Dr.S.Ramkumar is a consultant pediatric endocrinologist in Apollo Children’s Hospital and heads the Pediatric Endocrine and Diabetes Clinic, Institute of Child Health & Hospital for Children, Madras Medical College, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India.
Specialist: Diabetologist & Endocrinologist
Email: ram.kumar@msn.com
Contact Number: +919940286196,+919333193331
1. Ramkumar S. Bilateral thecoma presenting as premenopausal hirsutism: Laproscopic removal. Indian J Endocrinol Metab. 2013 Dec;17(Suppl 3):S662-4.
2. Ramkumar S. Type 2 diabetes mellitus in children and youth. Indian J Pediatr. 2013 Mar;80 Suppl 1:S87-94. Read in Pubmed at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23430571
3. Shabir I, Marumudi E, Ramkumar. 5 α-Reductase Type 2 Deficiency – Response to Dihydrotestosterone Gel: Correspondence. Indian J Pediatr. 2014 Sep;81(9):984. Read in Pubmed at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24052182
4. Ramkumar S. Ectopic insulin secreting neuroendocrine tumor of kidney with recurrent hypoglycemia: a diagnostic dilemma. BMC Endocr Disord. 2014 Apr 17;14:36. Read in Pubmed at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24741994
5. Ramkumar S. Stromal Leydig Cell Hyperplasia Presenting As Virilising Ovarian Mass in Post-Menopausal Woman. Endocrine Abstracts. Female Reproductive Endocrinology II. June 2014. Read online at http://press.endocrine.org/doi/abs/10.1210/endo-meetings.2014.RE.8.SUN-0019
6. Ramkumar S. Sexual precocity with pituitary macroadenoma and bilateral multicystic ovaries – a case report. International Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology 2013, 2013(Suppl 1):P200. Read online at http://www.ijpeonline.com/content/2013/S1/P200
7. Ramkumar S. Early initiation of insulin in a child with T2DM and clinical course – a case report International Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology 2013, 2013(Suppl 1):P26. Read online at http://www.ijpeonline.com/content/2013/S1/P26
8. Ramkumar S. Precocious puberty and ovarian tumors – 2 case report. International Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology 2013, 2013(Suppl 1):P80. Read online at http://www.ijpeonline.com/content/2013/S1/P80
9. Ramkumar S. Genu valgum and primary hyperparathyroidism in children. Int J Case Rep Images 2014;5(6):401–407. Read online at http://www.ijcasereportsandimages.com/archive/2014/006-2014-ijcri/CS-10041-06-2014-ramkumar/index.php
10. Praveen PA, Kumar SR, Tandon N. Type 2 diabetes in youth in South Asia. Curr Diab Rep. 2015 Feb;15(2):571. Read online at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25620404
1. Presentation in national Endocrine conference: (ESICON 2010) titled “profile of autoimmune hypothyroidism in T1DM in children 12+yrs”
2. Poster Presentation in national Paediatric Endocrine conference: (ISPAE 2011) titled “Juvenile granulosa cell tumor presenting as precocious puberty– a case report”
3. Presentation in state pediatric conference: PEDICON 2010 titled “The pattern of intracranial hemorrhage in the age group of 2 weeks to 6 months with particular reference to late onset Hemorrhagic disease of newborn”
4. Poster Presentation in APPES Conference 2012 titled Early initiation of Insulin in a child with T2DM and clinical course
5. Poster Presentation in APPES Conference 2012 titled “Precocious Puberty and Ovarian Tumors – 2 Case Reports”
6. Poster Presentation in APPES Conference 2012 titled “Sexual Precocity with Pituitary Macroadenoma and Bilateral Multicystic Ovaries – A Case Report”
1.APPES summer school in Bali, Indonesia, 2012
2.ESPE science school in Haifa, Israel, 2013
3.Training in Insulin Pump, Auckland City Hospital, New Zealand
1. Authored a Chapter “Hyperandrogenism in Girls” in ‘Case based reviews in Endocrinology’, published 2014
2. Authored a Chapter “Interventions in Childhood Obesity in Indian Setting” in ICMR Status Report 2014
Research – during DM endocrinology Residential program (submitted to AIIMS, New Delhi)
1. Project 1:
Effect of oral administration of probiotic preparation VSL#3 on the metabolic control in individuals with type-1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM); a randomized, double- blind, placebo controlled trial – A pilot study
2. Project 2:
Childhood Obesity in India: a multi-centre study on itsmeasurement and determinants – ICMR PROJECT
1. First Prize in Endocrine Quiz in Amrita Institute of medical Sciences, 2013
2. AV Gandhi award for excellence in Endocrinology (Best Clinical Accumen) 2014
3. ISPAD award – Allan Drash Clinical Fellowship in 2014(Auckland City Hospital,New zealand)
4. First Rank – All India DM Endocrinology Examination 2010
1. The Endocrine Society
2. American Association of Clinical Endocrinology(AACE)
3. Life member – Indian Society of Paediatric and Adolescent Endocrinology (ISPAE),
4. Member – International Society of Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes(ISPAD)
5. Member – European Society for Sexual Medicine (ESSM)
6. Life member –Endocrine society of india(ESI)
1) Continuous Sub-Cutaneous Insulin Infusion (CSII) therapy
2) Continuous Glucose Monitoring System (CGMS)
3) Disorders of Sexual Development (46XY DSD), and
4) Disorders of Bone metabolism