Education Qualifications

• M.D (Microbiology), 2013, Madurai Medical College, The Tamilnadu DR. MGR Medical University, Chennai
• M.B.B.S, 2006, Stanley Medical College, The Tamilnadu DR. MGR Medical University, Chennai

Experience

• Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, RAKMHSU, January 2025 - Present
• Specialist Microbiologist, SMCL, UAE, 04.08.2023 - 27.05.2024
• Specialist Microbiologist / HOL, Purehealth, UAE, 14.04.2020 - 03.04.2023
• Specialist Microbiologist, NMC Specialty Medical Centre, UAE, 02.11.2016 - 30.09.2019
• Assistant Professor & Clinical Microbiologist, Velammal Medical College Hospital & Research Institute, Madurai, Tamilnadu, Department of Microbiology, 15.07.2013 - 11.05.2016
• Clinical Microbiologist, Aditya Specialty Hospital, Madurai, Tamilnadu, 27.04.2013 - 14.07.2013

Courses Taught

• M.D
• BDS
• BSN
• B. Pharm

Publications

• Evaluation of ica gene in comparison with phenotypic methods for detection of biofilm production by Coagulase negative staphylococci in a tertiary care hospital.
• Osteomyelitis of humerus and intramuscular abscess due to melioidosis.
• Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage among health-care workers: decolonization and follow-up study conducted in a tertiary care hospital.
• Prostatic abscess by 'the great imitator' in an HIV patient-a case report.
• Study of Prevalence of Dengue infection in a rurally situated tertiary care medical college hospital at Madurai, Tamilnadu.
• Awareness on Biomedical waste management among health care workers in a tertiary care hospital. Thilakavathy P, Ramesh A, Anand B Janagond, Jeremiah SS, Vijaykumar GS.
• A case report of Eumycetoma: Emphasizing the need for early diagnosis and appropriate management. Thilakavathy P, Vijaykumar GS, Anand B Janagond, Vithiya G, Yegumuthu K.