Designation                  :  Professor (Medical Microbiology)

Department Name       :  Gastroenterology

Phone No.                   :  91  0172  2709533, 2756609

Email                           :  vaishnavi.chetana@pgimer.edu.in

Education Qualification :  Ph.D, MNAMS 

Area of Specialization

Medical Microbiology

Areas of Interest

a) Infectious diseases b) Gastrointestinal ailment c) Development of rapid diagnostic test d) Teaching and training students

Research Completed

a) Prevalence of typhoid carriers in patients with GI related disorders b) Detection of Clostridium difficile toxic in AAD c) Faecal lactoferrin assay in inflammatory diarrhoeas d) Epidemiological and resistogram patterns of Escherichia coli isolated e) C-reactive protein in patients with biliary disease f) Bacteriuria in patients with gall bladder disease g) C.perfringens type A in antibiotic associated diarrhoea h) Identification of pathogens in dairy products

Research in Progress

1. Campylobacteria diarrhoeas 2. Endotoxin estimation 3. Myeloperoxidase activity 4. Barrier function test 5. MRSA in hospital personnels

Awards, Honours,Fellowships

1. Dr C.G.S. Iyer Oration ICMR Award 2. Best Paper award by IAL 3. Dr T.M.A. Pai Gold Medal for science 4. Vijay Shree Award

Members of Professional Bodies

1. American Society for Microbiology 2. Indian Association of Medical Microbiologist 3. Indian Association of Leprologists 4. Indian Society for Gastroenterology 5. National Academy of Medical Sciences