Dr. Suja P Sukumar

Areas of Expertise

• Reproductive & Pediatric Endocrinology
• Gender dysphorias & DSD
• Diabetes Mellitus
• Pituitary & Adrenal disorders

Conferences Attended

• Regularly attends and presents papers in ESICON
• Organising committee member of KENDOCON 2018
• Paper accepted for US ENDO 2017
• Attended CDTANIL in LONDON on April 8th – 10 th 2019

Awards and Achievements

• Prof. Dr. G.B.West medal for securing state level highest marks in M.D Medicine
• Dr R. Vijayalakshmi gold medal for securing state level highest marks in M.D Medicine
• APOLLO gold medal for securing state level highest marks in M.D Medicine
• Dr R. V Rajam gold medal for securing state level highest marks in M.D Medicine
• ESI AVG award for best research scholar in 2017 first runner up
• Second Prize in DM quiz in ISBMR conference
• First rank in PGI Endocrinology entrance examination
• State level 8th rank holder in 10th standard board examination

Other Contributions

• Established first Transgender clinic in private sector in kerala – ‘Identity clinic’. A multidisciplinary clinic for transgender health running successfully
• Invited speaker in several national CMEs
• Speaker in various physician CMEs organised by Novonordisk, sanofi, Novartis, Boehringer, Abott, Merck, MSD, USV, SUN
• Estalished SEDAP centre – Sunrise Endocrine Diabetic and Podiatry centre with a fully equipped foot lab and procedure room for all endocrine tests and podiatric procedures.
• Authored a chapter – ‘Hyperosmolar Hyperglycemic State’ in World Clinics- Diabetology. January 2016, Volume 2
• Life time member of IPATH and WPATH
• Medical advisor for all kerala transmen association

Advisory Board

Member of advisory board to Novonordisk, Sanofi, Merck, Bayer

Research and Publications

• Usefulness of Testosterone priming in differentiating CDGP from IHH (2014- 2016) – Dr Rama Walia, Prof Dr Anil Bhansali – Dept of Endocrinology, PGIMER, Chandigarh.
• Diagnostic utility of testosterone priming prior to dynamic tests to differentiate constitutional delay in puberty from isolated hypogonadotropic hypogonadism – Sukumar SP, Bhansali A, Sachdeva N, Ahuja CK, Gorsi U, Jarial KD, Walia R. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 2017 May;86(5):717-724. doi: 10.1111/cen.13321. Epub 2017 Mar 28.
•  Fibrogenesis Imperfecta Ossium and Response to Human Growth Hormone: A Potential Novel Therapy – Bhadada SK, Dhiman V, Mukherjee S, Aggarwal S, Bal A, Sukumar SP, Sood A, Sharma DC, Khandelwal N, Bhansali A, Van Hul W, Rao SD. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2017 Feb 28. doi: 10.1210/jc.2016-3055. [Epub ahead of print]
• Primary hyperparathyroidism: insights from the Indian PHPT registry – Bhadada SK, Arya AK, Mukhopadhyay S, Khadgawat R, Sukumar S, Lodha S, Singh DN, Sathya A, Singh P, Bhansali A. J Bone Miner Metab. 2017 Mar 31. doi: 10.1007/s00774-017-0833-8. [Epub ahead of print]
• Diagnostic accuracy and comparison of BIPSS in response to lysine vasopressin and hCRH – Jarial KDS, Bhansali A, Gupta V, Singh P, Mukherjee KK, Sharma A, Vashishtha RK, Sukumar SP, Sachdeva N, Walia R.
• The microbiology of diabetic foot infections in patients recently treated with antibiotic therapy: A prospective study from India – Rastogi A, Sukumar S, Hajela A, Mukherjee S, Dutta P, Bhadada SK, Bhansali J.
• Rat bite ulcer in an insensate foot – Jarial KD, Sukumar S, Bhansali A.
• Utility of a single late-night plasma cortisol and acth for the diagnosis of cushing syndrome – Jarial KDS, Bhansali A, Mukherjee KK, Pal R, Sharma A, Vashishtha RK, Sukumar SP, Sachdeva N, Walia R.
• Zebra lines in osteogenesis imperfecta on bisphosphonate therapy
• Maternal Mild Thyroid Insufficiency and Risk of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Evidence-based Medicine Viewpoint.
• Acute lymphocytic leukaemia presenting as a metabolic bone disease
• Congenital hypothyroidism – A usual suspect at an unusual age: A case series
• Female phenotype with male karyotype: a clinical enigma.