Dr. Rajoo Singh Chhina

MD, DM Gastroenterology ,FAMS

CURRICULUM VITAE

DR. RAJOO SINGH CHHINA, MD, DM Gastroenterology

12th Apr, 2017

CITIZENSHIP

India

ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE NUMBERS:

House : 18-Shakti Vihar, Haibowal Road, Ludhiana, India-141001

+91 98155-45318

Office : Dean Academics, Professor of Gastroenterology

Dayanand Medical College, Tagore Nagar, Civil Lines

Ludhiana, India -141001

+91 0161-468-7503

E-mail Address:

PRESENT POSITION:

Dean Academics,

Professor of Gastroenterology

Dayanand Medical College & Hospital, Ludhiana

PRESENT POSITION:

Graduate:

1979-1982 : Government Medical College, Patiala, India

Degree: Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS)

Postgraduate:

1982-1983 : Internship, Government Medical College, Patiala, India

1986-1988 : Government Medical College, Patiala, India

Degree: Doctor of Medicine (MD), Internal Medicine

1989-1990 : Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India Degree: Doctorate of Medicine, Gastroenterology (DM)

ACADEMIC POSITION:

May, 1990-Jan, 1997 : Assistant Professor, Dayanand Medical College & Hospital, Ludhiana,INDIA

Jan, 1997-Nov, 2003 : Associate Professor, Dayanand Medical College & Hospital, Ludhiana ,INDIA

Nov, 2003-till Date : Professor, Dayanand Medical College & Hospital, Ludhiana ,INDIA

Registration No. : EP22974

(Punjab Medical Council) india

UNIVERSITY/HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS:

1997 : Head & Incharge Gastroenterology Unit

1998 till date : Medical Officar Incharge of Library

1998-2007 : Convenor Helath Education Cell

As Convenor Health Education Cell :

1.  Arranged about 56 Lectures on Health education at DMCH from 1998 to 2007

2.  Conducted Lectures

3.  Maintained a record of the Questions asked by general public.

4.  Over all administration of the Lecture series.

2004 : Associate Editor College Magazine

2004 till date : Chairperson College Sports Committee

2006 till date : Convenor Newsletter Editorial Board (SCAN)

2001-2003 : Member College Cultural Committee

2002-2009 : Medical Supdt.

2009 till date : Dean Academics

2009 till date : Medical Officer Incharge, Computer Section

2009 till date : Convenor, Medical Education Unit

In the field of Medical Education:

1.  Attended National Meet on Implementation of reforms in Undergraduate and Postgraduate Medical Education in March, 2011.

2.  Attended workshop of Medical Council of India for faculty Development at New Delhi from 6-9th April, 2011.

3.  Attended National Summit “Medical Education: Challenges & Opportunities” at New Delhi in September, 2011.

4.  Attended MCI Orientation Workshop for coordinators of MEUs on 6th April, 2011.

5.  Attended and participated in Workshop on Medical Education Technologies conducted by Medical Council of India from 20th to 22nd January, 2011.

6.  Attended and participated in Workshop on Medical Education Technologies conducted by Medical Council of India from 16th to18th January, 2012 & 21-23rd August, 2012.

7.  Attended Workshop on Clinical Research Methodology held on 4th April, 2012 at DMC&H, Ludhiana.

8.  Attended and participated in Workshop on Medical Education Technologies conducted by Medical Council of India from 28th to 30th January, 2012 & 4-6th April, 2013.

9.  FAIMER, Fellowship of Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Reseach, CMCL Regional Institute from Feb 2011 to Feb 2013.

10.  Awraded by K L Wig Oration for excellence in the field of Medical Education at Patna in Year 2015.

2010-2012 : Coordinator Disciplinary Committee

2012-2014 : Coordinator Student Welfare Committee

2012-2016 : Chairperson Disciplinary Committee

2012 till date : Chairperson Infection Control Committee

2012 till date : Chairperson Lab Safety & Quality task force

2012 till date : Medical Officer Incharge Biomedical Waste Management

2012 till date : Ex-officio member of Quality Control Task Force

2012 till date : Member credentialing & privileging Task Force

2012 till date : Member Information System Task Force

2012 till date : Member Training & Development Task Force

2014-2016 : Convenor Student Welfare Committee

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS:

1992-1993 : Co-Investigator ‘Indian Council of Medical Research Project’ Trace elements in GI

Malignancies

1995 : Member National Academy of Medical Sciences

1998 : Advisory Board Member of Journal of Indian Association of critical medicine

2000 : Chairperson of Indian Society of Gastroenterology Conference Pune.

2001 : Chairperson of Indian Association for liver, New Delhi

2001 : Chairperson of Young Physicians Update, Ludhiana, India

2006 : Executive member of Society for accident AID and Traffic Help

2006 : Governing Board Member of Indian Society of Gastroenterology Endoscopy

2006 : Elected as member of American Society of Gastroenterology Endoscopy

2007-2011 : Executive member of Nutrition Society of India

2009 : Elected as president of Punjab Gastroenterology Forum

2011-2013 : Governing Board Member of Indian Society of Endoscopy

2012-2014 : Member of CME and Publication Committee of National Academy of Medical Sciences

2014 : Member of Editorial Board of National Academy of Medical Sciences

2014 : Appointed as State Technical Advisor for the Punjab State of India By

UNIDO, United Nations

2012-2016 : Secretary, Nutrition Society of India

2016 : member expert committee…GOVT OF INDIA Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India has appointed in5 panels of experts of various therapeutic areas, for evaluation of various categories of applications of clinical trials, new drugs and new medical devices, Subject Expert Committees (SECs).

2017 april :President, Gastrointestinal Infection Society of India

AWARDS:

Ø  Awarded by GS Sainani Oration at IACMCON 2010 at Kolkata.

Ø  Awarded by K. L. Wig Oration-2015 at Patna for excellence in the field of Medical education.

INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIPS:

Ø  WHO-Govt. of India Fellowship,1996-97 for study in U.S.A. – Liver Transplantation and Biliary Therapeutics.

Ø  GI Fellowship-Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minesota, USA, from July 14,1997 to Aug 22, 1997 (WHO Sponsered),in liver transplant/G.I units, Dr. Ruddy Krom/Dr. Scot Nyberg, Dr. C Goustout-Endoscopy Chief.

Ø  Fellowship of the International Science Academy, India, 1997.(FIMSA)

Ø  Fellow Indian Association of Clinical Medicine, (FIACM) 1998

Ø  Varoon mahajan Fellowship, 1996 – Awarded. Sloane Kettering Memorial Cancer Institute, New York, U.S.A. (Ge Oncology)

Ø  FAIMER, Fellowship of Foundation For Advancement Of International Medical Education And Research.Cmcl-Faimer Regional Institute from February 2011 to February 2013.

INTERNATIONAL TRAININGS:

Ø  6 Week ,Trained with Liver Transplantation, Radiology Units (Dr. Law Sproat), Radio Section-for TPPS at GI Fellowship Wisconsin University Hospital, Madison Milwalkee, USA.

Ø  New Techniques in GI and Therapeutic endoscopy from Sept 10-13, 1997 at Milwaukee USA under Prof.

Joseph E. Geenen

Ø  Endoscopy Training with Prof. Marcan MD, Prof. Gregory Haber, MD at Wellesley General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario Canada in October, 1997.

Ø  Training in double balloon Enteroscopy and endoscopic submucosal dissection At Jichi Medical University,Tochigi, Japan from 3rd to 7th Sep, 2007.with prof yamamoto

Meetings and activities in UNIDO Project ( united nations )

1.  Member of The State Project Steering Committee (SPSC) (under the Chairmanship of Hon’ble Secretary, Science Technology and Environment) and State Project Management Unit (SPMU) (under the Chairmanship of Member Secretary) have been constituted vide office order dated 02.04.2013 and 15.01.2013 respectively as per requirement of the project. The PPCB signed contract for the Project on 25.09.2013.

2.  appointed State Technical Advisor, SPMU on 24.05.2014 for the Punjab State.

3.  attended the first meeting of the SPMU held under the Chairmanship of Member Secretary cum Nodal Officer on 18.07.2014.

4.  Attended a review meeting held under the Chairmanship of SSTE (Secretary, Science, Technology & Environment ,GOVT OF INDIA ) to review the progress of Punjab State in the UNIDO Project on 28.07.2014. govt of india .

5.  visited the health care facilities in the UNIDO Project to clarify points for preparation of action plan.

6.  attended a stakeholder workshop organized by UNIDO for the SPMUs of the 5 states from 13-14th November, 2014 at M. S. Ramaiah Medical College, Bangalore.

7.  attended 2nd meeting of the SPMU held under the Chairmanship of Member Secretary cum Nodal Officer on 30.01.2015 ..NEW DELHI GOVT OF INDIA

8.  presentation regarding the project and its implementation in the State to SSTE on 17.03.2015.

9.  Attended a SPMU meeting held on 27.03.2015 at DMC, Ludhiana with Sh. SP Dhua, Regional Coordinator, UNIDO and NPC, UNIDO to discuss various issues related to project and to finalize the plan for the proposed stakeholder workshop at Chandigarh under chairmanship of Sh. Biswanath Sinha, IAS, Joint Secretary, MoEF.

10. Attended a Project Partner Meeting regarding implementation measures for the project organized in Chandigarh on 14-15th May, 2015, wherein representatives from MoEFCC, UNIDO & 5 States attended the meeting.

11.  prepared a document on bringing in uniform guidelines on management of Bio-medical waste after studying rules & regulations related to bio-medical prevalent in the State and sent vide letter no. 2558 dated 11.08.2015.

12.  MEMBER Technical Evaluation Bid COMMITTEE for procurement of color coded bins and waste collection trolleys held at UNIDO Headquarter, Vienna between 22.08.2016 to 26.08.2016 along with Project Coordinator.

13.  Attended a meeting conducted before Model District Launch of Ludhiana at Secretariat, Chandigarh under the chairmanship of SSTE on 27th November 2016.

14.  Attended and organized the Model District launch of Ludhiana at Dumra Auditorium, Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana on 28th November 2016. Mr Phillipe R Scholtes (MD, UNIDO) was Chief Guest for this launch.

15.  attended launch of Training component of UNIDO Project at MSRMC Bangalore on 29-30th November 2016.

16.  Mumbai for inspection of color coded bins at M/s Avishkar International PVT Limited, Ghia Building, Ground Floor, 119 /123 Princess Street, Mumbai on 13.01.2017.

17.  Attended training of trainers (TOT) workshop at Dumra Auditorium, DMCH Ludhiana on 8-9th March 2017, jointly organized by PPCB and MSRMC Bangalore. I also presented on Situational Analysis on Biomedical waste in Punjab and Hospital Infection Control Practices in the same. Trainers from 28 HCFs and CBMWTF participated in this workshop.

18.  UNIDO Office, Delhi for inspection of bins on 30th March 2017

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

Chapters in Books:

1.  Rajoo Singh Chhina. Clinical Presentation of Gastrointestinal Tuberculosis. In Infections of the Gastrointestinal System Ed. Chetna Vaisnavi, Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers, New Delhi, 127-129, 2012.

2.  Rajoo Singh Chhina. Diagnostic Methods for Gastrointestinal Tuberculosis. In Infections of the Gastrointestinal System Ed. Chetna Vaisnavi, Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers, New Delhi, 133-145, 2012.

3.  Rajoo Singh Chhina. Management of Gastrointestinal Tuberculosis. In Infections of the Gastrointestinal System Ed. Chetna Vaisnavi, Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers, New Delhi, 148-151, 2012.

4.  Rajoo Singh Chhina. Bacterial Hepatitis. In Infections of the Gastrointestinal System Ed. Chetna Vaisnavi, Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers, New Delhi, 465-467, 2012.

5.  Rajoo Singh Chhina. Gastrointestinal and Hepatic Manifestations of Dengue Infection Tuberculosis. In Infections of the Gastrointestinal System Ed. Chetna Vaisnavi, Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers, New Delhi, 599-605, 2012.

6.  DK Chhina, R.S. Chhina, P. Suri, Ascariasis and water: an overview 259-273. In water and Research edited by P.P. Singh and V. Sharma; Springer, 2014.

7.  Rajoo Singh Chhina. Medical Management of Acute Pancreatitis , in Progress in Medicine 2017 Volume 27, 2017

Publications ….
International Journals

1.  Bhasin DK, Chhina RS: Chloroquine phosphate induced gastroduodenitis. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, 1988, 34: 488-89.

2.  Bhasin DK and Chhina RS: Chloroquine phosphate induced Haematemesis Human Toxicology, 1989, 8: 387-388.

3.  Bhasin DK, Zargar SA, Mandal M, Goenka M, Singh R: Endoscopic removal of impacted Sengstaken – Blakemore tube. Surgical Endoscopy, 1989, 3: 54-55.

4.  Kochhar R, Saxena R, Singh R, Mehta SK : Endoscopic management of impacted – SB tube. The Journal of Emergency Medicine, 1989, 7: 469-470.

5.  Chhina RS, Bhasin DK, Kochhar R, Mehta SK: Impacted Sengstaken – Blakemore Tune. American Journal of Gastroenterology, 1989; 84:1131-32.

6.  Bhasin DK, Chhina RS: Hematemesis in Gastric Ascariasis. American Journal of Gastroenterology, 1989, 84: 1585-86.

7.  Chhina RS, Parti A, Chawla LS: One minute endoscoty room test for Helicobacter Pylori. Interference with 2% glutaraldehyde. American Journal of Gastroenterology, 1991, 86: 1095

8.  Bhasin DK, Chhina RS, Sachdeva JR: Endoscopic assessment of chloroquine phosphate induced damage to oesophageals Gastric and Duodenal Mucosa. American Journal of Gastroenterology, 1991, 86: 434-437.

9.  Chhina RS, Thukral R, Chawla LS: Aluminium phosphide induced gastroduodenitis. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, 1992, 38: 635-636.

10.  Singh K, Chhina RS, Kaul M: Post operative tetnus following Cryosurgery for haemorrhoids. Tropical Doctor, 1992, 22: 135-136.

11.  Chhina RS, Chawla LS: Inserting a Sengstaken-Blakemore Tube. Tropical Doctor (1993); 24: 90

12.  Chhina RS , Jindal RD, Sabharwal BD, Chawla LS : Relationship of Helicobacter pylori to portal Gastropathy. Acta Gastro – enterologica Belgica (1993); 56: 75.

13.  Chhina RS, Jain NP, Sharma M, Chhina DK, Puri S, Ram S, Chawla LS: Incidence of Helicobacter pylori among patients of gastritis and duodenal ulcer. American Journal of Gastroenterology (1994); 89: 1322.

14.  Chhina RS, Jain NP, Sharma M, K Deepinder, Khurana S, Ram S, Chawla LS: Incidence of Helicobacter pylori among patients of gastritis and duodenal ulcer. American Journal of Gastroenterology (1994); 89: 1303.

15.  Malhotra V, Puri R, Chhina RS, Chawla LS, Sabharwal BD Endoscopic Techniquies in the Diagnosis of Upper Gastrointestinal Tract Malignancies : A Comparison. Acta Cytologica (1996); 5: 929-32.

16.  Chhina RS, Bery A, Bajwa N, Chhina DK and Gupta D: Nutritional status in compensated alcoholic cirrhotics in North Indian Journal of the American College of Nutrition: October (2004); 23(5) p 476.

17.  G Rama, DK Chhina, Chhina RS and S Sharma: urinary tract infection – microbial virulence determinants and reactive oxygen species. Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 2005: (28) 5-6; p 339-349.

18.  Punnet Aulakh, Chhina RS, BK Jain, Daljit Singh and Anil Gautam. Clinical Anthropometric Profile of children with celiac disease in Punjab (north India) Journal of Tropical pediatrics 2006; 52:30-33.

19.  Sidhu SS, Goyal O, Singla P, Gupta D, Chhina RS, Sood A. A Prospective Randomised trial to compare the efficacy of Corticosteroids plus Pentoxifylline versus Corticosteroids alone in the treatment of Severe Alcoholic Hepatitis. J Hepatol (A)- Accepted

20.  Chhina DK, Goyal O, Goyal P, Kumar R, Chhina RS. Clinical profile and outcome of patients with chronic liver disease and Leptospira infection. J Hepatol (A)- Accepted

21.  Goyal O, Singh RK, Goyal P, Gupta D, Chhina RS. Incidence of hepatopulmonary syndrome in patients with cirrhosis and portal hypertension. J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2008; 23(5): A77