Dr. Balamurugan T

Full Name

Dr. Balamurugan T

Qualifications

MD (Pathology), DM (Histopathology), FRCPath (Histopathology), DNB (Pathology)

Specialty

Histopathology

Areas of academic and research interest

Lymphoma, Bone and soft tissue, Uropathology

Notable Awards and Honors

• Fellow of Royal College of Pathologists (UK) - 2022

• Member of ICMR subcommittee in drafting “Consensus Document on Management of Melanoma” - 2021

• Member of National academy of Medical Sciences (MNAMS) - 2019

• Completed Clinical Nephropathology Certification Program by International Society of Nephrology (ISN), December 2019

• Awarded the Best poster (First prize) in 4th Annual Conference of Neuropathology Society of India (NPSICON) for paper ‘Neuropathological spectrum of Systemic lupus erythematosus” at PGIMER, Chandigarh (15-17 Feb 2019)

• Pondicherry university gold medals in undergraduate subjects (Pathology, Microbiology and Pediatrics) - 2014

• Life member of Indian Association of Pathologists and Microbiologists (IAPM)

• Full member of Neuropathology Society of India (NPSI)

• Life member of Society of Genito-Urinary Pathologists of India (SGUP)

Top Research publications

1. Thirunavukkarasu B, Bal A, Prakash G, Malhotra P, Singh H, Das A. Screening Strategy for Detecting Double-Hit Lymphoma in a Resource-Limited Setting. Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol. 2021 Aug 27. doi: 10.1097/PAI.0000000000000967. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34456240.

2. Thirunavukkarasu B, Gupta K, Nada R, Rathi M, Dhir V, Ahuja CK, Sharma A, Lal V, Radotra BD. Neuropathological spectrum in systemic lupus erythematosus: A single institute autopsy experience. J Neuroimmunol. 2021 Apr 15;353:577518. doi: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2021.577518. Epub 2021 Feb 10. PMID: 33601129.

3. Das L, Dutta P, Thirunavukkarasu B, Gupta K, Tripathi M, Gupta P, Aggarwal N, Rai A, Radotra BD, Bhansali A, Suri V. Course and outcomes of pregnancy in women treated for acromegaly: Discerning a contemporary cohort. Growth Horm IGF Res. 2021 Oct-Dec;60-61:101417.

4. Chugh A, Pandey AK, Goyal A, Soni K, Jain V, Thirunavukkarasu B, Vedant D, Kumar D, Kumar P. Atypical presentations of fungal osteomyelitis during post COVID-19 outbreak - Case series. J Oral Maxillofac Surg Med Pathol. 2022 Sep;34(5):622-627.

5. Thirunavukkarasu B, Samanta J, Bhatia P, Bal A. De novo double-hit B-cell precursor leukemia/lymphoma - an unusual presentation as peritoneal lymphomatosis. Autops Case Rep. 2021 May 6;11:e2021278. doi: 10.4322/acr.2021.278. PMID: 34307232.

6. Sharma R, Thirunavukkarasu B, Elhence P, Rodha MS, Sureka B. Eosinophilic Solid and Cystic Renal Cell Carcinoma: From Unclassified to Classified, A Case Report. Turk Patoloji Derg. 2022;38(1):60-65. doi: 10.5146/tjpath.2021.01531. PMID: 34514562. (Corresponding author)

7. Thirunavukkarasu B, Singh S, Sharma AP, Bal A. Atrophic Kidney-Like Lesion - Case Report of A Provisional Entity with Brief Review of Literature. Turk Patoloji Derg. 2022;38(2):148-152. doi: 10.5146/tjpath.2021.01541. PMID: 34514572

8. Thirunavukkarasu B, Nada R, Ramachandran R, Sakhuja V. Epstein-Barr virus-associated hepatic smooth muscle tumor post-renal transplant. Kidney Int. 2021 May;99(5):1245. doi: 10.1016/j.kint.2020.09.001. PMID: 33892868.

9. Thirunavukkarasu B, Chatterjee D, Mohindra S, Dass Radotra B, Prashant SJ. Nasal Chondromesenchymal Hamartoma. Head Neck Pathol. 2020 Dec;14(4):1041-1045. doi: 10.1007/s12105-020-01179-3. Epub 2020 May 27. PMID: 32462280

10. Thirunavukkarasu B, Mridha AR, Malhotra N, Chandrashekhara SH. Complete androgen insensitivity syndrome with concomitant seminoma and Sertoli cell adenoma: an unusual combination. BMJ Case Rep. 2016 Dec 30;2016. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2016-217229 PMID: 28039344

ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Balamurugan-Thirunavukkarasu/research