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Srihari Veeraraghavan, MD FCCP- Extended Curriculum Vitae

(Biography) Srihari Veeraraghavan, MD
Personal Information

Name:
Srihari Veeraraghavan
Fellow, American College of Chest physicians,
AB (Internal Medicine),
AB (Pulmonary diseases),
AB (Critical Care).
Present position:
Private Practice, Shasta Critical Care Specialists, Redding, CA
Place of Birth:
Madras, India
Education

High School:
Madras Christian College Higher Secondary School
Madras, India, 1980 – 1984
Higher Secondary:
Madras Christian College Higher Secondary School
Madras, India, 1984 – 1986
Medical School:
Kilpauk Medical College, University of Madras
Madras, India
September, 1986 – December, 1990
Internship:
Kilpauk Medical College, Madras
Rotating Resident Internship:
S.U.N.Y. Health Science center, Brooklyn, NY
Resident in Internal Medicine
July 1994 – June 1996
Residencies:
S.U.N.Y. Health Science center, Brooklyn, NY
Resident in Internal Medicine
July 1994 – June 1996
Fellowships:
University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA
Fellow in Pulmonary and Critical care Medicine July 1996 – June 1999

Clinical Research Fellow
National Heart and Lung Institute
Royal Brompton Hospital
Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine
London, UK
November ’99 –October ‘02
Board Certification:
Diplomate, Internal Medicine,
American Board of Internal Medicine (1996)
Diplomate, Pulmonary Diseases
American Board of Internal Medicine (1998)
Diplomate, Critical Care Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine (1999)
Professional Background

Board Certification:

Teaching responsibilities include supervision and teaching of medical students and residents/registrars/fellows in medical wards, pulmonary consultation service and in the intensive care units.

Peer reviewer for journals including European Respiratory Journal, Chest and American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

Society Memberships

 
Fellow, American College of Chest Physicians
Life member, Indian society of critical care medicine
Research Activities

Major Areas of Interest:
Pulmonary alveolar epithelial cell homeostasis
Interstitial Lung diseases
Post Lung transplant infections
Recent Publications

  1. Desai SR, Veeraraghavan S, Hansell DM, Nikolakopolou A, Goh NS, Nicholson AG, Colby TV, Denton CP, Black CM, du Bois RM, Wells AU. CT features of lung disease in patients with systemic sclerosis: comparison with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and nonspecific interstitial pneumonia. Radiology. 2004 Aug; 232(2):560-7.

  2. Veeraraghavan S, Renzoni EA, Jeal H, Jones M, Hammer J, Wells AU, Black CM, Welsh KI, du Bois RM. Mapping of the immunodominant T cell epitopes of the protein topoisomerase I. Ann Rheum Dis. 2004 Aug; 63(8): 982-7.

  3. Ujita M, Renzoni EA, Veeraraghavan S, Wells AU, Hansell DM. Organizing pneumonia: perilobular pattern at thin-section CT. Radiology. 2004 Sep; 232(3):757-61.
Bibliography

  1. Veeraraghavan, S., O.P. Sharma. Parentral triamcinolone acetonide: an alternative corticosteroid for the treatment of asthma. Curr. Opin. Pulm. Med. 4(1): 31-35, 1998.

  2. Veeraraghavan, S., O.P. Sharma. Diagnostic pitfalls in asthma. Curr. Opin. Pulm. Med. 4(1): 36-39, 1998.

  3. Schlesinger C., C.A. Meyer, S. Veeraraghavan, M.N. Koss. Constrictive bronchiolitis: diagnosis, etiology, and a critical review of the literature. Ann. Diagn. Pathol. 2(5): 321-334, 1998.

  4. Veeraraghavan, S., O.P. Sharma. Progressive systemic sclerosis and the lung. Curr. Opin. Pulm. Med. 4: 305-309, 1998.

  5. Schlesinger C., S. Veeraraghavan, M.N. Koss. Constrictive bronchiolitis. Curr. Opin. Pulm. Med. 4: 288-293, 1998.

  6. Veeraraghavan S., M N Koss, O P Sharma. Pulmonary Veno Occlusive Disease. Curr Opin Pulm Med. 5: 1999.

  7. Shapiro BJ, S Veeraraghavan, RG Barbers. Lung transplantation for cystic fibrosis: An update and practical considerations for referring candidates. Curr Opin Pulm Med. 5:365-370, 1999.

  8. Lubman, R.L., X.-L. Zhang, J. Zheng, L. Ocampo, M. Lopez, S.Veeraraghavan, S.M. Zabski, S.I. Danto and Z. Borok. Integrin 3 subunit expression modulates alveolar epithelial cell monolayer formation. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol.;279(1):L183-93, 2000

  9. McGrath DS, PJ Foley, M Petrek, L Izakovicova-Holla, V Dolek, S Veeraraghavan, PA Lympany, P Pantelidis, A Vasku, AU Wells, KI Welsh, RM du Bois. Ace gene I/D polymorphism and sarcoidosis pulmonary disease severity. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 15;164(2):197-201, 2001.

  10. Veeraraghavan S, AG Nicholson, AU Wells. Lung fibrosis: new classifications and therapy. Curr Opin Rheumatol.13 (6):500-4, 2001

  11. Pantelidis P, S Veeraraghavan, RM du Bois. Surfactant gene polymorphisms and interstitial lung diseases. Respir Res.;3(1):14, 2002.

  12. Renzoni EA, DA Walsh, M Salmon, AU Wells, P Sestini, AG Nicholson, S Veeraraghavan, AE Bishop, HM Romanska, P Pantelidis, CM Black, RM du Bois. Interstitial vascularity in fibrosing alveolitis Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 167(3):438-443, 2003.

  13. du Bois RM, I Kangesan, S. Veeraraghavan. Genetics of Interstitial Lung Disease. Seminars in respiratory and critical care medicine. 24(2) 205-212, 2003.

  14. Veeraraghavan S, PI Latsi, AU Wells, P Pantelidis, AG Nicholson, TV Colby, PL Haslam, EA Renzoni and RM du Bois. Bronchoalveolar lavage findings in Idiopathic NSIP and UIP. Eur Respir J. 2003 Aug;22(2):239-44.

  15. Abdallah A, H Sato, JC Grutters, S Veeraraghavan, PA Lympany, HJT Ruven, JMM van den Bosch, AU Wells, RM du Bois, KI Welsh. Inhibitor kappa-B alpha promoter polymorphisms in UK and Dutch Sarcoidosis. Genes Immun. 2003 ;4(6):450-4.

  16. Latsi PI, Du Bois RM, Nicholson AG, Colby TV, Bisirtzoglou D, Nikolakopoulou A, Veeraraghavan S, Hansell DM, Wells AU. Fibrotic idiopathic interstitial pneumonia: the prognostic value of longitudinal functional trends. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2003 ;168(5):531-7.

  17. Sato H, Lagan AL, Alexopoulou C, Vassilakis DA, Ahmad T, Pantelidis P, Veeraraghavan S, Renzoni E, Denton C, Black C, Wells AU, du Bois RM, Welsh KI. The TNF-863A allele strongly associates with anticentromere antibody positivity in scleroderma. Arthritis Rheum. 2004;50(2):558-64.

  18. Ujita M, Renzoni EA, Veeraraghavan S, Wells AU, Hansell DM. Organizing pneumonia: perilobular pattern at thin-section CT. Radiology. 2004;232(3):757-61

  19. Veeraraghavan S, Renzoni EA, Jeal H, Jones M, Hammer J, Wells AU, Black CM, Welsh KI, du Bois RM. Mapping of the immunodominant T cell epitopes of the protein topoisomerase I. Ann Rheum Dis. 2004;63(8):982-7.

  20. Desai SR, Veeraraghavan S, Hansell DM, Nikolakopolou A, Goh NS, Nicholson AG, Colby TV, Denton CP, Black CM, du Bois RM, Wells AU. CT features of lung disease in patients with systemic sclerosis: comparison with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and nonspecific interstitial pneumonia. Radiology. 2004;232(2):560-7.

  21. Renzoni EA, Abraham DJ, Howat S, Shi-Wen X, Sestini P, Bou-Gharios G, Wells AU, Veeraraghavan S, Nicholson AG, Denton CP, Leask A, Pearson JD, Black CM, Welsh KI, du Bois RM. Gene expression profiling reveals novel TGFbeta targets in adult lung fibroblasts. Respir Res. 2004;30;5(1):24.
Abtracts

  1. Zhang, X.L., S. Veeraraghavan, R.L. Lubman , S.F. Hamm Alvarez, Z. Borok, S. Danto, E.D. Crandall. Epidermal growth factor induced signaling mechanisms in alveolar epithelial cells. Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 157: A425, 1998.

  2. Borok, Z., M.J. Foster, S. Zabski, S. Veeraraghavan, R.L. Lubman, E.D. Crandall. Alveolar epithelial type I cells express sodium transport proteins. Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. Apr 1999.

  3. Chan, K., S. Veeraraghavan, R.G. Barbers, R.W. Yung, M.L. Barr, F.A. Schenkel, R.G. Cohen, V.A. Starnes. Effects of oral gancyclovir on the prevention of cytomegalovirus infection in lung transplant recipients. International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation. Apr 1999.

  4. Grutters J.C., S. Veeraraghavan, E.M.Bik, K.I. Welsh, J.M.M. Van den Bosch, R. M. du Bois. Analysis of the calcium-sensing receptor gene A986S polymorphism in hypercalcaemic and non-hypercalcaemic sarcoidosis patients. Thorax 2001; 56:iii52.

  5. du Bois R.M, D. Bouros, S.Veeraraghavan, P.Pantelidis, AG Nicholson, TV Colby, CM Black, Wells AU. Histological markers and other non-invasive prognostic markers in systemic sclerosis. Rheumatology 2002 41 (Suppl 1): 18.

  6. Wells AU, SR.Desai, S.Veeraraghavan AG Nicholson, TV Colby, C Denton, CM Black, RM du Bois. Computerized Tomographic appearances of lung disease in systemic sclerosis: A comparison with usual interstitial pneumonia and idiopathic non-specific interstitial pneumonia. Rheumatology 2002 41 (Suppl 1): 57.

  7. Latsi PI, A. U. Wells, S. Veeraraghavan, D. Bisirtzoglou, D. A Vassilakis, A. Nikolakopoulou, and R. M. du Bois. Predictors of survival in idiopathic non-specific interstitial pneumonia. Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med 2002

  8. Latsi PI, A. U. Wells, S.Veeraraghavan, D. Bisirtzoglou, D.A. Vassilakis, A. Nikolakopoulou, and R. M. du Bois. Idiopathic UIP and NSIP: Changes in lung function at 1 year. Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med 2002.

  9. Goh N S L, Veeraraghavan S, Hansell DM, Desai S R, du Bois R, Wells A U. Functional and morphologic determinants of increased epithelial permeability in cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis. Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med 2002.

  10. E. A. Renzoni, C. Fonseca, D. Mukerjee, J. G. Coghlan, J. J. Reilly, S. Veeraraghavan, D. Abraham, A. U. Wells, C. Knight, C. Bunn, K. I. Welsh, C. M. Black, R. M. du Bois Clinical and autoantibody features of right-heart catheter-proven pulmonary hypertension in systemic sclerosis. ERS Annual conference Sept 2002.

  11. E. A. Renzoni, D. J. Abraham, X. Chi-Wen, S. Veeraraghavan, A. U. Wells, P. Pantelidis, C.M. Black, R. M. du Bois, K. I. Welsh Differential gene expression of lung fibroblasts derived from UIP and NSIP patterns of interstitial lung disease ERS Annual conference Sept 2002.

  12. H. Sato, N. Goh, R. Janssen, J. C. Grutters, S. Veeraraghavan, P. Pantelidis, A. U. Wells, K.I. Welsh, N. Kohno, R. M. du Bois Serum KL-6 level and DTPA clearance in systemic sclerosis patients ERS Annual conference Sept 2002.

  13. N.S.L. Goh, S. Veeraraghavan, S.R. Desai, D.M. Hansell, C. Anagnostopoulos, C.P. Denton, C.M. Black, R.M. du Bois, A.U. Wells. The Prognostic Significance of Technetium Labeled Diethylenetriamine Pentaacetate (99mTc-DTPA) Clearance in Patients with the Fibrosing Alveolitis of Systemic Sclerosis (FASSc). ATS Annual Conference May 2003.

  14. N.S.L. Goh, S. Veeraraghavan, S.R. Desai, D.M. Hansell, C.P. Denton, C.M. Black, R.M. du Bois, A.U. Wells. Fibrosing Alveolitis in Systemic Sclerosis (FASSc): A Prognostic Evaluation of Computed Tomography (CT), Pulmonary Function Indices, Bronchoalveolar Lavage (BAL) Cellularity and Clinical Data. ATS Annual Conference May 2003.

  15. N.S.L. Goh, S. Veeraraghavan, S.R. Desai, D.M. Hansell, C. Anagnostopoulos, C.P. Denton, C.M. Black, R.M. du Bois, A.U. Wells. Determinants of BAL Cellularity in the Fibrosing Alveolitis of Systemic Sclerosis (FASSc). ATS Annual Conference May 2003.

  16. A. Abdallah, H. Sato, J. Grutters, S. Veeraraghavan, H. Ruven, J. van den Bosch, A. Wells, R. du Bois, K. Welsh. Inhibitor Kappa B-Alpha Promoter Polymorphisms as Markers for Staging in UK and Dutch Sarcoidosis. ATS Annual Conference May 2003.
Scientific Presentations

α3 integrin subunit modulates alveolar epithelial cell monolayer formation in primary culture. 20th Southern California Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Research Conference, Palm Springs CA. February 13-15, 1998.

Bronchoalveolar Lavage findings in Idiopathic NSIP and UIP. 11th European Respiratory Society Annual Congress, Berlin. September 22-26, 2001.

Grants Awarded

Co-Investigator: Lung fibrosis in systemic sclerosis: Identification of Genetic determinants. Awarded by the clinical research committee, Royal Brompton Hospital. Duration: one year (2001-2002). Amount £20,000.

Co-Investigator: Gene and Protein Profiling, the Identification of Genetic Polymorphism(s) and their Association with Fibrosis in Systemic Sclerosis. Raynauds and Scleroderma Association. Duration: Three years, Amount £500,000.

Other Academic activities

  1. Regular faculty, ACLS/BLS course conducted by the Indian society of critical care medicine, Chennai chapter.

  2. Invited speaker, Non-invasive ventilation, ACCP South India chapter meet, Chennai 2003.

  3. Invited speaker, Ventilator associated pneumonia - diagnostic issues, Indian society of critical care medicine, Chennai chapter Chennai 2004.

  4. Faculty, CME on care of vascular access catheters, 3M and Indian society of critical care medicine, Chennai chapter Chennai 2004.

  5. Invited speaker, Clinicopathological correlations in ILD, Arcot Gajaraj Memorial CME, Chennai Sept 2005.