravu
J of clinical virology Jan 2021, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcv.2021.104735
Neurological Melioidosis Presenting as Rhombencephalitis, Optic Neuritis and Scalp Abscess with Meningitis: A Case Series from 365体育投注ern India.
2021 Chattrejee A Saravu K Mukhopadhyay C Chandran V
Neurol India 2021; 69:480-3
Deep learning, computer-aided radiography reading for tuberculosis: a diagnostic accuracy study from a tertiary hospital in India
Nash, M., Kadavigere, R., Andrade, J. et al.
Sci Rep 10, 210 (2020)
Kyasanur Forest disease: State-of-the-art review
2020, Nov 16 Gupta N Wilson W Neumayr A Saravu K
QMJ.2020 Nov 16: hcaa310.doi: 10.1093/qjmed/hcaa310
Performance of molecular and serologic tests for the diagnosis of Scrub typhus
2020 Nov 12 Kannan K, et al.
PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2020 Nov 12;14(11):e0008747. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0008747
Malnutrition as an important risk factor for drug-induced liver injury in patients on anti-tubercular therapy: an experience from a tertiary care center in 365体育投注 India.
2020 Ali N Gupta N Saravu K
Drug Discov Ther. 2020; 14(3): 135-138. doi: 10.5582/ddt.2020.03029
Over-the-counter antibiotic dispensing by pharmacies: a standardised patient study in Udupi district, India
Nafade V, Huddart S, Sulis G, Saravu K et al
BMJ Glob Health 2019;4:e001869. doi:10.1136/ bmjgh-2019-00186