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Dr. Prasanna N Kumar Designation : Professor

  • MD (pathology)
YEAR Fellowships / Memberships / Work Experiences
2013 June – present Professor and Head of the Department of Pathology, PSGIMSR, Coimbatore
2008 March – May 2013 Professor & Head, Department of Pathology, Oman Medical College, Oman
2005 March – 2008 February Professor and Head of the Department of Pathology, PSGIMSR, Coimbatore
2001 December – 2005 March Professor of Pathology, PSGIMSR, Coimbatore
2001 September – 2001 December Recipient of a Short Term Fellowship by the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) in Advanced Transfusion Medicine at Georgetown University Medical School Hospital, Washington D.C., American Red Cross, Baltimore & the National Testing Laboratory, Philadelphia; USA.
1998 November-2008 March Professor of Pathology, PSGIMSR, Coimbatore
1997 September - 1998 August Recipient of Transfusion Medicine and Haematopathology Fellowship under the International Medical Scholar’s Program (IMSP) of the ECFMG at Puget Sound Blood Centre; Seattle, USA and Georgetown University Medical School, Washington DC, USA
1995 May - 1998 November Professor of Pathology at ACME, Pariyaram, Kerala
1989 November - 1995 May Reader in Pathology at RMMC, Annamalai University, Tamilnadu
1988 May - 1989 November Assistant Professor of Pathology, PSGIMSR, Coimbatore
1986 August - 1988 February Consultant Pathologist at Amala Cancer Hospital and Research Centre, Trichur, Kerala
  • Haematopathology
  • Transfusion medicine
  • Teachers Day award for Good Motivator 2017 for Phase II MBBS, PSGIMSR
  • Woman achiever’s award (2009) - award given by the Woman’s Centre, Coimbatore, in honor of achievements in bringing in standards and advancement in blood banking in the city Coimbatore
  • “Best Doctor” award (2003) – presented by the Indian Medical Association, Tamilnadu – for contributions to the field of Transfusion Medicine.