Organized / Faculty:

• ‘Trainees Session’ on training in urology. USICON 2004
• Quiz Master for the postgraduate quiz at EZUSICON 2009
• KUA-CME 2012 – Post Graduate CME on behalf of Karnataka Urological Association
• Invited faculty for The Urology Masterclass -2012”, Department of Urology, Christian Medical College, Vellore
• Invited faculty for The Urology Masterclass -2013”, Department of Urology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, held on June 7th – 8th, 2013
• Invited faculty to surgery update 2014 at Tata Main Hospital, Jamshedpur, held on 3rd and 4th July 2014
• Faculty for Pre-Conference Instructional Course on Advanced Pediatric Endo-Urology on behalf of the Pediatric Urology Chapter of the Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons for their 4th Annual conference held on 31st July 2014 at Bangalore.
• Invited as guest speaker at PERCON 2014 at New Delhi to speak on the ‘Bottle gourd model for training in the PCNL puncture.’
• Invited as the guest speaker by the international Alliance of Urolithiasis to speak on the ‘Bottle gourd model for training in the PCNL puncture’ in their 3rdAnnual Conference at Kathmandu in November 2014.
• Invited faculty for The Urology Masterclass -2014 conducted by The Department of Urology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, on May 2nd and 3rd, 2014
• Participated as a faculty development program for Surgical disciplines from 31st March – 2nd April 2015 Chennai, conducted by the National Board of Examination and Royal College of Surgeon of Edinburgh.
• Invited as a guest lecture on “Alternative perspective in UTI” held on 25/4/2015 at AMRICON conference, Kolkata
• Participated as a delegate in Pediatric lapendo fusion held in T S Jairam memorial continuing urological education 2015 at Bangalore Urological Society in association with the Institute of Nephrology, Bangalore on 17-18th October 2015.
• Convener, Devon traveling fellowship quiz for postgraduates at KUACON held at Hubli on 30th October to 1st November 2015.

Publications

• Carcinoma of the prostate presenting as IVC Obstruction. Sinha M, Kekre NS, Gopalakrishnan G.
  Indian Journal of Urology, the Year 2004, Volume 20, Issue
• Sildenafil induced priapism. Adhikary Samiran, Sinha M, Chacko KN. Indian Journal of Urology, the Year
  2006, Volume 22, Issue 2
• A cost comparison of open versus percutaneous approaches to the management of staghorn calculi. Sinha M,
  John KR, Chacko KN, Gopalakrishnan G. Indian J Urol 2008; 24:28-34
• Anaphylactic shock following intraurethral lidocaine administration during transurethral resection of the
  prostate. Sinha M, Sinha R. Indian J Urol 2008; 24:114-5
• Use of pedicled tunica vaginalis flap in elaborated perineal approach for bulbo prostatic anastomotic
  urethroplasty. Kumar S, Sinha M, Kekre NS, Gopalakrishnan G. 2006 Jan; 67(1):187-9.
• Tubercular ureteric strictures. Sinha M, Chacko KN, Kekre NS, Gopalakrishnan G. J Pak Med Assoc. 2005 Oct;
  55(10):414-6.
• Does failure to visualize the ureter distal to an impacted calculus constitute an impediment to
  successful lithotripsy? Sinha M, Kekre NS, Chacko KN, Devasia A, Lionel G, Pandey AP, Gopalakrishnan G. J
  Endourol. 2004 Jun; 18(5):431-5; discussion 435.
• An in vitro study on human ureteric smooth muscle with the α1-adrenoceptor subtype blocker, tamsulosin.
  Rajpathy John; Aswathaman Karthikeyan; Sinha, Maneesh; Subramani, Sathya; Gopalakrishnan Ganesh; Kekre
  Nitin S. BJU International, Volume 102, Number 11, December 2008, pp. 1743-1745(3)
• Malignant Epithelioid Angiomyolipoma of Kidney in a Tuberous Sclerosis Patient: A Case Report. Manas R
  Baisakh., Maneesh Sinha, Rajesh Mohanty, Radhika Narayan, Minakshi Mishra, Harpreet Singh, Deepak K
  Mishra. Austral – Asian Journal of Cancer ISSN-0972-2556, Vol. 10, No. 1, January 2011
• “False Urethral Anastomosis” by Prabhu K, Sinha M, Krishnamoorthy V, Indian Journal of Urology, Apr-Jun 2012:
  Vol.28; Issue 2, Page 222-3.
• Results of urinary dissolution therapy for radiolucent calculi. Maneesh Sinha, Kumar Prabhu, Prasanna
  Venkatesh, Venkatesh Krishnamoorthy, Int Braz J Urol. Vol. 39 (1): 103-107, January – February 2013
• “An audit of suprapubic catheter insertion performed by a urological nurse specialist” by Sam C. Zacharia,
  Maneesh Sinha, Prasanna Matippa, Venkatesh Krishnamoorthy (Indian Journal of Urology, Jan-Mar 2013,
  Volume 29, Issue 1)
• “Use of a vegetable model as a training tool for PCNL puncture” by Maneesh Sinha, Venkatesh Krishnamoorthy, Indian Journal of Urology, Apr-Jun 2015: Vol 31; Issue 2, Page 156-59.

Awards/ Achievements

Awarded the Brij Kishore Patna Prize at USICON 2015 [for the paper entitled ‘Comparative Study of Supracostal 11th, Supracostal 12th and Infracostal Access for PCNL presented at the 47th Annual Conference of the USI 29th January – 2nd February 2014, New Delhi]

Dr. Jeyasekaran Medal for Ideas and Innovations: for paper titled “An I Pad stand as a laparoscopic endo trainer”, at Association of Southern Urologists conference held at Visakhapatnam on 10 to 12 July 2015

Manipal Best Published Paper award for Use of a vegetable model as a training tool for PCNL puncture published in Indian Journal of Urology, Apr-Jun 2015, Vol 31, Issue 2 P.No.156-159.

Professional Membership:

• Member of the Bangalore Urological Society (BUS)
• Member of the Karnataka Urology Association (KUA)
• Member of the Tamil Nadu & Puduchery Association of Urologists
• Member of the Association of Southern Urologists of India
• Member of the Urological Society of India
• Member of the East Zone Chapter of Urological Society of India
• Member of the Indian Medical Association

Papers & Cases Presented/Papers Published

• Talk on clinical decision dilemmas in the posterior urethral valve in 3rd ASU Prof. HS Bhat midterm workshop held at Hotel Motimahal, Falnir Road Mangalore on 22nd November 2015
• Seminar paper presentation on “Undescended testis management what are the consensus & what are the controversies” held at St. John’s National Academy of Health Sciences, Bangalore on 16th August 2015.
• Seminar paper presentation on “Persistent HN-HU after PUV fulguration causes, evaluation & management” held at St. John’s National Academy of Health Sciences, Bangalore on 15th August 2015.
• Seminar paper presentation on “How to follow-up child post-PUV fulguration” held at St. John’s National Academy of Health Sciences, Bangalore on 15th August 2015.
• Panellist and an advisory board member, for National Bedwetting Committee, and a speaker at a meeting at The Taj Mahal Hotel in New Delhi 08th May 2015.
• At the Urology Master Class on PCNL CME held on 6th & 7th December 2014 at NU Hospitals, Bangalore – 70, delivered a lecture on ‘Paediatric PCNL – How is it different from Adults?’
• At the “Dr. H S Bhat Memorial CME” held on 23rd November 2014 at Kochi, attended and discussed ‘Bowel management in Vesical dysfunction and Dietary fiber and its myths’.
• At the Master Class on “Management of Detrusor Overactivity with Botulinum Toxin” held on 8th October 2014 at NU Hospitals, Bangalore – 70 attended and discussed “Multidisciplinary approach in the management of detrusor overactivity”
• At the Pre-Conference Instructional Course on Advanced Paediatric Endo-Urology held on 31st July 2014 at NU Hospitals, Bangalore – 70 demonstrated Live Laser Ureteroscopy for a Ureteric Calculus on a 5-year-old child, spoke about “Primary Hyperoxaluria” and demonstrated Paediatric Endo Urology Instruments to the attending delegates.
• Delivered Lecture on “The domain of Paediatric Urology in brief ” at the CME program on Nephrology and Urology, held at TCR-NU Kidney Hospitals, Krishnagiri on 9th March 2014
• Delivered Invited Lecture on “Bladder Neck Management In PUV (Interactive session with panel discussion) at the 47th Annual Conference of the Urological Society of India, held between 29th January – 2nd February 2014 at The Ashok, New Delhi
• Delivered Invited Lecture on “Bowel Dysfunction in children” at the International Conference of Reconstructive Paediatric Urology (ICRPU), held at the KLES University Hospital, Belgaum on Nov 16th and 17th 2013
• Delivered Invited Lecture on “CIC in children, How and What to teach?” at the International Conference of Reconstructive Paediatric Urology (ICRPU), held at the KLES University Hospital, Belgaum on Nov 16th and 17th 2013
• Delivered Invited Lecture on “Nuclear Imaging for UPJ Obstruction in children” at the International Conference of Reconstructive Paediatric Urology (ICRPU), held at the KLES University Hospital, Belgaum on Nov 16th and 17th 2013
• Presented a paper titled “Current Concepts On The Role Of Prophylactic Antimicrobial Therapy In Children” at the Bangalore Urological Society meet, held at Bangalore on 27th Sept 2013
• Was a faculty in a symposium on UTI and spoke about ‘Prophylactic antimicrobial therapy in UTI – In Adults & In Children – Symposium on UTI’ at the, SZ-USICON-2013, held at Mysore on July 12 – 14th, 2013.
• “An audit of suprapubic catheter insertion performed by a urological nurse specialist” by Sam C. Zacharia, Maneesh Sinha, Prasanna Matippa, Venkatesh Krishnamoorthy (Indian Journal of Urology, Jan-Mar 2013, Volume 29, Issue 1)
• “Results of urinary dissolution therapy for radiolucent calculi” by Maneesh Sinha, Kumar Prabhu, Prasanna Venkatesh, Venkatesh Krishnamoorthy (Int Braz J Urol. Vol. 39 (1): 103-107, Jan – Feb 2013)
• Presented a paper titled Bilateral PUJ Obstruction – Concerns in Management at USICON – Pune, 18.01.2013
• Was a faculty at APSOGUS 2012, Nov 10th and 11th 2012 – Nellore, A.P in a symposium on Paediatric Urology. Presented two papers – “How to collect Urine Sample in a child” and “Management of Bowel and Bladder in UTI in children”
• Was a faculty at the Paediatric Urology CME at SZUSICON – Hyderabad – July 2012 – Presented Guest lectures- Practical evaluation in Detrusor Sphincter Dyssynergia and Parent Education in Children with UTI.
• Presented a paper titled Impact of Urotherapy in Children at SZUSICON – Hyderabad – July 2012.
• Was a faculty at the KUA – PG – CUE held on Feb 18, 2012, at Bangalore and presented on Dysfunctional Voiding.
• Was a faculty at the Paediatric Urology Subspecialty session at USICON – Bangalore – Jan 2012 – Urotherapy, NBE, and SNOB
• Presented a paper titled Use of RIRS in Renal Papillary Necrosis at USICON – Jan 2012 in Bangalore.
• Presented in the Paediatric Urology Subspecialty Session at USICON – Kolkata – Dysfunctional Voiding in children – A Review, in Jan 2011
• An observer at Paediatric Urology Department at Boston Children’s Hospital affiliated to Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA from 26th May to 13th June 2008.
• Attended the Paediatric Urology Section Symposium of the AUA in Orlando, Florida USA on 20th May 2008.
• Attended the AUA – Annual Conference in Orlando, Florida, USA from 17th to 22nd May 2008.
• Attended the Indian American Urological Association (IAUA) meet at Orlando, Florida USA on 19th May 2008.
• An observer at Paediatric Urology Department at Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA from April 21st, 2008 to May 9th, 2008.
• Presented the paper titled ‘Technique of the FTIR Urinary calculi analysis’ at the State Conference, TAPASUCON – 2007, held at Erode on October 6, 2007.
• Presented the paper titled ‘Use of RIRS in renal papillary necrosis’ at the State Conference, SZ-USICON-2005, held at Coimbatore on July 15, 2007.
• Presented the paper titled ‘Management Algorithm of Nocturnal Enuresis’ at the State Conference, SZ-USICON-2005, held at Bangalore on July 16, 2005.
• Presented the paper titled ‘PCNL in Calyceal Diverticulae’ at the State Conference, KUACON-2004, held at Mangalore on October 21, 2004.
• Presented the paper titled ‘Posterior Urethral Valves and Need for Regular Follow-up’ at the National Conference, USICON-2005, held at Ahmedabad on January 20, 2005.
• Presented a poster presentation of the rare case titled ‘Eosinophilic Cystitis’ at the Zonal Conference, SZ-USICON 2004, held at Vijayawada on July 10, 2004. Also presented a paper titled ‘PUV – Management Algorithm’ at the same conference.
• Presented the cases titled ‘Paediatric PCNL + Antegrade URS’ and ‘Retained Ureteric Stent – Removed by PCNL’ at the Bangalore Urological Society on January 30, 2004.
• Presented the cases titled ‘Relevant embryology of ureteral/renal anomalies’ at the Bangalore Urological Society on March 26, 2004
• Presented the cases titled ‘Case of Paediatric PCNL + Antegrade URS’ & ‘Case of Retained ureteric stent – removed by PCNL’ at the Bangalore Urological Society on January 30, 2004
• Presented the cases titled ‘Interesting case of colovesical fistula’ at the Bangalore Urological Society on November 31, 2003
• Presented the cases titled ‘Uncommon complication of PCNL’ at the Bangalore Urological Society on July 25, 2003
• Presented the cases titled ‘Case of GU Koch’s with recurrent VVF’ at the Bangalore Urological Society on June 29, 2003.

Media Presentations:

• For Bed Wetting – Punishment is not a medicine, Vijayavani, 2nd June 2015.
• Kannada Doordarshan Chandana channel: Discussed on UTI in children – May 16, 2011
• Kannada Doordarshan Chandana channel: Discussed on Nocturnal Enuresis – Apr 14, 2011
• Kannada Doordarshan Chandana channel: Discussed on Urolithiasis – May 14, 2008

CME Presentations:

• CME presentation on Introduction of NU Hospitals and Janam Fertility at NU Hospitals, Bangalore on 6th December 2015l
• CME presentation on “Holmium Laser Treatment for Kidney Stones” at KM Hospitals, Ambur, TN on 6th December 2015
• CME presentation on “Paediatric Urology – The domain in brief” at KM Hospitals, Ambur, TN on 6th December 2015
• CME presentation on “Impact of Bed Wetting” at Pride Hotel, Bangalore on 9th October 2015
• CME presentation on “Impact of Bed Wetting” at NU Hospitals, West, Bangalore on 1st August 2015.
• CME presentation on “Lasers in Urology” held at NU Hospitals, West, Bangalore on 26th June 2015.
• CME presentation on “Lasers in Urology” held at Family Physicians Association – Bangalore The Solitaire Hotel, Kumarakrupa Road, Bangalore on 29th March 2015.
• CME presentation on “Impact of Bed Wetting” held at La Marvella – Best Western Premier Hotel, Bangalore on 13th March 2015.
• CME presentation on “Antenatal Hydronephrosis – Understanding it better” held at Best Western La’Marvella Hotel on 6th March 2015
• CME presentation on “Antenatal Hydronephrosis” held at Hotel Best Western Premier La Marvella, Jayanagar, Bangalore on 17^th Dec 2014.