Professor
Christian Medical College Vellore, Ida Scudder Road, Vellore – 632004, Tamil Nadu, India
Rose A, George K, T AD, Pulimood AB. Survey of ethical issues reported by Indian medical students: basis for design of a new curriculum. Indian J Med Ethics. 2014 Jan-Mar;11(1):25-8. doi: 10.20529/IJME.2014.007. PMID: 24509105.
Oommen AM, Abraham VJ, George K, Jose VJ. Rising trend of cardiovascular risk factors between 1991-1994 and 2010-2012: A repeat cross sectional survey in urban and rural Vellore. Indian Heart J. 2016 May-Jun;68(3):263-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ihj.2015.09.014. Epub 2016 Jan 13. PMID: 27316476; PMCID: PMC4911447. Link
Manjunath K, Cherian AG, Abraham V, Minz S, George K, Helan J. Trends of HIV prevalence in rural South India. J Family Med Prim Care. 2019 Feb;8(2):669-672. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_326_18. PMID: 30984692; PMCID: PMC6436254.
George H, Rakesh P, Krishna M, Alex R, Abraham VJ, George K, Prasad JH. Foot care knowledge and practices and the prevalence of peripheral neuropathy among people with diabetes attending a secondary care rural hospital in southern India. J Family Med Prim Care. 2013 Jan;2(1):27-32. doi: 10.4103/2249-4863.109938. PMID: 24479039; PMCID: PMC3894008. Link
Krishna M, Oommen AM, Paul G JS, Abraham VJ, George K. Prevalence of intermittent claudication in rural and urban Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India: a population-based study. Int Surg J 2018 Jul;5(7):2620-2622.
Veesa KS, John KR, Moonan PK, Kaliappan SP, Manjunath K, Sagili KD, Ravichandra C, Menon PA, Dolla C, Luke N, Munshi K, George K, Minz S. Diagnostic pathways and direct medical costs incurred by new adult pulmonary tuberculosis patients prior to anti-tuberculosis treatment - Tamil Nadu, India. PLoS One. 2018 Feb 7;13(2):e0191591. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0191591. PMID: 29414980; PMCID: PMC5802859. Link
Rose A, George K, T AD, Pulimood AB. Survey of ethical issues reported by Indian medical students: basis for design of a new curriculum. Indian J Med Ethics. 2014 Jan-Mar;11(1):25-8. doi: 10.20529/IJME.2014.007. PMID: 24509105.
Oommen AM, Abraham VJ, George K, Jose VJ. Rising trend of cardiovascular risk factors between 1991-1994 and 2010-2012: A repeat cross sectional survey in urban and rural Vellore. Indian Heart J. 2016 May-Jun;68(3):263-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ihj.2015.09.014. Epub 2016 Jan 13. PMID: 27316476; PMCID: PMC4911447. Link
Manjunath K, Cherian AG, Abraham V, Minz S, George K, Helan J. Trends of HIV prevalence in rural South India. J Family Med Prim Care. 2019 Feb;8(2):669-672. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_326_18. PMID: 30984692; PMCID: PMC6436254.
George H, Rakesh P, Krishna M, Alex R, Abraham VJ, George K, Prasad JH. Foot care knowledge and practices and the prevalence of peripheral neuropathy among people with diabetes attending a secondary care rural hospital in southern India. J Family Med Prim Care. 2013 Jan;2(1):27-32. doi: 10.4103/2249-4863.109938. PMID: 24479039; PMCID: PMC3894008. Link
Krishna M, Oommen AM, Paul G JS, Abraham VJ, George K. Prevalence of intermittent claudication in rural and urban Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India: a population-based study. Int Surg J 2018 Jul;5(7):2620-2622.
Veesa KS, John KR, Moonan PK, Kaliappan SP, Manjunath K, Sagili KD, Ravichandra C, Menon PA, Dolla C, Luke N, Munshi K, George K, Minz S. Diagnostic pathways and direct medical costs incurred by new adult pulmonary tuberculosis patients prior to anti-tuberculosis treatment - Tamil Nadu, India. PLoS One. 2018 Feb 7;13(2):e0191591. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0191591. PMID: 29414980; PMCID: PMC5802859. Link
Bose A, Munshi R, Tripathy RM, Madhusudana SN, Harish BR, Thaker S, Mahendra BJ, Gunale B, Gogtay NJ, Thatte UM, Mani RS, Manjunath K, George K, Yajaman AB, Sahai A, Dhere RM, Alex RG, Adhikari DD, Abhilash, Raghava V, Kumbhar D, Behera TR, Kulkarni PS. A randomized non-inferiority clinical study to assess post-exposure prophylaxis by a new purified vero cell rabies vaccine (Rabivax-S) administered by intramuscular and intradermal routes. Vaccine. 2016 Sep 14;34(40):4820-6. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2016.08.005. Epub 2016 Aug 21. PMID: 27554534. Link
Bose A, Munshi R, Tripathy RM, Madhusudana SN, Harish BR, Thaker S, Mahendra BJ, Gunale B, Gogtay NJ, Thatte UM, Mani RS, Manjunath K, George K, Yajaman AB, Sahai A, Dhere RM, Alex RG, Adhikari DD, Abhilash, Raghava V, Kumbhar D, Behera TR, Kulkarni PS. A randomized non-inferiority clinical study to assess post-exposure prophylaxis by a new purified vero cell rabies vaccine (Rabivax-S) administered by intramuscular and intradermal routes. Vaccine. 2016 Sep 14;34(40):4820-6. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2016.08.005. Epub 2016 Aug 21. PMID: 27554534. Link
Kumaran D, Balagopal K, Tharmaraj RG, Aaron S, George K, Muliyil J, Sivadasan A, Danda S, Alexander M, Hasan G. Genetic characterization of Spinocerebellar ataxia 1 in a South Indian cohort. BMC Med Genet. 2014 Oct 25;15:114. doi: 10.1186/s12881-014-0114-5. PMID: 25344417; PMCID: PMC4411758. Link
Bhatt AN, Tharyan P, Michael JS, Christopher DJ, Varghese GM, Sathyendra S, Rajan SJ, George K, Prasad JH. Treatment outcomes with daily self-administered treatment and thrice-weekly directly-observed treatment in two cohorts of newly-diagnosed, sputum-positive adults with pulmonary tuberculosis. Indian J Tuberc. 2020 Jan;67(1):105-111. doi: 10.1016/j.ijtb.2017.05.012. Epub 2017 Jun 24. PMID: 32192603.
Viswanath K, Ps Rakesh, Chakraborty A, Prasad JH, Minz S, George K. A community based case control study on determinants of perinatal mortality in a tribal population of southern India. Rural Remote Health. 2015 Jul-Sep;15(3):3388. Epub 2015 Sep 21. PMID: 26391225.
Oommen AM, Vyas R, Faith M, Selvakumar D, George K. Curriculum development for a module on noncommunicable diseases for the master of public health program. Educ Health (Abingdon). 2017 Sep-Dec;30(3):236-239. doi: 10.4103/efh.EfH_148_15. PMID: 29786027. Link
George H, Rakesh P, Krishna M, Alex R, Abraham VJ, George K, Prasad JH. Foot care knowledge and practices and the prevalence of peripheral neuropathy among people with diabetes attending a secondary care rural hospital in southern India. J Family Med Prim Care. 2013 Jan;2(1):27-32. doi: 10.4103/2249-4863.109938. PMID: 24479039; PMCID: PMC3894008. Link
Oommen AM, Abraham VJ, George K, Jose VJ. Prevalence of risk factors for non-communicable diseases in rural & urban Tamil Nadu. Indian J Med Res. 2016 Sep;144(3):460-471. doi: 10.4103/0971-5916.198668. PMID: 28139545; PMCID: PMC5320852.
Oommen AM, Abraham VJ, George K, Jose VJ. Prevalence of coronary heart disease in rural and urban Vellore: A repeat cross-sectional survey. Indian Heart J. 2016 Jul-Aug;68(4):473-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ihj.2015.11.015. Epub 2016 Jan 11. PMID: 27543468; PMCID: PMC4990735. Link
Oommen AM, Abraham VJ, Sathish T, Jose VJ, George K. Performance of the Achutha Menon Centre Diabetes Risk Score in Identifying Prevalent Diabetes in Tamil Nadu, India. Diabetes Metab J. 2017 Oct;41(5):386-392. doi: 10.4093/dmj.2017.41.5.386. PMID: 29086537; PMCID: PMC5663678. Link
Oommen AM, Nand K, Abraham VJ, George K, Jose VJ. Prevalence of statin use among high-risk patients in urban and rural Vellore, Tamil Nadu: A population-based cross-sectional study. Indian J Pharmacol. 2017 Mar-Apr;49(2):201-204. doi: 10.4103/ijp.IJP_747_16. PMID: 28706335; PMCID: PMC5497444. Link
Sarkar R, Rose A, Mohan VR, Ajjampur SSR, Veluswamy V, Srinivasan R, Muliyil J, Rajshekhar V, George K, Balraj V, Grassly NC, Anderson RM, Brooker SJ, Kang G. Study design and baseline results of an open-label cluster randomized community-intervention trial to assess the effectiveness of a modified mass deworming program in reducing hookworm infection in a tribal population in southern India. Contemp Clin Trials Commun. 2017 Mar;5:49-55. doi: 10.1016/j.conctc.2016.12.002. PMID: 28424794; PMCID: PMC5389336. Link
Paul P, Kuriakose T, John J, Raju R, George K, Amritanand A, Doss PA, Muliyil J. Prevalence and Visual Outcomes of Cataract Surgery in Rural South India: A Cross-Sectional Study. Ophthalmic Epidemiol. 2016 Oct;23(5):309-15. doi: 10.1080/09286586.2016.1212991. Epub 2016 Aug 23. PMID: 27552313. Link
Jamkhandi DM, Alex R, George K. Melioidosis: a report of two cases. Natl Med J India. 2014 Jul-Aug;27(4):202-3. PMID: 25668164. Link
Manjunath K, Christopher P, Gopichandran V, Rakesh PS, George K, Prasad JH. Quality of life of a patient with type 2 diabetes: a cross-sectional study in rural South India. J Family Med Prim Care. 2014 Oct-Dec;3(4):396-9. doi: 10.4103/2249-4863.148124. PMID: 25657951; PMCID: PMC4311350.A Link
Rakesh P, Gopichandran V, Jamkhandi D, Manjunath K, George K, Prasad J. Determinants of postpartum anemia among women from a rural population in southern India. Int J Womens Health. 2014 Apr 11;6:395-400. doi: 10.2147/IJWH.S58355. PMID: 24748821; PMCID: PMC3990363.
Kaliappan SP, George S, Francis MR, Kattula D, Sarkar R, Minz S, Mohan VR, George K, Roy S, Ajjampur SS, Muliyil J, Kang G. Prevalence and clustering of soil-transmitted helminth infections in a tribal area in southern India. Trop Med Int Health. 2013 Dec;18(12):1452-62. doi: 10.1111/tmi.12205. PMID: 24237860; PMCID: PMC3923153. Link
John S, Lalitha G, George K, Joseph A. Serological response to early measles vaccination. J Trop Pediatr. 2004 Jun;50(3):175-7. doi: 10.1093/tropej/50.3.175. PMID: 15233195.
John S, Sanghi S, Prasad S, Bose A, George K. Two doses of measles vaccine: are some states in India ready for it? J Trop Pediatr. 2009 Aug;55(4):253-6. doi: 10.1093/tropej/fmn079. Epub 2008 Sep 17. PMID: 18799515.
Anne Cherian, Anuradha Rose, Dulari Gupta, Shantidani Minz, Jasmin Prasad, Kuryan George. Whither sex ratios in a low mortality setting. International Journal of Womens health and Reproduction Sciences. Vol 4, No.2, April 2016,64-67.
Cherian AG, Jamkhandi D, George K, Bose A, Prasad J, Minz S. Prevalence of Congenital Anomalies in a Secondary Care Hospital in South India: A Cross-Sectional Study. J Trop Pediatr. 2016 Oct;62(5):361-7. doi: 10.1093/tropej/fmw019. Epub 2016 Apr 4. PMID: 27044502.
Prasad J, Abraham VJ, Minz S, Abraham S, Joseph A, Muliyil JP, George K, Jacob KS. Rates and factors associated with suicide in Kaniyambadi Block, Tamil Nadu, South India, 2000-2002. Int J Soc Psychiatry. 2006 Jan;52(1):65-71. doi: 10.1177/0020764006061253. PMID: 16463596. Link
Jacob ME, Abraham S, Surya S, Minz S, Singh D, Abraham VJ, Prasad J, George K, Kuruvilla A, Jacob KS. A community health programme in rural Tamil Nadu, India: the need for gender justice for women. Reprod Health Matters. 2006 May;14(27):101-8. doi: 10.1016/S0968-8080(06)27227-6. PMID: 16713884. Link
George K, Prasad J, Singh D, Minz S, Albert DS, Muliyil J, Joseph KS, Jayaraman J, Kramer MS. Perinatal outcomes in a South Asian setting with high rates of low birth weight. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2009 Feb 9;9:5. doi: 10.1186/1471-2393-9-5. PMID: 19203384; PMCID: PMC2647522. Link
Manjunath K, Cherian AG, Abraham V, Minz S, George K, Helan J. Trends of HIV prevalence in rural South India. J Family Med Prim Care. 2019 Feb;8(2):669-672. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_326_18. PMID: 30984692; PMCID: PMC6436254.
Rose A, Minz S, Manohari GP, - T, George K, Arun R, Vinodh A. Community perspectives on alcohol use among a tribal population in rural southern India. Natl Med J India. 2015 May-Jun;28(3):117-21. PMID: 26724338. Link
Sinha RS, Cynthia DS, Kumar PV, Armstrong LJ, Bose A, George K. Admissions to a sick new born care unit in a secondary care hospital: Profile and outcomes. Indian J Public Health. 2019 Apr-Jun;63(2):128-132. doi: 10.4103/ijph.IJPH_106_18. PMID: 31219061.
Inbaraj LR, Rose A, George K, Bose A. Incidence and Impact of Unintentional Childhood Injuries: A Community Based Study in Rural South India. Indian J Pediatr. 2017 Mar;84(3):206-210. doi: 10.1007/s12098-016-2260-6. Epub 2016 Nov 19. PMID: 27864749.
Inbaraj LR, Rose A, George K, Bose A. Perception of unintentional childhood injuries among mothers in rural South India. Indian J Public Health. 2017 Jul-Sep;61(3):211-214. doi: 10.4103/ijph.IJPH_162_16. PMID: 28928307.
David SM, Pricilla RA, Paul SS, George K, Bose A, Prasad JH. Risk factors for severe acute malnutrition among children aged 6-59 months: A community-based case-control study from Vellore, Southern India. J Family Med Prim Care. 2020 May 31;9(5):2237-2243. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_211_20. PMID: 32754480; PMCID: PMC7380755.
Rose A, Mohan VR, Vinodh A, David SM, George K, Minz S, Prasad JH. Hazardous use of alcohol among men in the tribal population of Jawadhi Hills, Tamil Nadu: Nature, prevalence, and risk factors. J Family Med Prim Care. 2021 Jan;10(1):481-484. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1354_20. Epub 2021 Jan 30. PMID: 34017774; PMCID: PMC8132826. Link
Jeyapaul S, Oommen AM, Cherian AG, Marcus TA, Malini T, Prasad JH, George K. Feasibility, uptake and real-life challenges of a rural cervical and breast cancer screening program in Vellore, Tamil Nadu, South India. Indian J Cancer. 2021 Jul-Sep;58(3):417-424. doi: 10.4103/ijc.IJC_271_19. PMID: 33402583. Link
Jamkhandi DM,Gaikwad P,Singh D,George K. Melanosis peritonei in pregnancy: a case report and review of literature. Gynecol Surg (2014) 11:59–60. doi: 10.1007/s10397-013-0820-6.
Christopher DJ, Oommen AM, George K, Shankar D, Agrawal A, Thangakunam B. Prevalence of Airflow Obstruction as Measured by Spirometry, in Rural Southern Indian Adults. COPD. 2020 Apr;17(2):128-135. doi: 10.1080/15412555.2020.1723074. Epub 2020 Feb 5. PMID: 32020813.
Sasikumar M, Oommen AM, Mohan VR, Gupta P, Rebekah G, Abraham VJ, George K. Recalibration of the Framingham risk score for predicting 10-year risk of cardiovascular events: A non-concurrent rural cohort study from Tamil Nadu. Indian Heart J. 2023 Jan 10:S0019-4832(23)00003-2. doi: 10.1016/j.ihj.2023.01.003. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36638887.
Oommen AM, Mini GK, George K. Intracluster correlation estimates from a World Health Organisation STEPwise approach to surveillance (STEPS) survey for cardiovascular risk factors in Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India. Public Health. 2019 Mar;168:102-106. doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2018.12.019. Epub 2019 Feb 6. PMID: 30738282.
Alexander AM, George K, Muliyil J, Bose A, Prasad JH. Birthweight centile charts from rural community-based data from southern India. Indian Pediatr. 2013 Nov 8;50(11):1020-4. doi: 10.1007/s13312-013-0282-y. Epub 2013 Jun 5. PMID: 23798636.
David SM, Sasikumar M, Basheer K M M, Rose A, George K, Minz S. A proposed methodology of health education for inherited genetic disorders: Bag and Ball technique. Trop Doct. 2023 Sep 29:494755231204633. doi: 10.1177/00494755231204633. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37774770.
Cherian AG, Tryphena C, George K, Abraham VJ, Mohan VR, Prasad JH. Perinatal Mortality and its Causes in a Rural Block in Tamil Nadu, Southern India: A Community-Based Nonconcurrent Cohort Study. Indian J Community Med. 2022 Jan-Mar;47(1):12-17. doi: 10.4103/ijcm.IJCM_80_21. Epub 2022 Mar 16. PMID: 35368477; PMCID: PMC8971883.
Kumaran D, Balagopal K, Tharmaraj RG, Aaron S, George K, Muliyil J, Sivadasan A, Danda S, Alexander M, Hasan G. Genetic characterization of Spinocerebellar ataxia 1 in a South Indian cohort. BMC Med Genet. 2014 Oct 25;15:114. doi: 10.1186/s12881-014-0114-5. PMID: 25344417; PMCID: PMC4411758. Link
Rose A, George K, T AD, Pulimood AB. Survey of ethical issues reported by Indian medical students: basis for design of a new curriculum. Indian J Med Ethics. 2014 Jan-Mar;11(1):25-8. doi: 10.20529/IJME.2014.007. PMID: 24509105.
Christopher DJ, Oommen AM, George K, Premkumar PS, Shankar D, Agrawal A, Thangakunam B. Rural South Indian spirometry values show wide variation compared to existing prediction equations. Lung India. 2023 May-Jun;40(3):193-199. doi: 10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_336_22. PMID: 37148014; PMCID: PMC10298811. Link
Sanglir M, Ramesh RM, Mathew Z, George K, Angami S, Prasad JH. Prevalence and determinants of hypertension among urban tribal communities in Nagaland, India-A community-based study. J Family Med Prim Care. 2023 Jan;12(1):76-82. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_662_22. Epub 2023 Feb 15. PMID: 37025226; PMCID: PMC10071937.
Bose A, George K, Joseph A. Drowning in childhood: a population based study. Indian Pediatr. 2000 Jan;37(1):80-3. PMID: 10745393. Link