Full Name

Dr. Lavleen Singh

Qualifications

MD (Pathology)

Specialty

Pathology

Areas of academic and research interest

Pediatric pathology and podocytopathies

Notable Awards and Honors

• Dr. N.C. Nayak Award for Talented Young Pathologist. 32^nd Annual Conference. APCON-Delhi Chapter 2016-17

• AIIMS Excellence Award 2014-15 for Basic Science

• Dr VR Khanolkar Prize, Annual Conference of Indian Association of Pathologists & Microbiologists (APCON), Kochi, 3rd- 6th December 2015

• Dr. V. Ramalingaswami award for Best Oral Paper: 28th Annual Conference of Delhi Chapter IAPM- Sunday, 24 February 2013.Calcineurin inhibitors induced nephrotoxicity in childhood steroid resistant nephrotic syndrome: The spectrum of morphological, immunohistochemical and ultrastructural changes.

• Annual conference of Indian society of Renal and Transplantational Pathology and International CME in renal pathology- 12th-14th September 2013. 3rd prize in Poster Presentation: An Ultrastructural Evaluation of C3 Glomerulopathies in Pediatric Patients- A Study of 25 Cases.

• 29th Annual conference of Delhi Chapter IAPM- 9th March, 2014.Delhi. First Prize in poster presentation: Immunofluorescence on paraffin sections: A valuable salvage technique for renal biopsies.

• Silver jubilee annual conference of Delhi Chapter IAPM- Sunday, 11th April 2010. First Prize in Poster Presentation: Crescentic glomerulonephritis: A clinical and histomorphological study of 46 cases

• First Annual Conference of Delhi Chapter, Indian Academy of Cytologists, 22nd September 2012. First prize in poster presentation: Urine cytology in the diagnosis of BK Polyoma Virus associated graft nephropathy: Experience of a tertiary care Centre”

• Medanta Hepato-pathology CME- Monday, 3rd February 2014. First Prize in Poster Presentation: Staging Non-Cirrhotic Intra-hepatic Portal Hypertension on needle biopsy

• 1st Indian Cancer Congress- 21st -24th November 2013. First Prize in Poster Presentation in Indian Society of Oncology - Esthesioneuroblastoma - correlating treatment outcome with tumor staging, grading and various treatment modalities. [Co- author]

• 36th Annual Conference of The Association of Otolaryngologists of India, Delhi Branch 2013, 27th – 28th April 2013 – First prize in Poster Presentation – Esthesioneuroblastoma – A review of 21 cases. [Co- author]

• Annual cytology conference, Delhi chapter, new Delhi- Second prize in poster presentation- Differentiation of histoplasma and cryptococcus in cytology smears: a diagnostic dilemma in severely necrotic cases. [Co- author]

• 8th Annual conference MICRO-D-CON 2016, New Delhi, 17-19th November 2016- First prize in Poster Presentation – Chikungunya viral infections in pediatric population: laboratory parameters & clinical presentations. [Co- author]

• Annual Conference of Delhi Chapter of IAPM (DAPCON- 2018), New Delhi, 25th February 2018. Third Prize in oral presentation- Childhood phimosis secondary to Lichen Sclerosis: Is there a spatial pattern of histopathological changes? [Corresponding - Author]

• Annual Conference of Delhi Chapter of IAPM (DAPCON- 2019), New Delhi. First Prize in poster presentation. Benign vascular anomalies: A transition from morphological to etiological classification. [Corresponding - Author]

• Pediatric pathology conference held on 16 March’2019. Consolation prize in poster session for the paper entitled “Role of immunohistochemistry in diagnosis and subclassification of benign vascular anomalies in pediatric patients”. [Corresponding - Author]

• VIIIth Annual Conference of Delhi Chapter of Indian Academy of Cytologist”. First prize in oral presentation. Non‐malignant fibroblastic/myofibroblastic tumors in pediatric age group: Clues and pitfalls to the cytological diagnosis. 31st September 2019

• “VIIIth Annual Conference of Delhi Chapter of Indian Academy of Cytologist”. First prize in oral presentation. Novel cell stabilization solution enabling cerebrospinal fluid cytology reporting over an extended period. 31st September 2019

• Clinical Images competition 2019. Consolation prize under medical innovation category. A novel preservative - Revolutionizing cerebrospinal fluid cytology reporting. March 2020

Books and Chapters

• Fibroblastic/Myofibroblastic Tumors of Childhood. 1st Edition. Lavleen Singh (editor). Atlanta, GA, USA.

• Singh L, Singh G, Dinda A.K. (2015). Nephrotic syndrome: Etiology, Pathogenesis and Pathology: Pathology of Nephrotic Syndrome in Adults. 1st edition. Muhammed Mubarak(editor), Karachi, Pakistan: Nova Publications.

Top Research publications

1. Singh L, Singh G, Bhardwaj S, Sinha A, Bagga A, Dinda A. Dense Deposit DiseaseMimicking a Renal Small Vessel Vasculitis. J Am SocNephrol. 2016;27:59-62.

2. Singh L, Singh G, Sharma A, Sinha A, Bagga A, Dinda AK. A comparative study on renal biopsy before and after long-term calcineurin inhibitors therapy: an insight for pathogenesis of its toxicity. Hum Pathol. 2015;46:34-9.

3. Ranjan R, Jain D, Singh L, Iyer VK, Sharma MC, Mathur SR. Differentiation of histoplasma and cryptococcus in cytology smears: a diagnostic dilemma in severely necrotic cases. Cytopathology. 2015 ;26:244-9.

4. Singh L, Ranjan R, Arava S, Singh MK. Role of p40 and cytokeratin 5/6 in thedifferential diagnosis of sinonasal undifferentiated carcinoma. Ann DiagnPathol. 2014 Oct;18(5):261-5.

5. Singh L, Jain D, Madan K, Mathur SR, Chatterjee P, Guleria R, IyerVK. Pulmonary mycoses diagnosed using exfoliative cytology: infection orcolonization? ActaCytol. 2013;57(6):604-10

6. Singh L, Sengar M, Goyal S, Mansi M, Khurana N, Mohta A. Childhood phimosis secondary to lichen sclerosus: Is there a spatial pattern of histopathological changes?. The American Journal of Dermatopathology. 2018 Nov 1;40(11):824-8.

7. Agarwal H, Singh L, Gupta N, Sengar M. Non‐malignant fibroblastic/myofibroblastic tumors in pediatric age group: Clues and pitfalls to the cytological diagnosis. Cytopathology. 2020 Mar;31(2):115-21.

8. Rastogi K, Singh L, Khan NA, Goyal S, Khatri A, Gupta N. Benign vascular anomalies: A transition from morphological to etiological classification. Annals of Diagnostic Pathology. 2020 Mar 13:151506.

9. Rastogi K, Singh L. Myofibromatosis. Fetal and pediatric pathology. 2019 Nov 15:1-8

10. Singh L, Rastogi K. A novel preservative-Revolutionizing cerebrospinal fluid cytology reporting. The Indian Journal of Medical Research. 2020 Nov;152(Suppl 1):S24.

11. Rastogi K, Singh L, Khatri A, Mishra K, Gupta R. Reliable cerebrospinal fluid cytology reporting over an extended period: Is it possible by adding formol saline and ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid as cell preservative?. Diagn Cytopathol. 2020;48(8):745-751.

Ongoing Research Projects

Early Career Research Grant from Department of Science and Technology (DST): Podocytouria in children with nephrotic syndrome: Can urine podocyte level and its growth characteristics predict steroid resistance

Full Name

Dr. Ridhi Sood

Qualifications

MD (Pathology), DM (Histopathology), Fellow Oncopathology

Specialty

Histopathology

Areas of academic and research interest

Pituitary pathology, Breast pathology

Notable Awards and Honors

• Prof. KC Basu Mallick award APCON (year 2021) by Indian association of pathologist (IAPM)

• First prize poster by Dermatopathology Society of India (DSI) 2022

• First prize poster Delhi Society of Hematology (DSH) annual conference 2018.

• Second prize oral presentation paper at Delhi Society of Hematology (DSH) 2018.

• Second prize oral presentation paper Dermatopathology Society of India (DSI) 2016

• Silver medal in Second professional (2010-2011)

• Silver medal in in Final Part II MBBS examination (2012-2013)

• Best All-rounder Award and intern Award of MBBS batch (2008-2013)

Books and Chapters

• Pathology and sequelae of the post-COVID syndrome in Recent advances of histopathology - 25

Top Research publications

1. Sood R, Kumar S, Laroiya I, Khare S, Das A, Singh G, Bal A. Assessment of PD- L1 expression and tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) across molecular subtypes of triple-negative breast cancer. Breast J. 2020 Dec;26(12):2424-2427.

2. Sood R, Singh A, Karthigeyan M, Gupta K, Salunke P. Customising the surgical management for intraventricular meningiomas - 'one size doesn't fit all'. Br J Neurosurg. 2021 Jun 21:1-6. doi: 10.1080/02688697.2021.1940858. PMID: 34148479

3. Gupta K, Sood R, Salunke P, Chatterjee D, Madan R, Ahuja CK, Jain R, Trehan A, Radotra BD. Clinicopathological characteristics and outcomes in embryonal tumor with multilayered rosettes: A decade long experience from a tertiary care centre in North India. Ann Diagn Pathol. 2021

4. Sood R, Tyagi R, Selhi PK, Kaur G, Kaur H, Singh A. Role of FNA and Special Stains in Rapid Cytopathological Diagnosis of Pulmonary Nocardiosis. Acta Cytol. 2018;62(3):178-182.

5. Sood R, Mehta A.Histopathological and Immunohistochemical clues to the illusive diagnosis of Follicular Dendritic Cell Sarcoma: a clinicopathological masquerade. Indian journal of Cancer

6. Sood R, Das L, Gupta K, Kumar A, Tripathi M, Ahuja CK, Dutta P. Crooke cell adenoma: Uncommon and aggressive variant of corticotroph adenoma. Clin Neuropathol. 2021 Sep-Oct;40(5):295-298. doi: 10.5414/NP301360. PMID: 33769274.

7. Sood R, Tyagi R, Selhi P, Kaur H, Sood N. Cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis in immunocompromised patients: Can it be Cryptococcus. Diagn Cytopathol. 2020 Feb;48(2):164-168.

8. Singh N, Agrawal N, Sood R, et al. T-ALL Minimal Residual Disease Using a Simplified Gating Strategy and Its Clinico-hematologic Correlation: A Single Center Experience from North India. Indian J Hematol Blood Transfus. 2019;35(4):707-710.

9. Singh N, Sood R, Agrawal N, Pasricha S, Mehta A. Anaplastic Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma: A Single Center Experience. Indian J Hematol Blood Transfus. 2019

10. Sood R, Rastogi P, Bansal D, Das R, Sharma P, Gude G, Dhankar M. An Autopsy Case of β-Thalassemia Major Illuminating the Pathological Spectrum of the Disease. Hemoglobin. 2021 May;45(3):180-185.

Full Name

Dr. Rachana Meena

Qualifications

MD (Pathology)

Specialty

Histopathology

Areas of academic and research interest

Histopathology, Cytopathology, Lymphoma-leukemia, Molecular Pathology

Top Research publications

1. Meena R, Nangia A,Sharma S, Chandra J. Serum levels of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor and Its Receptor in Newly Diagnosed Paediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Indian J Hematol Blood Tranfus.2021 Oct;37(4):586-592.

2. Jain S, Meena R, Kumar V, Tiwari U. Comparison of hematologic abnormalities between hospitalized coronavirus disease 2019 positive and negative patients with correlation to disease severity and outcome. J Med Virol. 2022;94:3757-3767.

3. Garg J, Meena R, Shukla S, Sharma S, Choudhary R. Abnormal semen parameters among males in infertile couples: a cross sectional study from a tertiary care centre. Int J Reprod Concept Obstet Gynecol 2020;9:3398-401.

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

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