Advanced Training in Nephrology

• ISPD Fellow, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (October & November 2003)
• Senior Resident, Department of Nephrology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India (July 1997 to June 2000)
• Senior Resident, Department of Nephrology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India (January 1997 to June 1997)

Training in Internal Medicine

• Registrar in Internal Medicine, Sundaram Medical Foundation, Chennai, India (June 1995 to March 1996)
• Senior House Officer, Southern Railway Headquarters Hospital, Perambur, Chennai, India (September 1991 to December 1994)

Publications

Chapter in Books

• Tiwari SC, PADMANABHAN S: Chronic Renal Failure: In Geriatric Care in India. Edited by Dr. O.P. Sharma pp. 328-338.

Review Articles

PADMANABHAN S, Tiwari SC. Continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT). Journal International Medical Sciences Academy. Vol. 15 No.3, July – September 2002, pp. 137-141.

• Tiwari SC, PADMANABHAN S: Management of patients with chronic renal disease. Journal of Internal Medicine of India. Vol. 2 No. 2, April-June 1999, pp. 149-154.

Original Articles

• SUBRAMANIAN P, Chinthalapalli H, Krishnan M, Tarlo SM, Lobbadez T, Pineda ME, Oreopoulos DG: Pregnancy and Sarcoidosis: An insight into the Pathogenesis of hypercalciuria. CHEST 2004; September 126(3) 995-8.
• Venkata RK, Kumar S, Krishna RP, Kumar SB, PADMANABHAN S, Kumar S: Tuberculosis in Chronic Kidney Disease. Clin Nephrol. 2007 April; 67(4):217-20.
• Avinash B, Kalyan N, Lakshmi AY, Padmanabhan S, Siva Kumar V: Acute renal failure in acute pancreatitis – the role of pancreatic computed tomography severity index (CTSI). Indian Journal of Nephrology; Jan – March 2005: Vol 15, No. 1.
• Sunder S, Taskapan H, Jojoa J, Krishnan M, Khandelwal M, Izatt S, Chu M, Subramanian P, Chintalapalli H, Lobbadez T, Jassal V, Bargman JM, Oreopoulos DG: Chronic peritoneal dialysis in the tenth decade of life. Int. Urol Nephrol 2004; 36(4) 605-9.
• Bhowmik D, Modi G, Ray D, PADMANABHAN S, Gupta S, Agarwal SK, Tiwari SC, Dash SC: Total dose iron-dextran infusion in anaemic haemodialysis patients. Indian Journal of Nephrology, Vol. 9, No.2, April-June, 1999, pp.46-48.
• Sivasankar B, Raju KR, Anand V, Malu S, PADMANABHAN S, Tiwari SC, Nibriti Das and Srivastava LM: Levels of plasma soluble complement receptor – 1 (SCR 1) in Normal Indian adult population. Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry 1999; 14 (2): 237-240.

Case Reports

• Sunil Kumar K, Lakshmi AY, Padmanabhan S, Vengamma B, Siva Kumar V: Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis in nephrotic syndrome. Indian Journal of Nephrology; July – September 2005: Vol 15, No. 3.
• Sunil Kumar K, Ramakrishna C, Padmanabhan S, and Siva Kumar V: Hyperkalemic quadriparesis in a patient of ESRD. Indian Journal of Nephrology; July – September 2005: Vol 15, No. 3.
• Siva Kumar V, Lakshmi AY and Padmanabhan S: Pancreatic cysts in adult polycystic kidney disease. Indian Journal of Nephrology; January – March 2004: Vol 14, No. 1.
• Lakshmi AY, Abirami K, Padmanabhan S, Sivakumar V: Prostatic cysts in adult polycystic kidney disease. Indian Journal of Nephrology; January – March 2004: Vol 14, No. 1.
• Hithaishi C, PADMANABHAN S, Siddartha Kumar B, Siva Kumar V, Ectopic Thoracic Kidney. Indian Journal of Nephrology. 13 No.2, April – June 2003, pp. 114-115.
• Hithaishi C, Gogoi R, PADMANABHAN S, Siddartha Kumar B, Lakshmi AY, Venkataramanappa M, Sivakumar V. Subphrenic abscess in a patient with nephrotic syndrome. Indian Journal of Nephrology; 2003 13:36-37.
• Bhowmik D, PADMANABHAN S, Dinda A, Modi G, Gupta S, Agarwal SK, Tiwari SC, Dash SC: Hepatitis C Virus-related cryoglobulinemic glomerulonephritis. Journal of Associations of Physicians of India. Feb 2002. 50:275-277.
• Modi GK, Bhowmik D. PADMANABHAN S, Gupta S, Agarwal SK, Tiwari SC, Dash S: Lymph leakage following subclavian vein catheterisation. Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation. Vol. 14 No.2, Feb 1999, 447-448.

Letters to the editor

• Padmanabhan S, Lakshmi AY, Siva Kumar V: Membranous Nephropathy and distal RTA with medullary nephrocalcinosis. Indian Journal of Nephrology; January – March 2005: Vol 15, No. 1.
• Abirami K, Padmanabhan S, Siva Kumar V, Das GC: Amlodipine induced gingival hyperplasia. Indian Journal of Nephrology. 14 No.2, April – June 2004.
• Hithaishi C, Lobbadez T,Padmanabhan S, Pineda ME, Oreopoulos DG: No beneficial effects of icodextrin on blood glucose control. Perit Dial Int. March – April 2004, 24(2) 199-200.
• PADMANABHAN S, Rajasekhar D, Siva Kumar V. Cardiac and renal toxicity to a herbal concoction. Indian Journal of Nephrology. Vol.13 No.3, July – September 2003, pp. 114-115.

Areas Of Special Interest

• Critical Care Nephrology
• Preventive Nephrology
• Hemodialysis
• Transplantation Nephrology

Professional Membership

• Life Member – Association of Physicians of India
• Life Member – Indian Society of Nephrology
• Life Member – Southern Chapter of Indian Society of Nephrology
• Life Member – Indian Society of Hemodialysis
• Life Member – Indian Society of Peritoneal Dialysis
• Life Member – Nephrology Association of Karnataka
• Life Member – Nephrology Association of Tamilnadu and Puducherry (NATPU)
• Member – International Society of Nephrology
• Member – The Transplantation Society
• Member – American Society of Nephrology
• Member – European Renal Association – European Dialysis and Transplant Association
• Instructor for ACLS – American Heart Association

Papers Presented

• Deceased donor renal transplantation with standard and extended criteria donors – A single-centre experience – Anil Kumar BT, Manjunath S, Narendra S, Javali D and Padmanabhan S – Presented at the Annual Conference of the Indian Society for Organ Transplantation held in Bhubaneswar, October 2013. (Awarded Best Paper Prize)
• Gabapentin for intractable hiccups in a patient on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis patient (CAPD) – Padmanabhan S, Anil Kumar BT, Manjunath S – Presented at the Annual Conference of Peritoneal Dialysis Society of India October 2013 in Cochin.
• Icodextrin induced symptomatic hyponatremia in a Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis (CAPD) patient – A case report – Padmanabhan S, Anil Kumar BT, Manjunath S – Presented at the Annual Conference of Peritoneal Dialysis Society of India October 2013 in Cochin. (Awarded Best paper prize)
• Successful use of Intra Catheter Streptokinase in the Treatment of Recurrent/ Resistant Peritonitis in Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis (CAPD) Patients – Padmanabhan S, Anil Kumar BT, Manjunath S – Presented in the Annual Conference of Peritoneal Dialysis Society of India October 2013 in Cochin.
• Reversible Renal Dysfunction in Hypothyroidism – Padmanabhan S, Anil Kumar BT, Manjunath S, Satish Babu KN –Presented in World Congress of Nephrology May 2013 in Hong Kong.
• Reversible Renal Dysfunction in Hypothyroidism – Padmanabhan S, Anil Kumar BT, Manjunath S, Satish Babu KN – Presented at the Annual Conference of Southern Chapter of Indian Society of Nephrology to be held in Vijayawada on February 2013 – (Awarded Best Paper Prize)
• ‘The PIT-VIPER Connection’ – Padmanabhan S, Anil Kumar BT, Madhu Muddaiah, Satish Babu –American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists Annual conference in Philadelphia in May 2012.
• ‘The Acid Clue’ – Padmanabhan S, Suryanarayan Sharma, Madhusudhan BK
  APICON January 2012 held at Calcutta. – Received The Best Paper Award.
• Liver abscess and Acute Renal Failure – an unusual association. Padmanabhan S, Abirami K, Siva Kumar V, Das GC. The annual conference of the Indian Society of Nephrology held at Visakhapatnam, December 2003.
• Tuberculosis in chronic renal failure patients – SVIMS experience. Padmanabhan S, Abirami K, Siva Kumar V. Annual conference of the Indian Society of Nephrology held at Visakhapatnam, December 2003.
• Prevalence of Depression in Maintenance Dialysis Patients. Siva Kumar V, Abirami K, Padmanabhan S, Das GC. The annual conference of the Indian Society of Nephrology held at Visakhapatnam, December 2003.
• Lupus Nephritis: SVIMS Experience. Padmanabhan S, Hithaishi C, Siddhartha Kumar B, Phaneendra, Sivakumar V, Kumaraswamy Reddy M. API AP Chapter Annual Conference, Kurnool, September 2002.
• Liver Abscess and Acute Renal Failure – Cause or co-incidence at XXIII Annual Conference of Southern Chapter of Indian Society of Nephrology held at Coimbatore, February 2002
• CAPD – Our Initial Experience at VI Annual conference of the Peritoneal Dialysis Society of India held at Mahabalipuram, Chennai, India, September 2002.
• Acute Renal Failure – SVIMS Experience at XXII Annual Conference of Southern Chapter of Indian Society of Nephrology held at Tirupati, February 2002
• Morbidity and Mortality on MHD at XXII Annual Conference of Southern Chapter of Indian Society of Nephrology held at Tirupati, February 2002
• The spectrum of Renal Histo-Pathology from 448 Renal Biopsies-Retrospective Study at XXII Annual Conference of Southern Chapter of Indian Society of Nephrology held at Tirupati, February 2002
• Comorbid conditions complicating patients with CRF in Northern India at 30th ISN Annual Conference held at Patna, India, 1999.
• Late Diagnosis of Chronic Renal Failure and poor outcome at 30th ISN Annual Conference held at Patna, India, 1999.
• Clinical Experience of Erythrocytosis in Living-Related Renal Transplantation – AIIMS Experience at 10th ISOT Conference held at New Delhi, January 1998.

Session Chaired

Chaired a session in the Southern Chapter of ISN annual conference held in Calicut from 13-15th February 2015.