Dr. SUDHA RATHNA PRABHU

Languages Known

Tamil, English

Area(s) of expertise(s)

• Trained and Certified as a Research Scientist  in New Born Screening and High-Risk Screening Clinical Pediatric Metabolic Endocrinology by  ICMR National Task Force (NTF)  Panel  for Inborn Metabolic Disorders (IMD)
  
• ALL INDIA  multi-centric PILOT study  2009 to 2012.
• Metabolic Lab Medical Consultant in New Born Screening and Pediatric High-Risk Screening and Treatment

Professional Experiences

• Pediatric practice since 2000
  
• Owns "SVASAM" Health Care Centre Pediatric Metabolic  Endocrine  Health Screening Medical Laboratory Centre in  Chennai since 2017
• Private CHILD METABOLIC CLINIC at  “RATHINA “ Health Care Centre T. Nagar Chennai
• Visiting Consultant at Dr. RELA HOSPITAL Chennai 
• Visiting Consultant at KKCTH Chennai
• Visiting Consultant at Dr. MEHTA Multi-specialty Hospital Chennai 
• Reproductive Genetics and Obstetric Neonatal Metabolic Endocrinology Consultant  
• Clinical experiences in maternal and neonatal metabolic screening worked in fetal, perinatal, and pediatric screening centers  
• Trained in Research Methodology and Good Clinical Research and Practices

Special interest

• Pediatric Metabolic Genetics
• Mother and Child  Reproductive Endocrine Health  Screening
• Perinatal Health Care Screening

Academics

• National Faculty Speaker in 8 th ASIA PACIFIC ISNS conference 2013 at AIIMS New Delhi on “ Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia in South India an ICMR update
  
• IAP PEDICON 2013 Prize Paper presentation on Congenital Hypothyroidism in Tamil Nadu
• Honorary EXPERT PANEL Faculty Member at Institute of Child Health, Egmore Chennai in New Born Metabolic Screening Program 
• Speciality  Expert Medical Faculty Resource Person Training Medical Officers and Speciality Doctors for State Government of Tamil Nadu

Awards

• National Conferences
  
• BEST ORAL PAPER Award in LAMBCON conference  2023  Is IODINE Nutrition IDEAL or IDLE In Today’s Smart Women During Pregnancy And Lactation?!  At the Institute of Obstetrics and Gynecology Egmore, Chennai 
• Best Poster in Pediatric  Endocrinology conference Ped Endo 2019 on New Born  Screening  Status in Chennai in the private sector.
• Award for BEST POSTER in Reproductive Endocrinology Conference Enrich 2019 for Research Study on Iodine and Thyroid Dysfunctions.
• BEST ORAL PAPER AWARD Oral paper at National Conference in ISIEM 2017 on  RAPID Metabolic Score in suspected IEM in children.
• Best Poster Award for utility of radiographs in EARLY diagnosis of CH in ISIEM 2017
• Indian Society of Inborn Errors of Metabolism ISIEM  Prize for Poster on Long-term Follow-up of Congenital Hypothyroidism (CH)  year 2014 
• International Conferences
• Got BEST POSTER Award in Indo-German Pediatric Metabolic Conference at KMC, Manipal 2017 New Born Screening for Treatable Metabolic Disorders 
• Best Poster Award “ Thyroid Gland Nomogram values in South Indian neonates and infants “ AIIMS New Delhi and International Society for Newborn Screening ISNS  2013

Affiliations

• Research Advisory Committee  Member RAC At SRI RAMACHANDRA MEDICAL COLLEGE  SRMC, Porur Chennai
• Women and Children Metabolic Endocrine Health Screening Clinical Research Consultant At  Sree Balaji Medical College and Hospital Chennai  
• Pediatric Consultant Member Institutional Ethical Committee Ramachandra Hospital

Certifications

• Doctorate of Philosophy Research Work From  2016 To 2022 The  Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Medical University ( MGRMU) REGISTRATION  NUMBER   61951 / 2016 
  
• HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS conducted by NPTEL  IIT Kanpur Govt of India
• Certificate In MEDICAL GENETIC COUNSELING Indian Medical Association, Medisys Hyderabad
• HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL  online Course in CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY
• ST GEORGE'S, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON Genetic Inheritance For The Pregnancy Pathway

Memberships

• IMA  Indian Medical Association 
• IAP Indian Academy of Pediatrics 
• NNF National Neonatology Forum 
• ISNS International Society Of New Born Screening 
• GMDI Genetics Metabolic Dietitians International 

Publications

• National and International 
  
• Prabhu Sudha Rathna; Mahadevan Shriraam, Bharath R. Normative data for stretched penile length in term neonates born in Tamil Nadu. Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism 
• 18(4):p 585-586, Jul–Aug 2014. | DOI: 10.4103/2230-8210.137500 
• Prabhu SR, Mahadevan S, Jagadeesh S, Suresh S. Congenital Hypothyroidism: Recent Indian data. Indian J Endocrinol Metab. 2015 May-Jun: 19(3):436-7. doi: 10.4103/2230-8210.152800.
  
• Clitoral Length in Indian Newborn Girls  https://www.indianpediatrics.net/apr2016/289.pdf
• Prabhu SR, Kannan S, Mahadevan S. Iodine Deficiency: An Under Recognized Problem. Indian J Endocrinol Metab. 2017 Jul-Aug: 21(4): 640-641. doi: 10. 4103/ijem.IJEM_39_17.PMID: 28670556; PMCID: PMC5477460.
  
• Prabhu, S.R, Mahadevan, S. Congenital Hypothyroidism Due to Dyshormonogenesis in 2 Siblings. Indian J Pediatr 85, 1043–1044 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12098-017-2516-9 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s12098-017-2516-9
  
• Prabhu SR 1, Mahadevan S 1, Indian Journal of Pediatrics, 09 Feb 2018, 85(12): 1045-1049Normative Data of Thyroid Gland Volume in South Indian Neonates and Infants. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12098-017-2528-5 PMID: 29423669
  
• Prabhu SR. Diagnostic dilemmas in primary hypomagnesemia - a treatable metabolic disorder in children. Endocrinol Metab Int J. 2018: 6(4): 291-293. DOI: 10.15406/emij. 2018. 06. 00190
  
• Prabhu SR. Dyshormonogenesis emerging as a predominant cause of Congenital Hypothyroidism in India - A Mini Review. J Pediatr Pediatr Med. 2018; 2(4): 1-6
• “Utility of Knee Radiographs as a Supportive Diagnostic Screening Tool for Early Therapy in Neonates Detected with Congenital Hypothyroidism at a Primary Health Care Centre – 
• A Pilot Study from India”. EC Pediatrics 7.11 (2018): 1103- 1107
• Utility of Iodine Concentrations in Urine as a Non-Invasive, Cost Effective Mass Screening Biomarker for Early Detection of Thyroid Gland Disorders in Pregnancy”. 
• EC Endocrinology and Metabolic Research 4.3 (2019): 107-110. Journal of Pediatrics and Pediatric Medicine.

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