Dr. Anantharam Sharma, an expertise in the field of Ayurveda-Panchakarma with good background in

research Methodology Clinical Research, with specific training and expertise in the management of

dermatological conditions. Presently working as a Co investigator for Indo – Italian Project on integrative

approach on Duchene Muscular Dystrophy and Spinal Muscular Atrophy.

Dr.Anjali Modi, an expertise in area of neglected tropical diseases and vector borne diseases like malaria,

dengue, filariasis, sexually transmitted diseases, HIV/AIDS and rabies. Dr Modi has also attended and

conducted various workshops on research methodology, scientific writing and neglected tropical diseases.

She has keen interest in evaluation and examination of existing health policies and programs. She has

authored renowned works on elimination of lymphatic filariasis in high impact journal PLOS. She has done

evaluations to confirm reaching endpoints for lymphatic filariasis elimination in south Gujarat endemic

areas.

Dr. ANANTHARAM SHARMA PV

Professor, Department of

Panchakarma, Amrita University,

Kollam, Kerala

Dr. ANJALI MODI

Assistant Professor, Department of

Community Medicine, Government

Medical College, Surat, Gujarat

An entrepreneur with a deep interest in technology and building solutions to everyday problems, Ashok Raman’s current interests lie in finding intelligence in data. With a career span of over three decades in a combination of software product engineering, application development and maintenance in multiple technologies both in India and abroad (specially in USA), his focus has been around designing and implementing large enterprise class solutions as well as mobile based applications. Currently he is actively involved in utilizing machines’ intelligence to healthcare data for better treatment procedures and outcomes. He voluntarily guided and trained IAD’s IT team in developing the bahmni based electronic medical records system for lymphoedema.

He has specialized in Vajikarana Tantra i.e. management of male infertility and male sexual problems. Also

expert in information technology, he has prepared digital database of postgraduate theses of all

specialties from Institute for Post Graduate Teaching and Research in Ayurveda, Gujarat Ayurveda

University, Jamnagar as co-editor along with Dr MS Baghel, Jamnagar for Researches in Ayurveda (see

Baghel’s hand searching in Google).

Dr. GIRISH K.J.

Professor, Department of Kayachikitsa,

SDM College of Ayurveda & Hospital,

Hassan, Karnataka

Mr. ASHOK RAMAN

Data Scientist and Software Developer,

Bangalore

Prof. INDRANI KARUSAGAR

Director (R&D) &UNESCO Resources

Center for Biotechnology.

Nitte University, Mangalore

An expertise in aquaculture biotechnology including biomolecules from invertebrates, fish and

shellfish health management, environment management, functional genomics of shrimp, molecular

methods for rapid detection of viruses. She serves as a guide to PG and PhD students.

Having many years of experience as a general physician he is best known as ‘the life-saving doctor’ of the

Kasaragod. He collaborates with IAD.

Her research experience includes involvement in study design, obtaining approval and the setting up of

different studies. Also recruiting patients and collecting data for multiple lymphoedema studies,

dermatology studies Over the past 9 years, she has been working with the Breast Unit and

Lymphoedema Service having commenced pre-treatment arm assessments in patients at risk of

developing lymphoedema

Ms. KATIE RICHES

Lead Research Nurse, Royal Derby

Hospital, Derby, United Kingdom

Dr.JAYADEVA KANGILA

Physician, Carewell Hospital Private

Limited, Kasaragod

He has a broad background in Vector Borne diseases, with specific training and expertise in prevention

and control, in addition to secondary data analysis and impact assessment in the diseases’ burden.He laid

the ground work for developing effective measures and to treat Filariasis using simple self care methods

and published them. In addition, he successfully administered the projects on elimination of lymphatic

filariasis. His other field works include public health programmes on Dengue, Malaria and Chikungunya.

With an interest in lymphoedema treatment, imaging, early diagnosis and prevention, she took her PhD

in lymphology and is professionally registered in British Lymphology Association, Australasian Lymphology

Association and International Society of Lymphology. She works as Senior Research Practitioner

coordinating the MRC awarded genotyping and phenotyping in primary lymphedema and congenital

vascular malformations project- a study linking medical lymphatic imaging, immunology, genetics and

molecular biology.

Dr. KESHAV.G.VAISHNAV

Insecticide Officer, Head of Vector

Borne Diseases Control Department,

Surat Municipal Corporation, Gujarat

Dr. MALOU VAN ZANTEN

Research Coordinator, Molecular

Clinical Sciences Institute (Dermatology

Unit), St.George’s, University of London

Currently Governing body and executive committee member, All India Institute of Ayurveda, New Delhi Prof.MS Baghel has served as the director of IPGT&RA, Gujarat Ayurveda University. He has 35 years of Post Graduate teaching experience. in Rogavijnan, Kayachikitsa & Panchakarma specialties of ayurveda. He has 140 research publications including 9 books/monographs. He has attended 141 International, National and Regional Seminars/workshops/symposia. He has received many awards and fellowship from Govt of India bodies and other prestigious Ayurvedic organizations & has visited more than 12 countries on deputation from Govt of India, University and WHO to deliver lectures. He was Ayurveda Chair (Established by Govt of India), Medical School, University of Debrecen, Hungary.

An orthopaedic surgeon who aims to achieve perfection in whatever he does. He has undergone training in most of the common subspecialties in orthopaedics. He started up the college of Physiotherapy, department of occupational therapy, Artificial limbs centre and Physical medicine and rehabilitation centre in JSS.

Prof. M.S. BAGHEL

Former Director, Institute for

Postgraduate Teaching & Research in

Ayurveda, Jamnagar, Gujarat

Dr. MURALIDHARAN

Division of Social Sciences, Central

Plantation Crops Research Institute,

Kasaragod, Kerala

Prof. MRUTHYUNJAYA

HOD, Department of Orthopaedics,

JSS academy of Higher Education and

Research, Mysore, Karnataka

He is a well-known agri-statistician on India. Dr. Muralidharan voluntarily created IAD’s first lymphoedema

database. He is associated with research activities of IAD for the past 15 years. Important publications

include the book ‘Manual on Experimental Design and Data Analysis for Coconut Researchers’. He has 65

publications and authored six books.

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She retired from ICMR as Deputy Director General Senior Grade and is presently engaged in promoting

bioethics education. She was and is closely involved in the formulation of the various national ethical

guidelines on research involving humans, stem cell research and other related areas. She was member of

international panel of President Obama’s Commission for the Study of ethical issues and is member of

several other national and international committees. As Dr. TMA Pai Endowment Chair for bioethics in

Manipal University she was responsible for creating a Centre for Bioethics there. She was closely involved

with the Government’s Golden Triangle Partnership Scheme related to drug development in traditional

systems of medicine. She has papers mainly in bioethics and traditional medicine and is reviewer for

journals publishing in these areas.

Dr. Narayana Pradeep P is an Intensivist and Pulmonologist with expertise in allergy, asthma, COPD and

sleep disorders. Besides being a proficient doctor, Dr. Narayana is gifted with exceptional paper-

presenting skills; something that has earned him several awards in various conferences.

Dr. NANDINI. K. KUMAR Former Deputy Director General(ICMR),

Vice President, Forum for Ethical Review Committees in India

Dr. NARAYANA PRADEEP. P.

Junior Consultant-Respiratory Medicine,

District TB centre, Kasaragod, Kerala

He has developed the emerging area of Lymphovascular Medicine. Current research is focused on breast

cancer related lymphoedema, the genetic basis of primary lymphoedema, recurrent cellulitis and

lipoedema. He has over 280 publications cited on PubMed. He is a member of the scientific & medical

advisory committee for the Lymphatic Education & Research Network (USA). He is founder and Chief

Medical Officer to the Lymphoedema Support Network, the UK patients' national charity. He is founder

and Patron of the national body for health care professionals, the British Lymphology Society.

An expert Ayurvedic Doctor, with priority working areas being Kaumarabhartiya (Pediatrics), immunity

and recurrent illness like RURTI, Anemia, helminthic infections, thalassemia, nutritional deficiency

conditions, general pediatric health problems, neurological and neuro-psychiatric abnormalities (MR,

ASD, ADHD), other developmental anomalies. He has published over 70 papers in peer reviewed journals

and over chapters in 25 books.

Prof. PETER MORTIMER

Professor of Dermatological Medicine,

St.George’s, University of London

Dr. RAJAGOPALA S

Associate Professor and Head of the

Department of Pediatrics, All Indi

Institute of Ayurveda, New Delhi

He also holds the positions of Dean of School of Medicine and Public Health of Central Universiy of Kerala

and visiting Associate Professor, DUKE, NUS Medical School, Singapore. He has over 25 publications in

peer reviewed journals and done several presentations in conferences/seminars/symposiums both at

National level and abroad. He is a member of Executive Council of Central University of Kerala. IAD is

collaborating with his department to conduct cellular studies on lymphoedema.

A young dermatologist with deep interest in community dermatology and infectious diseases with skin

symptoms, HIV-related skin conditions, mycobacterial diseases (tuberculosis, leprosy, Buruli ulcer, etc.),

and wound care. She also provides education to the Master and PhD students of School of Tropical

Medicine and Global Health, Nagasaki University. She is currently working on a multi-disciplinary

intervention for novel diagnostics and management of neglected tropical diseases. She is the member of

WHO working group on Buruli Ulcer and guideline committees for diagnosis, treatment and prevention of

Leprosy, Scabies, Buruli Ulcer. Her focus is on public health and also affiliated to School of Tropical

Medicine and Global Health, Nagasaki University, Japan.

Dr. RAJENDRA PILANKATTA

Associate Professor

Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular

Biology, Central University of Kerala,

Kasaragod

Dr. RIE ROSELYN YOTSU

Department of Dermatology

National Center for Global Health and

Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

At present he is working as a Scientist C at Patanjali Research Foundation (a deemed to be university for

yoga). He has worked as a Senior Research Fellow in a project entitled “Effect of a yoga program on

anthropometric and biochemical measures in obese persons.” His main area of research is to study the

therapeutic benefits of yoga.

Prof Mansour is a consultant in clinical genetics, whose specialist interests include primary lymphoedema,

dysmorphology, skeletal dysplasias, prenatal diagnosis and the genetics of haematological disorders. She

leads the lymphovascular subdomain under the Cardiovascular GeCIP for the 100,000 Genomes

Project.She runs the National clinic for Primary and Paediatric Lymphoedema with Prof Mortimer and Dr

Gordon at St George’s Hospital.

A biostatistician, specialized in teaching Biostatistics to graduates and Post graduates of various Medical & Dental departments. He is involved in statistical analysis of the scientific work & research projects of

Mr. SHASHIDHARA KOTIAN

Biostatistician, Kasturba Medical

College, Mangalore, Manipal University

Prof. SAHAR MANSOUR

Professor & consultant clinical

geneticist,

St.George's, University of London

Dr. SACHIN KUMAR SHARMA

Msc Phd, Patanjali Yogpeeth, Haridwar,

Uttarakhand

the faculties of the different departments with the help of statistical packages. Has published papers in more than 100 journals and has visited many colleges and institutions as a resource person. He is on the institutional ethics committees of IAD.

A medical oncologist and hematologist specialized in the care of people with multiple myeloma and

related plasma cell disorders. He is an Assistant Attending Physician and Assistant Professor of Medicine

at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York. He is the principal investigator on multiple early

phase and first in human clinical trials including cellular therapies for patients with multiple myeloma. He

also has an interest in health policy as it relates to oncologic drug approvals and the cost of cancer care.

His research has been published in major medical journal including the New England Journal of Medicine,

Journal of American Medical Association, Journal of Clinical Oncology, British Medical Journal, JAMA

Internal Medicine, Annals of Internal Medicine, Blood, and JAMA Oncology. The work has been covered

in lay press including in the New York Times, and Times of India.

An expert in external-beam radiation therapy and brachytherapy. He developed his reputation for clinical

excellence at various premier cancer centers of Europe and USA. He has the unique distinction of starting

three radiation oncology centers in the world. He is one of the few radiation oncologists in India to have

specialized in stereotactic ablative radiation therapy, a method that helps eliminate tumors that cannot

be removed surgically with minimal side effects. He has succesfully treated patients with inoperable liver,

brain, kidney and stomach cancer at MIO.

Dr. SURESH RAO

Director,

Chief, Department of Radiation

Oncology, Mangalore Institute of

Oncology, Mangalore

Dr. SHAM MAILANKODY

Assistant Attending Physician &

Assistant Professor, Memorial Sloan

Kettering Cancer Center, New York

As a well renowned Dermatologist who believes that a failing skin is a heavy burden, Prof. Terence

J. Ryan has dedicated his life to research and treatment of skin diseases. His contribution to public

health is immense and he aims to provide skin care for all. His belief, that modern medicine

systems could be combined with traditional medicine systems, took him around the globe. He has

been spreading his philosophies and coordinating with likeminded professionals to further the

cause of dermatological healthcare. By encouraging and supporting new ideas he has been a

progressive influence on many around the world. His work mainly targets the economically and

socially backward classes who suffer from dermatological ailments. Professor Ryan is currently

Professor Emeritus of Dermatology at the University of Oxford, Oxford Brookes University and

Churchill Hospital in United Kingdom. He has been actively engaged with Oxford for more than

four decades and has developed it as the leading Centre of Dermatology. He is the Honorary

President of the International Society of Dermatology and Chairman of its Task Force for

Community Dermatology, Professor Terence Ryan, and FRCP Our Mentor is member and

Honorary President of the British Microcirculation Society and Director of the Global Initiatives

for Traditional Systems (GIFTS). Prof. Ryan is an adviser to the St Francis Leprosy Guild, World

Health Organization and the American Lymphoedema Framework Project. In addition, in the past

he has been the President of ‘World Congress for Microcirculation’, Chairman of the ‘International

Foundation for Dermatology’, Founder of the European Society for Repair and Regeneration and

of the British Lymphoedema Interest Group, Head of LEPRA Research Department at Oxford,

Chairman of the Medicine Board and Faculty of Medicine. This visionary had sparked the idea of

a British Skin Care Nursing Group and the International Skin Care Nursing Group and initiated

Community Dermatology in China. Management of Lymphoedema has been his major interest; he

has worked extensively on leprosy, traditional medicine, wound healing and international nursing.

Awards and honours have adorned the professor for his national and international achievements.

The Archibald Gray Medal of the British Association of Dermatology, the quintessential

Distinguished Services Award and the Castellani Medal of the International Society for

IAD’s Mentor

Prof. TERENCE RYAN

Emeritus professor of dermatology,

Green Templeton College, Oxford,

Dermatology December 2013 are only a few among them. He has over 620 publications to his

credit in dermatology, international public health and in Lymphology.

A Consultant Physician who works full-time in Lymphoedema. He leads the lymphoedema service in

Derby, Nottingham and Mansfield, UK. He chairs the British Lymphology Society / Lymphoedema Support

Network consensus group which has produced guidelines on the management of cellulitis in

lymphoedema. His research interests include the early detection and possible prevention of

lymphoedema in Breast Cancer, quality of life in lymphoedema, oedema in multiple sclerosis and oedema

in obesity.

A well-known dermatopathologist of south India has experience of 16 years in the field and

immunofluoresence of skin biopsies. She is continuously interacting with the dermatologists of JSS

Medical college and conducting teaching sessions for dermatology postgraduate students. She is IAD’s

collaborator for dermatopathology analysis of biopsy samples. She reported rare lymphoedema

Dr. VAUGHAN KEELEY

Consultant Physician,

Department of Lymphoedema, Royal

Derby Hospital, Derby, UK

Dr. VIJAYA BASAVARAJ

Professor of Pathology, JSS Academy

of Higher Education & Research,

Mysore

associated malignancies like Primary cutaneous diffuse large B-cell lymphoma etc in the biopsy

samples of IAD’s lymphoedema patients.

His mission is to fight lymphoedema and lymphatic diseases through education, research and advocacy.

His career has focused on executive positions associated with social change, from running organizations

for the developmentally disabled and the deaf, to producing issue-oriented plays during his many years

in the theatre and publishing worlds. From writing the US Senate bill that established World Lymphedema

Day, to securing Lymphoedema activist actor Kathy Bates as LE&RN's spokesperson, he has focused his

six years at LE&RN on deconstructing the obstacles to lymphoedema awareness and building a campaign

to make it a global mission.

Mr. WILLIAM REPICCI

President & CEO, Lymphatic Education

& Research Network, New York