Monday, May 4, 2009

Dr. Rajasekharan P. Warrier - Vice-Chancellor, Manipal University

An alumnus of Kasturba Medical College, as, Dr Raj Warrier is a distinguished Pediatrician. He has trained at Henry Ford Hospital and Children’s Hospital of Michigan, USA. An American Board Certified Paediatrician, he is currently Professor and Vice-Chairman of Paediatrics, Director of the Centre for Cancer & Blood Disorders at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Centre. He is also a Fellow of the Indian Academy of Paediatrics, American Academy of Paediatrics and many other Paediatric Associations of Hematology, Clinical Oncology, etc. in USA. He is actively associated with the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin and the Alumni Association of Kasturba Medical College in USA.

Dr. Rajasekharan P. Warrier is married to Jaya Warrier, and has two children - Smitha and Parmesh Warrier



Inaguration Ceremony Video
Dr. Raj Warrier (Vice-Chancellor of Manipal University), Dr Annama Kurien, Miss Sandhya Pai (Managing Editor, Taranga Magazine) , Dr T.S. Raghu Raman (Chief Operating Officer Medical Superintendent of KMC) in the inaguration ceremony.


Conferences attended and Guest Lectures given by Dr Raj Warrier (May 2007 - May 2008)

1. Invited by IAP Bangalore Chapter meeting to give a talk on “Humor in Medicine” in May 2007
2. Invited by IAP–Adolescent chapter of Kerala state to give a talk on “Hematological and oncological prolems in the adolescents” in July 2007 at Calicut
3. Invited by Sri Ramachandra University to deliver a lecture on “Bridging the gap in healthcare education at a Conference on Medical Education – Bridging the Gap sponsored by Harvard medical International in Chennai in July, 2007
4. Invited to be Guest Speaker on “Current Managemnt of ITP” at BatonRouge Paediatric Society, MS, USA in August 2007
5. Invited for the grand rounds on current management of ITP at University of Mississippi, Jackson, MS, USA in August 2007
6. Invited to be Guest Speaker on - Palliative care in pediatrics at EPEC conference at Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai in August 2007
7. Invited to be Guest Speaker on ‘Bleeding disorders’ at PEDISATCON 2007 at Hassan in August 2007
8. Invited to be a member of the Panel on Hematology / Oncology at PEDISATCON 2007 at Hassan in August 2007
9. Invited to be Guest Speaker on ‘Ototoxicity’ at CRE at Mangalore, KMC, Mangalore in September 2007
10. Invited for the IAP Paeds Quiz, Case discussion at KMC, Mangalore in September 2007
11. Invited to be Guest Speaker on 'Role of Police and Medical officers during investigation & Trial’ at CMLE for Udupi District Police and Judiciary, KMC, Manipal in September 2007
12. Invited to be Guest Speaker on ‘Paediatric Head and Neck Oncology’ at a Workshop on Head & Neck Onco Surgery, KMC, Manipal in September 2007
13. Invited to be Guest Speaker on ‘Bleeding disorders and Orthopedic Surgeon’ at VI Annual conference of Orthopaedic Association of South Indian States at Mangalore in September 2007.
14. Invited to be Guest Speaker on ‘ITP - to treat or not? and ABC of CBC’ at IAP CME at Palakkad in September 2007.
15. Invited to be Guest Speaker on “Indian University in the Global Education Scene” at South Zone Vice Chancellor Conference at Cochin University in September 2007.
16. Invited to be Guest Speaker on ‘Current concepts in the management of ITP’ and Hem/Onc care and discussion at CME in Pediatrics at Dinanath Mangeshkar Hospital, Pune on 23/09/07
17. Invited to be Guest Speaker on ‘Normocytic Normochromic Anemia’ in Children at IAP South Pedicon 2007 at Hubli in September 2007
18. Invited to be Guest Speaker on Clinical Research and Clinical Trials - Bench Marking Research in India at National Health Conference at Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences Kochi in October 2007
19. Invited to be Guest Speaker on “Blood Safety – Cord Blood Banking and Stem Cell transplant” at Father Muller College, Mangalore – in October 2007
20. Invited to be the Guest Speaker at National Workshop conducted by MCOAHS on ‘Health Insurance in India-Issues for Indian Healthcare’ in October, 2007
21. Invited to be a member of the Organizing Committee of the International Meeting Of SIOP to be held in October 2007, Mumbai, India
22. Invited to be Guest Speaker on “Thrombosis in Pediatric Oncology” at SIOP in October 2007
23. Invited to deliver “Pratap Reddy Oration” at Annual Conference of International Medical Sciences Academy (IMSACON) in Nov, 2007
24. Patron and member of the organising committee of IAP-AAP CME organized by IAP Bangalore in Dec, 2007
25. Invited to deliver guest lecture ‘Approach to a pale child’ at IAP Talicherry in December, 2007
26. Invited for the International Conference on “Genetic and Molecular Diagnosis in Modern Medicine” Hyderabad, in January, 2008
27. Invited to deliver the Guest Lecture at IAP Bhuvaneshwar in January, 2008
28. Invited to deliver the key note address "Implications of inappropriate communication in current medical practice" at Air Force Hospital, Bangalore in January, 2008
29. Attended CME organized by Dept of Surgery, KMC, Mangalore in February 2, 2008
30. Delivered a guest lecture on "Recent Advances in Lab Diagnosis in children with cancer and blood disorders” at an Annual Workshop by Medical Laboratory Technology dept on "Recent advances by Department of Medical Laboratory Technology, Manipal College of Allied Health Sciences, Manipal. In February 2008
31. Attended CME organized by Dept. of Medical Oncology, Malabar Institute of Medical Sciences, Calicut in March, 2008.
32. Invited to deliver a guest lecture on “Pediatric sleep apnoea, diagnosis and management” at Respiratory therapy week organized by Respiratory therapy dept, Manipal College of Allied Health Sciences, Manipal in March, 2008
33. Delivered a lecture on “Clinical Research and the Medical University” at VC conference held in Chennai at Dr MGR Medical University in April, 2008
34. Invited to deliver a guest lecture on “Changing scenario of health care sector in India” at a Management Development program for medical doctors at Manipal institute of Management – April 6, 2008
35. Attended conference on Thalassemia at India Habitat centre, New Delhi on April 12, 2008
36. Delivered a talk on “Medi Blogging” at Blogger’s meet organized by Manipal Institute of Communication on April 18, 2008
37. Delivered lectures on “Case Based Learning”, “Problem Based Learning” and “Pediatric Palliative care” at Palliative care conference 2008 organised by Manipal University, Manipal April 24-27, 2008

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