Lecturer

Curriculum Vitae

Name: KANDASAMY RAVICHANDRAN

Email: *********.************@*****.***

Mobile: +91-860**-*****

CAREER OBJECTIVE

To find a challenging position to meet my capabilities, skills, education

and experience. I am willing to give total support the organization that I

am in, with the experience and capability that I have, in order to achieve

organization's goals and create a mutual benefit that enhances individual

achievement.

Education

. PhD in Epidemiology from University of Tampere, Finland - 1997

. Master of Statistics from University of Madras, India - 1984

. Bachelor of Statistics from University of Madras, India - 1982

Personal Information

Birth date: 10 July, 1960

Gender: Male

Contact details:

Email: *********.************@*****.***

Mobile: +91-860**-*****

Mailing address: A1 Plot# 11, Banyan Beach Compound,

Old Madras Road,

Kottakuppam,

Vanur Taluk,

Villupuram Dist.,

Tamilnadu 605 104

India.

Employment History

Position Department, Institute Period

Lecturer Biostatistics, November 2012 - till

Pondicherry Institute of date

Medical Sciences,

Pondicherry, India.

Scientific Officer Biostatistics, Madras August 2011 - June

& HOD Diabetes Research 2012

Foundation, Chennai,

India.

Post-Doctoral Biostatistics, November 2001 - July

Fellow Epidemiology and 2011

Scientific Computing

dept., King Faisal

Specialist Hospital &

Research Centre, Riyadh,

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Senior Investigator Hospital Based Cancer April 1992 - September

Registry, Division of 2001

Epidemiology & Cancer

Registry, Cancer

Institute (WIA), Chennai,

India.

Statistical Population Based Cancer April 1988 - March

Assistant Registry, Division of 1992

Epidemiology & Cancer

Registry, Cancer

Institute (WIA), Chennai,

India.

Research Associate Indian Institute of April 1985 - March

Education 1986

Pune, India.

Nature of work done

. Design, conduct and analysis of epidemiological and survival studies.

. Involved in collaborative research work with scientist of different

specialities.

. Scrutinising Population/hospital based cancer registry data as well as

hospital based Cleft lip/palate and craniofacial anomalies registry

data.

. Generating tables from the registry database and preparing annual

reports/brochures.

. Randomization of patients for the clinical trials.

. Coordinating in computerization of patients' information carried out

at Cancer Institute.

. Teaching/training on biostatistics and epidemiology for the

scientists/researchers.

. Presentation of research works in seminars/workshops, training

programmes and

. Publishing research papers.

Funded Research Projects

. Principal Investigator of the project "Knowledge, Awareness and

Attitude about Cancer and Its Prevention" at King Faisal Specialist

Hospital & Research Center (KFSH&RC), Riyadh. This project was funded

by King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), Riyadh,

Saudi Arabia.

. Principal Investigator of the project "Population based survival study

on female breast cancer cases in Riyadh region, Saudi Arabia" at

KFSH&RC, Riyadh. This project was funded by National Cancer Registry,

Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia.

. Co-Investigator of the project "Follow-up of Cancer Patients" at

Cancer Institute (WIA), Chennai. This project was funded by Indian

Council of Medical Research (ICMR), New Delhi, India.

Other Positions held

Member in the Research Committee at Pondicherry Institute of Medical

Sciences.

Member in the following registries committee at KFSH&RC,

. Cleft Lip/Palate and Craniofacial Anomalies Registry

. Pediatric Neurodegenerative Disease Registry

. Autism Disorder Registry

Served as a member in several committees' at KFSH&RC, such as: National

Cancer Registry Scientific Sub Committee; Research on Cancer Prevention

committee; Infection Control Committee; Ad hoc committee to review the

guidelines for the establishment and development of disease registries

through BESC, etc...

Principal Investigator, Co-Investigator in various research projects both

in KFSH&RC, Riyadh and Cancer Institute (WIA), Chennai.

Organised

. Advanced Biostatistics course at Madras Diabetes Research Foundation,

Chennai in June 2012.

. Basics of Biostatistics course at Madras Diabetes Research Foundation,

Chennai in January 2012.

Faculty member in the

. Research methodology workshop for post graduate medical students -

Batch 2013-14, held at Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences,

Puduchery in August 2013.

. 3rd Biostatistics Research Methods Course held at KFSH&RC, Riyadh in

October 2010.

. 1st Research Methodology Course held at KFSH&RC, Riyadh in November

2008.

. Refresher Courses on Occupational Health held at Regional Labour

Institute, Chennai in January 2000, August 1996, December 1994 and

December 1993.

. Pre Annual Review Meeting Workshop of the National Cancer Registry

Program held in July 2000 and August 1999.

Academia

. Teaching Biostatistics and Epidemiology for undergraduate medical,

post graduate Nursing and other disciplines students.

. Refereeing of few articles submitted to the journals like 'Annals of

Saudi Medicine', 'Cancer Epidemiology', and 'Cleft Palate Craniofacial

Journal'.

Knowledge of Epidemiological / Statistical Software

. Proficiency in SPSS, and SAS Enterprise Guide.

Knowledge of Computer Environment

Working knowledge in MS OFFICE (Word, Power Point, Excel) and Internet

Browsing.

Presentation in Conference / Meeting / Training / Workshop

Presented a paper, "Prognostic factors and survival in Intermediate and

High grade Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma" in the XV Asia Pacific Cancer

Conference held in Chennai, December 1999. Awarded "Young Scientist

Award" for best poster presentation.

Other presentations:

. 3rd International cleft palate and craniofacial symposium, Riyadh,

March 2011.

. 5th Asian Pacific organization for Cancer Prevention Conference,

Istanbul, April 2010.

. Research center seminar, KFSH&RC, April 2009, September 2004, April

2003, and September 2002.

. 1st Resident Research Day, Riyadh, January 2008.

. 7th IEA Eastern Mediterranean Regional Scientific Meeting, Riyadh,

November 2007.

. XI Scientific Meeting of the Indian Doctors Forum, Riyadh, May 2006.

. Spatial and Temporal Clustering of Diseases and Assessment in Public

Health conference, Riyadh, December 2005.

. Research activity meeting, KFSH&RC, January 2004, and June 2002.

. Oncology ground rounds, KFSH&RC, May 2003.

. Annual Review Meeting of the National Cancer Registry Program, July

2000, August 1999, and October 1994.

. Senior level workshop on Cancer Registration, Trivandrum, March 1997.

. 16th UICC International Cancer Congress, New Delhi, November 1994.

. 18th Annual Conference of the International Association of Cancer

Registries (IACR), Bangalore, October 1994.

Publications in Journals

1. Ravichandran K, Shoukri M, Aljohar A, Shazia NS, Al-Twaijri Y, Al

Jarba I. Consanguinity and occurrence of cleft lip/palate: a hospital-

based registry study in Riyadh. Am J Med Genet A. 2012; 158A (3): 541-

546.

2. Ravichandran K, Al-Hamdan NA, Mohamed G. Knowledge, attitude, and

behavior among Saudis toward cancer preventive practice. J Family

Community Med. 2011; 18(3): 135-142.

3. Aziza A, Kandasamy R, Shazia S. Pattern of craniofacial anomalies seen

in a tertiary care hospital in Saudi Arabia. Ann Saudi Med. 2011;

31(5): 488-493.

4. Ravichandran K, Mohamed G, Al-Hamdan NA. Public Knowledge on Cancer

and its Determinants among Saudis in the Riyadh Region of Saudi

Arabia. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2010; 11(5):1175-1180.

5. Ravichandran K, AS Al-Zahrani. Association of reproductive factors

with the incidence of breast cancer in Gulf Cooperation Council

countries. East Mediterr Health J. 2009; 15(3): 612-621.

6. Al-Hamdan N, Ravichandran K, Al-Sayyad J, Al-Lawati J, Khazal Z, Al-

Khateeb F, Abdulwahab A, Al-Asfour A. Incidence of cancer in Gulf

Cooperation Council countries, 1998-2001. East Mediterr Health J.

2009; 15(3): 600-611.

7. Aljohar A, Ravichandran K, Subhani S. Pattern of cleft lip and palate

in hospital-based population in Saudi Arabia: retrospective study.

Cleft Palate Craniofac J. 2008; 45(6): 592-596.

8. Al-Zahrani AS, Ravichandran K. Cervical cancer screening with pattern

of Pap smear. Review of multicenter studies. - Correspondence - Saudi

Med J. 2007; 28(8): 1305.

9. AS. Al-Zahrani, K. Ravichandran. Epidemiology of thyroid cancer: A

review with special reference to Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)

States. The Gulf Journal of Oncology. 2007; 2: 17-28.

10. Al-Hamdan N, Al-Jarallah M, Ravichandran K, Al-Sayyad J, Al-Lawati J,

Khazal Z, Al-Khateeb F, Abdulwahab A, Al-Mulla A, Al-Asfour A,

Bazarbashi S. The incidence of lung cancer in the Gulf Cooperation

Council countries. Ann Saudi Med. 2006; 26(6): 433-438.

11. Brown A, Ravichandran K, Warnakulasuriya S. The unequal burden related

to the risk of oral cancer in the different regions of the Kingdom of

Saudi Arabia. Community Dent Health. 2006; 23(2): 101-106.

12. Ravichandran K, Hamdan NA, Dyab AR. Population based survival of

female breast cancer cases in Riyadh region, Saudi Arabia. Asian Pac J

Cancer Prev. 2005; 6(1): 72-76.

13. Balaram P, Sridhar H, Rajkumar T, Vaccarella S, Herrero R, Nandakumar

A, Ravichandran K, Ramdas K, Sankaranarayanan R, Gajalakshmi V, Munoz

N, Franceschi S. Oral cancer in southern India: the influence of

smoking, drinking, paan-chewing and oral hygiene. Int J Cancer. 2002;

98(3): 440-445.

14. Raj EH, Skinner A, Mahji U, Nirmala KN, Ravichandran K, Shanta V,

Hurst HC, Kullick WJ, Rajkumar T. Neuregulin 1-alpha expression in

locally advanced breast cancer. Breast. 2001; 10(1): 41-45.

15. Ravichandran K, Sagar TG, Raman SG, Devarajan S. Prognostic factors

and survival in Intermediate grade and high grade Non-Hodgkin's

Lymphoma. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2000; 1 (Supplement): 213-216.

16. Raj EH, Vasanthan A, Mahji U, Ravichandran K, Devarajan S. Randomized

trial on lymphadenectomy and intraoperative radiotherapy in gastric

cancer. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2000; 1 (Supplement): 81-83.

17. Shanta V, Krishnamurthi S, Gajalakshmi CK, Swaminathan R, Ravichandran

K. Epidemiology of cancer of the cervix: global and national

perspective. J Indian Med Assoc. 2000; 98(2): 49-52.

18. Sagar TG, Ganapathi Ramanan S, Gupta P, Devarajan S, Ravichandran K,

Rajalekshmy KR. Salvage of ON THERAPY relapse of pediatric acute

lymphoblastic leukemia: Cancer Institute, Madras experience. Indian J

Med & Ped Oncol. 1997; 18(2): 39-45.

19. Gajalakshmi CK, Ravichandran K, Shanta V. Tobacco Related Cancers in

Madras, India. Eur J Cancer Prev. 1996; 5(1): 63-68.

20. Prasad SVSS, Sagar TG, Maitreyan V, Shanta V, Devarajan S,

Ravichandran K. Hybrid (COPP/ABV) therapy in childhood Hodgkin's

Disease - A study of 53 cases during 1989-93 at the Cancer Institute,

Madras. Ped Hematology Oncol. 1995; 12: 333-341.

21. Shanta V, Gajalakshmi CK, Swaminathan R, Ravichandran K, Vasanthi L.

Cancer Registration in Madras Metropolitan Tumour Registry, Madras,

India. Eur J Cancer. 1994; 30A (7): 974-978.

Other Publications (Annual Reports, Abstracts, Brochures, Book Chapters)

1. Sanjoy JG, Ilangovan V, Aneesh B, Karnam. AF, Ravichandran K.

Potassium levels in critical care unit patients and its association

with mortality. Abstract in the Programme on Advances in Critical Care

and Emergency (PACE) 5th National Annual Conference, September

2013, JIPMER, Puduchery. Awarded best poster presentation.

2. Johar AA, Ravichandran K, Subhani SN, Jarba EA. Cleft Lip/ Palate and

Craniofacial Anomalies Registry Cumulative Report 1999-2010. King

Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

2011.

3. Hamdan NA, Ravichandran K, Dyab AR. Breast Cancer Survival in Riyadh,

Saudi Arabia, 1994-1996. In: Cancer Survival in Africa, Asia, the

Caribbean and Central America (SurvCan). Eds: Sankaranarayanan R.,

Swaminathan R., Lucas E. IARC Scientific Publications volume 162,

Lyon, 2011:179-181.

4. Johar AA, Ravichandran K, Subhani SN, Jarba EA. Cleft Lip/ Palate and

Craniofacial Anomalies, 2009. King Faisal Specialist Hospital and

Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 2010.

5. Johar AA, Ravichandran K, Subhani SN, Jarba EA. Cleft Lip/ Palate and

Craniofacial Anomalies 1999-2008: A cumulative report. King Faisal

Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 2009.

6. Al-Zahrani AS, Ravichandran K, Al-Madouj AN. 2004 Cancer Incidence

Report for the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries. Riyadh: Gulf Center

for Cancer Registration, 2008.

7. Johar AA, Ravichandran K, Subhani SN, Jarba EA. Cleft Lip/ Palate and

Craniofacial Anomalies, 2007. King Faisal Specialist Hospital and

Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 2008.

8. Ravichandran K, Al-Zahrani AS. Association of reproductive factors

with the incidence of female breast cancer in the GCC countries.

Abstract in the 7th IEA Eastern Mediterranean Regional Scientific

Meeting at Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. November 2007, p59.

9. Johar AA, Ravichandran K, Subhani SN, Jarba EA. Cleft Lip/ Palate and

Craniofacial Anomalies, 2006. King Faisal Specialist Hospital and

Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 2007.

10. Al-Zahrani AS, Ravichandran K, Al-Madouj AN. 2003 Cancer Incidence

Report for the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries. Riyadh: Gulf Center

for Cancer Registration, 2007.

11. Al-Zahrani AS, Ravichandran K, Al-Madouj AN, Falah Al Khatib, Zainab

Khazaal, Jamal Alsayyad, Shouki Bazarbashi, Jawad Al-Lawati, Abdul

Azim Hussain, Adel Al-Asfour, & Tawfik Khoja. Common cancers in Gulf

cooperation council states, 1998-2002. A poster presentation in the

KFCC International Cancer Symposium held at KFSH&RC, Riyadh in

November 2006.

12. Al-Zahrani AS, Ravichandran K, Al-Madouj AN. Five Year Cancer

Incidence 1998-2002 Report, GCC Countries. Gulf Center for Cancer

Registration, October 2006.

13. Johar AA, Ravichandran K, Subhani SN, Jarba EA. Cleft Lip/ Palate and

Craniofacial Anomalies, 1999-2005. King Faisal Specialist Hospital and

Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, March 2006.

14. Hamdan NA, Ravichandran K, Mehmood A. 2002 Cancer Incidence report,

GCC Countries. Gulf Center for Cancer Registration, January 2005.

15. Hamdan NA, Ravichandran K. Lung Cancer Incidence in the GCC Countries

1998-2001. Gulf Center for Cancer Registration, November 2004.

16. Ravichandran K, Hamdan NA. Population based survival study on female

breast cancer in Riyadh region, Saudi Arabia. Final Program and

Abstract Book, XXVI Annual Meeting, International Association of

Cancer Registries, Beijing, Peoples Republic of China, September 2004,

p 1010.

17. Hamdan NA, Ravichandran K, Mehmood A. 2001 Cancer Incidence report,

GCC Countries. Gulf Center for Cancer Registration, April 2004.

18. Hamdan NA, Ravichandran K. Breast Cancer Incidence in the GCC

Countries 1998-2000. Gulf Center for Cancer Registration, November

2003.

19. Hamdan NA, Ravichandran K, Mehmood A. 2000 Cancer Incidence report,

GCC Countries. Gulf Center for Cancer Registration May 2003.

20. Hamdan NA, Ravichandran K, Mehmood A. 1999 Cancer Incidence report,

GCC Countries. Gulf Center for Cancer Registration, April 2003.

21. Hamdan NA, Haya EA, Suad A, Mohamed H, Ravichandran K. 1998 Cancer

Incidence report, GCC Countries. Gulf Center for Cancer Registration,

April 2002.

22. Shanta V, Gajalakshmi CK, Ravichandran K. Hospital Based Cancer

Registry Biennial Report (1996-97). Cancer Institute (WIA), Chennai,

July 2000.

23. Shanta V, Gajalakshmi CK, Ravichandran K. Hospital Based Cancer

Registry Annual Report - 1995. Cancer Institute (WIA), Chennai, 1998.

24. Ravichandran K. A Hospital Based Case-referent study on Gastric Cancer

in Madras, Acta Universitatis Tamperensis 553, 1997.

25. Shanta V, Gajalakshmi CK, Ravichandran K. Hospital Based Cancer

Registry Annual Report 1994. Cancer Institute (WIA), Chennai, 1996.

26. Shanta V, Gajalakshmi CK, Ravichandran K. Hospital Based Cancer

Registry Annual Report 1993. Cancer Institute (WIA), Chennai, 1995.

27. Krishnamurthi S, Shanta V, Gajalakshmi CK, Ravichandran K. Hospital

Based Cancer Registry Biennial Report 1991-92. Cancer Institute (WIA),

Chennai, 1994.

28. Krishnamurthi S, Shanta V, Gajalakshmi CK, Ravichandran K. Descriptive

Epidemiological Study, Seven Year Report 1984-90. Cancer Institute

(WIA), Chennai, 1993.

29. Shanta V, Gajalakshmi CK, Swaminathan R, Ravichandran K, Vasanthi L.

India Madras. In: Parkin DM, Muir CS, Whelan SL, Gao YT, Ferlay J and

Powell J. Eds. Cancer Incidence in Five Continents, Vol VI, IARC

Scientific Publications No.120, International Agency for Research on

Cancer, Lyon, 1992, pp 462-465.

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