Board Certification :
Maryland Federal Licensure Examination – 1979
California State Board Examination – 1981
Diplomate American Board of Internal Medicine – 1981
Diplomate American Board of Internal Medicine (Subspecialty of Gastroenterology and Hepatology) – 1986
Responsibilities Held :
Medical Director
Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre
1998 – PRESENT
Member, Department of Medicine Advisory Committee
Hospital of Good Samaritan-Los Angeles
1990 – 1994
Member, Pharmacy and Therapeutics Subcommittee
Hospital of Good Samaritan-Los Angeles
1990 – 1994
Member, Blood Bank Committee
Hospital of Good Samaritan-Los Angeles
1990 – 1994
Chairman, Nutritional Services Committee
Hospital of Good Samaritan-Los Angeles
1990 – 1994
Chairman, Gastrointestinal Services Committee
Chairman, Hospital of Good Samaritan-Los Angeles
1990 – 1994
National Events Participated In
Telemedicine – The Amrita Hospital Experience – Guangzhou
December 2005
Telemedicine – The Amrita Hospital Experience – New Delhi
September 2005
Telemedicine at Amrita Hospital
International Telemedicine Conference, Bangalore
March 2005
Reforming Healthcare through Information Technology, Mumbai
August 2005
Telemedicine for Rural Health
Telemedicine Workgroup meeting, Chennai,
March 2005
American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases Annual Scientific Meeting
1983, 1984, 1985, 1990, 1994
American Gastroenterology Association Postgraduate Course
1984, 1990, 1992, 1994
GI Hemostasis and Tumor Pallication CURE,
UCLA Medical Center
1984
International Symposium on Viral Hepatitis,San Francisco
1984
Perspective on Gastrointestinal Disease Management, Phoenix
1989