Educational Qualification:

• MD (Internal Medicine) 1983; Mysore university; India
• FRCP 2019; Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons Glassgow
• MBBS 1977, Mysore university, India

Experience

• Professor of Internal Medicine, RAKCOMS, RAKMHSU, UAE. 2015 - till date
• Professor of Medicine, MMMC, Melaka, Malaysia.  2015
• Professor and Head of Medicine, KMC, Mangalore, India. 1982 - 2015
• Professor of Internal Medicine, KSHEMA, Mangalore, India. 1999 - 2000

Publications

• Hydatid cyst of the lung - common disease, many signs, all in one. International Journal of Anatomy, Radiology and Surgery; 2016 July vol 5 issue 3
• Medley of infections-a diagnostic challenge - Bhat, R., Kodan, P., Shetty, M.A. Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine, 2015, 5(5), pp. 418–420
• Cutaneous angiosarcoma - A rare case report in Indian female! - Shetty, M., Bhat, R., Kodan, P. Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2015, 9(2), pp. XD12–XD13
• The carotid intima media thickness: A predictor of the clincal coronary events. George, J.M., Bhat, R., Pai, K.M., Arun, S., Jeganathan, J. Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2013, 7(6), pp. 1082–1085
• Hiv-tuberculosis: A study of chest X-ray patterns in relation to CD4 count. Padyana, M., Bhat, R.V., Dinesha, M., Nawaz, A. North American Journal of Medical Sciences, 2012, 4(5), pp. 221–225

Achievements

• Best teacher award 
• Advisor on the editorial board of Davidson’s 
• Advisor on the editorial board of Hutchison’s 
• Advisor on the editorial board of Barbara bates
• Advisor on the editorial board of Sapira
• Life time achievement award for teaching by API, Karnataka state, India