An experienced full-time intensivist heading a large Medical Critical Care unit in a leading teaching hospital in India, who is a well known teacher of ICU sonology and an avid clinical researcher with publications in international journals.
Skilled Doctor with extensive experience in patient care, diagnosis and providing quality medical services. Adept at managing medical teams and resolving complex medical cases with utmost precision. Possesses outstanding organizational and communication skills.
Proficiency in all Critical care procedural skills
Expert in Point of Care ultrasound
Advanced Life Support
Airway Management
Emergency Management
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
Ventilator management
Family Communication
Critical Thinking
Team Leadership
Interdisciplinary Collaboration
Interdisciplinary Research
1: Krishnamoorthy A, Hansdak SG, Peter JV, Pichamuthu K, Rajan SJ, Sudarsan TI,
Gibikote S, Jeyaseelan L, Sudarsanam TD. Incidence and Risk Factors for Deep
Venous Thrombosis and Its Impact on Outcome in Patients Admitted to Medical
Critical Care. Indian J Crit Care Med. 2024 Jun;28(6):607-613. doi: 10.5005/jp-
journals-10071-24723. PMID: 39130389; PMCID: PMC11310670.
2: Satish SP, Narayanasamy K, Sambandam MT, Raghunanthan S, Johnson J,
Mangaiyarkarasi A, Paranthakan C, Narayanan S, Chandrasekar S, Sureshkanna S,
Dhus U, Venkatraman J, Alexander V, Kumar SE, David V, Varughese S, Daniel D,
Goel A, Zachariah U, Eapen CE; Christian Medical College (CMC) Vellore
Collaborative Group for PLEX to treat Liver Failure. The "Hub and Spoke" model:
a pathway for urgent plasma exchange to treat patients with rodenticide
ingestion induced acute liver failure in Tamil Nadu, India. Lancet Reg Health
Southeast Asia. 2024 Apr 12;25:100405. doi: 10.1016/j.lansea.2024.100405. PMID:
38638507; PMCID: PMC11024643.
3: Stanley ND, Jeevan JA, Yadav B, Gunasekaran K, Pichamuthu K, Chandiraseharan
VK, Sathyendra S, Hansdak SG, Iyyadurai R. Association of antibiotic duration
and all-cause mortality in a prospective study of patients with ventilator-
associated pneumonia in a tertiary-level critical care unit in Southern India.
BMJ Open. 2024 Apr 11;14(4):e077428. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-077428. PMID:
38604633; PMCID: PMC11015278.
4: Singh KA, Kumar SE, Zachariah UG, Daniel D, David V, Subramani K, Pichamuthu
K, Jacob E, Kodiatte TA, Eapen CE, Goel A. Single-Centre Experience With Low-
Volume Plasma Exchange and Low-Dose Steroid to Treat Patients With Idiosyncratic
Drug-Induced Acute Liver Failure. J Clin Exp Hepatol. 2024 Mar-Apr;14(2):101303.
doi: 10.1016/j.jceh.2023.11.003. Epub 2023 Nov 7. PMID: 38076447; PMCID:
PMC10698001.
5: Varghese MP, Selwyn T, Nair S, Samuel S, Chacko B, Pichamuthu K. Assessment
of Family Satisfaction with Remote Communication for Critically Ill COVID-19
Patients: An Observational Cohort Study. Indian J Crit Care Med. 2023
Aug;27(8):537-544. doi: 10.5005/jp-journals-10071-24504. PMID: 37636852; PMCID:
PMC10452773.
6: Arthur M, Pichamuthu K, Turaka VP, Putta T, Jeeyavudeen MS, Zachariah A,
Sathyendra S, Hansdak SG, Iyadurai R, Karuppusami R, Sudarsanam TD. Bedside lung
ultrasonography: comparison with chest radiography (BLUR), a diagnostic study in
a developing country. Postgrad Med J. 2022 Sep 14:pmj-2021-141343. doi:
10.1136/pmj-2021-141343. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37117036.
7: Alexander H, Gunasekaran K, Sara John J, Gracelin Princy Zacchaeus N, Samuel
P, Jasmine S, Devasahayam Jesudas Christopher, Pichamuthu K, Rupali P.
Evaluation of Remdesivir to the outcomes of hospitalized patients with COVID-19
infection in a tertiary-care hospital in southern India. J Infect Dev Ctries.
2023 Mar 31;17(3):304-310. doi: 10.3855/jidc.16642. PMID: 37023432.
8: Kulkarni AP, Govil D, Samavedam S, Srinivasan S, Ramasubban S, Venkataraman
R, Pichamuthu K, Jog SA, Divatia JV, Myatra SN. ISCCM Guidelines for Hemodynamic
Monitoring in the Critically Ill. Indian J Crit Care Med. 2022 Oct;26(Suppl
2):S66-S76. doi: 10.5005/jp-journals-10071-24301. PMID: 36896359; PMCID:
PMC9989872.
9: Thomas VV, Kumar SE, Alexander V, Nadaraj A, Vijayalekshmi B, Prabhu S, Kumar
S, Murugabharathy K, Thomas SM, Hansdak S, Carey R, Iyyadurai R, Pichamuthu K,
Abhilash KPP, Varghese GM, Nair S, Goel A, Jeyaseelan L, Zachariah U, Zachariah
A, Eapen CE. Plasma Von Willebrand Factor Levels Predict Survival in COVID-19
Patients Across the Entire Spectrum of Disease Severity. Indian J Hematol Blood
Transfus. 2022 Apr;38(2):333-340. doi: 10.1007/s12288-021-01459-0. Epub 2021 Jun
20. PMID: 34177141; PMCID: PMC8214842.
10: Judson PI, Abhilash KPP, Pichamuthu K, Chandy GM. Evaluation of Carotid Flow
Time to Assess Fluid Responsiveness in the Emergency Department. J Med
Ultrasound. 2020 Oct 1;29(2):99-104. doi: 10.4103/JMU.JMU_77_20. PMID: 34377640;
PMCID: PMC8330669.
11: Divatia JV, Mehta Y, Govil D, Zirpe K, Amin PR, Ramakrishnan N, Kapadia FN,
Sircar M, Sahu S, Bhattacharya PK, Myatra SN, Samavedam S, Dixit S, Pande RK,
Mehta SN, Venkataraman R, Bajan K, Kumar V, Harne R, Thakur L, Rathod D, Sathe
P, Gurav S, D'Silva C, Pasha SA, Todi SK; the INDICAPS-II investigators.
Intensive Care in India in 2018-2019: The Second Indian Intensive Care Case Mix
and Practice Patterns Study. Indian J Crit Care Med. 2021 Oct;25(10):1093-1107.
doi: 10.5005/jp-journals-10071-23965. PMID: 34916740; PMCID: PMC8645819.
12: Pal R, Hazra D, Pichamuthu K, Abhilash KPP. A Disastrous Omen - Candidal Pyo
pneumopericardium. J Glob Infect Dis. 2021 Nov 9;13(4):189-191. doi:
10.4103/jgid.jgid_335_20. PMID: 35017878; PMCID: PMC8697817.
13: Chandy GM, Sathyendra S, Pichamuthu K, Hazra D, Abhilash KP. Differentiating
Cardiac and Pulmonary Causes of Dyspnea Using Ultrasonography and Dyspnea
Discrimination Index. Indian J Crit Care Med. 2022 Jan;26(1):33-38. doi:
10.5005/jp-journals-10071-24089. PMID: 35110841; PMCID: PMC8783246.
14: Abhilash KPP, Mathiyalagan P, Krishnaraj VRK, Selvan S, Kanagarajan R, Reddy
NP, Rajendiran N, Hazra D, Gunasekaran K, Moorthy M, Jasmine S, Davis JP, George
T, George K, Varghese GM, Rupali P, Barney Isaac TJ, Gupta R, Pichamuthu K, Joy
M, Jayaseelan L, Mathews P, Peter JV. Impact of prior vaccination with
CovishieldTM and Covaxin® on mortality among symptomatic COVID-19
patients during the second wave of the pandemic in South India during April and
May 2021: a cohort study. Vaccine. 2022 Mar 18;40(13):2107-2113. doi:
10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.02.023. Epub 2022 Feb 10. PMID: 35168837; PMCID:
PMC8828422.
15: Bakthavatchalam YD, Puraswani M, Livingston A, Priya M, Venkatesan D, Sharma
D, Iyadurai R, Pichamuthu K, Veeraraghavan B, Mathur P. Novel linear plasmids
carrying vanA cluster drives the spread of vancomycin resistance in Enterococcus
faecium in India. J Glob Antimicrob Resist. 2022 Jun;29:168-172. doi:
10.1016/j.jgar.2022.03.013. Epub 2022 Mar 23. PMID: 35339734.
16: Isaac BTJ, Priya N, Nair AA, Thangakunam B, Balachandran A, George T, Thomas
SM, George TK, Iyadurai R, Kumar SS, Zachariah A, Singh B, Rupali P, Pichamuthu
K, Gupta R, Daniel J, Sasikumar JR, Chandy ST, Christopher DJ. Treatment of
COVID-19 Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome With a Tabletop Noninvasive
Ventilation Device in a Respiratory Intermediate Care Unit. Mayo Clin Proc Innov
Qual Outcomes. 2022 Jun;6(3):239-249. doi: 10.1016/j.mayocpiqo.2022.04.001. Epub
2022 Apr 19. PMID: 35463482; PMCID: PMC9015959.
17: Pichamuthu K. Vasopressors in Septic Shock: The Quest for Refinement. Indian
J Crit Care Med. 2022 Jun;26(6):659-660. doi: 10.5005/jp-journals-10071-24248.
PMID: 35836635; PMCID: PMC9237144.
18: Barnabas R, Yadav B, Jayakaran J, Gunasekaran K, Johnson J, Pichamuthu K,
Iyadurai R. Direct Costs of Healthcare among Patients with Deliberate Self-harm:
A Pilot Study from a Tertiary Care Hospital in South India. Indian J Crit Care
Med. 2022 Jul;26(7):836-838. doi: 10.5005/jp-journals-10071-24239. PMID:
36864870; PMCID: PMC9973189.
19: Srinivasan S, Kumar PG, Govil D, Gupta S, Kumar V, Pichamuthu K, Clerk AM,
Kothekar AT, D'Costa PM, Toraskar K, Soni KD, John JK, Patel SJ, Savio RD,
Jagadeesh KN, Jose C, Pandit RA, Gopal P, Chaudhry D, Dixit S, Mishra RC, Kar A,
Samavedam S. Competencies for Point-of-care Ultrasonography in ICU: An ISCCM
Expert Panel Practice Recommendation. Indian J Crit Care Med. 2022 Oct;26(Suppl
2):S7-S12. doi: 10.5005/jp-journals-10071-24199. PMID: 36896358; PMCID:
PMC9989871.
20: Pichamuthu K. Optic Nerve Sheath Ultrasound: Where do We Go from Here?
Indian J Crit Care Med. 2021 Apr;25(4):360-361. doi: 10.5005/jp-
journals-10071-23795. PMID: 34045797; PMCID: PMC8138630.
21: Pichamuthu K. Lung Ultrasound: COVID-19's Silver Lining. Indian J Crit Care
Med. 2021 Jan;25(1):8-9. doi: 10.5005/jp-journals-10071-23703. PMID: 33603293;
PMCID: PMC7874284.
22: Ninan GA, Gunasekaran K, Jayakaran JAJ, Johnson J, Abhilash K, Pichamuthu K,
Iyadurai R. Heat-related illness-Clinical profile and predictors of outcome from
a healthcare center in South India. J Family Med Prim Care. 2020 Aug
25;9(8):4210-4215. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_690_20. PMID: 33110834; PMCID:
PMC7586615.
23: Iyadurai R, Gunasekaran K, Jose A, Pitchaimuthu K. Calotropis poisoning with
severe cardiac toxicity A case report. J Family Med Prim Care. 2020 Aug
25;9(8):4444-4447. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_783_20. PMID: 33110881; PMCID:
PMC7586564.
24: Appearance of the optic nerve sheath diameter (ONSD) using higher frequency linear probes in detection and monitoring of raised intracranial pressures-a cadaveric study. Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research 2019 July: Vol-13:AC05-AC08
25: A randomized controlled trial of Lactobacillus in the prevention of ventilator associated pneumonia. Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research. 2019 Aug, Vol-13(8): OC21-24
26: Karthik G, Sudarsan TI, Peter JV, Sudarsanam T, Varghese GM, Kundavaram P,
Sathyendra S, Iyyadurai R, Pichamuthu K. Spectrum of cardiac manifestations and
its relationship to outcomes in patients admitted with scrub typhus infection.
World J Crit Care Med. 2018 Feb 4;7(1):16-23. doi: 10.5492/wjccm.v7.i1.16. PMID:
29430404; PMCID: PMC5797972.
27: Manesh A, Mani RS, Pichamuthu K, Jagannati M, Mathew V, Karthik R, Abraham
OC, Chacko G, Varghese GM. Case Report: Failure of Therapeutic Coma in Rabies
Encephalitis. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2018 Jan;98(1):207-210. doi:
10.4269/ajtmh.17-0153. Epub 2018 Jan 1. PMID: 29141755; PMCID: PMC5928693.
28: D'sa SR, Peter JV, Chacko B, Pichamuthu K, Sathyendra S. Intra-aortic
balloon pump (IABP) rescue therapy for refractory cardiogenic shock due to
scorpion sting envenomation. Clin Toxicol (Phila). 2016;54(2):155-7. doi:
10.3109/15563650.2015.1116043. Epub 2015 Dec 22. PMID: 26696217.
29: Thomas K, Peter JV, Christina J, Jagadish AR, Rajan A, Lionel P, Jeyaseelan
L, Yadav B, John G, Pichamuthu K, Chacko B, Pari P, Murugesan T, Rajendran K,
John A, Sathyendra S, Iyyadurai R, Jasmine S, Karthik R, Mathuram A, Hansdak SG,
Abhilash KP, Kumar S, John KR, Sudarsanam TD. Cost-utility in medical intensive
care patients. Rationalizing ongoing care and timing of discharge from intensive
care. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2015 Jul;12(7):1058-65. doi:
10.1513/AnnalsATS.201411-527OC. PMID: 26011090.
30: Peter JV, Griffith MF, Prakash JA, Chrispal A, Pichamuthu K, Varghese GM.
Anti-nuclear antibody expression in severe scrub typhus infection: preliminary
observations. J Glob Infect Dis. 2014 Oct;6(4):195-6. doi:
10.4103/0974-777X.145260. PMID: 25538461; PMCID: PMC4265838.
31: Griffith M, Peter JV, Karthik G, Ramakrishna K, Prakash JA, Kalki RC,
Varghese GM, Chrispal A, Pichamuthu K, Iyyadurai R, Abraham OC. Profile of organ
dysfunction and predictors of mortality in severe scrub typhus infection
requiring intensive care admission. Indian J Crit Care Med. 2014
Aug;18(8):497-502. doi: 10.4103/0972-5229.138145. PMID: 25136187; PMCID:
PMC4134622.
32: Ramakrishna K, Sampath S, Chacko J, Chacko B, Narahari DL, Veerendra HH,
Moorthy M, Krishna B, Chekuri V, Raju RK, Shanmugasundaram D, Pichamuthu K,
Abraham AM, Abraham O, Thomas K, Mathews P, Varghese GM, Rupali P, Peter JV.
Clinical Profile and Predictors of Mortality of Severe Pandemic (H1N1) 2009
Virus Infection Needing Intensive Care: A Multi-Centre Prospective Study from
South India. J Glob Infect Dis. 2012 Jul;4(3):145-52. doi:
10.4103/0974-777X.100569. PMID: 23055645; PMCID: PMC3459431.
33: John, G.T., Peter, J.V., Pichamuthu, K., & Chacko, B. Shock for the Internist. Indian Medical journal 2011;1:4-23
34: Chacko B, Peter JV, Pichamuthu K, Ramakrishna K, Moorthy M, Karthik R, John
G. Cardiac manifestations in patients with pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus infection
needing intensive care. J Crit Care. 2012 Feb;27(1):106.e1-6. doi:
10.1016/j.jcrc.2011.05.016. Epub 2011 Jul 6. PMID: 21737242.
35: Pichamuthu K, Jerobin J, Nair A, John G, Kamalesh J, Thomas K, Jose A,
Fleming JJ, Zachariah A, David SS, Daniel D, Peter JV. Bioscavenger therapy for
organophosphate poisoning - an open-labeled pilot randomized trial comparing
fresh frozen plasma or albumin with saline in acute organophosphate poisoning in
humans. Clin Toxicol (Phila). 2010 Oct;48(8):813-9. doi:
10.3109/15563650.2010.518970. Epub 2010 Oct 6. PMID: 20923392.
36: Ramya I, Mathews KP, Pichamuthu K, Keshava SN, Balamugesh T, Ramamani M,
Surekha V, Mammen T. Endotracheal tuberculous stenosis: ventilation rescue and
bronchography guided stenting. Indian J Chest Dis Allied Sci. 2010 Jan-
Mar;52(1):55-8. PMID: 20364617.
37: John G, Peter JV, Chacko B, Pichamuthu K, Rao A, Subbalakshmi K, George KE,
Agarwal SK, Anouncia SM, Sunderraj E, Siromoney A. A computer-assisted
recording, diagnosis and management of the medically ill system for use in the
intensive care unit: a preliminary report. Indian J Crit Care Med. 2009 Jul-
Sep;13(3):136-42. doi: 10.4103/0972-5229.58538. PMID: 20040810; PMCID:
PMC2823094.
38: David D, Prabhakar A, Peter JV, Pichamuthu K. Human poisoning with hexastar:
a hexaconazole-containing agrochemical fungicide. Clin Toxicol (Phila). 2008
Aug;46(7):692-3. doi: 10.1080/15563650701447012. PMID: 18608253.
39: Peter JV, Moran JL, Pichamuthu K, Chacko B. Adjuncts and alternatives to
oxime therapy in organophosphate poisoningis there evidence of benefit in
human poisoning? A review. Anaesth Intensive Care. 2008 May;36(3):339-50. doi:
10.1177/0310057X0803600305. PMID: 18564794.
40: Peter JV, Prabhakar AT, Pichamuthu K. Delayed-onset encephalopathy and coma
in acute organophosphate poisoning in humans. Neurotoxicology. 2008
Mar;29(2):335-42. doi: 10.1016/j.neuro.2008.01.004. Epub 2008 Jan 21. PMID:
18304642.
41: Peter JV, Prabhakar AT, Pichamuthu K. In-laws, insecticideand a mimic of
brain death. Lancet. 2008 Feb 16;371(9612):622. doi:
10.1016/S0140-6736(08)60273-1. PMID: 18280331.
42: Kaul S, Brahmadathan KN, Jagannati M, Sudarsanam TD, Pitchamuthu K, Abraham
OC, John G. One year trends in the gram-negative bacterial antibiotic
susceptibility patterns in a medical intensive care unit in South India. Indian
J Med Microbiol. 2007 Jul;25(3):230-5. doi: 10.4103/0255-0857.34764. PMID:
17901640.
43: Thambu D, Pichamuthu K, Varghese GM, Subramanian S. Community-acquired,
fatal extended spectrum beta lactamase producing Klebsiella pneumoniae splenic
abscess and sepsis. J Postgrad Med. 2006 Oct-Dec;52(4):328-9. PMID: 17102566.
44: Sudarsanam TD, Pichaimuthu K, Zachariah A, John G. Oximes in acute
organophosphate poisoning. Crit Care Med. 2006 Aug;34(8):2265; author reply
2265-6. doi: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000229681.55355.42. PMID: 16883212.