Rheumatology &
Clinical Immunology
Senior Consultant
Dr. Anoof P.P.
Senior Consultant in Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology
- MBBS — Govt. Medical College, Calicut
- MD (Internal Medicine) — Kasturba Medical College, Manipal
- Post-doctoral Fellowship (Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology) — Christian Medical College, Vellore
- Fellowship in Rheumatology — Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, UK
About
Professional background
Dr Anoof P.P. is an alumnus of Government Medical College, Calicut, where he did his MBBS (Sept 1995 – April 2002). He worked in emergency medicine at National Hospital, Calicut (May 2002 – May 2004) and received his MD in Internal Medicine from Kasturba Medical College, Manipal (June 2004 – April 2007).
He worked as a consultant physician at Tirur Mission Hospital, Malappuram (May – August 2007) and as Senior Registrar in the Department of Medicine, deputed to the Rheumatology wing at MIMS, Calicut (Sept 2007 – March 2008). He then completed two years of post-doctoral fellowship training in Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology at Christian Medical College, Vellore (2008 – 2010), and a Fellowship in Rheumatology at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, United Kingdom (June – August 2011).
During his fellowship at CMC Vellore — a 2,000-bed tertiary care teaching hospital — he cared for patients in a 24-bed rheumatology ward and worked in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Occupational Therapy, and the autoantibody, HLA and clinical pathology laboratories. He gained knowledge in musculoskeletal ultrasound and completed a short course in biostatistics and clinical epidemiology.
He worked as a Senior Consultant in the Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology at Aster MIMS, Calicut and Aster MIMS, Kottakkal. He received the Indo-UK Rheumatology Fellowship in 2011, attended the EULAR Congress in London (May 2011) and has taken an active part in departmental audit, clinical governance, multidisciplinary clinics, and organising monthly symposiums and CMEs at CMC Vellore and Aster MIMS.
Education & training
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1995 – 2002
MBBS
Govt. Medical College, Calicut
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2004 – 2007
MD (Internal Medicine)
Kasturba Medical College, Manipal
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2008 – 2010
Post-doctoral Fellowship
Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology (2 years), Christian Medical College, Vellore
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June – August 2011
Fellowship in Rheumatology
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, United Kingdom
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2011
Indo-UK Rheumatology Fellowship
Supported by the Indian Rheumatology Association and the Indo-UK Rheumatology Forum
Professional experience
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Present
Medical Director
Dr. Anoof's Rheuma Care, Kozhikode
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Present
Visiting Consultant
Aster MIMS, Calicut & Kottakkal
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Senior Consultant, Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology
Aster MIMS, Calicut and Aster MIMS, Kottakkal
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Sept 2007 – March 2008
Senior Registrar
Dept. of Medicine (Rheumatology wing), MIMS, Calicut
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May 2007 – August 2007
Consultant Physician
Tirur Mission Hospital, Malappuram
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May 2002 – May 2004
Emergency Medicine
National Hospital, Calicut
Clinical expertise
Research & publications
Traditional and inflammation related cardiovascular risk factors in rheumatoid arthritis
Indian Journal of Rheumatology 9 (2014) 2–3
Unusual case of polyarthritis — multicentric reticulohistiocytosis
CALFIM Journal of Internal Medicine, Vol. 3, No. 2, December 2007
Management of connective tissue disease related interstitial lung disease (review article)
IRACON 2009 Souvenir
Academic contributions & memberships
- Faculty and delegate at more than 50 national and international conferences and meetings
- Attended the EULAR Congress, London (May 2011)
- Organising committee member — first national mid-term conference of the Indian Rheumatology Association, Vellore (2008)
- Organising committee member — IRACON 2011 (CMC Vellore) and IRACON 2016 (Cochin)
- Organising committee member — IRA Kerala Chapter annual conference, Calicut (2013)
- IRA workshop on scientific communication with IMA Calicut (2014)
- Joint organising secretary — SZIRACON 2016, Calicut
- Teaching rheumatology nurse practitioners, nurses, nursing students, physiotherapists and occupational therapists
- Teaching undergraduate (MBBS) students at KMC, Manipal and postgraduate (MD, DNB) students in internal medicine at CMC, Vellore
- Member — Academy of Medical Specialties (IMA-AMS), Kerala Chapter
- Executive Committee member — Indian Rheumatology Association, Kerala State Chapter