Dr. Arabind Panda

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Professor Arabind Panda is currently Senior Consultant in Urology and Renal transplantation at KIMS hospital Secunderabad, Telangana. He was earlier Professor at the Department of Urology at Christian Medical College and Hospital, Vellore, India and senior consultant at the KIMS hospital, Secunderabad India.

His special interest area are reconstructive urology- both male and female, renal transplantation, stone disease, prostatic diseases and Urological oncology. He has surgical innovations and techniques in female and male urethral reconstruction.

He was born in Cuttack, Odisha. and attended the S.C.B Medical College, Cuttack, Odisha, for his MBBS from 1993-1999. Dr Panda received his MS in General Surgery (Jan 2003 – Dec 2005) from Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) Chandigarh, India and later went on to complete his M.Ch. in Urology from Jawaharlal Institute of Medical Education and Research ( JIPMER), Puducherry, India in 2006-2009. He is an Associate Editor at the Indian Journal of Urology (from 2012 – present) and a member of Société Internationale d'Urologie Academy- Trauma/Reconstruction Sub-committee (2015- present).

Dr. Panda is a standing member of the Urological Society of India, Société Internationale d'Urologie, Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry Association of Urologists, Indian American Urological Association, South Zone and East Zone Chapters of the Urological society of India and the Society of Genitourinary Surgeons of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana state.

He has had a distinguished academic career receiving many awards and fellowships. He was awarded the AUA/IAUA Chakrobortty fellowship – 2014 by the American Urological Association, the German Fellowship in 2013 by the Urological Society of India and the Klinikum Luneburg Hospital, Germany from October to December 2013. The G M Phadke Travelling Fellowship – 2009 awarded by the Urological Society Of India. He was the winner of the Dr R Sitaraman Memorial Essay Competition : Winner for 2009, conducted by the Urological Society Of India, The 2nd prize for the annual URO Quiz for residents in 2009, Best Paper Awards : 2007 -2008, awarded by the JIPMER scientific society, Dr N Sethuraman Best Paper Prize – 2012 at the 23rd Annual conference of Association of Southern Urologists. He was also the Zonal Winner of the East – All India Medical College Essay Writing competition, 1996-1997 – ‘Privatization of medical services in India’.

He has served as national and international faculty. He is closely involved in mentorship and training of urological residents and has more than 20 publications to his credit.

Education Qualifications

• M.Ch: Jawarharlal Institute of Medical, Education and Research, Puducherry, India, 2006 - 2009
• MS: Postgraduate Institute of Medical, Education and Research, Chandigarh, India, 2003 - 2005
• MBBS: S.C.B Medical College, Cuttack, Odisha, 1993 - 1999 

Experience:

• Consultant, Urology and Renal transplantation, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Secunderabad, Telangana, April 2017 – 2019
• Professor, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India, May 2016 - March 2017
• Asso. Professor, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India, September 2011 – 2016
• Asst. Professor, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India, September 2009 – 2011
• Senior Resident, Jawarharlal Institute of Medical, Education and Research, Puducherry, India, August 2006 - July 2009
• Junior Resident, Dept. of Surgery, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India, Jan 2003 - Dec 2005

Professional Membership:

• Indian Journal of Urology
• Member, Société Internationale D'Urologie
• Member, Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry Association of Urologists
• Member, Indian American Urological association
• Member, South Zone Chapter, Urological society of India
• Member, East Zone Chapter, Urological society of India
• Society of Genito Urinary Surgeons of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana state

Research & Publications:

• Cochrane systematic review: Phosphodiesterase inhibitors for lower urinary tract symptoms consistent with benign prostatic hyperplasia- Mavuduru RS, Pattanaik S, Panda A, Agarwal MM, Mathew JL, Singh SK, Mandal AK – registered on 21.06.2011:
• The efficacy of urinary Nuclear Matrix Protein – 22 in the follow up of patients with transitional call carcinoma of the urinary bladder – Thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement of M.S (General Surgery), at PGIMER, Chandigarh
• Acute urinary retention following benign prostatic hyperplasia: The effect of Tamsulosin on a trial without catheter – Project is approved by JIPMER research committee
• Acute urinary retention following benign prostatic hyperplasia: factors affecting the outcome of a trial without catheter– a prospective trial
• Association of sexual dysfunction in men over 50 years with lower Urinary Tract symptoms – co investigator ; Study on after approval by institutional research board
• Genetic polymorphism of glutathione S-transferase P1 (GSTP1) gene and its association with bladder cancer susceptibility in patients presenting to Christian Medical College and Hospital, Vellore - co investigator ; Study on after approval by institutional research board
• Panda A. Stem cell in urology—are we at the cusp of a new era? Translational Andrology and Urology. publish ahead of print. doi: 10.21037/tau.2018.04.07
• Panda A, Kekre NS. Plagiarism: Is it time to rethink our approach?. Indian J Urol 2013;29:87-8
• Panda A, Dorairajan LN, Kumar S. Application of evidence-based urology in improving quality of care. Indian J Urol 2007; 23:91-96
• Panda A. Privatization of medical service in India. IJCP Medinews 1997; Oct; 13-14
• Panda A, Dorairajan LN, Nayak P, Kumar S. Letter to the editor; Re: Sofer M, Beri A, Friedman A, Galit A, Mabjeesh N J, Chen J, et al. Extending the Application of Tubeless Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy. Urology 2007; 70: 412–417. Urology 2008; 71:1229
• Panda A, Dorairajan LN, Nayak P, Kumar S. Letter to the editor; Re: B. A. Erickson, N. Navai, M. Patil, A. Chang and C. M. Gonzalez. A prospective, randomized trial evaluating the use of hydrogel coated latex versus all silicone urethral catheters after urethral reconstructive surgery. J Urol 2008; 179: 203-206. J Urol. 2008; 180:1185.
• Panda A. For post-graduation in urology: Is a preliminary degree in general surgery necessary?. Indian J Urol. 2010 Jul;26(3):326-30.
• Panda A, Kumar S, Kekre NS. Does radical prostatectomy prevent deaths from prostate cancer? Indian J Urol. 2010 Jul;26(4):604-5.
• Emphysematous pyelonephritis in a renal transplant recipient--is it possible to salvage the graft? Vivek V, Panda A, Devasia A. Ann Transplant. 2012 Jul-Sep;17(3):138-41
• Painful varicoceles : The role of varicolecectomy. Abrol N, Panda A, Kekre NS. Accepted for publication in Indian J Urol. On 30.08.2013
• Venkatramani V, Panda A, Manojkumar R, Kekre NS. Monopolar Versus Bipolar Transurethral Resection of Bladder Tumors: A Single Center, Parallel Arm, Randomized, Controlled Trial. J. Urol. 2014; 191(6): 1703–1707
• Venkatramani V, Panda A, Kekre NS. Is thrombocytosis a useful prognostic marker in renal cell carcinoma? Results of a single-center retrospective analysis. Indian J Urol 2015;31:42-6
• Panda A. Tissue engineering and stem cell research in Urology: Is the moment yet to come?. Indian J Urol 2015;31:87-8
• Siegel JA, Panda A, Tausch TJ, Meissner M, Klein A, Morey AF. Repeat Excision and Primary Anastomotic Urethroplasty for Salvage of Recurrent Bulbar Urethral Stricture. J Urol. 2015 May 21. pii: S0022-5347(15)04073-2. doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2015.05.079
• Panda A. Prostate cancer: can we separate the wheat from the chaff. Indian J Urol. 2017 Apr-Jun;33(2):97-98. doi: 10.4103/iju.IJU_95_17
• Sabharwal S, Jeyaseelan L, Panda A, Gnanaraj L, Kekre NS, Devasia A.A prospective randomised double-blind placebo-controlled trial to assess the effect of diuretics on shockwave lithotripsy of calculi. Arab J Urol. 2017 Jul 8;15(4):289-293. doi: 10.1016/j.aju.2017.04.003. eCollection 2017 Dec
• Chaudhary K, Panda A, Devasia A.Spontaneous irreducible urethral prolapse in a post-menopausal woman: a rare differential diagnosis of an intralabial mass. Int Urogynecol J. 2017 Dec 2. doi: 10.1007/s00192-017-3522-1
• Dangi AD, Nagarajan R, Panda A, Kumar RM, Devasia A, Kekre N. Does asymptomatic prostatic inflammation alter the outcome of transurethral resection of prostate? Cent European J Urol. 2017;70(3):252-258. doi: 10.5173/ceju.2017

Awards and Achievements:

• Awarded the AUA/IAUA Chakrobortty fellowship - 2014 by the American Urological Association
• Awarded the German Fellowship 2013 by the Urological Society of India at the Klinikum Luneburg Hospital, Germany from October to December 2013
• Dr. N Sethuraman Best Paper Prize - 2012: Predictors of late metastases in penile cancers: are conventional prognostic systems adequate? At the 23rd Annual conference of Association of Southern Urologists, the SZ-USICON 2012
• Dr. R Sitaraman Memorial Essay Competition : Winner for 2009, conducted by the Urological Society of India
• G M Phadke Travelling Fellowship - 2009 awarded by the Urological Society of India
• URO Quiz 2009: 2nd prize - Annual Urology quiz for residents conducted by the Urological Society of India
• Best Paper Award : 2007 - 2008, awarded by the JIPMER scientific society for ‘ Postoperative thrombolysis of pulmonary embolism’
• Bishnupriya Debi Memorial award in 1995 from the Association of Physiologists of Orissa for securing the highest marks in Physiology among the three medical colleges of the state
• Manish Kumar Shah memorial Shield, 1994-95 for the first position in Physiology
• Zonal Winner from the East - All India Medical College Essay Writing competition, 1996 - 1997 - ‘Privatization of medical services in India’