Overview 

Dr. Anulekha Mary John, Endocrinologist and Professor of Medicine in Believers Church Medical College Hospital, completed her MBBS, MD (General Medicine), and post-doctoral fellowship (Endocrinology) from the prestigious Christian Medical College, Vellore. She is primarily interested in common endocrine and metabolic problems including, thyroid, pituitary disorders, calcium metabolism and metabolic bone diseases.

 

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Publications

• Our experience with papillary thyroid micro cancer. Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism. 2014;18(3):410-413. doi:10.4103/2230-8210.131211.

•  et al. (2013) p.Arg82Leuvon Hippel-Lindau(VHL) Gene Mutation among Three Members of a Family with Familial Bilateral Pheochromocytoma in India: Molecular Analysis and In Silico Characterization. PLoS ONE 8(4): e61908. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0061908

• Impact of Personalized structured health education in achieving better glycemic control in Diabetes Mellitus.IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS)2018;17(2) 15: 7-11 doi : 10.9790/0853-1702150711

• Impact of taking thyroxine with herbal brews. J Curr Res Sci Med 2018;4:94-7 DOI:10.4103/jcrsm.jcrsm_32_18

• Thyroid nodules: ultrasonographic stratification of malignant risk by TIRADS . IntJ Otorhinolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2018;4:1188-92. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.18203/issn.2454-5929.ijohns 2018 3223

• (2018). Evaluation of giddiness: a peripheral hospital experience. International Journal of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery.10.18203/issn.2454-5929.ijohns20181443.

• Diabetic retinopathy awareness among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus – A study from South India. J Curr Res Sci Med 2020;6:15-8.DOI:10.4103/jcrsm.jcrsm_32_18

• Assessment of footwear among patients with diabetes mellitus: A cross-sectional descriptive study from south India. J Diabetol 2021;12:41-5. doi:10.4103/jod.jod_16_20

• Awareness about Osteoporosis, dietary calcium, and extent of noncompliance to medications among educated postmenopausal women of Kerala. IJMSIR- December - 2020;5: 6: 220 – 232. https://www.ijmsir.com/asset/images/uploads/1610428284044.pdf

• et al. A valid self-help tool to measure the role of spousal support in the care of persons with diabetes mellitus. Int J Diabetes Dev Ctries(2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13410-021-01001-y

• (2022) Sweet Memories or Not? A Comparative Study on Cognitive Impairment in Diabetes Mellitus. Front. Public Health 10:822062. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.822062

• Impact of Covid-19 Lock down on Stress & Life Satisfaction of Diabetic People in Central Kerala. Diabetes Obes Int J 2022, 7(3): 000256.

• Knowledge and Practice of Foot Care Including Footwear among Diabetics in Central Kerala: A Disconcerting Gap. BeMJ 2022; 5(1):8-17

• Intolerance to uncertainty among the medical professionals in Central Kerala – Did COVID-19 make us intolerant? J Curr Res Sci Med. 2023 Sep 5. DOI: 10.4103/jcrsm.jcrsm_13_23.

• Catecholamine induced cardiomyopathy in pheochromocytoma. Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism. 2013;17(4):733-735. doi:10.4103/2230-8210.113771.

• Edwardsiella tarda sepsis with multiple liver abscesses in a patient with Cushing 's syndrome.

• Mazabraud syndrome. Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism. 2013;17(4):740-742. doi:10.4103/2230-8210.113773.

• An unusual cause for rings in the brain. Hong Kong medical journal=Xianggang yi xue za zhi. 2012 Aug;18(4):346-7.

• A case of primary amenorrhoea.  The Journal of the Association of Physicians of India. 2014 Aug;62(8):753-5.

• A storm with a Twist - torsion of struma ovarii causing thyrotoxic storm, Endocrine and Metabolic Science, Volume 1, Issues 3–4, 2020, 100066, ISSN 2666-3961,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.endmts.2020.100066.

• For want of a little history! BeMJ 2019

• “WATER – LOO”- The Story of a Water Problem. Shethal Joju, Dr. Titty Mary Thomas, Dr. Anulekha Mary John

• Thyrotoxic Periodic Paralysis BeMJ 2018

• Cholestyramine in Thyrotoxicosis: A Boon and A Bane. J Cell Signal Damage Assoc Mol Patterns, 1(2): 39-42.

• Target the bone and shoot the eye:  2022, BeMJ

•  A Case Report onCOVID-19 Vaccination Induced Heart Failure & International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), Volume 12 Issue 6, June 2023, pp. 2387-2389, https://www.ijsr.net/geta bstract.php?paperid=SR 23624115957

• Handbook of Endocrine protocols - 2015, JAYPEE publishers Rajaratnam S, John A.M,Handbook of Endocrine Protocols,Jaypee publishers, 2019, ISBN 9789351528494. doi : 10.5005/jp/books/12523

Paper / Poster presentation

• Assessment of footwear in diabetic patients with or without peripheral neuropathy ESICON( national conference of Endocrine society of India) 2019 Nagpur Nov 22-24

• Awareness of diabetic retinopathy among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus, attending a tertiary care center ESICON( national conference of Endocrine society of India) 2019 Nagpur Nov 22-24

• Assessment of footwear in diabetic patients with or without peripheral neuropathy ESICON( national conference of Endocrine society of India) 2019 Nagpur Nov 22-24

• Screening for depression and its association with Self- care, medication adherence and preventive control among patients with  diabetes mellitus - A Cross-Sectional study at a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital in Kerala. ESICON( national conference of Endocrine society of India) 2022 Jaipur DEC, 22-24

• Errors in insulin administration: descriptive study of a common problem ESICON( national conference of Endocrine society of India) 2022 Jaipur DEC, 22-24

• “Is the Gen-Y Generation better at Self-Care and Spousal Support in Diabetic Patients than Other Generations?: A Mixed Methods Study ” ESICON (national conference of Endocrine society of India) 2022 Hyderabad, DEC 14-17)

• Awareness and practices of disposing sharps used in the care of Diabetes Mellitus &SEACON NCD – 2024 Conference of the National Resource Centre for Non- Communicable Diseases (NRC-NCD), Jan 4-6,2024

• Awareness and practices of disposing sharps used in the care of Diabetes Mellitus ESICON( national conference of Endocrine society of India) 2022 Jaipur DEC, 22-24

• Study on reduced effectiveness of levothyroxine when co-administered with herbal drinksESICON( national conference of Endocrine society of India) 2017 Oct, 13, 2017 to Oct, 15, 2017

• Personalized health education in achieving better glycemic control ESICON( national conference of Endocrine society of India) 2018 october 15-17, Bhubaneswar

• Awareness about Osteoporosis, dietary calcium, and extent of noncompliance to medications among educated postmenopausal women of Kerala. ESICON( national conference of Endocrine society of India) 2019 Nagpur Nov 22-24

• Papillary micro cancer of thyroid ITSCON Bangalore, 2012

• Awareness and attitude toward diabetes in the rural population of Arunachal Pradesh, Northeast India ESICON , PUNE, 2011

• DIABETIC PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY AND FOOT CARE PRACTICES IN CENTRAL KERALA“ ESICON 2019

• “Errors in insulin administration: descriptive study of a common problem” and Awareness and practices of disposing sharps used in the care of Diabetes Mellitus & SEACON NCD – 2024 Conference of the National Resource Centre for Non- Communicable Diseases (NRC-NCD), Jan 4-6,2024