Department of Dermatology

 

Dermatology department was established in 1995. PG course in Dermatology was started in 2006. It was one of the earliest dept to start PG course at GMC Kannur. Department offers OP & IP care for all skin diseases, sexually transmitted diseases and leprosy. OP department is located in 3rd floor, room no 17. There are dedicated Dermatology male and female wards in 701 & 702 respectively. There is a side lab attached to OP for doing tests like KOH mount, Tzanck smear, AFB Stain, Grams stain etc. There is a mini conference hall attached to OP for conducting seminars. Department library has around 400 books related to Dermatology, STD and Leprosy. In addition to routine treatments, there is facility for advanced therapy including biological therapy for conditions like pemphigus, psoriasis etc. Department has 3 Professors, 2 Assistant Professors and a Llecturer. There is a dedicated STI counselor in the department. Various dermatological and cosmetic procedures conducted are listed below. Faculties have presented papers, delivered lectures and chaired sessions in State, National as well as International conferences. Post graduate students have achieved prizes in various conferences. There are many research publications in National and International journals. The faculty and Post graduate students conduct studies and do research on various topics.

Phone 0497 2 88 2615 (Department)
0497 2 88 2162 (OPD)
OPD on all days except sunday
Timings 8.00am to 3.00pm
OPD at hospital block level 3 Room No 17
Department at hospital block level 4 Room No 406
[email protected]
Special Clinics for Acne, Vitiligo, Psoriasis, Venereal diseases (Sexually Transmitted  diseases).
Diagnostic Procedures - Skin surgery, tzanck smear, skin biopsy, punch biopsy, KOH  examination, Skin Slit and Scrape, Tissue smear.
Wood's lamp examination.
Dermatosurgical Procedures - Nail surgeries, chemical peeling, punch grafting, Blister  grafting, Pinch grafting, iontophoresis, intralesional injections, cryotherapy, punch  extraction surgeries, electro cautery, Radiosurgery, Microdermoabrasion
PUVA Therapy, Bath-PUVA, NBUVB Therapy, Hand & Foot PUVA Therapy
Special Treatments - DCP Therapy, Oral minipulse therapy for vitaligo and alopecia
Pulse isotretinoin therapy, Anti retroviral therapy
Well equippedDermatosurgical Theatre

Recent Activities

SPECIAL CLINICS

 

Hansen’s clinic
Psoriasis Clinic
Acne Clinic
Vitiligo & Pigmentary clinic
STD Clinic (including ‘PULARI’)
Vesiculobullous Clinic
Contact Dermatitis Clinic

CONSULTANTS

 

Dr Rajiv. S MD,DVL
Professor

Dr Bifi Joy MD
Professor

Dr Anoop. TV MD
Professor

DR Ajayakumar. S DVD,DNB
Assistant Professor

Dr Pretty Mathew DDVL,DNB
Assistant Professor

K Radhakrishnan DDVL
Lecturer

 

PUBLICATIONS

 

1. Rajiv S, Bindurani S. Cronkhite Canada Syndrome. Kerala Jounal of Dermatology Venereology Leprosy. 2011;1(7):51-53.

2. Rajiv S, Bindurani S. Syringocystadenoma Papilliferum- An unusual presentation. Kerala Jounal of Dermatology Venereology Leprosy.. 2011;1(7):57-59.

3. Bindurani s, Rajiv S. Monilethrix with variable expressivity. Int J Trichol 2013;5:53-5.

4. Rajiv S, Bindurani S, Jyothi J. Neutrophilic dermatosis – A Review. Kerala Jounal of Dermatology Venereology Leprosy. 2014;9(1)

5. Thyvalappil Anoop, Sudhamani B, Kizhakkethara G, Sridharan R, Kunjan R. Paraganglioma like dermal melanocytic tumor. Indian J Dermatol 2015;60:80-1

6. Reddy VS, Anoop T, Ajayakumar S, Bindurani S, Rajiv S, Bifi J. Study of clinical spectrum of pediatric dermatoses in patients attending a Tertiary Care Center in North Kerala. Indian Journal of Paediatric Dermatology 2016;17:267-72.

7. Heera KP, TV Anoop, S Ajayakumar, K Robins, S Rajiv. The significance of Tzanck smear in evaluation of vesiculo bullous skin lesions in correlation with clinical diagnosis-A cross sectional study.International Journal of Contemporary medical Research 2017;4(2):337-340.

8. Nayak AK, Anoop TV, Sacchidanad S. A clinico-etiological study of urethritis in men attending sexually transmitted disease clinic at tertiary hospital. Indian Journal of Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 2017;38:136-41.

9. Pavithran KV, Ajayakumar S, Anoop M, Anoop TV. Pityriasis rosea - a clinico-epidemiological study. J. Evolution Med. Dent. Sci. 2016;5(53):3516-3521

10. Sreejesh Narayanan, S Ajayakumar, S Rajiv, T V Anoop. A clinicoepidemiologic study and patch testing in footwear contact dermatitis. International Journal of Recent Trends in Science and Technology. April 2016; 18(3): 506-10

11. Amal Shyam, TV Anoop, S Ajayakumar, K Robins, S Rajiv. A study to determine the quality of life in patients with acne vulgaris. International Journal of Recent Trends in Science and Technology. 2014;12(1):173-176.

12. T. V. Anoop, K. Radhakrishnan, S. Ajayakumar, S. Rajiv, M. Revathy. “Paraneoplastic Palmo Plantar Keratoderma: A Case Report”. Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences 2014; Vol. 3, Issue 32, August 04; Page: 8800-03

13. Fasalul Abideen, Anoop Thy Valappil, Pretty Mathew, Ajayakumar Sreenivasan, Rajiv Sridharan. Quality of life in patients with alopecia areata attending dermatology department in a tertiary care centre - A cross-sectional study. Journal of Pakistan Association of Dermatology. 2018; 28 (2): 175-180.

14. Hashba H, Bifi J, Thyvalappil A, Sridharan R, Sreenivasan A, Mathew P. Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome in Patients with Lichen Planus: A Cross-sectional Study from a Tertiary Care Center. Indian Dermatol Online Journal. 2018;9(5):304-308.

15. Aneesh Bava, Joy Bifi, Anoop Thyvalappil, Sridharan Rajiv, Sreenivasan Ajayakumar, Mathew Pretty. Effect of 30% salicylic acid peels in mild to moderate acne vulgaris: a hospital-based non-randomised clinical study. Journal of Pakistan Association of Dermatology 2018; 28 (2): 146-151

16. Mathew P, Sridharan R, Anoop T, Sreenivasan A. A Control Crossover Study to access the role of dietary elimination in reducing severity of atopic dermatitis. Indian Journal of Paediatric Dermatology 2019;20:41-5.

17. Prabhakar V, Joy B, Thyvalappil A, Sridharan R, Sreenivasan A, Mathew P. Prevalence, clinical profile, and severity of nail involvement in psoriasis – A hospital-based cross-sectional study from a tertiary care center in North Kerala. Journal of Skin and Sexually Transmitted Diseases 2019;1(2):72-6.

18. Thyvalappil A, Pretty M, B Anumod, S Ajayakumar, S Rajiv, Bifi J, K Radhakrishnan. Current Trends of Leprosy in a Tertiary Care Centre in North Kerala: A 10 Year Observational Retrospective Study. Indian Journal of Leprosy 2019;91: 175-183.

19. Thyvalappil A, Sridharan R, Amrutha MP, Nair G, Sreenivasan A. Patch test results of 276 cases with footwear dermatitis A retrospective study from a tertiary care centre in South India. Indian Dermatol Online Journal 2020;11:720-4.

20. Anumod B, Bifi Joy, Anoop TV, Pretty Mathew,Ajayakumar S, Rajiv S. A comparative study of therapeutic response to intralesional injections of platelet rich plasma versus triamcinolone acetonide in alopecia areata. Indian Dermatol Online Journal 2020;11:920-4.

21. Sarma N, Chakraborthy S, Poojary S, Kumar BM, Gupta LK, Budamakuntla L, Kumrah L, Das S, Ovhal AG, Mandal NK, Mukherjee S, Anoop TV, Thakur BK, Eswari L, Samson JF, Patel KB, Rajagopalan R, Gupta S, Kaur T. A nation-wide, multicentric epidemiologic case control study on vitiligo (medec-v) to elicit the magnitude and correlates of vitiligo. Indian Journal of Dermatology 2020;65:473-82.

22. Itty AA, Sridharan R, Thyvalappil A, Sudhamani B. Erythroderma: a clinico etiological study of 77 patients in a tertiary care centre in Kerala. International Journal of Research in Dermatology 2021;7:73-7.

23. Raseena Moosakkada, Bifi Joy, Pretty Mathew, Rajiv Sridharan, Anoop Thyvalappil, Krishnanpotty Radhakrishnan. A clinico-epidemiological study of melasma in a tertiary care hospital: A cross sectional study. Journal of Pakistan Association of Dermatologists. 2020; 30(2): 310-315.

24. Mohan P, Joy B, Anoop T, Sridharan R. Sarcoidosis – The master mi micker. J Skin Sex Transm Dis 2021;3(1):96-8.

25. Mundakkat V, Sridharan R. Factors Affecting the Duration of Phase 1 of Dexamethasone-Immunosuppressant Pulse Therapy for Pemphigus Group of Disorders: A 10-Year Retrospective Study in a Tertiary Care Center. Indian Dermatol Online J. 2018;9(6):405-408. doi:10.4103/idoj.IDOJ_74_18

26. George RM, Sridharan R. Factors aggravating or precipitating acne in Indian adults: A hospital-based study of 110 cases. Indian J Dermatol 2018;63:328-31

27. Saliny M, Joy B, Sridharan R. Laws and signs of congenital syphilis. J Skin Sex Transm Dis 2020;2(1):62-4.

28. Pretty M, Bifi J, Radhakrishnan K, Hashba H. Systemic nocardiosis in a lepromatous leprosy patient with type 2 reaction. Int J Dermatol. 2018 May;57(5):620-622.

29. Celia Mathew, Rajiv Sridharan, Bindurani S. A study of the association of psoriasis with metabolic syndrome from a tertiary care centre in Kerala, South India. IP Indian J Clin Exp Dermatol 2021;7:18-23.

30. Itty AA, Sridharan R, Thyvalappil A, Sudhamani B. Erythroderma: a clinico etiological study of 77 patients in a tertiary care centre in Kerala. International Journal of Research in Dermatology 2021;7:73-7.

31. Rajendran L, Thyvalappil A, Sridharan R, Ajayakumar S, Sparshadeep E M, Divakaran B. A study of cutaneous adverse drug reactions in a tertiary care center in south India. Clin Dermatol Rev 2021;5:173-7

32. Raseena Moosakkada, Bifi Joy, Pretty Mathew, Rajiv Sridharan, Anoop Thyvalappil, Krishnanpotty Radhakrishnan. A clinico-epidemiological study of melasma in a tertiary care hospital: A cross sectional study.Journal of Pakistan Association of Dermatologists. 2020; 30(2): 310-315.

33. Mohan P, Joy B, Anoop T, Sridharan R. Sarcoidosis – The master mi micker. J Skin Sex Transm Dis 2021;3(1):96-8.

34. Kumar D D, Thyvalappil A, Nayak K. Clinical patterns of sexually transmitted diseases in human immunodeficiency virus-infected individuals in a tertiary care center in South India. Indian J Sex Transm Dis 2021;42:132-7

35. Amrutha MP, Bifi J, Anoop T, Ajayakumar S, Radhakrishnan K, Rajiv S. Topical 0.1% adapalene gel versus 0.1% adapalene and 2.5% benzoyl peroxide combination gel in the treatment of mild-to-moderate acne vulgaris: An open-label randomized controlled pilot study.Indian J Drugs Dermatol 2021;7:20-23

36. Benny D, Makkuni A, Thyvalappil A, Mathew P, Sridharan R, Druhin A V. Quality of life and psychiatric comorbidity in vitiligo: A hospital-based cross-sectional study from a tertiary care center in South India. J Dermatol Dermatol Surg 2021;25:114-8

37. Vellattuchola A, Anoop T, Mathew P, Rajiv S. Erythroderma secondary to dermatophytosis. Indian J Dermatopathol Diagn Dermatol 2022;9:77-9

38. Saliny M, Thyvalappil A, Mathew P, et al. Patch Test Profile of Patients Attending the Contact Dermatitis Clinic of a Tertiary Care Hospital in South India: A Four-Year Retrospective Study. Arc Clin Exp Dermatol. 2022;4(2):137

39. Mathew T, Joy B, Thyvalappil A, Sridharan R, Sudhamani B. Clinical severity and quality of life in patients with psoriasis from India. Dermatology Review/Przegląd Dermatologiczny. 2022;109(3):251-254. doi:10.5114/dr.2022.120182.

40. Itty AA, Sridharan R, Thyvalappil A, Sudhamani B, Divakaran B. Study of prevalence of skin prick test positivity for food allergens in chronic urticaria patients attending a tertiary care center in South India. J Egypt Womens Dermatol Soc 2022;19:115-20