CURRICULUM VITAE

1. NAME : DR. R. RAJKUMAR

2. FATHER'S NAME : P. Rajamanickam
3. AGE : 47 Years
4. SEX : Male
5. DATE OF BIRTH : 7th September 1961
6. MOTHER TONGUE : Tamil
7. OTHER LANGUAGE KNOWN : Kannada, English & Hindi
8. ADDRESS

· Present (for correspondence) : Associate Professor,

Department of Community Medicine
Narayana Medical College
NELLORE – 524 002
Andhra Pradesh, INDIA
Mobile : ++91 98421 91989
Fax : ++91 861 2317962
E.Mail : rajcfchc@gmail.com

· Permanent : 1 / 37.A., Thennai Mara St, SEDUVALAI, VELLORE TK,

N.A.DT, T. NADU , INDIA - 632 104.
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·Present Work : Associate Professor
Dept. of Community Medicine,
Narayana Medical College, NELLORE, AP, India

Current research:

CERVICAL CANCER SCREENING PROJECTS as published in the directory of International

Agency for Research on Cancer – IARC / WHO - Website: http://screening.iarc.fr

• Evaluation of the efficacy of visual inspection with acetic acid (VIA) in cervical cancer
prevention in Dindigul District, Tamil Nadu
• Screening for cervix, breast and oral cancers by application of science and technology for
health in rural areas - ASTHRA strategy
• Screening, Education, Awareness for Cervical Cancer Reduction - SEA CARE Programme for
Chennai Port Trust Employees and their families
 9. EDUCATION:

Sl. No DEGREE / CERTIFICATE PERIOD CLASS PLACE / UNIVERSITY

1 Indian School Certificate 71 – 76 II University of Cambridge

(I.S.C.) Local Examination Syndicate
IDA Scudder School,
Vellore, Tamil Nadu.
2 B.Sc., (Zoology) 77 – 80 I Madras University
3 M.B.B.S., 82 – 88 II Bangalore University
Dr. Ambedkar Medical College,
Bangalore.
4 Leprosy Medical Officer's 3.7.89 to I SLR & TC,Karigiri,Vellore.
Training Course 12.8.89
5 Epidemiology (Principles 4.2.91 to Pass C.M.C. Vellore.
and Practice) 16.2.91
6 Research Methodology in 29.9.91 Pass K.M.C. Hubli.
Medical Sciences (C.M.E.)
7 M.D. – Community Aug. 90 to Gold Kuvempu University
Medicine Aug. 93 Medallist
8 D.I.H (Diploma in Industrial Aug. 93 to
Hygiene) Aug 94 Annamalai University

9 Ph. D (Cancer Control and 1995 International open university,

Prevention) Colombo,Srilanka.
10 Cancer Registry CANREG Feb 96 – International Agency For Research
Mar. 96 On Cancer- W.H.O

11 U.I.C.C. FELLOWSHIP 1996 Union Internationale Control le

Cancer, Geneve
12 Certificate in Colposcopy 1999 Royal College of Obstetrics &
Gynaecology – London, UK
Royal College of Surgeons Ireland,
Dublin, Republic of Ireland.
13 Cancer Epidemiology 1999 I.A.R.C – Lyon, France
14 I.A.R.C sponsored workshop Tata Memorial Cancer Research
in Cervical Precancer 2000 Centre, Barshi, India.
Management
15 Cancer Registry and 2002 IARC / WHO, Lyon, France
Cancer Epidemiology
16 Cancer Prevention – Pre 2002 RCOG - Ireland and UK
cancer Management
17 Medical Education Training 2002 PSG Institute of Medical Sciences
course and Research – Coimbatore
18 Development of An Atlas of 31 July – Bangalore
Cancer In India 2 Aug 2002
19 Cancer Registry – 2003 IARC / WHO Workshop at Bangalore
CanReg4
20 Cancer Epidemiology 2004 IARC / WHO Trivandram, India
21 HIV & AIDS 2004 PSGIMSR , Coimbatore
 10. TEACHING EXPERIENCE IN MEDICAL COLLEGES

Department of Community Medicine

1. TUTOR CUM PG : JJMMC, Davangere 12.08.1990 to 31.08.1993 -- 3 YEARS

( WHO Research work from 1.9.1993 to 31.5.2001 )

2. ASSISTANT PROFESSOR: PSGIMSR, Coimbatore 01. 06.2001 to 31.05.2006 -- 5 YEARS

3. ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR :
( 1 ) PSGIMSR, Coimbatore. From: 01.06.2006 to 07.08.2008 -- 2 Yrs 2 Months

( 2 ) NARAYANA MEDICAL COLLEGE, Nellore 20. 08.2008 – TILL DATE -- 10 Months

11. Reviewer

Floor 6, 236, Gray’s Inn Road, LONDON, WC1 X 8HL

12. Academic positions:

Associate Professor, Community Medicine – DNB Courses in Family Medicine – 10 Years

Examiner for UG and PG Courses

The TN Dr. MGR . Medical University
Rajiv Gandhi University of Medical Sciences, Karnataka,
Podicherry University, Pondicherry, JIPMER,
Kerala University.

Ex Member of STANDING ACADEMIC BOARD

Ex President, Faculty of Community Medicine
The T.N.Dr.MGR.Medical University

PhD – Guide in Community Health at The T.N.Dr.MGR Medical University

13. Visiting faculty: The Cervcal Cancer Screening Program of

The Ohio State Medical University, Columbus, Ohio, USA

14. Research Experience :

Cancer Registry and Cervical Cancer Control in collaboration with IARC/WHO - 12 years

15. Memberships: a. Christian Medical Association India

b. Indian Public Health Association
c. Indian Association of Preventive & Social Medicine
d. Indian Society Health Administrators
e. Indian Medical Association
f. Indian Leprosy Association
g. Young Men Christian Association
h. Union Internationale Controle le Cancer ( UICC) – Geneva
i. International Association of Cancer Registries (IACR), France
16.Conferences: 1. CMAI. National Conference, N.Delhi, Nov.'85
2. IAPSM, National Conference, N.Delhi, Nov.'91
3. Common wealth Conference, N.Delhi Dec.'91
4. IAPSM - National Conference, Manipal Nov.'92
5. Fourth World Congress on Clinical Nutrition, Cochin-Oct.'93
6. International Association of cancer Registries, Bangalore Nov.'94
7. XV Asia Pacific Cancer Conference Chennai, 12th - 15th Dec 1999
8. Basic Colposcopy course held at Royal College Obstetricians and
Gynaecologists, London UK on 8th - 9th June 1999.
9. The 22nd Annual Meeting of the International Association of Cancer
Registries, Khon Kean,Thailand 8 - 10th November 2000.
10. The 10th Annual Conference of the Association of Gynaecologic
Oncologists of India, 13 – 15 December, 2001, Kolkotta, India.
11. Cancer Registration and Epidemiology Meeting,
Lyon, France, 5th May 2002 – 25th May 2002.
12. National Cancer Registries Meeting of ICMR and
WHO, at Bangalore, 31 July – 2 August , 2002.
13. ICMR & IARC/WHO XIX Workshop of National Cancer Registry Programme,
Indian Institute of Sciences, Bangalore, Nov. 2003
14. AGOICON – Association of Gynaecological Oncologists of India – AGOICON
Annual Conference, Christian Medical College, Vellore 27.11.2003 – 29.11.2003
INVITED SPEAKER: Topic: A Randomised VIA Screening Trial in Dindigul Dt,
Tamil Nadu – a IARC/WHO study
15. Cancer Institute Adayar – Oncology Workshop, February 3rd to 5th 2004
16. 26th Annual Meeting of the International Association 0f Cancer Registries
September 14-16, 2004, Beijing, CHINA
17. Cancer Foundation of India and WHO Review of Manual C4GEP – WHO
sponsored workshop, 17 February 2005, Bangalore, India
18. 3rd Asian Pacicic Organisation for Cancer Prevention – APOCP, April 25 – 27
2005, Rasht, TEHRAN, IRAN. Key note speaker on Cervical Cancer Screening
19. Society of Colposcopists and Cervical Pathologists of Singapore – SCCPS –
Annual Oration – March 2006 , Invited speaker on Screening Strategies.
20. International Workshop in Cervical Diseases and CANCER PREVENTION at
PSGIMSR, Coimbatore, 17th-19th , November 2006, in collaboration with the SCCPS,
Singapore

21. Grand Rounds presentation – Cervical Cancer Screening in Rural India, Feb21,2007
The Ohio State Medical University, Ohio, USA
22. Consultant, Cervical Cancer Grant Meeting, July 2007, The Ohio State University Medical
Center, Columbus, USA.

23. Organized The 2nd International Workshop in Cervical Cancer Prevention in Collaboration
with The Ohio State Medical University, USA, The International Agency For Research On
Cancer, IARC / WHO, Lyon, FRANCE, and National University Hospital Singapore, on
11th and 12th February 2008 .

24. Principal Investigator of the proposed Telepathology Project between Tamil Nadu, India
and The Ohio State Medical University, USA , which is the first of its kind between India
and USA

25. Faculty and Course Director of International Workshop on Colposcopy and Cervical
Cancer prevention – COLPOCO 2009, during March 2009, at The Chennai Port Trust

17. References :

1. a).Dr.Silvia Franceschi, Chief, Unit of Field Intervention Studies

b).Dr.R.Sankaranarayanan, Head, Screening Group

International Agency For Research On Cancer, IARC/WHO

150, cours Albert Thomas 69372, Lyon, cedex 08, FRANCE
 2. The Principal
Narayana Medical College
Nellore, AP – 524 002, India

18. Fellowships : Fellow Union Internationale Controle le Caîcer

UICC- Geneva, Switzerland, FUICC

Principal Investigator – Directory of Ongoing Research in

Cancer Prevention – IARC / WHO 2008

Associate Member – International Association of Cancer Registries - IACR

Honorary Member – Society For Colposcopy and Cervical

Pathology of Singapore - SCCPS

19..Current Research : Cervical Cancer Control Programme in Collaboration with I.A.R.C / W.H.O.
Human Papilloma Virus Prevalence study in Ambilikkai, South India.
VIA as a methodology for Cervical Cancer Screening – projects in India and USA

20. Founder : 1.ASTHRA ( Application of Science and Technology for Health in Rural Areas ) – Cervix, Breast and
Oral Cancer Prevention Programme at Narayana Medical College , Nellore, AP, India.( 2008)

2. SEACARE ( Screening Education Awareness for CANCER REDUCTION ) at The Chennai Port
Trust, Chennai, India ( 2008 )

3. SISCOLP - SOUTH INDIAN SOCIETY FOR COLPOSCOPY AND CERVICAL PATHOLOGY

SITE OF MY WORK PREPARED BY THE IARC / WHO

http://screening.iarc.fr

1 Cervical Cancer Project at Dindigul, Tamil Nadu, South India

2. SEA CARE – Screening, Education Awareness for Cancer Reduction Project at the
Chennai Port trust Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
3. ASTHRA – Project ( Application of Science and Technology for Health in Rural Areas ) at
Narayana Medical College, Nellore, AP, India

22. Future Research

1. Preparation of a large, simple “phase IV” study of anti- HPV Vaccination in Asia
Silvia Franceschi IARC/WHO, Richard Peto, T.Rajkumar, R.Rajkumar, Rengaswamy Sankaranarayanan,
Soina Pagliusi, Teresa Aguado & Thomas Cherian

Scientific Paper Submitted to the HPV International Conference – Floriano polis – June 2001.

2. Telepathology in Cervical Cancer Screening– Proof of Concept – A coolaborative

project with The Ohio State Medical University , Ohio, USA

Contacts
Cell: ++91 98421 91989 Fax:: ++ 91 861 2317962
Dr.R.RAJKUMAR E.mail: rajcfchc@gmail.com
Associate Professor
Dept. of Community Medicine
Narayana Medical College, NELLORE, AP, India – 524 002
SCIENTIFIC PAPERS PUBLISHED IN PEER REVIEWED INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS

1. 2007: Wright Thomas C; Blumenthal Paul; Bradley Janet; Denny Lynette; Esmy
Pulikattil Okkaru; Jayant Kasturi; Nene Bhagwan M; Pollack Amy E; Rajkumar
Rajamanickam; Sankaranarayanan Rengaswamy; Sellors John W; Shastri Surendra S;
Sherris Jacqueline; Tsu Vivien

Cervical cancer prevention for all the world's women:

new approaches offer opportunities and promise.

Diagnostic cytopathology 2007;35(12):845-8.

2. 2007: Sankaranarayanan Rengaswamy; Esmy Pulikkottil Okkuru; Rajkumar

Rajamanickam; Muwonge Richard; Swaminathan Rajaraman; Shanthakumari
Sivanandam; Fayette Jean-Marie; Cherian Jacob

Effect of visual screening on cervical cancer incidence

and mortality in Tamil Nadu, India: a cluster-randomised
trial.
Lancet 2007;370(9585):398-406.

3. 2007: Sankaranarayanan R; Rajkumar R; Esmy P O; Fayette J M; Shanthakumary S;

Frappart L; Thara S; Cherian J

Effectiveness, safety and acceptability of 'see and treat'

with cryotherapy by nurses in a cervical screening study
in India.
British journal of cancer 2007;96(5):738-43.
4. 2006: Franceschi Silvia; Herrero Rolando; Clifford Gary M; Snijders Peter J F; Arslan
Annie; Anh Pham Thi Hoang; Bosch F Xavier; Ferreccio Catterina; Hieu Nguyen Trong;
Lazcano-Ponce Eduardo; Matos Elena; Molano Monica; Qiao You-Lin; Rajkumar Raj; Ronco
Guglielmo; de Sanjosé Silvia; Shin Hai-Rim; Sukvirach Sukhon; Thomas Jaiye O; Meijer
Chris J L M; Muñoz Nubia

Variations in the age-specific curves of human

papillomavirus prevalence in women worldwide.
International journal of cancer. Journal
international du cancer 2006;119(11):2677-84.

5. 2006: Vaccarella Salvatore; Herrero Rolando; Dai Min; Snijders Peter J F; Meijer Chris J
L M; Thomas Jaiye O; Hoang Anh Pham Thi; Ferreccio Catterina; Matos Elena; Posso Hector;
de Sanjosé Silvia; Shin Hai-Rim; Sukvirach Sukhon; Lazcano-Ponce Eduardo; Ronco
Guglielmo; Rajkumar Raj; Qiao You-Lin; Muñoz Nubia; Franceschi Silvia

Reproductive factors, oral contraceptive use, and human

papillomavirus infection: pooled analysis of the IARC HPV
prevalence surveys.

Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a

publication of the American Association for Cancer
Research, cosponsored by the American Society of
Preventive Oncology 2006;15(11):2148-53..
vaccarella@iarc.fr

6. 2005: Clifford G M; Gallus S; Herrero R; Muñoz N; Snijders P J F; Vaccarella S; Anh P T

H; Ferreccio C; Hieu N T; Matos E; Molano M; Rajkumar R; Ronco G; de Sanjosé S; Shin H
R; Sukvirach S; Thomas J O; Tunsakul S; Meijer C J L M; Franceschi S;

Worldwide distribution of human papillomavirus types in

cytologically normal women in the International Agency
for Research on Cancer HPV prevalence surveys: a pooled
analysis.
Lancet 2005;366(9490):991-8.

7. 2005: Chacko Thomas V; Shankar S L Ravi; Mathew Anil C; Rajkumar R; Banu M

Saira

Diet and risk of ischemic heart disease in India.

The American journal of clinical
nutrition 2005;81(2):536-7; author reply 537.
8. 2005: Franceschi S; Rajkumar R; Snijders P J F; Arslan A; Mahé C; Plummer M;
Sankaranarayanan R; Cherian J; Meijer C J L M; Weiderpass E

Papillomavirus infection in rural women in southern India.

British journal of cancer 2005;92(3):601-6.
9. 2004: Sankaranarayanan Rengaswamy; Rajkumar Rajamanickam; Theresa
Rajapandian; Esmy Pulikattil Okkaru; Mahe Cedric; Bagyalakshmi Karur R; Thara
Somanathan; Frappart Lucien; Lucas Eric; Muwonge Richard; Shanthakumari S; Jeevan D;
Subbarao T M; Parkin Donald Maxwell; Cherian Jacob

Initial results from a randomized trial of cervical visual

screening in rural south India.
International journal of cancer. Journal
international du cancer 2004;109(3):461-7.

10. 2003: Sankaranarayanan R; Nene B M; Dinshaw K; Rajkumar R; Shastri S; Wesley

R; Basu P; Sharma R; Thara S; Budukh A; Parkin D M

Early detection of cervical cancer with visual inspection

methods: a summary of completed and on-going studies
in India.
Salud pública de México 2003;45 Suppl 3():S399-
407..

11. 2003: Sankaranarayanan Rengaswamy; Rajkumar Rajamanickam; Arrossi

Silvina; Theresa Rajapandian; Esmy Pulikattil Okkaru; Mahé Cédric; Muwonge Richard;
Parkin Donald Maxwell; Cherian Jacob

Determinants of participation of women in a cervical

cancer visual screening trial in rural south India.
Cancer detection and prevention 2003;27(6):457-
65.

12. 2001: Sankaranarayanan R; Budukh A M; Rajkumar R

Effective screening programmes for cervical cancer in
low- and middle-income developing countries.

Bulletin of the World Health

Organization 2001;79(10):954-62.

13. 2000: Rajkumar R; Sankaranarayanan R; Esmi A; Jayaraman R; Cherian J; Parkin D

M

Leads to cancer control based on cancer patterns in a

rural population in South India.
Cancer causes & control : CCC 2000;11(5):433-9.