Dr. Rekha T. S

Doctors Details

MBBS, MD (Pathology), Ph. D

Pathology

Associate Professor

Languages Spoken :
Kannada, English, Hindi

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Pathology

Dr. T. S. Rekha is working as Associate Professor at Department of Pathology, JSS Medical College, Mysore since 15 years with a passion to teach medical undergraduates, postgraduates and paramedical students. JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research (JSSAHER), has awarded Ph. D in Medicine in 2020 for her thesis “Potential of angiogenic markers in neoplastic lesions of breast for early diagnosis and targeted therapy” and a pioneer Ph. D in her department. She graduated MD (Pathology) and MBBS from JSS Medical college and has rich experience in Cytology, Hematology, Histopathology and Clinical Pathology with special interest in Oncopathology and Research. She was trained in reputed academic instituions such as St. John’s Medical College and Hospital, Bengaluru and Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, Bengaluru and worked in several private laboratory as Consultant Pathologist. She has several publications in both national and international journals and completed research projected funded from Indian Council for Medical Research and JSSAHER. In collaboration with Department of Biology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, she has worked on Artificial Intelligence based projects on breast carcinoma. She is currently involved in Triple Negative Breast Cancer research project funded by JSSAHER. She is NABL certified Internal Auditor and Quality Management Systems and Lab In-charge of Clinical Laboratory. She has been awarded for best poster and group research presentations. She has guided several Pathology postgraduates, in-charge of Department Museum development and awaiting for Ph. D guideship approval.

Oncopathology and Research

Karnataka Chapter of Indian Association of Pathologistsand Microbiologists
Indian Association of Pathologists and Microbiologists
Indian Academy of Cytology
Indian Association for cancer research

Research projects completed

Potential of Angiogenic markers in neoplastic lesions of breast for early diagnosis and targeted therapy
Immunohistochemical validation or surfacereceptors on cell block sections – JSSMVP Completed 40,500/-
Evaluation and comparison of urine sedimentscoring system in acute kidney injury with the wet mount and Leishman stained smears to stage and diagnose acute tubular necrosis at its earliest
Prevalence and gene typing of Beta Thalassemia trait among Tribal school children of Mysore district – ICMR Completed 30,29,400/-
Evaluation of Macrophage Inhibitory Cytokine – 1 as a potent marker in breast carcinoma for and early diagnosis and a targeted therapy

Research projects – Ongoing

Predicting Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Response in Triple Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC) using Machine Learning
A Whole Slide – Imaging Based Machine Learning Approach to Predict Lymph Node (LN) metastases from Primary Tumors in TNBC patients

Publications

A case report of Glycogen-Rich Clear Cell Carcinoma of breast
Evaluation of Modified Masood’s cytological scoring in surgical management of breast lesion.
Clear cell renal cell carcinoma with areas of chromophobe renal cell carcinoma.
Validity of different cytological grading systems of breast carcinoma. A hospital based study in South India.
Expansion of Masood’scytologic index for breast carcinoma and its validity
Cytology of secondary hemophagocyticlymphohistiocytosis masquerading as lymphoma in a non – immunocompromised adult.
Evaluation of breast neoplastic lesions by different cytological grading methods.
Epidemiology and Corollary of Estrogen Dominance in Human Breast Carcinogenesis: A Case – Control Study