Dr. Dinoop K. P.
Associate Professor
Phone : Office: 0471-2524502, Residence: 0471-2595284, Mobile: 9486199476

Diplomateship (Medical Microbiology) - Royal College of Pathologists (FRCPath Part 1), London, United Kingdom: 2023

Associateship (Medical Microbiology) - Royal College of Pathologists (FRCPath Part 1), London, United Kingdom: 2013

D.N.B. (Microbiology) - National Board of Examinations (NBE), India: 2013-14

M.D. (Microbiology) - Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research (JIPMER), Pondicherry, India: 2012

M.B.B.S. - Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), Pondicherry, India: 2009

Associate Professor (Clinical Microbiology) - Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST): January 2022 - Current date

Assistant Professor (Clinical Microbiology) - Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences & Technology (SCTIMST): August 2018 - December 2021

Senior Resident (Microbiology) - Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research (JIPMER): December 2012 - December 2014

European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) observership grant 2022 - Awarded observership grant to visit to Antimicrobial Resistance and healthcare associated infections (AMRHAI) unit of UK Health Security Agency (UK-HSA), Colindale, London

Young Researcher Award in Clinical Microbiology - 4th Venus International Healthcare Awards (VIHA), 2021

Associateship award (Medical Microbiology) - Royal College of Pathologists, London, United Kingdom
Membership - National academy of Medical Sciences (MNAMS)
Best research paper award: IATP National conference (TROPACON 2011: GMC, Nagpur)- Evaluation of real-time PCR in diagnosis of amoebic liver abscess
Invited Chairperson/Judge for postgraduate (M.D. Microbiology) poster presentation sessions in 2 national conferences: MICROCON 2015 - JIPMER & TROPACON 2016 - JIPMER
2 Quiz Prizes in IAMM National Conferences
First Prize - 36th IAMM Conference Quiz (2012) - LHMC, New Delhi
Second Prize - 34th IAMM Conference Quiz (2010) - Kolkata

Clinical Microbiology
Infection Prevention and Control
Diagnostic Stewardship
Antimicrobial Stewardship
Clinical & Translational research in cardiovascular and neuroinfectious diseases.

Patient care (Infectious diseases diagnosis and management)
Research (Clinical and Translational)
Member - Hospital Infection Control Committee (HICC)
Member - Infection Control Team (ICT)
Laboratory Quality Management
Teaching and training

Administrative activities (Biosafety officer, GeM verification officer)

Patents filed (Indian): Rapid detection of COVID-19 antigens using immunochromatographic technique Patent reference no: IPCOV172.Y20; Application no: 202041015199 dated 07.04.2020

Patent filed (Indian): Rapid detection of COVID-19 IgG/IgM antibodies using immunochromatographic technique. Patent reference no: IPCOV173.Y20; Application number: 202041015212 dated 07.04.2020

Patent filed (Indian): A test kit for the determination of procalcitonin (PCT) and the process thereof. Patent reference no: IPAIO197.Y20; Application no: 202041043487 dated 06.10.2020

Patents filed (Indian): A rapid detection kit for Chlamydia trachomatis and the process thereof. Patent reference no: IPAIO0203.Y20. Application no: 202041053682 dated 10.12.2020

Member (Diplomate) - Royal College of Pathologists (RCPath), London, UK
Member - European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID)
Member - American Society of Microbiology (ASM)
Member - National Academy of Medical Sciences (MNAMS)
Life member - Indian Medical Association
Life member - Indian Association of Medical Microbiologists (IAMM)
Life member - Indian Academy of Tropical Parasitology (IATP)
Life member - Academy of Clinical Microbiologists (ACM)

Principal Investigator (PI): Development of 2nd generation Chitra SARS-CoV2/Flu/RSV multiplex RT-PCR kit for detection of treatable respiratory viral pathogens: Proof of concept, SCTIMST Technology Development Fund (TDF): Rs. 9.7 lakhs; July 2024 - June 2025

Co-Investigator (Co-I): An isothermal platform-based fever panel for the detection of tropical fever etiology, Funded by DST-TRC: Rs. 24.5 lakhs; February 2024 - July 2025

Co-Investigator (Co-I): Rapid detection of viable pathogenic bacteria using nanosensors, Funded by DST-TRC: Rs. 10.6 lakhs: February 2024 - January 2026

Co-Investigator (Co-I): Setting up of Nation-wide Network of Laboratories for Managing Epidemics and National Calamities (Viral Research and Diagnostic Laboratory ? Medical College level) at SCTIMST, Funded by ICMR, Govt. of India: Rs. 3.8 crores: 2024-2029

Principal Investigator (PI): A prospective cohort study on cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) diversion catheter-related infections in a tertiary referral neurosurgical care center, Funded by ICMR, Govt. of India: Rs. 21.29 lakhs: October 2020 - September 2022

Principal Investigator (PI): Role of novel Biomarkers and clinical Scoring systems in predicting progression to Sepsis in infected post-Cardiac Surgery patients, Funded by ICMR (Rs. 8.7 lakhs) & SCTIMST (Rs. 4.7 lakhs): 2021-2023

Clinical Principal Investigator (PI): Point-of-care device for sepsis management (Procalcitonin - based) - Technical Research Centre (TRC) Department of Science & Technology (DST): Rs. 40 lakhs; 2020 - 2023

Liverpool Neurological Infectious Diseases Course (Neuro ID Virtual course 2021) - University of Liverpool (Brain Infections Group)

Treasurer: 9th Triennial Conference of the Academy of Clinical Microbiologists (9th ACM TRICON 2023): co-organised by GMC, RCC and SCTIMST, Thiruvananthapuram ? 30th September to 2nd October 2023

Organising Secretary: Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (CMID 2020): co-organised by SCTIMST and ACM (Academy of Clinical Microbiologists) - February 2020

Organising Secretary: CME on Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) in a superspecialty setting - Facing the future (SCTIMST) - March 2019

Hospital Infection Control Committee (HICC)

Infection Control Team (ICT)

Comprehensive Neuro-Intensive Care Team

Editorial Board member (Assistant Editor) - Opinions in Medical Sciences, Technology and Health (OMSTH) [Journal publication of SCTIMST]: 2022-2025

Editorial Board member (Assistant Editor) - Journal of The Academy of Clinical Microbiologists (JACM): 2020 - 2023

Editorial Board member (Assistant Editor) - Tropical Parasitology: 2013-2018

International Brain Research Organisation - Asia Pacific Regional Committee (IBRO-APRC 2019): Role of Brain-Gut-Microbiome axis in neurological disorders: Emerging trends; organised by IBRO and SCTIMST

Triennial conference of the Academy of Clinical Microbiologists (ACM ? TRICON 2023): Talk on ?Designing and implementing an evidence-based care bundle for prevention of post-neurosurgery device-associated ventriculitis/meningitis? organized by the Academy of Clinical Microbiologists (ACM).

State Chapter conference of the Indian Association of Medical Microbiologists (IAMM) ? PSG MICROCON 2024: Talk on ?Unravelling Antimicrobial Resistance among Gram-negative Bacilli?

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy, Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology, Journal of the Academy of Clinical Microbiologists, International Journal of Advanced Medical Research.

Article

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Dinoop K Ponnambath, Ganesh Divakar, Jincy Mamachan, Shiny Biju, Kavita Raja, Mathew Abraham, Development of an Evidence-based Care Bundle for Prevention of External Ventricular Drain-related Infection: Results of a Single-center Prospective Cohort Study and Literature Review, Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine, 2024, 28(8):760-768
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Dinoop Korol Ponnambath, Ganesh Divakar, Jincy Mamachan, Shiny Biju, Kavita Raja, Mathew Abraham, Epidemiology, clinical profile, and outcomes of CSF-diversion catheter-related infections ? Prospective cohort study results from a single quaternary neurosurgery referral centre, Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology, 2024, Mar-Apr;48:100534.
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Jyothi Embekkat Kaviyil, Kavita Raja, Rakhal Gaitonde, Sreekumar Easwaran, Kumari Kala V, Dinoop Korol Ponnambath, Targeted Sanger Sequencing of a Cluster of COVID-19 Cases in the Surgical ICU of a Non-COVID Hospital: Lessons Learned, Cureus, 2023, Sep 5;15(9):e44755.
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Raja K, Ponnambath DK, Kaviyil JE, Biju S, Impact of a single intervention as part of a antimicrobial stewardship in a surgical unit of a tertiary-care referral center for neurosurgery, Antimicrobial Stewardship and Healthcare Epidemiology, 2023, 3(1):S1, DOI: 10.1017/ash.2023.4
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Ponnambath DK, Khimji PB, Kaviyil JE, Raja K, Abraham M, Thomas B., A Rare Case Of Cerebellar Abscess Due To Listeria monocytogenes In An Elderly Patient With Ulcerative Colitis, Neurology India, 2022, 70:1692-3
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Raja K, Mukhopadhyay C, Shetty AK, Chinnan JP, Sudarsana J, Ponnambath DK, et al. , Detection and reporting of Carbapenemase producing Gram negative bacilli in Clinical Microbiology: A survey of practices in laboratories across India, J Acad Clin Microbiol , 2022, 24(2):55-62
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Ponnambath DK, Kaviyil JE, Raja K, Kesavapisharady K, Thomas B, Narasimhaiah D, Sehgal R, Kaur U, An unusual guest in an unusual location of the brain of a rural tribal man, J Acad Clin Microbiol , 2022, 24:44-7
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Kaviyil JE, Ponnambath DK, Sasidharan B, Vidyadharan P, Raja K, Aggregatibacter aphrophilus, a HACEK group pathogen as a cause of prosthetic valve endocarditis, J Acad Clin Microbiol , 2022, 24:41-3
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Lotlikar R, Menon RN, Thomas B, Poyuran R, Narasimhaiah D, Ponnambath DK, MOG?Antibody Mediated Clinically Isolated Syndrome after COVID?19 in a Post Partum Woman? A Veritable `Double Hit?!, Neurology India, 2022, 70:1281?2
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Sundaram S., Ponnambath D.K., Nair S.S. , Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis in Neurological Disorders, Human Microbiome. Springer, Singapore, 2022, In: Thomas S. (eds)