Faculty Profile

Bio

Educational qualifications

• DM – Critical care medicine
• MD – Anaesthesiology, pain medicine and critical care
• MBBS

Professional history:

• Associate professor, Department of critical care, Sri Ramachandra institute of Higher education and research, Chennai from April 2024 – Till date
• Assistant professor, Department of critical care, Sri Ramachandra institute of Higher education and research, Chennai from October 2020 – March 2024
• Associate consultant, Department of critical care, Manipal hospital, Dwarka, New Delhi from July 2019 – September 2020
• DM – Critical care medicine at the All-India institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi from July 2016 – June 2019.
• Senior Resident at AIIMS from August 2015 – June 2016
• Junior Resident in Anaesthesia, Pain Medicine, and Critical Care at AIIMS from July 2012 – June 2015
• MBBS from Madurai medical college, Madurai India from 2005 to 2011

Clinical experience:

• Currently serving as an Associate Professor in the Department of Critical Care at Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research, where I am part of a critical care team managing a 30-bed multidisciplinary ICU.
• Served as an Associate Consultant in the Department of Critical Care at Manipal Hospital, New Delhi. During my tenure in Manipal hospitals, I Demonstrated expertise in overseeing a 30-bedded multidisciplinary Intensive Care Unit (ICU) as an autonomous Critical Care Physician.
• Completed DM-Critical care medicine at AIIMS, New Delhi, which is a tertiary care institute and the premier medical institute of India. During the training period I was involved in taking care of patients admitted in various Critical Care units including medical, surgical, obstetric, trauma, cardiac and neurological units, and the Emergency department both independently and under supervision.
• Previously worked as a Junior and Senior Resident in department of Anaesthesiology, pain medicine and critical care with training in Intensive Care Units and Emergency Department.

Publications:

Original research

1. Velmurugan Selvam, Rajeshwari Subramaniam, Dalim Kumar Baidya, Anjolie Chhabra, Nandita Gupta, Vatsla Dadhwal, and Neena Malhotra. Safety and Efficacy of Low-Dose Intrathecal Morphine for Laparoscopic Hysterectomy: A Randomized, Controlled Pilot Study. Journal of Gynecologic Surgery2018 34:2, 77-83 
2. Selvam V, Shende D, Anand RK, Kashyap L, Ray BR. End-expiratory Occlusion Test and Mini-fluid Challenge Test for Predicting Fluid Responsiveness in Acute Circulatory Failure. J Emerg Trauma Shock. 2023 Jul-Sep;16(3):109–15.
3. Logia P, Selvam V, Parasuraman V, Renuka M, Rajagopalan RE. Predictors of Clinically Significant Bleeding in Thrombocytopenic Dengue Patients Admitted to Intensive Care Unit: A Retrospective Study. Indian J Crit Care Med 2023; 27 (12):888-894.
4. Vijayakumar M, Selvam V, Renuka M, Rajagopalan RE. The Comparative Efficacy of Ceftazidime–Avibactam with or without Aztreonam vs Polymyxins for Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae Infections: A Prospective Observational Cohort Study. Indian J Crit Care Med 2023; 27 (12):923-929.

Case series and case report

1. Bhoi D, Selvam V, Yadav P, Talawar P. Comparison of two different techniques of serratus anterior plane block: A clinical experience. J Anaesthesiol Clin Pharmacol. 2018;34(2):251-253.
2. Rajagopalan R, Selvam V, Baidya DK, Roy Choudhury A. Novel use of Foley catheter to reduce leak around endotracheal tube in a child with temporo-mandibular joint ankylosis. Paediatric anaesthesia 2014 Dec;24(12):1306-7
3. Sinha R, Kumar KR, Selvam V, Chowdhury AR. Subcutaneous emphysema- an unexpected cause for respiratory distress during vitreoretinal surgery under peribulbar block. Indian J Anaesth. 2018 Jan;62(1):79-80.
4. Selvam V, Prasant N, Thomas S. Hypereosinophilic Syndrome Presenting with Unusual Triad of Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura, Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis, and Eosinophilic Pneumonia: A Case Report. Indian journal of critical care case report 2024; 3 (4):87-90.

 Review article And Editorials

1. Selvam V, Srinivasan S Neonicotinoid Poisoning and Management. Indian J Crit Care Med 2019;23(Suppl 4): S260–S262.
2. Selvam V, Srinivasan S. Age-adjusted Charlson Comorbidity Index: A Simple Tool but Needs Further Validation in COVID-19 Patients. Indian J Crit Care Med 2021;25(9):963–964.
3. Selvam V, Srinivasan S. Doppler-estimated Carotid and Brachial Artery Flow as Surrogate for Cardiac Output: Needs Further Validation. Indian J Crit Care Med 2022;26(2):159–160.

Chapters in Books

1. 1. Recent trials from Petal Network in critical care update 2020
   2. Obstetric and gynaecological infections in Infectious Diseases in the Intensive Care Unit
   3. “Understanding basic lung ultrasonography” in ISCCM manual of critical care ultrasound – 1^st edition
   4. Mesenteric ischemia – Text of critical care by Yatin Mehta 2^nd edition
   5. Applied physiology and pharmacology for Anesthetists and intensivists – 1^st edition , Jaypee medical publishers
      1. PEEP and Auto PEEP
      2. West Zones
      3. Starlings resistor
   6. Associate editor in section on “ Sonography / Imaging “ in Year book of critical care by HICS initiative 1^St edition

Career Aims:

1. Aspire to be an independent Critical Care physician, focused on elevating global standards for the most critically ill patients.
2. Commit to conducting high-quality research to advance the field of critical care.
3. Strive to ensure affordable healthcare and fair distribution of critical care resources.

Languages known:

Tamil, English, and Hindi.

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ISCCM

Indian society of critical care medicine