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“My Work is for a King”

CMC Connect July - Sep 2019 Volume XVI, Number 2

In This Issue • Letter from the

Editorial Board

NEWSONLINE • Flood Relief Camps

Organised by Bilga and

Hambran Units of CMC

• UNESCOs Chair of BioEthics (Haifa) established at CMC Ludhiana

• College Ranking

• Diabetes 20-20 Weekend Workshop in Phagwara

• Children ward added to Hemato-oncology & BMT Unit

• Institutional farewell for Dr. Jugesh Chhatwal

• Dr. Apoorva Kamboj, Won 1st Prize

• Research Training Workshop for Postgraduates by ICMR at CMCL

• Seminar on “Basics and Recent Updates on the Glaucomas”

• Vardhman Group Donates Advanced Equipment to ENT Department

• CME on “Current trends in surgery” in association with IMSA by Surgery Department

• 15th Annual Ophthalmic Quiz

• Obstetrics Skills Lab

• 1st Urology Quiz

• Dr. Lavisha, Won 1st Prize

From the Editorial Board

Dear Alumnus,

Greetings from the Editorial Team! We are back with another online edition of the “Alumni Xpress Connect”. Appreciation that followed the previous edition (April-July 2019) was delightful. We thank you for your support. Your suggestions and constructive criticism therefore, will indeed be valuable. Through this issue you will get to know about the various activities that took place at CMC Ludhiana including different CMEs, upgradation of certain equipments and services, achievements of our Alumni, other academic activities and a hearty institutional farewell to Dr. Jugesh Chhatwal who spent about 44 years of her life with her alma mater after joining CMC for MBBS in 1975. Our appeal to confirm your addresses/emails also bore fruit enabling us to update our directory and mailing list but is still far from complete. Although a worthwhile process, despite our best efforts, is likely to take time. Keep us updating! We hope that you all will enjoy reading this online edition of “Alumni Xpress Connect”. Happy reading!

Editorial Board

FACULTY SPOTLIGHT

• Dr. Santhosh Mathangi

Welcome to the New Faculty:

• Dr. Gaurav Bhatia

• Dr. Manuja Aggarwal

• Dr. Atul Philips

ALUMNI IN FOCUS • Dr. Jugesh Chhatwal

• Dr. M. Z. Mani

• Dr. Navdeep S. Samra

ALUMNI COMMITTEE President

Dr. Ajay Kumar

Vice- Presidents

Dr. Kavita Mandrelle

Bhatti

Dr. Navdeep Saini

Secretary

Dr. Kailash Chander

Joint- Secretary

Dr. Madhulika Peter

Samuel

Treasurer

Dr. Santhosh Mathangi Executive Members: Dr. Clarence J. Samuel

Dr. Ravinder S. Thind

Dr. Paul S. John

Dr. Neelu Luther

Dr. Sumeet David


CMC NEWS-ONLINE

Flood Relief Camps organized by Bilga and Hambran Units of CMC

Flood relief camps were organized by Bilga General Hospital and Mata Kaushaylya Devi Pahwa Hospital, Hambran, which are the units of CMC & Hospital, Ludhiana. Bilga General Hospital organized one day flood relief camp on 24th August, 2019 in the village Burz Hassan in which about 103 patients were examined and free medicines were given to patients. Free hospitalization service was also provided to needy patients.

Mata Kaushaylya Devi Pahwa Hospital, Hambran organized camps from 23rd August, 2019 to 3rd September 2019. All medical health workers and medical interns took part in this noble cause in which about 600 victims were catered where free medical checkup and free medicines were distributed along all the villages adjoining Sutlej river. The devastation took place on the 18th of August in which most of the villages along the river bank were submerged. Keeping


an eye on to the impending health issues which could have impacted the population, CMC took the initiative to cater its services to the needy through preventive and curative medicine and people were given free health check up and medicines.

Moreover Behavior Change Communication (BCC) activities and education regarding hygiene related to water born diseases were given to the villagers. Distribution of chlorine tablets was also done. Camps were conducted in Khera Bhet, New Razapur, Bhorewaal, Bhurj Lambra, Bhurj manpur, Aloowaal, Bholewaal Judid. This service to the community was made possible under the leadership of Dr. William Bhatti, Director, CMCL, conducted by Rural Health Outreach Program (RHOP) which is headed by Dr. Clarence J Samuel (Professor, Department of Community Medicine). Dr. Dhruvendra Lal (Asst. Prof., Department of Community Medicine) and Mr. Balan N. also contributed significantly in organizing of camps.

UNESCOs Chair of BioEthics (Haifa)

established at CMC Ludhiana

The CMC Ludhiana held a program to officially establish the UNESCO’s Chair for Bioethics (Haifa) as its North Indian Regional Center on 1st February, 2019.

CMC Ludhiana has nearly 145 different rural mission hospitals all around the country where its graduates serve and we have been teaching medical ethics as part of our curriculum for more than 30 years. In its 125th year as a medical school we look forward to being a major contributor to the dissemination of BioEthics in Northern India by UNESCO chair of BioEthics at CMC Ludhiana.

Prof Dr Russel D’Souza , from Melborne at Australia , Head ,Asia Pacific Division of the UNESCO Chair of Bioethics (Haifa) accompanied by Dr Mary Mathews, Head of the India Programme for the UNESCO Chair of Bioethics , presented the Writs of Establishment to the Principal, Dr Jeyaraj D Pandian and the Director, Dr William Bhatti. Prof Dr. Russel D’Souza, presented the Writ of Appointment to Dr. Jeyaraj D Pandian as the Chair, Dr Clarence J. Samuel ‘93, Vice Principal as the Head, Dr Anjali Jain, Prof of Anatomy as the Secretary of the Bioethics Unit, UNESCO’s Chair for Bioethics (Haifa). Dr Jurgen Jacob (MBBS’14 Intern) was given the writ of appointment as Head of the Student Wing of Steering Committee. The Steering committee has representatives from all colleges.


Hon. Prof Raj Bahadur the Vice Chancellor of the Baba Farid University was the guest of honor and was effusive in describing the Ethical standards in CMCL. He was sure that CMCL would impact health care not just in Punjab but in the whole region through its vast experience and resources.

Dr William Bhatti, Director reminded everyone that CMC’s 125 year legacy is based on Ethics and values which haven’t changed inspite of corporatization of medicine.

Principals and vice principals from other colleges of our institution were significant dignitaries. The Guests from other institutes included Dr. Kuldeep Kaur Principal, PIMS, Jalandhar, Dr. Anu Sharma, DMC Ludhiana and Dr. Deepak Singla ’85, Maharaja Agrasen Hospital, Delhi.

College Ranking

The 2019 Ranking of Medical institution in the National Institute Ranking Framework (NIRF) saw CMC Ludhiana being ranked No. 18th. NIRF by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) was launched on 29th September 2015. This framework outlines a methodology to rank institutions across the country. The methodology draws from the overall recommendations broad understanding arrived at by a Core Committee set up by MHRD, to identify the broad parameters for ranking various universities and institutions. The parameters broadly cover “Teaching, Learning and Resources,” “Research and Professional Practices,” “Graduation Outcomes,” “Outreach and Inclusivity,” and “Perception”. We are moving up among medical colleges and in private medical colleges, our CMC stands at number 5, a big achievement in itself. The cherry on the cake is that the CMC this year is celebrating 125 years of its origin. It has given a great boost to our college and even after 125 years, we are still growing stronger every day,” said Dr Jeyaraj D. Pandian, Principal. This year ‘Careers 360’ ranked CMC as the 4th best Private college in India. In ‘The Dhristi- Outlook’ Survey 2019 CMC improved on two places and is ranked 13. In ‘The Week’ survey, we moved up two places to 21st while ‘India Today’ ranked us 24th this year. The main areas which we can improve upon is by is research fundings, visiting faculty, editing and writing books, collaborations with national and international institute of repute.

Diabetes 20-20 Weekend Workshop

in Phagwara

A residential weekend workshop was organized by Department of Endocrinology, CMCL in collaboration with the Royal college of Physicians of Edinburgh and the CME Foundation of India, at Phagwara for over 60 physicians from all across Punjab. This conference consisted of numerous interactive sessions and included an amalgamation of expert speakers most of whom were academic or practicing endocrinologists from across the region. The two days of conference included workshops, special key note sessions, interactive quizzes and live patient demonstrations. Clinical practices in diabetes clinic were discussed and role plays were performed for difficult to handle cases for e.g a patient who refuses to take insulin, a patient who is in denial about his diagnosis of diabetes etc. Cricket based themes were used throughout the sessions along with props that made the sessions more lively and to coincide with the 20/20 championships that were ongoing. Team building exercises were one of the core components of the event. This included activities that conference attendees were a part of, such as specific tasks focused on group cooperation, like puzzle solving, role play, scavenger hunts and panel discussions. The primary goal of the sessions was to transform physicians dealing with patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus. One of the sessions was also dedicated to a live patient workshop, In this workshop one of our patients who is currently a dietician and is living with type 1 diabetes mellitus herself discussed her journey as a patient over the last ten years from her childhood to her current adulthood. The Punjab Medical Council provided six hours of CME credit hours for the participants.


Children ward added to Hemato-oncology & BMT Unit

CMC initiates a children’s ward for Haemato-Oncology and bone marrow transplant under their Project ‘Umeed’ in partnership with a nonprofit organisation ‘CanKids, KidsCan’.

The ward has increased the highly specialized treatment capacity by additional 4-5 beds. Anuj Mathur, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Canara HSBC Oriental Bank of Commerce Life Insurance inaugurated the initiative on 1st July, 2019 under the CSR project of the institute.

Institutional farewell for Dr. Jugesh Chhatwal

Dr. Jugesh Chhatwal, professor in the department of paediatrics retired after spending 44 beautiful years in CMC. She joined CMC as a teenager for her MBBS studies and continued on to specialise in paediatrics here. After her postgraduation she decided to stay back and serve her alma mater with unparalleled dedication and enthusiasm.


A Farewell was held for Dr. Jugesh Chhatwal on 12th August, 2019. All the faculty of the Institution, present and past students working in various parts of Punjab gathered together to share their best wishes. Dr. William Bhatti, Director, appreciated Dr. Jugesh’s dedicated years to CMC and remembered interesting instances when she had supported junior faculty members in pediatric surgery in patient care. Dr. Gurmeet Kaur and Dr Inderpreet Sohi shared their experiences of working with Dr. Jugesh as a student and later as a junior colleague. Dr. Jugesh’s colleagues and friends from various departments recounted their experiences with Ma’am in various areas besides Pediatrics. Dr. Nitin Batra recounted memorable and interesting events from the time the CMC Alumni Association worked under Dr. Jugesh’s guidance and to organized the Homecoming in 2004.

Dr Jugesh leaves behind a legacy of well trained and appreciated students in Punjab and beyond. We would like to give our best wishes to Dr. Jugesh for her future.

Contributed by -Dr. Monika Sharma

Dr. Apoorva Kamboj won 1st Prize

Dr Apoorva Kamboj (First year DGO Resident) won

first prize in poster presentation titled "Feto maternal

outcomes in Near Miss events in Obstetrics" at

national conference " Breaking Silos : Adolescence to

Menopause " organised by FOGSI and AOGD at Delhi

on 10th and 11th August 2019. The co-authors for the

poster presentation were Dr Shalini Makkar, Sr.

Resident and Dr. Kavita Mandrelle, Professor & HOD,

Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, CMC.

1st Research Workshops by ICMR at CMC

The first in the series of workshops to train medical

fraternity in research were organised at CMC Ludhiana

on the 1st-2nd of August, 2019. These workshops were

conducted by ICMR in collaboration with the National

Institute of Medical Statistics and National Institute of

Cancer Prevention and Research under the aegis of the

Dr. Padam Singh Initiative of Research Development

and Training. This initiative was started in 2018 with an

intention of training all faculty in medical colleges

across the country in the art and science of research.

With an intent to improve the quality of research

conducted at CMC, Dr. Jeyaraj Pandian collaborated

with ICMR to initiate the project in CMC. CMC

Ludhiana is the first training centre in Punjab and one

of the few in India that have been selected as nodal

centres for research training.

The theme of the workshop was “Writing for research

grants”. Total 50 participants from various colleges in

Punjab enthusiastically participated in the interactive

workshop. Dr. Satyanarayana a noted biostatistician,

who is the author of several famous books on

biostatistics and Dr. Smita Asthana from NICPR, Noida

were the faculty for the workshop. Dr. Monika Sharma,

Vice Principal (Research) who has been appointed as

the Regional Co-ordinator of the ICMR workshops,

informs that there will be more workshops to train

faculty as well as students in various aspects of

research.


Research Training Workshop for

Postgraduates by ICMR at CMCL

CMC organised a week-long marathon of workshops to

train postgraduate students in the art of research and

thesis writing in collaboration with ICMR-Institute of

Applied Statistics. Starting from the 26th of August,

postgraduate students from various streams of

medicine and surgery attended a two day workshop

for first, second and third year of training. Esteemed

faculty from ICMR included the national co-ordinator,

Dr Shubham Pandey and senior faculties Dr Shraddha

Dwivedi and Dr Manushi Shrivastava. While the first

year students interacted on various aspects of research

such as how to select a topic and write protocols the

second and third year students discussed various

matters related to their ongoing thesis and

presentation of data. Introducing the workshops, Dr

Jeyaraj Pandian, Principal encouraged students to

maintain a high standard of ethics in research being

conducted at CMC. Dr Monika Sharma (Vice-Principal,

Research) mentioned that since the MCI-BOG had

made online research training compulsory for

postgraduates, these workshops will complement

online training.

SEMINAR ON “BASICS AND RECENT UPDATES ON THE GLAUCOMAS”

The Department of Ophthalmology is organizing a series of special under graduate and post graduate seminars to mark 125 years of service, education and research by the Institute. The second Master class was held on 19th August, 2019 featured Dr. Parul

Ichhpujani, Associate Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector-32, Chandigarh. Dr Parul has done her Glaucoma training from Advance Eye Centre, PGIMER, Chandigarh and fellowship from Wills Eye Institute Philadelphia, USA and takes care of the Glaucoma and Neuro-Ophthalmology services at her Centre.

The occasion was graced by the “building blocks” of the Eye Department, CMC- Dr. S. K. Chopra and Dr. Richard Daniel and more than 150 delegates. The Chief Guest was Dr. William Bhatti, Director. He encouraged & appreciated the efforts of the Department in organizing this academic session and also in spreading awareness about this dreaded ocular condition. The Guest of Honour, Dr. Jeyaraj D Pandian, Principal also spoke on this occasion and reiterated the importance of having regular academic sessions for all the students. Other invitees included Dr. Sumeet Chopra, Professor& Head, Ophthalmology, DMCH, & several eminent faculty members. The sessions were conducted by Dr. Nitin Batra, Prof. and Head, Department of Ophthalmology, Prof. Rupali Chopra and Prof. Gurvinder Kaur, CMC Ludhiana and were attended by over 150 undergraduate and postgraduate students.


Vardhman Group Donates Advanced Equipment to ENT Department

Shri S. P. Oswal, Chairman and Managing Director of the Vardhman Group, inaugurated the new OPD services in ENT Department. He has provided the latest cutting edge technology equipment for advanced Medical and Surgical care of patients suffering from ear, nose and throat diseases.

Mr. Oswal said “ENT diseases especially Head and Neck Cancers are increasing in Punjab and it can be a cause of lot of sufferings, pain and death if not treated appropriately in time. Advanced care for these patients is available only at very few centers in this region. At the same time the treatment cost is very expensive due to high cost involved in procuring these equipments making the treatment beyond the reach of the common man”

Dr. William Bhatti, Director said “the new and improved work station and various equipments procured in operation theatre will provide a quality services to the patients at affordable costs. ENT department also offers high-quality Advanced Endoscopic and Head & Neck Surgical procedures with the latest operating instruments. These equipments

will bring the best in class care within the reach of the needy people of Punjab and surrounding areas”

Dr. Navneet Kumar, Prof. & HOD of ENT Department said that ENT services of CMCL is one of the most experienced and trusted services in the region. With an advanced OPD workstation with latest attachments, specialized instruments for minimally invasive nasal and Head & Neck Surgery. The department has a well-established training program specializing in diseases of ear, nose and throat. Department also provides advanced care in head & Neck cancer surgeries.


CME on “Current Trends in Surgery” in association with IMSA by Surgery

Department

The Department of General Surgery conducted a one day CME on “Current Trends in Surgery” in association with International Medical Sciences Academy (IMSA) on 24th August, 2019. Dr. William Bhatti, Director, while inaugurating the event, highlighted the role of Department of General Surgery in training residents based on protocols and increasing competency.

Dr. Jeyaraj D. Pandian, Principal, welcomed the delegates. He added that this academic feast will integrate faculty of various medical colleges and top hospitals. Dr. Anil Luther, the Head of Surgery department, welcomed the chief guest Dr. Jagadeesan, Founder President of IMSA and impressed on the delegates the achievements of the surgery department. Dr. Jagadeesan, listed the achievements of the IMSA and also appreciated the success of the CME.

Dr. Karamvir Goyal, Member, PMC informed that 2 credit hours are awarded by the Council. The CME is supported by PMC and IMSA. Dr Amit Mahajan, Organizing Secretary and Professor of Surgery, gave the vote of thanks. Surgical techniques, recent advancements in peri-operative and post-operative

care, current scenario of surgeries in the Indian context etc. were sessions in CME.

15th Annual Ophthalmic Quiz

The Department of Ophthalmology organized the 15th Annual Ophthalmic Quiz and Awareness talks for Doctors and Medical students on 4th September, 2019.

The Chief Guest for the occasion was Dr. William Bhatti, Director, who has always encouraged & appreciated the efforts of the department in organizing such academic sessions and also in spreading awareness about common eye disorders. The Guest of Honour, Dr. Jeyaraj D Pandian, Principal,


reiterated the importance of having regular academic sessions for all the students. Among the 50 undergraduate MBBS teams, 5 teams

had qualified for the quiz following the preliminary

round. Dr. Nitin Batra and Dr. Anubhav Baveja

conducted the finals. Dr. Jeena Thomas and Dr Josia

John from the Batch of 2014 emerged as the

Champions in the closely contested quiz. Miss Blossom

Jose Chacko and Mr. Lakshit Pasricha, 4th year students

from the MBBS Batch of 2016 presented interesting

talks on “The Mind Game” and “ Rewind, Fast

Forward” respectively.

Obstetrics Skills Lab

The Obstetric Skills Lab was inaugurated on 5th September, 2019 by Dr. Sudhir Joseph, Chairman of the Governing Board of members CMC, Ludhiana in the presence of the Director- Dr. William Bhatti, Principal- Dr. Jeyaraj Pandian, Head of Medical Education- Dr. Dinesh Badyal, Head of Department of Obstetrics and

Gynaecology- Dr. Kavita Mandrelle Bhatti, faculty, staff and students of CMC, Ludhiana.

The mannequins and models in skill lab are supported

by Gupta Charitable Trust Delhi in memory of Dr

Madhuri Gupta. The Trustees are Professor Dr. ML

Gupta (Husband), Dr. Mayank Gupta (Son) and Dr.

Payal Gupta (Daughter). Clinical skills and simulation

labsare the requirements for the new MBBS curriculum

and will aid in teaching undergraduate MBBS, nursing

students and postgraduate students of Obstetrics

Department in a controlled and safe environment with

adequate “hands on training”. Simulation based

learning helps to improve the confidence of students,

better skill acquisition and improves patient safety.

The Obstetric Skills lab has birth simulators,

mannequins for conducting deliveries, mannequins for

practicing perineal suturing, urethral catheterization,

procedures like active management of third stage,

management of postpartum haemorrhage,

intravascular and intramuscular injections etc.


The teaching learning module has been prepared for active management of third stage of labour as a project for MCI advance course. More modules are in the developmental stage. We are indebted to the management of CMC, Ludhiana for supporting us in this endeavour. We sincerely hope that the skills lab will benefit our medical and nursing students and in the near future we will be able to convert it into a high-fidelity Simulation Lab.

1st Urology Quiz

The Department of Urology has conducted the 1st Uro-

Quiz on 9th September, 2019 for the undergraduate

medical students (pre final and final years) on topics

and texts covered in the Urology Section of the Surgical

Textbook Bailey & Love.

The quiz covered a preliminary round of MCQs was

held on the 13th of August 2019. They have 4 teams of

2 participants each from the preliminary round for the

finals. The final round was held on 9th Sep. 2019 in

Hospital Auditorium in the presence of our Director,

Dr. William Bhatti, Principal Dr. Jeyaraj Pandian,

Medical Supdt. Dr. Anil Luther, faculty and medical

students. Mr. Prakhar Vashist and Mr. Pranet Austin

from team ‘Hesitancy’! were declared the winners of

the quiz. The quiz masters Dr. Partho Mukherjee and

Dr. Uma Kant Dutt from the department of Urology

also had many questions of practical relevance for the

audience as well. The quiz was designed to garner the

interest of the medical students, interns and residents

of the college towards the specialty of Urology.

Dr. Lavisha won 1st Prize

Dr Lavisha (First

year PG

Resident,

Department of

Microbiology)

won first prize

in poster

competition

with the topic

“Prevalence of

Opportunistic

Infections

among HIV

Positive (in

door) patients in a Tertiary Care Hospital” in HICCON

conference at DMC & Hospital, Ludhiana on 7th Sept,

2019. This study was conducted by Dr. Maria Thomas

and Dr. Lavisha under the guidance of Dr. Vandana

Berry, Prof. & Head, Department of Microbiology.


Independence Day 2019


Faculty spotlight

MACS Doctor Day Award 2019

to

Dr. Santhosh Mathangi

Dr. Santhosh Kumar Mathangi

’95 (PMR specialist), Head,

Dept. of PMR, CMC Ludhiana

has got the MACS Doctor for

Maximising Abilities 2019

award on Doctors Day 2019.

Dr. Santhosh Mathangi has

set exceeding high

parameters for a Doctor. Going beyond routine within-

hospital management to rehabilitate his patient within

the community. It would take a 'Hand of God' to take

one from darkness of dependency to the light of

success in almost every sphere.

Welcome to the CMC Family

Specialists in Critical Care joined CMC Dr. Gaurav Bhatia

Dr Gaurav Bhatia did his MBBS from

Gov. Medical College, Mysore (Batch

of 1992). He did MD Anesthesia

from CMC Ludhiana (Batch of 2000).

He was working in UAE while on

sabbatical leave and has rejoined

CMC after enlarging his clinical

experience.

Dr. Manuja Aggarwal

Dr Manuja did her MBBS and MD Anesthesia from Gujarat University in BJ Medical College and NHL Medical College, respectively. She has also undergone various training namely Heatlh care/ACLS provider (Certified by AHA and Americal Academy for Emergency

Medicine), ATLS provider course (AIIMS, New Delhi) and Fundamental critical care support provider (certified by society of critical care medicine, USA). While working as critical care specialist Dr Manuja believes “There is always a better method.”

Dr. Atul Phillips

Dr Atul Phillips has joined the Department of Anesthesia as a Critical Medicine Specialist. He belongs to the MBBS batch of 2002. He did his MD Anesthesia also from CMC in 2013 and FNB Critical Care Medicine in 2017. He is married to Dr Ivy Sabastein from the MBBS batch of 2003 and she is completing her DM Neurology at CMC.

We warmly welcome them as they have joined in CMCL with the mission of Quality Medical Care for all patients.


ALUMNUS IN FOCUS

Dr. Jugesh Chhatwal

I consider it an honor to write about Ma’am Prof. Jugesh Chhatwal, whom I have always held in great esteem, looked upon her with respect and as a role model. As a student of hers, I always found her warm, affectionate, approachable, empathetic, enthusiastic and a

caring teacher. She always maintained high degree of professionalism, along with managing patients with utmost care. She possesses great teaching skills and is a wonderful orator, debater and a prolific quiz master. She is a doyen of Pediatrics and she started her career at Christian Medical College at the age of 17 years. She completed her MBBS in 1980, DCH in 1982 and MD (Pediatrics) in 1984. She became a Professor of Pediatrics in 1993.Shechaired the department of pediatrics several years and served the institute for 35 years. She joined Prof. Sheila Singh Paul and Prof. Manorama Verma, in building the Pediatric department of CMC, Ludhiana and continued working on with dedication. She was also instrumental in starting NICU and PICU and encouraged to develop other specialties like Adolescent Clinic, Growth & Developmental Clinic, Thalassemia Clinic (Hematology Clinic) along with other special clinics. She did her fellowship in Medical education from FAIMER, Philadelphia. She has been a Faculty for CMCL FAIMER regional institute and MCI Nodal/Regional Centre. She has a number of national and international Publications to her credit and has been a contributor to many books in Pediatrics. She has been a Master trainer of Tuberculosis, Asthma IMNCI and Newborn resuscitation. She has been an active researcher with various projects of ICMR, Surveillance projects as well as a number of clinical trials. She has

been a resource person for various workshops, CMEs etc in Pediatrics as well as in Medical education at regional, National and International levels. She held their other administrative responsibilities as

Vice Principle (PG Studies from 2009 to till 2019) and

she was also Secretary of Institutional Research

Committee and Institutional Ethics Committee of CMC,

Ludhiana. She was Vice president and President of

Alumni Association for Alumni Office from 2003 to

2009 and always took a keen interest in all activities.

While in alumni office she strengthened the alumni

office and helmed successfully the first ever Home

coming event in 2004.

She has great communication skills; enjoys good inter

personnel relationships and possesses deep knowledge

and passion for her subject. She is a bundle of joy to

work with and is inspiring to her colleagues and

youngster. May God bless her with great health and

our best wishes to her for future life.

Contributed by- Dr. Gurmeet Kaur ’81

Prof & HOD, Dept. of Paediatrics

Book Written by Dr. M Z Mani

Clinical Dermatology

Dr Mohan Z. Mani graduated from Christian Medical

College, Ludhiana (Punjab) in December 1971 and

completed his MD (Dermatology & Venereology) at

AIIMS, New Delhi in May 1976. From May 1976 till his

retirement in October 2018, Dr Mani has been

continuously working and teaching in various Medical


Colleges in India. He was the Professor and Head of

Dermatology at CMCL from 1986 to 2001 and again

from October 2009 to June 2016. Dr Mani helped to

start Postgraduation in Dermatology at CMC, Ludhiana.

He retired as the Professor and Head of Dermatology

from Believers Church Medical College and Hospital

(BCMCH), Thiruvalla, Kerala in October 2018. His home

is in Kottayam, Kerala.

Dr. Mani has published several case Reports and five

original studies as the first author. The Original Study

Leprosy in Punjab was published in 1981, the first such

paper highlighting the presence of leprosy in

indigenous Punjabi patients. The other Original Studies

relate to the rural ecology in leprosy (1996), A new

histological grading system for macular lesions of

paucibacillary leprosy (2018), and A new and effective

method of photomicrography (2018).

Dr. Mani’s wife, Dr Anna Mani , is a Professor of

Medicine at BCMCH, Thiruvalla (Kerala), and they have

two children, Vinita (who is a neurologist) and Anand (

who is a HR Management Consultant).

Dr Navdeep Singh Samra

Dr Navdeep Samra ’92, working as Associate

Professor and Program Director in the Department

of General Surgery at LSU Health Sciences Center-

Shreveport, USA. LSU has awarded him the Best

Teaching Faculty award 2018-2019. We

congratulate Dr. Samra for this achievement.

OBITUARIES

Dr. Alexander Skaria (Batch of 1957)

It is with deep sorrow that

Dr. Skaria Alexander passed

away on June 18, 2019.

After completing his medical

studies at the CMCL, he

moved to the UK to

specialization in radiation

oncology. He has worked at

Saskatchewan Cancer Agency and BC Cancer Agency

(Canada), until his retirement in 2002. Even after

retirement, he continued his service to the community

through volunteer work at the Island Prostate Centre

and the establishment of the "Skaria Alexander

Scholarship" for students at the Cancer Agency. Dr

Skaria is survived by his wife Mini, his sons Arun

(Patricia) and Abe (Deanne), and his two grandchildren

(Eli and Adah).

Dr. Rajiv Rana

(Batch of 1983)

It is with great sadness we

would like to inform you that

Dr. Rajiv Rana passed away

on 23rd June 2019. He did his

MBBS (Batch of 1983) & MD

Pathology from CMCL and he

was practicing Pathology at

Karnal. He is survived by his

wife Vandana & two daughters.

Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Dhaumya

(Batch of 1975)

We regretfully inform you that our alumnus Dr.

Sanjeev Kumar Dhaumya from the Batch of 1975

passed away on 21st August, 2019 in Delhi. He is

survived by his wife, daughter and son.

Our deep condolences and prayers for God's comfort

to the bereaved families...


UPCOMING EVENTS

37th Lobo Memorial Oration Invitation


The Editorial Board

Editor in Chief :

Dr Clarence J. Samuel ‘93

Members :

Dr Kavita Mandrelle Bhatti ‘85

Dr Kailash Chander ‘99

Dr Madhulika Peter Samuel ‘98

Dr Nitin Batra ‘PG 98

Dr Ajay Kumar ‘95

Dr Neelu Luther ‘94

Dr Paul Sudhakar John ’98

Correspondent : Dr Harish Iswariah ‘86

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CMC Alumni Xpress Connect is very proud of each alumni, many of whom continue to excel in various

academic, leadership and service roles in India and across the world. We have many who keep a low-

profile and work behind the scenes but have been instrumental in impacting the health and healing to

thousands. CMC Alumni Xpress Connect encourages all its alumni to stay in touch with each other and

with the College. We would love to hear from you. We want to share in the joy of your academic awards

and professional successes. We would like to be of assistance whenever and where ever we can.

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ANNOUNCEMENT

Founder’s Day Celebration of CMC &

Reunion of the Batches (Adm. 1970 & 1989)

MARCH 24, 2020 The Reunion of the batches of 1970 and 1989 will be held on Tuesday, 24th March, 2020 at CMC Ludhiana. The batches will celebrate their 50 th & 25th year reunions respectively. We invite the alumni of both these batches to confirm their participation and to share contact information with us regarding their batch mates. We would like you to make the most of this opportunity to visit your Alma Mater and meet up with old friends. Please send us an email if you have not received our official reunion invitation via email. Contact us at: [email protected]; [email protected]

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