|
|
| BIOCHEMISTRY |
|
| Overview: |
The Department of Biochemistry is involved in the teaching of students of First MBBS course which is affiliated to the Rajasthan university of Health Sciences ,Jaipur(RUHS,Jaipur) Besides, training is imparted to students of M.Sc. Medical biochemistry course of RUHS,JAIPUR .The student strength for MBBS course is 150 while M.Sc. (Medical Biochemistry) course is five. A well qualified and experienced group of teaching faculty is available for teaching these courses.
The department is part of Department of Laboratory Medicine (Central Clinical Laboratory) of Geetanjali Hospital where in Biochemical Investigations are carried out on patients both routine and emergency basis.
The department also indulges in research activities in the field of clinical biochemistry.
The department is being headed by
Dr. Anand Madhukar Varadkar (Qualification) |
| |
| Course Curriculum: |
First year MBBS Biochemistry:
Theory 100 Marks : 2 Papers of 50 Marks Each.
(One applied question in each paper)
(Each paper shall have two sections i.e. section A and Section B of 26 and 24 marks respectively)
Paper I: Chemistry and metabolism of carbohydrate, Lipids, amino acids, proteins, nucleotides and Hemoglobin, Diet and nutrion, enzymes, Hormones And biological oxidation.
Paper II: Molecular biology, Immunochemistry, Cancer, AIDS, Xenobiotics, Water & electrolyte balance, Function tests for liver, kidney, thyroid and pancreas |
| Oral (Viva) |
20 marks |
| Practical |
40 marks |
| Internal Assessment (Theory---20; Practical--20) |
40 marks |
| |
|
| Total |
200 marks |
|
| Pass: In each of subjects, a candidate must obtain 50% in aggregate with a minimum of 50% in theory including orals and minimum of 50% in practical. |
| |
| Departmental Activities: |
PAST:
- Organized Continuing Medical Education (CME) Programme on
"QUALITY CONTROL IN LAB MEDICINE"
- Conducting seminars & journal club meetings
|
CURRENT:
- Part of Medical Education Unit of the college.
- Participation in clinical meetings of Hospital
- Conducting seminars and journal club meetings
|
|
| |
| Research & Publications: |
- Dr. A.M. Varadkar
List of principal writings, publications & papers sent to international conferences:
- Study of muscle transketolase activity in normal and in some common neuromuscular disorders. Banerji AP, Karandikar PV, Desai AD, Varadkar AM. Proc. IIIrd Int. Conference on muscle diseases. International Congress Series 334, Excerpta Medica, Ameterdam, p. 101, 1974.
- Muscle transketolase in normal fetuses and Duchenne dystrophy. AP Banerji, PV Karandikar AM Varadkar, AD Desai, A V Potnis, Clinical Chimica Acta 86,307-311, 1978.
- Creatine Phosphokinase activity and its isozymes in normal, fetal and Duchenne dystrophic muscle. PV Karandikar, AM Varadkar, AD Desai, A V Potnis. J Postgrad. Med 26: 63-68, 1980.
- Creatine Kinase isozymes in Duchenne Dystrophy. AD Desai, AM Varadkar, Ann. Neurology, 13: 110, 1983.
- GM2-Gangliosidosis, type 2 (Sandhoff Disease). AM Varadkar, SD Mahale, RH Suchak, ZM Patel, SS Dhareshwar, L.M. Ambani, And Ind. Ped. 20,302-305, 1983.
- Nieman Pick Disease type B with oculoneural involvement MD Shah, AP Desai, MK Jain, V Kulkarni, P Patel, AM Varadkar, Ind. Ped. 20, 302-305, 1983.
- Metabolic myopathies AD Desai, MD Mohire and AM Varadkar Continuing Medical Education (CME) programme, Neurological Society of India, 34th Annual Conference, Varanasi, 1984, pp 139-160.
- Superoxide dismutase, a - galactosidase and plasminogen activator activity in normal and Duchenne dystrophic muscle. Varadkar AM, Tanksale KG, Desai AD, Ind. J. Clin. Biochem. 2, 5-8, 1987.
- Endocrine control of inhibin biosynthesis of human placenta. Bandivadekar AH, AM Varadkar, Sheth AR. Biological Research in Pregnancy and perinatal 6: 128, 132, 1986.
- Separation of antihamophilic Factor VIII from human Plasma by chromatography Vilas M Baikar, M.V. Kamath, Chandra Vshwanathan Bharmal, A.M. Varadkar Ind .J. Clin Biochem .18(1), 80-86, 2003.
- Metabolic changes and clinical outcomes in patients undergoing on and off pump coronary artery by pass surgery.
Manjiri Warang, Anand Varadkar, Anil Patwardhan, Nandkishore Agarwal, Deepa Kane, Gurukumar Parulkar and Jagdish Khandeparkar. Ind. J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 2007, 23, 9-15.
- Editor of Manual for Practical protocols for M.Sc.(Part I) & M.Sc. (Part II) Biochemistry students of University of Mumbai.
Coauthored Papers Presented At International Conferences
- Study of some Biochemical aspects of Lipogenesis in DMD muscle IV International Congress on Neuromuscular Diseases held at Montreal, Canada, September 1978.
- Detection of Duchenne Carriers by multifarious tests. V International Congress on Neuromuscular disease held at Marseilles, France, September 1982.
- Dr. Ashish Sharma
- Paper entitled " Diabetic dyslipidemia and its association with diabetic retinopathy "
Accepted in Journal of Advance Researches in Biological Sciences, ISSN 0975- 3923
- Case Report entitled " Xanthochromia – a novel biochemical marker in detection of Sub arachnoid Hemorrhage" in journal of Laboratory Physician (peer group review)
ISSN p0974 -2727, 0nline 0974-7826
- Dr. Durgesh nandini Upadhyay
- Comparison in serum profile of peroxidants (MDA) and non enzymatic antioxidants (Vitamins E and C) among patients suffering from plasmodium falciparum and vivax malaria. Durgesh nandini Upadhyay. RK Vyas, ML Sharma, Yogita
Soni, Rajanee, JPMI2011 Vol25(2):96-100 www.jpmi.prg.pk
|
| |
| Ongoing Research projects: |
- Thyroid Profile During Pregnancy – a clinic biochemical study
Raghav Nepalia (M.Sc Student)
- 2. A Study Of Effect Of Serum Magnesium With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.
Akanksha Menaria (M.Sc. student)
- Some Biochemical Studies In The Role Of Indigenous Medications In Genesis Of Fibrosis In Human
Dr Suman Jain (M.Sc. student)
|
| |
|
