Physician
Nephrology
Dr. Thibin D. Santha, MD
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Thibin D. Santha, MD is an expert in the field of Nephrology. He went to TD Medical College Kerala. He received 1 awards: "CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification". Doctor Thibin D. Santha, MD is a published doctor as well. He has 42 publications published. The latest was: Study of the feasibility of involving male student volunteers in case holding in an urban tuberculosis programme. He accepts Medicare payments and is registered with Medicare.gov.
Publications
- DOTS reaches socially marginalized population in the community: a study from a rural area of South India.
- Rapid decline in prevalence of pulmonary tuberculosis after DOTS implementation in a rural area of South India.
- Impact of improved treatment success on the prevalence of TB in a rural community based on active surveillance.
- Excess mortality and risk factors for mortality among a cohort of TB patients from rural south India.
- Status of smear-positive TB patients at 2-3 years after initiation of treatment under a DOTS programme.
- Reasons for non-compliance among patients treated under Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP), Tiruvallur district, south India.
- Management of multi drug resistance tuberculosis in the field: Tuberculosis Research Centre experience.
- The prevalence of tuberculosis in different economic strata: a community survey from South India.
- Status of re-registered patients for tuberculosis treatment under DOTS programme.
- Additional risk of developing TB for household members With a TB case at home at intake: a 15-year study.
- Health-seeking behaviour of new smear-positive TB patients under a DOTS programme in Tamil Nadu, India, 2003.
- Effects of amlodipine and valsartan on oxidative stress and plasma methylarginines in end-stage renal Disease patients on hemodialysis.
- Active community surveillance of the impact of different tuberculosis control measures, Tiruvallur, South India, 1968-2001.
- Association of conversion & cure With initial smear grading among new smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients treated With Category I regimen.
- Status of bacillary tuberculosis cases identified in a community survey under different control programmes.
- Relationship of ARTI to incidence and prevalence of tuberculosis in a district of south India.
- Initial drug susceptibility profile of M. tuberculosis among patients under TB programme in South India.
- Rifampicin-induced Renal toxicity during retreatment of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis.
- Estimation of burden of tuberculosis in India for the year 2000.
- Predictors of relapse among pulmonary tuberculosis patients treated in a DOTS programme in South India.
- Application of lot sampling of sputum AFB smears for the assessment of microscopy centres.
- Lot quality assurance sampling of sputum acid-fast bacillus smears for assessing sputum smear microscopy centers.
- Comparison of cough of 2 and 3 weeks to improve detection of smear-positive tuberculosis cases among out-patients in India.
- Vitamin A levels in sputum-positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients in comparison With household contacts and healthy ''normals''.
- Smear examination of two specimens for diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in Tiruvallur District, south India.
- Estimation of annual risk of tuberculosis infection (ARTI) among children aged 1-9 years in the south zone of India.
- Gender disparities in tuberculosis: report from a rural DOTS programme in south India.
- Split-drug regimens for the treatment of patients With sputum smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis--a unique approach.
- Blinded rechecking of sputum smears for acid-fast bacilli to ensure the quality and usefulness of restaining smears to assess false-positive errors.
- Shifting the focus of tuberculosis research in India.
- Factors influencing the care-seeking behaviour of chest symptomatics: a community-based study involving rural and urban population in Tamil Nadu, South India.
- Are community surveys to detect tuberculosis in high prevalence areas useful? Results of a comparative study from Tiruvallur District, South India.
- Risk factors associated with default, Failure and death among tuberculosis patients treated in a DOTS programme in Tiruvallur District, South India, 2000.
- Evaluation of the phenol ammonium sulfate sedimentation smear microscopy method for diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis.
- Washing of new microscopic glass slides in dichromate solution does not influence sputum AFB smear results.
- The treatment of WHO Category 1 tuberculosis With 2HRZE/6HE is indeed defensible.
- Short-course chemotherapy for tuberculosis of the spine. A comparison between ambulant treatment and radical surgery--ten-year report.
- Study of the feasibility of involving male student volunteers in case holding in an urban tuberculosis programme.
- Late onset paraplegia--a sequela to Pott''s Disease. A report on imaging, prevention and management.
- Bacteriological investigations for short-course chemotherapy under the tuberculosis programme in two districts of India.
- A controlled clinical trial of short-course chemotherapy for tuberculoma of the brain.
Schools
TD Medical College India 1992
Monmouth Medical Center New Jersey
Georgetown University Hospital
Procedures Preformed
- Hemodialysis
Conditions Treated
- Acidosis
- Acute Kidney Failure
- Anemia
- Calcium Metabolism Disorders
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Doctors Specialties
- Nephrology
Accepted Insurances
- Aetna HMO
- Choice Plus POS II
- Amerigroup (Wellpoint)
- Blue Card PPO
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna PPO
- Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
- Open Access
- Group Plan PPO
- First Health (Coventry Health Care)
- Choice Care PPO
- Medicaid
- Medicare MCR
- Choice Plus POS
- Options PPO
Awards
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification
Education
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Georgetown University Hospital -
Monmouth Medical Center -
TD Medical College Kerala
Hospital
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Calvert Memorial Hospital
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1144241068 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | SANTHA | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | THIBIN | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 206784019 | |
| NPPES Provider State | MD | |
| Specialty Description | Nephrology | |
| Total Claim Count | 271.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 0.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 0.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 0.0 |
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Medicare Facts
| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1144241068 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | SANTHA |
| First Name Of The Provider | THIBIN |
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