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Pharmacology

The department has been offering quality medical education to undergraduate and postgraduate students and conducting research in areas of Pharmacovigilance, Psychopharmacology, Cardiovascular, Rational Use of Medicine, Hospital Antibiotic Policy and Antibiotic use pattern with special focus on population kinetics. The Department of Pharmacology of VMMC and Safdarjung Hospital is significantly contributing to undergraduate (MBBS, Nursing and Medical Record Department, Pre-Trauma Technician courses) and postgraduate teaching and research.

Location of department in the institution:

6th floor college building,
VMMC & Safdarjung Hospital,
New Delhi-110029

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  • Undergraduate Teaching & Post Graduate Teaching
  • Paramedics Teaching: B.Sc. Nursing (H), Pre-trauma technician, Medical record Department, B. Sc prosthetics & orthotics etc.
  • ADR Monitoring centre: Department is recognized as the ADR monitoring centre under Pharmacovigilance programme of India (PvPI), specially indulging in focused ADR monitoring for recently marketed medicines with an aim to ensure patient safety.
  • Assets: Well-equipped UG laboratories including CAL, mannequins, well stocked museum with various dosage forms and pharmaceutical specimens, case scenarios with photographs depicting adverse drug reactions, animal house registered with CPCSEA, post graduate research laboratory is well equipped including HPLC and Spectrophotometer.
  • Departmental library is provided with latest books.
  • Drug Information center.

Sr. No. Name of Faculty Designation Email
1 Dr. Veena Verma Director Professor & HOD
2 Dr. Preeta Kaur Chugh Professor
3 Dr. Kamlesh Garg Professor
4 Dr. Sparsh Gupta Professor
5 Dr. Amit Kumar Sharma Professor
6 Dr. Navjot Kaur Assistant Professor

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Index Publication from department in last 3 years (2019-2021)

  • Total no. Of Research publications in INDEXED journals, during last five years listed as per Vancouver (ICME Journals) style with full details (name of Authors(s): title of paper: name of journals; Vol’ page no. years)
  • Dr. Veena Verma :-
    • Manda RA, Verma V, Biswas K, An open randomized study to compare effect of metformin versus acarbose monotherapy on glycemic control and lipid profile in newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus patients. Int. J Res Med Sci.2021 Mar:9(3):755-760
    • Gira Sulabh, Gyanedra Kumar, Veena Verma, S N Singh. To Evaluate Effect of Topiramate And Pregabalin on Learning and Memory in Albind rats Using Experimental Models. (abstract) in Proceedings of 9th Annual Up-UK Appicon 2019
    • Verma V, Banerjee B, Metha AK antidepressant like activity of Buspirone but not of ondansetron when administered in combination with Fluoxetine or desipramine in mice. Int J basic clin pharmocol. 2021 Jun: 10(6) : 621-626
    • Salim S, Kumar MN, Tripathi CD, Arya SV, Verma V et al. Pharmacological evaluation of prophylactic anti-microbial use in laparoscopic cholecystectomy; an open labelled study evaluating the concentrations of single dose intravenous ceftriaxone at serum and tissue level. Eur J Clin Pharmacol 77, 1011–1016 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00228-021-03093-1
    • Sheikh S, Sonone P, Verma V, Tripathi CD, Karim BA, et al. (2021) Comparative evaluation of anti-depressant effects of Citalopram, Ketamine and their combination in animal models of depression: A potential anti-depressant? Open J pharmacol Phramacother 6(1): 004-008 DOI: 10.17352/ojpp.000016
  • Dr. Sparsh Gupta:
    • Nath R, Gupta NK, Jaiswal A, Sparsh G, Navjot K, et al. Mortality among adult hospitalized patients during the first wave and second wave of CoVID-19 pandemic at tertiary care center in India. Monaldi Arch Chest Dis doi:10.4081/monaldi.2021.2034
    • Effects of Cinnamomum Zeylanicum bark extract on nociception and anxiety like behavior in mice 2019 Doi. https.//doi.org/10.22159/ajpcr.2019.v2i9.31287
  • Dr. Preeta Kaur Chugh :-
    • Badyal D, Chandy S, Chugh PK, Faruqui A, Gupta YK, Hazra A, etal. Hydroxychloroquine for SARS CoV2 Prophylaxis in Healthcare Workers – A Multicentric Cohort Study Assessing Effectiveness and Safety. JAPI 2021;69:17-23.
    • Chugh PK, Tripathi CD. Spaced education and student learning: Results from a medical school. Clin Teach. 2020 Dec;17(6):655-660. doi: 10.1111/tct.13180. Epub 2020 Jun 23. PMID: 32578325.
    • Chugh PK, Lhamo Y, Anand P, Tripathi C D. Improving Drug-dose Calculation Skills of Medical Students through Educational Intervention. J Rational Pharmacother Res Volume 5 (Issue 1): 2019 pages 1-8
    • Gore R, Chugh PK, Tripathi CD, Lhamo Y, Gautam S. Pediatric Off-Label and Unlicensed Drug Use and Its Implications. Curr Clin Pharmacol.
    • Chugh PK, Dabas A. Price Dispersion of Vitamin D Supplements Over Time: An Initiative for Prescriber Education. Indian J Endocrinol Metab. 2021 Mar-Apr;25(2):142-147. doi: 10.4103/ijem.ijem_159_21. Epub 2021 Sep 8. PMID: 34660243; PMCID: PMC8477736.
  • Dr. Amit Kumar Sharma:-
    • Kumar A, Singh A, Sharma SP, Dutta A, Sharma AK. Prophylactic ondansetron eight milligrams vs. four milligrams against post spinal anaesthesia shivering. Int Surg J 2021; 8(5):1545-1549
  • Dr. Navjot Kaur:-
    • Kakkar AK, Shafiq Nusrat, Sahni N, Mohindra R, Kaur N, Gamad N, et al. Assessment of Appropriateness of Antimicrobial Therapy in Resources-Constrained settings: Development and Piloting of a Novel Tool-AmRat. Antibiotics. 2021;10(2):200
    • Pandey Avanees K; Shafiq Nusrat; Bhandari; Ritika K; rather, Imraan I.G.; Akur Navjot: Bhatia, Alka Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic evaluation of nano-fixed dose combination for hypertension. journal of hypertension; August 2020-Volume 38-Issue 8-p 1593-1602
    • Nath R, Gupta NK, Jaiswal A, Sparsh G, Navjot K, et al. Mortality among adult hospitalized patients during the first wave and second wave of CoVID-19 pandemic at tertiary care center in India. Monaldi Arch Chest Dis doi:10.4081/monaldi.2021.2034

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Recent Advancement/Achievements (Books Published/Projects Undertaken etc)

Ongoing research work- 3

  • Dr. Veena Verma: - Experimental studies on peripheral administration of different drugs on neuropathic pain induced by chronic constriction injury of sciatic nerve and biochemical parameters in rats (ICMR project, 2018 to 2021)
  • Dr. Preeta Kaur Chugh: - ICMR Task Force proposal “Rational use of Drugs” (ICMR)
  • Dr. Preeta Kaur Chugh: - Evaluation of Drug Utilization patients’ elderly patients (ICMR)

Books/Chapters- 1. Review of pharmacology 12th Edition, 13th Edition and 14th Edition. JAYPEE Brothers (Dr. Sparsh Gupta)

Achievements: -

Dr. Florence Bhawa5th Annual Sri Ramachandra Pharmacology insight & Rapid Review Course3rd Year PG1st prize in Poster Presentation.

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