Dr. Dinoop K. P.
Additional 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

Additional Professor (Clinical Microbiology) - Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST): January 2025 - Current date

Associate Professor (Clinical Microbiology) - Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST): January 2022 - December 2024

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

Assistant Professor (Microbiology) - PSG Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (PSGIMSR): January 2015 - August 2018

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, Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 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)