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Dr. Hemachand K Prasad

Expertise
Childhood Thyroid
Obesity
Childhood Diabetes
Growth pituitary
Bone growth
Puberty Disorder
Calcium disorder

Language Known
Tamil, English, Hindi, Kannada, Telugu

Exprience
10 years of Experience

Articles Published:

Prasad HK, Khadilkar VV, Jahagirdar R, Khadilkar AV, Lalwani SK. Evaluation of GnRH analogue testing in diagnosis and management of children with pubertal disorders. Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism. 2012 May16.

Prasad HK, Khadilkar VV, Chiplonkar SA, Khadilkar AV. Growth of short children born small for gestational age and their response to growth hormone therapy. Indian Paediatric. 2013 May 8.

Rajamanickam R, Shanmugavelu L, Subramanian S, Prasad HK, Krishnamoorthy N. Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis in South Indian Centre. Indian J Paediatric. 2016 Nov.

Venugopalan L, Paranjyothi S, Sankaran A, Prasad HK, Murugesan G, Shanmughasundaram R. Utility of the New Indian Society of Paediatric and Adolescent Endocrinology (ISPAE) Guidelines for Congenital Hypothyroidism Screening in a High-Risk Unit. Indian J Paediatric. 2020 Nov 20

Chalil VK, Prasad HK, Nassir SAMA, Arulalan KV, Sangaralingam T, Krishnamoorthy N. A Study on New IAP 2015 Growth References in Rural South Indian Children. Indian J Paediatric

Venugopalan L, Rajan A, Prasad HK, Sankaran A, Murugesan G, Ramanathan S. Impact of maternal thyroid disease on neonatal thyroid status. Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism. 2020 Oct 13.

Palaniappan S, Shanmughavelu L, Prasad HK, Subramaniam S, Krishnamoorthy N, Lakkappa L. Improving iodine nutritional status and increasing prevalence of autoimmune thyroiditis in children. Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism.

Senguttuvan P, Prasad HK. Profile and outcome of infantile nephrotic syndrome treated in a tertiary care center. Saudi J Kidney Dis Transplant. 2013 Jan 24.

Khadilkar VV, Prasad HK, Ekbote VH, Rustagi VT, Singh J, Chiplonkar SA, Khadilkar AV. Response of Indian growth hormone deficient children to growth hormone therapy: association with pituitary size. Indian Journal of Pediatrics. 2015 May

Prasad HK, Ekbote V, Rustagi V, Borade A, Chiplonkar S, Khadilkar V, Khadilkar AV. Performance of WHO growth standards on Indian children with growth related disorders. Indian J Paediatric.

Saravana Bhavan, Hemchand K Prasad et al. Role of GnRH stimulation test in prediction of a neurogenic etiology in girls with central precocious puberty. New Indian Journal of Obstetrics and gynaecology.


Hemchand K Prasad, Vaman Khadilkar. Growth charts and growth monitoring. IJPP Oct-Dec 2017.


Karthik Kumar B, Hemchand K Prasad. Adolescent obesity. IJPP Apr-Jun 2015.


Purnima P, Hemchand K Prasad et al. CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM IN INDIAN PRETERM BABIES – SCREENING, PREVALENCE AND AETIOLOGY. Accepted for publication in PEDM journal.


U Gurunathan, Hemchand K Prasad et al. Care of children with type 1 diabetes mellitus in school – An interventional study. Journal of Paediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism.


U Gurunathan, HK Prasad et al. TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS IN ADOLESCENTS FROM SOUTH INDIA – ONE YEAR FOLLOW UP STUDY accepted in Indian Paediatrics as research letter


Lohiya N, HK Prasad. UTILITY OF AN INTERNET BASED SHORT MESSAGE SERVICE IN THE CARE OF CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS WITH TYPE-1 DIABETES MELLITUS. Journal of Diabetology


Lohiya N, Krishna Prasad H, Narayanasamy K, C Vasudevan R, Krishnamoorthy N. Factors influencing growth in children with growth hormone deficiency – a case-control study. Paediatric Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism.


Selvaraj A, Prasad HK, Narayanasamy K, Thiagarajan A, Nedunchelian K. Clinical Profile of Adolescents with Delayed Puberty. Indian Journal of Paediatric. 2021 Jul 15


Madu A, Prasad HK, Thiagarajan A, Narayanasamy K, Krishnamoorthy N. Impact of delayed diagnosis on catch-up growth of children and adolescents with primary hypothyroidism due to Hashimoto’s thyroiditis. Paediatric Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism.


Annapoorna Muthukumar, Varun Govind Krishna, Hemchand Krishna Prasad, Kannan Narayanaswamy, C Vasudevan Ravisekar, & Nedunchelian Krishnamoorthy. (2021). Clinical, biochemical, and radiological profile of polycystic ovary syndrome in adolescents attending an obesity clinic. Indian Journal of Child Health.

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism (JPEM) – “Utility of wrist circumference in recognition of metabolic syndrome in overweight and obese South Indian children and adolescents

Awards and Achievements:
Active Pediatrician Award (IAP TNSC)
Innovative Teacher Award (ANBAI)

Fellowship and membership:
Member of Indian Academy of Pediatrics
Member of Indian Society of Pediatrics & Adolescent Endocrinology
Fellow of European Society of Pediatric Endocrinology
Fellow of International Society of Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes

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