About Doctor

EXPERIENCE IN RHEUMATOLOGY

· Attended basic research methodology workshop in JIPMER

· Completed basic musculoskeletal ultrasound course in IRACON 2019

· Completed vascular ultrasound basic course in IRACON 2019

· Completed EULAR basic ultrasound course

· Completed Basic course in Biomedical research by ICMR

· I was a part of core committee in IRACON 2019, Indian rheumatology national conference

· I was part of COVID vaccine task force for Indian association of rheumatology

· Worked as a senior resident in Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology in JIPMER for a period of 3 years.

Department of Clinical immunology and Rheumatology in JIPMER provides rheumatology services to people in Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, southern parts of Andhra Pradesh. It provides Outpatient services to nearly 1000 patients/week, inpatient services for 20 patients/ week and cross consultations of 50 patients/week from other clinical departments. It has separate lab services for Immunology like immunofluorescence, ELISA, Nephelometry, and FACS with residents posted for 3 months in lab services.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

• 2019, IRACON Puducherry, India- Poster on “Clinical and immunological profile of patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathies in a tertiary care hospital”

• 2020 EULAR, Frankfurt, Germany- Poster on “Timed functions as an alternative to MMT 8 and functional index 2 in assessing disease outcomes in polymyositis and dermatomyositis”

• 2020 ACR, Washington, USA - oral presentation on “Two-minute walk distance and other timed function tests are better alternatives to MMT 8 and fi-2 in assessing disease outcome measures in polymyositis and dermatomyositis”

• 2021 EULAR, Paris, France- Poster on “Two-minute walk test as a simple and objective outcome measure in Idiopathic Inflammatory Myositis”

• 2021 APLAR, Tokyo Japan, - Poster on – “Adjusted global antiphospholipid syndrome score (aGAPSS) based nomogram for predicting avascular necrosis in SLE”

• 2021 KCR, Seoul, South Korea – Poster on - “Adjusted global antiphospholipid syndrome score (aGAPSS) based nomogram for predicting avascular necrosis in SLE”

• 2021 KCR, Seoul, South Korea – Poster on - “Two-minute walk test as a simple and objective outcome measure in Idiopathic Inflammatory Myositis”

• 2021 ACR, USA – Poster on – “Timed Function Tests as Measures of Disease Activity and Functional Outcome in Inflammatory Myositis”

• 2021 IRACON 2021, Hyderabad India – Oral presentation on – “Validation of Timed function tests and novel biomarkers,Galectin-9, CXCL-10 and TNFRII in assessing disease activity in patients with Dermatomyositis and polymyositis- an analytical cohort study”

• 2022 KCR 2022, Seoul, South Korea- Poster on –“ Galectin-9 and CXCL-10 as biomarkers in assessing disease activity in Dermatomyositis and Polymyositis - a single centre cohort study”

Publications:

1. Dunga SK, Sundaram TG, Kavadichanda CG. Pathogenesis of muscle weakness in inflammatory myositis. Indian J Rheumatol 2020

2. Dunga SK, Adarsh MB, Polyarticular tuberculosis: A rheumatoid arthritis mimic Indian J Med Res 152, October 2020, DOI: 10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_2329_19

3. Dunga SK, Kavadichanda C, Negi V. POS0880 Two-minute walk test as a simple and objective outcome measure in idiopathic inflammatory myositis.

4. Kavadichanda C, Shah S, Daber A, Bairwa D, Mathew A, Dunga S, Das AC, Gopal A, Ravi K, Kar SS, Negi VS. Tele-rheumatology for overcoming socioeconomic barriers to healthcare in resource constrained settings: lessons from COVID-19 pandemic. Rheumatology. 2020 Dec 7.

5. Dunga SK, MB A, Kavadichanda C, Negi V. SAT0314 Timed function tests are an alternative to mmt8 and fi-2 in inflammatory myositis-an observational cohort study.

6. Dunga SK, Kavadichanda C, Gupta L, Naveen R, Agarwal V, Negi VS. Disease characteristics and clinical outcomes of adults and children with anti-MDA-5 antibody-associated myositis: a prospective observational bicentric study. Rheumatology International. 2021 May 29:1-1.

7. Dunga S, Kavadichanda C, Bairwa D, Thabah MM, Negi VS. Performance of timed function tests as outcome measures in idiopathic inflammatory myopathy–results from a single-centre cohort. Rheumatology. 2022 Apr 13.

HONORS / AWARDS

• Passed out with distinction in MBBS (2012, Dr N.T.R University of Health Sciences, Vijayawada

• Best outgoing student of Alluri Sita Rama Raju academy of medical sciences for the 2007 batch.

• Won 2nd prize in State level Indian academy of paediatrics quiz in the year 2009.

• Won best paper for Basic Immunization coverage in semi-urban areas of Eluru in South Indian undergraduate conference held by PSM department, Trivandrum medical college Kerala.

• Won Best case report for Chronic abdominal sinus on South Indian undergraduate conference held in RIMS Kadapa 2010.

• Won 2nd prize in quiz conducted on Basics of critical care in CMC vellore.

• Won 1^st prize in quiz conducted in conference conducted in South Indian postgraduate medicine conference, SMVIMS, Pondicherry.

• Got second place in zonal round rheumatology quiz in 2016 in CMC vellore.

• Received Indian Rheumatology association research grant of 1 lakh.

• Awarded Travel Grant of 500$ for EULAR 2020 and EULAR 2021 conferences

• Recieved “International Scholarship for Young Rheumatologist” from Korean College of Rheumatology for paper on Adjusted global antiphospholipid syndrome score (aGAPSS) based nomogram for predicting avascular necrosis in SLE