Chairman

Dr. William Bhatti
Director, Professor, Department of Pediatric Surgery,
Christian Medical College and Hospital Ludhiana, Punjab, India

Editor-in-Chief

Dr. Monika Sharma
Professor, Department of Pediatrics,​
Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, Punjab, India

Journal Committee

Dr. Abi Thomas
Principal, Professor, Department of Pedodontics,
Christian Dental College, Ludhiana, Punjab, India

Dr. Mrs Reena Jairus
Principal, College of Nursing,
Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, Punjab, India

Dr. Neeta Kang
Head of Innovation,
Betty Cowan Research and Innovation Center Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, Punjab, India

Dr. Naveen Kakkar
Professor, Department of Pathology,
Maharshi Markandeshwar Medical College and Hospital, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, India

Dr. John Pramod
Professor, Department of Physiology,
Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, Punjab, India

Dr. Rajesh Paul
Professor, Department of Orthopaedics,
Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, Punjab, India

Associate Editors

Dr. Clarence J Samuel
Vice Principal, Professor of Community Medicine,
Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, Punjab, India

Dr. Ashish Varghese
Vice Principal- PG studies, Professor of ENT,
Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, Punjab, India

Dr. Dinesh Badyal
Professor of Medical Education, Professor of Pharmacology,
Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, Punjab, India

Dr. Monika Sharma
Vice Principal-Research, Professor of Peadiatrics,
Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, Punjab, India

Dr. Anjali Jain
Professor, Department of Anatomy,
Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, Punjab, India

Dr. Abhilasha Williams
Vice Principal (UG Studies), Department of Dermatology,
Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, Punjab, India

Editorial Board

Dr. Arpit Mathew
Mathera, Bihar, India

Dr. Dhruva Ghosh
Consultant, Pediatric Urology,
Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Oman

Dr. Johann Ebenezer
Academic Coordinator, Department of Distance Education,
Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India

National Editorial Board Members

Dr. Aroma Oberoi
Professor, Department of Microbiology, Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, Punjab, India

Dr. Jaineet Sachdeva
Professor, Department of Radiotherapy,
Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, Punjab, India

Dr. Kavita Mandrelle
Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology,
Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, Punjab, India

Dr. Navneet Kumar
Professor, Department of ENT,
Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, Punjab, India

Dr. Pamela Jeyaraj
Professor, Department of Radiotherapy, Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, Punjab, India

Dr. Ritu Jain
Professor, Department of Community Dentistry,
Christian Dental College, Ludhiana, Punjab, India

Dr. Sangeetha Mohan
Professor, Department of Microbiology,
Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, Punjab, India

Dr. Uttam George
Professor, Department of Radiology,
Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, Punjab, India

Dr. JV Peter
Professor, Department of Medicine (Medical ICU),
Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India

Dr. Vijayanand Ismavel
Makunda Christian Hospital, Assam, India

Dr. Santosh Mathew
Consultant Physician,
Emmanuel Hospital Association, Raxaul Hospital, Jharkhand, India

Dr. Meenakshi Sharma
Scientist E, Non-Communicable Diseases,
Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, India

Dr. Philip Alexander
Lady Wellington Hospital, Manali, Himachal Pradesh, India

Dr. Thankappan
Professor, Achutha Menon Centre for Health Sciences,
Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology,Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India

Dr. AK Anand
Consultant Radiation Oncologist
Max Super Speciality Hospital, Saket, New Delhi, India

Dr. JS Thakur
Professor, School of Public Health,
Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research,
Chandigarh, India

Dr. Dilip Mathai
Consultant Physician,
Apollo Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, India

Dr. Amit Agarwal
Medical Superintendent, Professor of Endocrine Surgery,
SGPGI Lucknow, India

Dr. Nitin Nagarkar
Director,
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Raipur, India

Dr. Ramalingam Sankaran
Professor of Pharmacology, Dean,
PSGIMSR, Coimbatore, India

Dr. Vivek Saoji
Vice Chancellor,
KLE Deemed to be University, Belgaum, Karnataka, India

Dr. Nirmala Rege
Prof Emeritus, Pharmacology,
Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai, India

Dr. Achal Gulati
Professor, Department of ENT,
Mulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India

International Board Members

Dr. George Abraham
Associate Chief of Medicine,
Saint Vincent Hospital Professor of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, USA

Dr. Indira Brar
Department of Infectious Diseases,
Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, USA

Dr. James Cotelingam
Department of Pathology,
LSU Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA, USA

Dr. Keith Hine
Consultant, Gastroenterologist Surrey, UK

Dr. Philip Kuriakose
Department of Hematology,
Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, USA

Mr. Sunil S Thomas
FRCS (Plast), Consultant Plastic, Surgeon, UK

Dr. Pramesh Kovoor
Associate Professor,
Westmead Clinical School, The Westmead Institute for Medical Research, University of Sydney, Australia

Dr. Meenakshi Singh
Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Kansas Medical Center, USA

Dr. Rohina Joshi
Associate Professor,
University of Sydney, Australia Mr. John Watkinson The Royal Marsden Hospital, UK

Dr. Cynthia Felix
University of Pittsburgh, USA

Dr. Dion Morton
Professor of Surgery and Colorectal Surgery,
University of Birmingham, UK

Prof. Dale Berg
Rector Clinical Skills and Simulation Center of Jefferson University,
Philadelphia, USA

Prof. Soumendra Sahoo
Department of Ophthalmology,
Melaka Manipal Medical College, Malaysia

Dr. Aditya Rabgbulla
Ascension Medical Group, Appleton, WI, USA

Statistical Editor

Dr. Himani Khattar
Statistician, Department of Neurology,
Christian Medical College and Hospital Ludhiana, Punjab, India