Shasta Critical Care Specialists, Redding California

Staff

Sriram Sambasivan, MD - Extended Curriculum Vitae

(Biography) Sriram Sambasivan, MD

Personal Information

Name:

Sriram Sambasivan

Objectives

Compassionate, cost-effective and meticulous care to patients.
Research and analysis of the End of Life issues from the perspective of physician, patient and family and frame a common protocol.

Professional Experience

Nov 2001 - Current:

Nephrologist, Internist and Intensivist
Shasta Critical Care Specialists, Redding, CA
Clinical Assistant Professor
Mercy Medical Center / UC Davis, Redding, CA

July 2000 – Jun 2001:

Fellow, Critical Care Medicine
Henry Ford Hospitals, Detroit, MI

July 1998 –Jun 2000:

Fellow, Nephrology and Hypertension
Henry Ford Hospitals, Detroit, MI

Jun 1995 – Jun 1998:

Resident, Internal Medicine
University of Illinois at Chicago / Michael Reese Hospital
and Medical Center, Chicago, IL

Jan 1995 - May1995:

Resident, Internal Medicine
B.J. Medical College / Sassoon Hospitals, Pune, India

Mar 1992 -Dec1994:

Junior Resident Medical Officer
B.R. Hospital and Research Center, Madras, India

Feb 1991 -Feb 1992:

Compulsory Rotatory Intern
University of Madras / Kilpauk Medical College and
Hospital, Madras, India

Education

Aug 1986 - Jan 1991:

Bachelor in Medicine and Surgery, MBBS
University of Madras / Kilpauk Medical College and
Hospital, Madras, India

Jun 1984 - Jun 1986:

Higher Secondary Course (Pre Medical)
Don Bosco Higher Secondary School, Madras, India

Licensure

State of California Permanent Medical License since June 2001
State of Michigan Permanent Medical License since 1998-2002
State of Illinois Medical License, 1995-1999
State of Tamil Nadu (India) Permanent License since 1992

Certification

American Board certified in Critical Care Medicine, 2001
American Board certified in Nephrology, 2001
American Board of Internal Medicine certified, 1998
United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) Steps I, II, III certified, 1997
Basic and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (BLS ACLS) 2001
Diplomat of National Board Examination (Dip NB Part I) certified, 1993
Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) certified, 1992

Awards

Teacher of the Year Award 2002-03, Residency Program in Family Practice, Mercy Medical Center, Redding, CA
Aventis Critical Care Fellow Scholarship Award, allowing educational activities at the Society of Critical Care Medicine World Conference, 2001
Maimonides Award for Humanism for Best Outgoing Resident, 1998
First Prize award twice in Medical Jeopardy contests among residents
National Merit Scholarship Award during Pre-Medical School for very high scores in Secondary School Leaving Certificate Exam securing within top 50 ranks among 400,000 exam takers in India
Top scores in All India Medical Sciences Post Graduate competitive Entrance Examination among >40,000 applicants and selected for the Residency in Internal Medicine at Pune, India
National Merit Scholarship Award during Medical School for outstanding scores in Higher Secondary Board Exam securing 98% marks among 400,000 test takers in India

Professional Memberships

Member, Credential Committee, Mercy Medical Center, Redding
Member, Credential Committee, Shasta Regional Medical Center, Redding
Member, Peer Review Committee, Shasta Regional Medical Center, Redding
Member, Critical Care Peer Review Committee, Mercy Medical Center, Redding
Member, Society of Critical Care Medicine
Member, American Society of Nephrology

Procedural Skills

Very competent in multiple skills including
- Central and Peripheral IV Line Placements (placed >1000 catheters)
- Quinton Dialysis Catheter Placements (placed >700 catheters)
- Pulmonary Artery Catheter Placements and Hemodynamic Monitoring
- Arterial Line Placements
- Lumbar Puncture for Spinal Fluid Analysis
- Thoracentesis
- Paracentesis
- Incision and Drainage of Wounds and Suturing
- Chest Tube placements
- Endotracheal Intubations
- Flexible Bronchoscopies for diagnostic and therapeutic BAL
- Diagnostic Native Kidney and Transplant Kidney Biopsies
- Temporary Transvenous Pacemaker Placements
- Ventilator management
- Hemo & Peritoneal dialyses, Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy

Presentations & Teaching Experience

Various CME activities, continued teaching experience to the family practice residents on an everyday basis
Grand Rounds on Septic Shock- recent advances – Coagulation Inhibitors, 2001 about the breakthrough investigational drug Activated Protein C, to the community of eminent physicians from Pulmonary & Critical Care, Emergency Medicine, Surgery & Critical Care and Internal Medicine, critically well acclaimed
Renal Grand Rounds – Presented a rare case of Renal Limited pANCA positive Vasculitis and related literature review for Nephrologists and Internists, 2000
Research Journal Club – presented an interactive lecture on the molecular structure of Epithelial Sodium Channels (EnaC) and the abnormalities in Liddle Syndrome, 2000
Clinical Journal Club – Introduction of IV Ferric Gluconate and comparison with Iron Dextran for treating Anemia in Dialysis patients, 2000
Clinical Journal Club – Critically reviewed an article about Antibiotic Impregnated IV Catheters and their use in Dialysis patients, 1999
Nephropathology – did an exhaustive review of Diabetic Nephropathy and Histopathology for Nephrology, Internal Medicine and Pathology physicians, 1999
Renal Grand Rounds – Seizures in End Stage Renal Disease, 1999, gave a complete review of causes of seizures and management in Dialysis patients
Clinical Journal Club – discussed an article about IV Vitamin D-3 causing correction of Insulin and Lipid abnormalities in Uremia, 1998, critically
Renal Transplant meeting – introductory talk of the then latest breakthrough immuno- suppressant Sirolimus and its pharmacology as a Transplantation medicine, 1998
Grand Rounds – presented a rare case of Sarcoidosis associated with Tuberculosis and related literature review 1998, with commendation, catered to multiple specialties