Prof. Inusha Panigrahi
	Designation : Professor
	Department : Paediatric Medicine
	panigrahi.inusha@pgimer.edu.in

1. Preventive pediatrics
2. Prenatal and cancer genetics.
3. Hemoglobinopathies
4. Dysmorphology
5. Molecular biology
6. Metabolic disorders

·         Guided over  9 MD thesis and part of  MDS thesis on cleft lip/palate.

·         Clinical research on Thalassemia major and intermedia, and skeletal dysplasias like osteogenesis imperfecta (OI).

·         Collaborative Research on Primordial dwarfism, with Central University of Punjab, Bhatinda (UGC grant).

·         Presently co-guide for PhD thesis on ‘Genetic and epigenetic aspects of Down syndrome with and without cardiac defects’. (Guide: Prof Sarita Agarwal, SGPGIMS , Lucknow), and thesis on Forensic work on DNA fingerprinting using X-linked markers under Dept. of Forensic Medicine, PGIMER.

Clinical Genertics

1)      Biography listed in Marquis Who’s Who in the World, 2008 and 2009 Edition.

2)      Life member-Indian Academy of Pediatrics, Indian Society of Human Genetics and Indian Society of Hematology and Transfusion Medicine

3)      Demonstrations in workshop on Prenatal and Postnatal diagnosis of Genetic Disorders in AIIMS in 2003 and 2005.

4)      Delivered a talk on ‘Psychological Aspects of Thalassemia’ at Swami Dayanand Hospital, Shahadra, Delhi on 26 August’2004 on occasion of opening of Thalassemia Day Care Unit.

5)      Panigrahi I, Tyagi S, Choudhry VP, Saxena R. Laboratory diagnosis of alpha thalassemia: clinical  significance in Indian context. Presented at annual meeting of Delhi Society of Hematology, July 2004 (received best poster award).

6)      Delivered a lecture on ‘Iron Chelator: search for the ideal one’, in the 48th Annual Conference of Indian Society of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, scheduled on November (15^th-17^th), 2007.

7)      Delivered lecture on ‘Molecular diagnosis of thalassemias’ at Central University of Tamil Nadu, Thiruvarur (near Chennai), in October 2013.

8)      Organised National Symposium on Metabolic Disorders’, in APC, PGIMER, August 11^th -12^th, 2007

9)      Coordinated Intensive Care Nursing training  course for PGI Nurses in collaboration with RCH, Melbourne in 2008.

10)  Faculty for ISHG conference at Ahmedabad Jan 2014, ISIEM Conference at Hyderabad, Sept 2014; Indo-US symposium on Dysmorphology, Hyderabad, Nov 2014

11)  Organised ‘DNA Diagnostics’ Conference at Chandigarh, Feb 5^th-8^th, 2015

12)  Attended ESHG conference, Paris in June’2013; EAPS conference at Barcelona in Oct’ 2014; and ASHG conference at Baltimore in Oct 2015.

13)  Reviewer for at least 5 national and international journals

14)  Medical consultant for a two NGOs in Chandigarh- The Thalassemia Society and Jan Jagriti.

15)  Also Consultant  (clinical rounds)for  MSc, Human Genomics students, Panjab University, Chandigarh.

16)  Consultant for thalassemia camps for care/guidance  of  patients with thalassemia in Patiala, conducted with Patiala Thalassemia Society

 

1. Indian Society of Human Genetics
2. Indian Association of Pediatrics
3. Chandigarh Chapter of IAP
4. National Academy of Medical Sciences

1.       Bookarticles: 15

2.       Journalarticles: Around 78, 76 indexed in medline,6 reviews.

 

3.      Book edited : 1—Handbook on medical genetics and genetic counseling, Marwaha RK,Panigrahi I, Halder A (Eds), First edition, Noble Vision Publishers, New Delhi, 2013

 

4.      Documentary  on osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) released inFeb 2015-‘Brittle Bones: A ray of Hope’ whichis 18 minutes short film and discusses the disease manifestations and treatmentoptions, also includes  video clip withDr David Sillence-a pioneer in field of OI. It has been made to increaseawareness amongst patients and physicians about the disease.

 

5.      Documentary on Thalassemiareleased in May 2015-A 12 mins short film ‘Thalassemia: A tell tale of brokencells’, on pathogenic basis, diagnosis, management, and prevention, forawareness of physicians and patients. Copyrights: Dr Inusha Panigrahi, PGIMERand  Dr Ajit Chaudhary, DMCH, Darbhanga.

 

6.      Youtube channel in name of‘Inusha Panigrahi’comprising of Medical and general videos, including theThalassemia song and the Hum Hain Alag -OI song. The link is:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZWAJYIZe8L9AaQX351rY2Q

1.    Khetarpal P, Das S, Panigrahi I, Munshi A. Primordial dwarfism: overview of clinical and genetic aspects. Mol Genet Genomics 2015; doi 10.1007/s00438-015-1110-y.
2.    Panigrahi I, Suthar R, Rawat A, Behera B.Seizure as the presenting manifestation in Griscelli syndrome type 2. Pediatr Neurol. 2015 May;52(5):535-8.
3.    Dayal D, Jain P, Panigrahi I, Bhattacharya A, Sachdeva N.Thyroid dysfunction in Indian children with Down syndrome. Indian Pediatr. 2014 Sep;51(9):751-2. Review.
4.    Das RR, Panigrahi I, Naik SS.The effect of prophylactic antipyretic administration on post-vaccination adverse reactions and antibody response in children: a systematic review. PLoS

One. 2014 Sep 2;9(9):e106629. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0106629. eCollection 2014.
5.    Panigrahi I, Das RR, Kulkarni KP, Marwaha RK. Overlapping phenotypes in OFD type II and OFD type VI: report of 2 cases. Clin Dysmorphol. 2013 Jul;22(3):109-14.
6.    Kumar S, Suthar R, Panigrahi I. Hypercortisolism and hypothyroidism in an infant with Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome. J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab. 2012;25(9-10):1001-5.
7.    Panigrahi I, Bhushan M, Yadav M, Khandelwal N, Singhi P. Macrocephaly-capillary malformation syndrome: three new cases. J Neurol Sci. 2012;313(1-2):178-81
8.    Panigrahi I, Vaidya PC, Bansal D, Marwaha RK.Efficacy of deferasirox in North Indian β-thalassemia major patients: a preliminary report. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2012 ; 34(1):51-3.
9.    Panigrahi I. Craniosynostosis genetics: The mystery unfolds. Indian J Hum Genet. 2011 ; 17(2):48-53.Review
10.    Kumar R, Panigrahi I, Dalal A, Agarwal S. Sickle cell anemia--molecular diagnosis and prenatal counseling: SGPGI experience.Indian J Pediatr. 2012 Jan;79(1):68-74.
11.    Jain S, Panigrahi I, Sheth J, Agarwal S. STR markers for detecting heterogeneity in Indian population.Mol Biol Rep. 2012 Jan;39(1):461-5.
12.    Oberoi S, Das R, Panigrahi I, Kaur J, Marwaha RK.  Xmn1-(G) γ polymorphism and clinical predictors of severity of disease in β-thalassemia intermedia. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2011 Dec

1;57(6):1025-8.
13.    Jain S, Agarwal S, Panigrahi I, Tamhankar P, Phadke S. Diagnosis of Down syndrome and detection of origin of nondisjunction by short tandem repeat analysis. Genet Test Mol Biomarkers.

2010 Aug;14(4):489-91.
14.    Panigrahi I, Das RR, Sharda S, Marwaha RK, Khandelwal N. Response to zolendronic acid in children with type III osteogenesis imperfecta. J Bone Miner Metab. 2010 Jul;28(4):451-5
15.    Panigrahi I, Marwaha RK, Kulkarni K. The expanding spectrum of thalassemia intermedia. Hematology. 2009 Dec;14(6):311-4. Review.
16.    Kumar R, Tamhankar PM, Panigrahi I, Dalal A, Agarwal S. A novel beta-globin mutation (HBB:c.107A>G; or codon 35 beta (A-->G)) at alpha-beta chain interfaces. Ann Hematol. 2009 Dec;88

(12):1269-71.
17.    .Panigrahi I, Agarwal S. Genetic determinants of phenotype in beta-thalassemia. Hematology. 2008 Aug;13(4):247-52. Review.(cited by 9)
18.    Kumar A, Panigrahi I, Basu S, Dash D. Urinary Malondialdehyde Levels in Newborns following Delivery Room Resuscitation. Neonatology. 2008; 94 (2):96-99.
19.    Panigrahi I, Agarwal S. Thromboembolic complications in beta-thalassemia: Beyond the horizon. Thromb Res 2007; 120: 783-9. (cited by 9)
20.    Panigrahi I, Agarwal S, Pradhan M, Choudhry DR, Choudhry VP, Saxena R.
Molecular characterization of thalassemia intermedia in Indians. Haematologica 2006; 91(9):1279-80. (cited by 8)
21.    Panigrahi I, Ahmed Rafeeq PH, Choudhry VP, Saxena R. High frequency of deletional α-thalassemia in β-thalassemia trait: implications for genetic counselling. Am J Hematol 2004; 76:

297-9.
22.    Panigrahi I, Phadke S R. Internet resources for hemato-oncologist. J Assoc Physicians India. 2003 Jan; 51:45-8.