Executive Editor

Rakesh Aggarwal
MD, DM (Gastroenterology), MSc (Epidemiology), FNA, FASc, FNASc, FAMS
Director, JIPMER, India

Editor-in-Chief

Vikram Kate
MS, FRCS (Eng.), FRCS (Ed.), FRCS (Glasg.), PhD (Surg. Gastro.), FACS, FACG, FFST (Ed.)
Professor (Senior Scale), Department of Surgery, JIPMER, India

Editor

Vikas Menon
MD, DNB, Additional Professor, Department of Psychiatry, JIPMER, India

Deputy Editors

S. Suresh Kumar
MS, DNB, MNAMS, FMAS
Additional Professor, Department of Surgery, JIPMER, India

Suman Verma
MD, Additional Professor, Department of Anatomy, JIPMER, India

Associate Editors

Kadambari Dharanipragada
MS, Professor, Department of Surgery, JIPMER, India

B. Adhisivam
DNB, DCH, Professor, Department of Neonatology, JIPMER, India

Chanaveerappa Bammigatti
MD, Professor, Department of Medicine, JIPMER, India

C. Palanivel
MD, Additonal Professor, Department of Preventive & Social Medicine, JIPMER, India

Debasis Gochhait
MD, DNB, DM, Additional Professor, Department of Pathology, JIPMER, India

Haritha Sagili
MD, MRCOG, Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, JIPMER, India

Mukta Wyawahare
MD, Professor, Department of Medicine, JIPMER, India

Nonika Rajkumari
MD, Additional Professor, Department of Microbiology, JIPMER, India

R. Kalayarasan
MS, DNB, MCh, Additional Professor,
Department of Surgical Gastroenterology, JIPMER, India

Sreejith Parameswaran
MD, DNB, DM, Professor,
Department of Nephrology, JIPMER, India

Ombudsman

P. Jambulingam
MSc, PhD, Director,
Vector Control Research Centre (Indian Council of Medical Research), Pondicherry

Editorial Board

National

Ashok Kumar Das
MD, PhD, FAMS, FRCP,
Professor, Department of Medicine,
Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Puducherry, India

C. Adithan
MD, DNB, PhD, FAMS,
Director, Central Inter-Disciplinary Research Facility,
Mahatma Gandhi Medical College & Research Institute, Pondicherry, India

Devinder Mohan Thappa
MD, DHA, FAMS, FIMSA,
Professor (Senior Scale), Department of Dermatology, JIPMER, India

Gopal Krushna Pal
MD, Pondicherry, India,
Professor, Department of Physiology, JIPMER, India; Dean, JIPMER (Karaikal), India

Jagadish Mahanta
MD, Director, Regional Medical Research Center,
North East Region (Indian Council of Medical Research), Dibrugarh, Assam, India

L. N. Dorairajan
MS, MCh, Professor, Department of Urology, JIPMER, India

M. C. Misra
MS, FACS, FAMS, FRCS (Glasgow),
Former Director, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

Peush Sahni
MS, PhD, Professor, Department of Surgical Gastroenterology,
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

Ramakrishna Ramaswamy
MSc, PhD, Professor, School of Physical Sciences,
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India

Ramakrishna Ramaswamy
MSc, PhD, Professor, School of Physical Sciences,
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India

S. M. Mehendale
MD, Additional Director General,
Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, India

V. I. Mathan
MD, Chennai, India, Former Director,
Christian Medical College, Vellore, India

V. Mohan
MD, PhD, DSc, FRCP, Director,
Madras Diabetes Research Foundation, Chennai, India

Y. K. Chawla
MD, DM, Former Director,
Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh, India

International

Amuchou S. Soraisham
MD, DNB, DM, MSc, FRCPC, FAAP,
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Calgary, Canada

Dharmapuri Vidyasagar
MD, FAAP, FCCM, Professor Emeritus Pediatrics Center Affiliate,
UIC Center for Global Health, Chicago, USA

Frank Shann
MD, FRACP, FCICM, Honorary Professor,
Royal Children's Hospital, University of Melbourne, Australia

M. Ravi
MS, DNB, FRCS (Ed.), FRCS (Glasg.), FRCS (Gen. Surg.)
Consultant Hepato-Pancreatico-Biliary Surgery,
University Hospitals Birmingham, NHS Foundation Trust, UK