EDUCATION

Pre-University: Maharajah’s College for Women  (Kerala University, India), 1957-1958

Pre-Medical School: Christian Medical College, Vellore (Madras University, India), 1958-1959 

Medical School: Christian Medical College, Vellore (Madras University, India)

HOSPITAL TRAINING

Internship: Christian Medical College Hospital, Vellore, India, Pre-registration, 1965-1966

Residency: Christian Medical College Hospital, Vellore, India (Medicine, Surgery, Anesthesia, Ophthalmology – 3 months each), 1966-1967 

Anesthesia Residency: Queen’s University of Belfast, N. Ireland – U.K., J.W. Dundee, 1970-1975

Fellowship in Trauma, Anesthesia & Critical Care: University of Maryland Hospital/R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, 1976-1977

Pediatric Anesthesia Fellowship: Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Boston, MA, 1977

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS

Consultant - Anesthesiologist: Queen’s University of Belfast & Northern Ireland Hospitals Authority, 1975-1976 

Instructor - Anesthesiology: University of Maryland School of Medicine, 1976-1977

Assistant Professor: Department of Anesthesiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 1979-1982

Staff Anesthesiologist: Baltimore City Hospitals (Francis Scott Key Medical Center), Baltimore, MD, 1982-1985

Staff Anesthesiologist: Baltimore VA Medical Center, 1985 - present

Acting Chief - Anesthesiology: Baltimore VA Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, 2006-present

Assistant Professor: University of Maryland School of Medicine,  Department of Anesthesiology, 1989-present