Profile

Dr. Ranjitha Shankare Gowda who is an alumni of JSS intitutions has  attained her MBBS and MD Microbiology degrees from J.S.S.Medical College and is currently working as Assistant Professor in the department of Microbiology. She has obtained her fellowship in Global Infectious diseases  for her project on Whole genome sequencing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates in collaboration with University of California Berkeley She is also pursuing her PhD and has been actively involved in teaching MBBS , BDS , Nursing and  Physiotherapy students since 7 years. She worked as NABH coordinator and has contributed in getting NABH accreditation for the hospital. She has presented papers and posters at various conferences and chaired few scientific sessions. She is also a recognized reviewer of International Journal. She looks forward to working with newer state of the art techniques and to establish centre of excellence for TB in JSS Hospital.

Share & Blogs / URLs

http://www.ucbrileylab.com/alumni

Fellowship and Membership

 i) Indian Association of Medical Microbiologists

ii) Indian Association of Medical Microbiologists, Karnataka Chapter

iii)  Indian Medical Association

Field of Expertise

Mycobacteriology

Academic Excellence

Awarded the “Global Infectious diseases fellowship”, funded by National Institutes of Health (NIH) USA through University of California, Berkeley

Rare Case Management

Research / Presentations /Publications

1. Primary facial cutaneous Nocardiosis in a HIV patient and review of cutaneous Nocardiosis G. S. Vijay Kumar, Rashmi P. Mahale, K. G. Rajeshwari, R. Rajani, and Ranjitha Shankaregowda.Indian J Sex Transm Dis AIDS. 2011 Jan-Jun; 32(1): 40–43.

1. Evaluation of Culture Methods for Identification of Dermatophytes ..Dr. Rajeshwari K.Gangulappa, Dr. Morubagal Raghavendra Rao, Dr. Tejashree A, Dr. Madhuri Kulkarni, Dr. Ranjitha Shankare Gowda. Journal of medical science and clinical research .Volume 2 Issue 10 October 2014,page 2655-2663

1. Quinolone resistance among Enteric fever isolates in a tertiary care hospital. Dr. Rajeshwari K G, Dr. Sumana M.N, Dr. Raghavendra Rao, Dr.Madhuri Kulkarni, Dr. Ranjitha Shankaregowda. International Journal of Current Reasearch, Vol 6, Issue 11, pp.9799-9802, November, 2014

1. Seroprevalence,  Risk Factors and Genotyping of Hepatitis C Virus. Dr.Ramya S R,Dr.Madhuri Kulkarni ,Dr G S Vijay Kumar, Dr Ranjitha Shankaregowda. IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS) Volume 14, Issue 6 Ver. IV (Jun. 2015), PP 25-30

1. Detection of Metallo-beta lactamase production in clinical isolates of Nonfermentative Gram negative bacilli Dr. Sowmya G Shivappa,  Dr. Ranjitha Shankaregowda*, Dr. Raghavendra Rao M,  Dr. Rajeshwari K G,  Dr. Madhuri Kulkarni. IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS)Volume 14, Issue 10 Ver.VII (Oct. 2015), PP 43-48

1. Detection of quinolone resistance among enteric fever Salmonellae Dr.Rajeshwari K.G,  Dr.Raghavendra Rao M,  Dr.Sumana M.N,  Dr.Madhuri Kulkarni , Dr.Ranjitha S Gowda. International Journal of Innovations in Applied Sciences & Engineering (IJIASE) 2015, Vol. No. 1, Jan-Dec

1. Serological study of viral hepatitis .M. Raghavendra R

Award and Achievements

1. Third prize for paper presentation on “Genetic characterization of Multi drug resistant Enterobacteriaceae” at Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Belgaum

Second prize for mentoring undergraduates in Microbiology teaching model making competition at JSS Medical College, Mysore in 2016