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Physiology

The Department of Physiology has well equipped Human Physiology, Hematology and Clinical Physiology laboratories for under-graduate and post graduate teaching, research and clinical service. Additionally, it has advanced, state of the art Chest Examination Simulators for cardiac and respiratory system on which the undergraduate and postgraduate students are trained and assessed.

There is a fully equipped AFT (Autonomic Function Test) lab for research activities and clinical testing. The Exercise Physiology lab has provision for recording all cardio- respiratory and metabolic responses to exercise. Various research projects and academic activities are carried on in these laboratories.

The departmental library has an impressive collection of books, thesis, synopsis and journals available for ready reference of faculty members, undergraduate and postgraduate students. A museum showcasing the history of physiology has been developed as per MCI norms.

The department has a well-structured teaching schedule for the MBBS students in the form of theory lectures, tutorials, practical, student seminars and quizzes. The undergraduates MBBS students also won the third prize in the prestigious Inter- collegiate Undergraduate Physiology Quiz held annually at Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi.

Besides teaching first year MBBS students and students of various paramedical courses, the faculty of this department have been entrusted with key administrative duties. Dr. Himani Ahluwalia, Nodal Officer for MCI OFAMOS- DMMP Project. Other senior faculty members have been appointed nodal officers for NEET counselling conducted by DGHS, NIRF Ranking Survey. They are actively involved in administrative activities related to postgraduate and undergraduate committees. They are also members of the medical education cell, institutional protocol review and curriculum committee.

Additionally, Dr. Raj Kapoor – Head of Department have been recently awarded the Best Teacher Award 2019 by the Association of Physiologists and Pharmacologists of India.

Medical Physiology teaching is being carried out for the following courses –

  • MBBS
  • M.D. Physiology
  • BSc. (H) Nursing
  • BPO
  • BSc. MLT
  • PTT

Recently the department has organized an online webINR, the link for this is here:

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Sr. No. Name of Faculty Designation Email
1 Dr. Himani Ahluwalia Director Professor & HOD
2 Dr. Raj Kapoor Professor
3 Dr. Renuka Sharma Director Professor
4 Dr. Supriya Gupta Director Professor
5 Dr. Srinivas B Professor
6 Dr. Soumen Manna Associate Professor
7 Dr. Manpreet Kaur Associate Professor
8 Dr. Preeti Tyagi Associate Professor
9 Dr. Loveleena Saikia Assistant Professor

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List of All Recent Publications in The Department of Physiology:

  • Himani Ahluwalia, Ayesha Syed, Krishna Biswas, J. C. Suri, Raj Kapoor. Study of Pulmonary Functions in Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus. International; Journal of Health Sciences and Research. 2019; 9(2), 51-67.
  • M Bashir, H Ahluwalia, S I Sayeed ,I N Sairoo. A study of depressive symptoms in doctors working at COVID-19 Hospitals: An online Survey. Medeniyet Medical Journal, 2020;35(4) 310-314.
  • Musharaf Bashir, Himani Ahluwalia, Sheikh Imran Sayeed, Imran Nazir Salroo. A study of Depressive Symptoms in Doctors working at COVID-19 Hospitals: An Online Survey. Medeni Med J. 2020. 35(4): 310–314
  • Musharaf Bashir, Himani Ahluwalia, Tazeen Khan, Sheikh Imran Sayeed. Role of NASA 10 minute lean test in diagnosing postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome: a preliminary study in young population. Italian J of Med. (Accepted for publication).
  • Himani Ahluwalia, Ayesha Syed, Krishna Biswas, J. C. Suri, Raj Kapoor. Study of Pulmonary Functions in Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus. International. Journal of Health Sciences and Research. 2019; 9(2), 51-67.
  • M Bashir, H Ahluwalia, S I Sayeed, R Kapoor. A comparative study of anxiety levels and its relation with heart rate variability indices in adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus. Medeniyet Medical Journal, 2018;33(1) 22-27.
  • Chaswal M, Kapoor R, Balia A, Verma S, Yadav BS. Hear rate variability and cardiovascular reflex tests for assessment of autonomic functions in pre-eclampsia. Int. J of Hypertension. 2018; 8163824
  • Ramkumar S, Bhattacharjee M and Kapoor R. Evaluation of QT interval and QT dynamics in healthy male adults following isotonic and isometric exercise. International Journal of Biomedical Research. 2020; 11(05): e5394.
  • Nanda B, Bhattacharjee M, Chawla O, Rajajeya Kumar M, Kapoor R. Incorporating e-learning as a tool for medical education in India: Investigating student perspectives. 2018;10.18231/2393-8005.2018.0006.
  • Dinu S. Chandran, Suriya Prakash Muthukrishnan, Susan M. Barman, Liisa M. Peltonen, Sarmishtha Ghosh, Renuka Sharma et al. Physiology without borders: report on physiology education workshops in India—IUPS Initiatives (2018 –2019). Adv Physiol Educ. 2020; 44: 309–313.
  • Dinu S. Chandran, Suriya Prakash Muthukrishnan, Susan M. Barman, Liisa M. Peltonen, Sarmishtha Ghosh, Renuka Sharma, Manasi Bhattacharjee, Bharti Bhandari Rathore, Robert G. Carroll, Jayasree Sengupta, Julie Y. H. Chan, D. Ghosh. IUPS Physiology Education Workshop series in India: organizational mechanics, outcomes, and lessons. Adv Physiol Educ. 2020; 44: 709–721.
  • Manpreet Kaur, Hanjabam B. Sharma, Simran Kaur, Ratna Sharma, Renuka Sharma, Raj Kapoor, Kishore K. Deepak. Comparison of two formats of journal club for postgraduate students at two centers in developing critical appraisal skills. Adv Physiol Educ. 2020; 44: 592– 601.
  • Abha Mishra, Renuka Sharma, Pratima Mittal, Raj Kapoor, Shival Srivastav. Evaluating exercise challenge to validate cardiac autonomic dysfunction in lean PCOS phenotype. Journal of Basic and Clinical Physiology and Pharmacology. 2019; 20180198.
  • Singh R, Suri JC, Sharma R, Suri T, Adhikari T. Sleep pattern of adolescents in a school in Delhi, India: impact on their mood and academic performance. Indian J Pediatr. 2018;85(10):841-848.
  • Saminathan MB, Sharma R, Gogna A, Rani A, Kapoor R. Correlation of Inflammatory Markers and Disease Severity with Cardiovascular Autonomic Dysfunction in Indian Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis. Indian Journal of Rheumatology, 2019; XX:1-4.
  • Sanghamitra Pattnaik, Supriya Gupta, Upma Saxena et al. Comparison of autonomic function tests and high sensitivity C –reactivity protein in overweight patients of polycystic Ovarian syndrome and overweight controls. (Accepted for publication in Indian journal of Physiology and Pharmacology (IJPP-72-2020).
  • Pranith Kumar, Supriya Gupta, Raj Kapoor et al. Cardiac autonomic dysfunction after cortical ischaemic stroke: Does side really matter? Acta Scientific Neurology. 2019;2(6):43-49.
  • Vagisha Sharma, Manpreet Kaur, Supriya Gupta, Raj Kapoor. Relationship of Emotional Intelligence, Intelligence Quotient, and Autonomic Reactivity Tests in Undergraduate Medical Students. Medical Sci Edu. 2019; 29(3): 673-681.
  • Sharma HB, Vyas S, Kumar J, Manna S. Beneficial effect of ghee consumption as compared to mustard oil in the form of visible fat on lipid profile: A study in North Indian adult population. J of Complementary and Integrative Medicine. 2018;15(3).
  • Chaturvedi P, Mehrotra V, Saxena Y, Manna S. Correlation of Serum Nitric Oxide (NO) with Hematological and Biochemical Parameters in Acute Ischemic Stroke Patient: An Indian Study. Journal of Clinical & Diagnostic Research. 2018; 12(6): BC25-BC28
  • Pandey A, Saxena Y, Manna S, Kotwal A. Study of Inflammatory Marker IL-6 and Sympathetic Activity Among WHR Matched Prehypertensive & Normotensive Males. Indian J PhysiolPharmacol. 2018; 62(3): 306–313.
  • Tamuli D, Kaur M, Boligarla A, Jaryal AK, Srivastava AK, Deepak KK. 2019. Depressed baroreflex sensitivity from spontaneous oscillations of heart rate and blood pressure in SCA1 and SCA2. Acta Neurol Scand. 140(5):350-358.
  • Tamuli D, Kaur M, Boligarla A, Jaryal AK, Srivastava AK, Deepak KK. Cortical and Subcortical Brain Area Atrophy in SCA1 and SCA2 Patients in India: The Structural MRI Underpinnings and Correlative Insight Among the Atrophy and Disease Attributes. (Accepted in Neurology India).

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  • Dr Raj Kapoor was awarded the Best Teacher award by Association of Physiologists and Pharmacologists of India in 2019. He was appointed as Principal VMMC & SJH wef August 2020 to March 2021
  • Dr Himani Ahluwalia was appointed as Head of the Department Physiology in August 2020
  • Dr Renuka was given the additional charge Of Director, National Medical Library (Sept 19-September 20)
  • Dr Rajkapoor and Dr Supriya- have been recognized as PHd Supervisors for GGSIPU

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