CURRICULUM VITAE (Abridged)

Bio-data:

Name : Abraham Peedicayil

Date of Birth : 16 December, 1958

Academic Qualifications:

1) Bachelor of Medicine;Bachelor of Surgery (M.B.B.S.)

Obtained in 1981 from the ChristianMedicalCollege, Vellore, University of Madras.

2) Diploma in Obstetrics and Gynaecology (D.G.O.)

Obtained in 1987 from the ChristianMedicalCollege, Vellore, University of Madras.

3) Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)

Obtained in 1988 from the ChristianMedicalCollege, Vellore, University of Madras.

4) Master of Public Health (M.P.H.)

Obtained in 1992 from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, majoring in Epidemiology.

5) Certificate in Clinical Epidemiology

Obtained from the International Clinical Epidemiology Network (INCLEN) while at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

6) Fellowhip, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Membership (MRCOG) obtained in 1996 in London, UK. Elevated to FRCOG in 2008

7)Fellowship in Gynecologic Oncology.

Completed a 36 month training programme at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA, 2008-2011

Current Position:

Profesor & Head, Dept of Gynaecologic Oncology, Christian Medical College Hospital, Vellore, which is affiliated to the MGR Medical University, Chennai.

Membership of Professional Bodies:

1) Member of the Indian Clinical Epidemiology Network

2) President, Association of Gynaecologic Oncologists of India

3) Vice-President, Asia Oceania organization on Genital Infections & Neoplasia (India)

4) Member, Indian Association of Gynaecologic Endoscopists

5) Member, Society of Gynecologic Oncology, USA

PUBLICATION LIST(last 5 years)

Peedicayil A, Vierkant RA, Hartmann LC, et al. Risk of ovarian cancer and inherited variants inrelapse-associated genes.PLoS One. 2010 Jan 27;5(1):e8884.

Pillai RM, Babu JM, Jissa VT, Lakshmi S, Chiplunkar SV, Patkar M, Tongaonkar H,

Reddy KB, Chakka KN, Siddiqui M, Roychoudury S, Abraham P, Peedicayil A et al. Region-wise distribution of high risk human papillomavirus types in squamous cell carcinomas of the cervix in India. Int J Gynecol Cancer. 2010, 20:1046-51.

Peedicayil A, Weaver A, Li X, Carey E, Cliby W, Mariani A. Incidence and timing of venous

thromboembolism after surgery for gynecological cancer. Gynecol Oncol 2011; 121: 64-9.

Gonzalez Bosquet J, Peedicayil A, Maguire J, Chien J, Rodriguez GC, Whitaker R, Petitte JN,

Anderson KE, Barnes HJ, Shridhar V, Cliby WA. Comparison of gene expression patterns between avian and human ovarian cancers. Gynecol Oncol 2011; 120: 256-64.

Dorairaj A, Peedicayil A. Current management of endometrial cancer.

CMC Alumni Journal 2012, 45: 61-5.

Bhageerathy PS, Cecilia M, Sebastian A, Raghavendran A, Abraham P, Thomas A,

Peedicayil A. Human papillomavirus 16 causing giant condyloma acuminata.

J Surg Case Reports 2014,

Bhageerathy PS, Peedicayil A. Asymptomatic wandering dermoid – a case report.

Indian J Perinat Reprod Biol 2014, 4: 40.

Abraham A, Peedicayil A, Thomas A, Chandy R, Kingsbury B. Growing teratoma syndrome:

A case report and review of the literature.

South Afr J Obstet Gynaecol 2014; 20: 93-94.

( Total publications = 61)

Clinical expertise

Surgical management of gynaecologic cancers especially open radical surgeries

Teaching expertise

Runs a Fellowship programme in Gynaecologc Oncology recognized by the Tamilnadu Dr MGR Medical University. In the process of upgrading to a MCh course.

Research expertise

Trained clinical epidemiologist with a special interest in screening for cervical cancer and HPV epidemiology.

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