Guide / Co-guide for MD/MS/DM/MCh/PhD Thesis

1.  Narayana Reddy L. Clinical presentation and predictors of outcome in severe acute exacerbation of chronic acute pulmonary disease: A prospective study (MD  Thesis). Tirupati: Sri Venkateswara Medical College; 2002. 

2.  Guruprasad G. Prevalence of antituberculosis treatment induced hepatotoxicity in patients with new sputum smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis receiving Category I DOTS under the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP):   A prospective study  (MD  Thesis). Tirupati: Sri Venkateswara Medical College; 2009. 

3.   Lavakumar  Reddy A. Genetic studies in patients with polycystic kidney disease (PhD Thesis). Tirupati:  Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences; 2009.

4.   Satish D. Analysis of differentially expressed proteins in patients with bronchial asthma (PhD Thesis). Tirupati: Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences; 2010. 

5.  Vamsi Krishna K. Efficacy of Revised National Tuberculosis Control Program [RNTCP] treatment regimens in patients with various forms of neurological tuberculosis: a prospective study (DM Thesis). Tirupati:  Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences; 2010.

6.   Kishore Babu KV. A study   of  burden of   diabetes mellitus and its effect on outcome  in patients with in patients with sputum smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis.  (MD Thesis). Tirupati:  Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences; 2010.

7.  Sada S. A study  of prevalence of asymptomatic coronary artery disease in patients with rheumatoid arthritis by utilizing carotid intima-media thickness as a surrogate marker  (MD Thesis). Tirupati:  Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences; 2010.

8.  Ravisankar A. A study on the prevalence of osteoporosis in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients on oral hypoglycaemic drugs (MD Thesis). Tirupati:  Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences; 2011.

9.  Bhaskar Rao U.  A study of prevalence of microvascular complications in patients newly diagnosed to have type 2 diabetes mellitus at the time of initial diagnosis (MD Thesis). Tirupati:  Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences; 2011.

10. Chaitanya Kumar IS. A prospective study to assess the effectiveness of platelet therapy in patients with thrombocytopenia (MD Thesis). Tirupati:  Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences; 2011.

11. Shivanandh  B. Study of aetiological causes of delirium in intensive care setting (MD Thesis). Tirupati: Sri Venkateswara Medical College; 2011.

12. Kiranmayi VS. Evaluation of traditional and novel cardiovascular risk factors in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (MD Thesis). Tirupati: Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences; 2011.

13. Vijaya Bhaskara Rao J. Sleep disordered breathing in patients with epilepsy (DM Thesis). Tirupati: Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences; 2011.

14. Aparna Reddy S. Diagnostic utility of glycosylated haemoglobin in diagnosing type 2 diabetes mellitus in patients presenting to a tertiary care teaching hospital in South India (MD Thesis). Tirupati: Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences; 2012.

15. Sivaram Naik G. A study of the burden of thyroid disorders in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (MD Thesis).  Tirupati: Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences; 2012.

16. Jayaprada R. A study of microbiological diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis by conventional (Lowenstein-Jensen Medium) and MB/BACT ALERT 3D system culture techniques  (MD Thesis). Tirupati: Sri Venkateswara Institute of  Medical Sciences; 2012.

17. Madhavi Latha P. Diagnosis of leptospirosis in the early stage, by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) (PhD Thesis). Tirupati:  Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences; 2013.

18. Naveen V. N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide levels and short-term prognosis in acute ischemic stroke (DM Thesis). Tirupati: Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences; 2013. 

19. Sowgandhi  N. Prevalence of aetiologic overlap between rheumatoid arthritis and pyogenic arthritis, pyoderma gangrenosum and acne (PAPA) syndrome (MD Thesis).  Tirupati: Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences; 2013.

20. Dinesh Kumar N. HIV-seropositivity among patients diagnosed who have various forms of TB (MD Thesis) Tirupati: Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences; 2013.

21. Vivekanand K. Study of the structure and functioning of referral mechanism of patients receiving treatment and records linkage under Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP) of Government of India (PhD Thesis). Tirupti: Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences; 2014.

22. Varadaraja J. A study of in-hospital medical and neurological complications and outcome in patients with acute stroke (DM Thesis). Tirupati; Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences; 2014.

23. Ameen MA. Outcome and management of spinal tuberculosis according to severity at a tertiary referral centre (MCh Thesis). Tirupati; Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences; 2014.

24. Ramakrishna G.  The spectrum  of inflammatory demyelinating diseases of the central nervous system (DM Thesis). Tirupati: Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences (work in progress).

Work under progress

1. Neelima R. To assess the activity of the hypothalamo-pituitary-gonadal axis in post menopausal women with acute severe illness admitted to intensive care  (PhD Thesis). Tirupati:  Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences (work in progress).
2. Prakashbabu P. Study of polymorphisms of interleukin-12 (IL-12B) gene at intron 2, exon 5, and 3’translated region (3’UTR) in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis (PhD Thesis). Tirupati:  Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences (work in progress).
3.  Ragadeepthi B. A study of prevalence of rheumatic musculoskeletal disorders in patients with diabetes mellitus. (MD Thesis).  Tirupati: Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences (work in progress).  
4. Sai Neelima ChPSS.  Aetiology,  clinical  features  and predictors of outcome in   patients with sepsis and related syndromes admitted to the medical intensive care unit (MICU): a prospective study. (MD Thesis).  Tirupati: Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences (work in progress).  
5. Kalyana Chakravarthi DP. A prospective study of serum procalcitonin as a marker of  infection  in patients admitted with fever. (MD Thesis).  Tirupati: Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences (work in progress).  
6. Sumanth Reddy P. A study of burden of tuberculosis in patients with diabetes mellitus.  (MD Thesis).  Tirupati: Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences (work in progress).