Dr. Rakesh TP comes with specialization in Infectious Diseases with more than 17+ years of total residency experience in Internal Medicine, which includes 6 years in Infectious Diseases and 8 years in medical academics and teaching. He comes with international experience working in Infectious Diseases at Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar. 

Expertise

• Lifestyle Diseases
• Thyroid
• Infectious Diseases
• Hematology

Qualification

• MBBS
• MD (Med)
• DNB (Med)
• MRCP Infectious Diseases (UK)
• Fellowship in Infectious Diseases

Research & Publications

• Clinical and Pharmacotherapeutic Outcomes of Peak-Trough-Based versus Trough-Based Vancomycin Therapeutic Drug Monitoring Approaches: A Pragamatic Randomized Control Trail, European Journal of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics (2019) 44:639-652
• Disseminated Geotrichosis in prolonged Neutropenia JCR (serial online) 2020 (cited 2020 Dec 8); 10:116
• Neurobrucellosis presenting as stroke: A case report from Qatar, MOJ Clin Med Case Rec. 2020;10(4):94-96
• Analysis of mortality and loss to follow-up during the rollout of the second-line antiretroviral therapy: An observational study from South India Dis 2019;1:19-23
• Brain abscess with Clostridium cadaveris and Clostridium sporogenes Journal of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases.2019;9(3):129-132
• Diagnostic difficulties in human rabies: A case report and review of the literature, Qatar Med J. 2017 Apr 21;2016(2);15
• The enigma of lamivudine rash; Experience on re-challenge from an anti-retroviral treatment centre in South India 2017 Jul-Aug;83(4):502-504
• A clinicoepidemiological study of sexually transmitted infections among men who have sex with men from a tertiary centre in South India
•  Milder forms of obesity may be a good evolutionary adaptation: “Fitness First” hypothesis 2015, 13(1)
• Outcome of Paraquat Self-poisoning a case series Americal Journal of Internal Medicine Special Issue: Toxicology, Vol 3, No 6-1, 2015, pp, 1-4
• Outcome of patients with cholinergic intsecticide poisoning treated with Gastric Lavage: A prospective observational cohort study, Asia Pac J Med Toxicol 2014 3:146-51
• Large Primary Tuberculosis Psoas Absess in an HIV Patient - A Case Report, Tuber Lung Dis Hiv/Aids, 2014;XI(2), 34-36
• Incidence predictors and outcomes of intermediate syndrome in cholinergic insecticide poisoning; A prospective observational cohort study, Clin Toxiology, 2015 1(9),1-8
• Proton pump inhibitors - us, misuse and concerns about long-term therapy. Clin J Gastroenterol 2011;4-53-59
• Acute Renal Failure in a patient with Non-Fulminant Hepatitis Kidney Dis Transplant 2007;18(3):422-425
• Protein deficiency presenting as deep vein thrombosis - a case report Angiology, 2003;54:605-8
• Leiomyosarcoma of Inferior Vena Cava presenting as Budd-Chiari Syndrome - a case report, International Journal of Angiology,