Ramachandran Srinivasan M.D, FACR
Diplomate American Board of Internal Medicine
Fellow American College of Rheumatology

Medical license:
California
Year certified: 7/ 1973
Lic # A25280

Internship: Rotating
Lakewood Hospital
Ohio.
7/1/1970 to 6/30/1971

Internal Medicine Residency:
V.A.Hospital
Sepulveda
California.
7/1/1972 to 6/30/1974

Rheumatology Fellowship:
UCLA Medical Center
Westwood
California
7/1/1974 to 6/30/1976

Board Certifications:

Internal Medicine
Diplomate in American Board of Internal Medicine
Year Certified. 1977

Fellowship Awards

Elected as Fellow in American College of Rheumatology (FACR)

Other Medical License
Illinois
12/ 1972

Private Practice of Medicine
Since 1976.

Teaching Affiliations:
Asst Clinical Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine
Division of Rheumatology
UCLA School of Medicine
1976 to present (May 25, 2007)
Completed 30 years of teaching as Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at UCLA as of 2006.

Present Teaching privileges.
Teaching staff at Olive View/UCLA Medical Center
Department of Medicine
Division of Rheumatology
UCLA School of Medicine.

Present hospital affiliations.
Courtesy staff at Monterey Park Medical Center
Monterey Park
CA. 91754

Past Hospital privileges
Northridge Hospital Medical Center, Northridge, CA
Valley Hospital Medical Center, Van Nuys, CA.
Valley Presbyterian Hospital Medical Center, Van Nuys, CA
Pacifica Hospital, Sun Valley, CA
Van Nuys Community Hospital, Van Nuys, CA.
Holy Cross Hospital Medical Center, Mission Hills, CA
Granada Hills Community Hospital, Granada Hills, CA
Sherman Oaks Community Hospital, Sherman Oaks, CA
Tarzana Hospital Medical Center, Tarzana, CA
Panorama Community Hospital, Panorama City, CA.

 

Experiences:
Internal Medicine
Rheumatology
Clinical Immunology
Family Practice
Obstetrics without Delivery
Gynecology
Pediatrics
Lumbar Facet and cervical facet joint injections
Various Nerve Blocks as part of Pain Management

Certified in

Child Health and Disability Prevention Program (CHDP)
Family Planning Program (FP)
Breast Cancer Education and Disability Prevention Program (BCEDP)
CPSP
Board of Internal Medicine

Other Areas of Expertise
Consultant Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology
Worker’s compensation evaluation and treatment
Medical legal reports for workers compensation program in the fields of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology.
Osteoporosis prevention and treatment
Expert Medical Witness

 

Other Awards and Honors

Medical Diploma/M.B.B.S: Awarded October, 1968 from Andhra University Medical School, India.

Educational Council for Foreign Medical Graduates/ECFMG-February, 1970

Passed Federation Licensing and Examination Board - California-June, 1972

UCLA Medical Center- Clinical and Research Fellowship in Rheumatology-1974-1976

Active Management of Lupus and Lupus nephritis clinics at UCLA Medical Center as part of Clinical and Research Fellowship

 

Director, Emergency Room Department Serra Memorial Hospital, Sun Valley, CA 1975-1979.
Chief of Staff, 1/1979-6/1980, Valley Hospital Medical Center, Van Nuys. CA.

Board Certified in Internal Medicine from American Board of Internal Medicine-June 1977

Elected as Fellow of the American College of Rheumatology 1986

Medical Staff Secretary and Treasurer for Medical Staff of Van Nuys Community Hospital 1986-1987

Physician Recognition Award-American Medical Association- 1981, 1984, 1987, 1990, 1993, 1996, 1999, 2002, 2005

Physician Recognition Award- California Medical Association- 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002

Listed for Achievement in Marquis Who’s Who Directory, published in 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982

Lecturer for various community and Hospital programs

Medical Education Conferences for Valley Hospital Medical Center, Panorama Community Hospital, Serra Memorial Hospital, Monterey park Medical Center, USC Hospitals and UCLA Hospital Medical Center, Arthritis booster’s club

Elected as America’s Top Physicians in Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, 2005

Member Los Angeles County Medical Association
Member California Medical Association
Member American Medical Association
Fellow American College of Rheumatology
Member American College of Physicians

Other Academic Achievements

Presented an original abstract entitled “Analysis of the Long Term Efficacy of Chrysotherapy in Rheumatoid Arthritis”.
Presented at Fourth Western Regional Conference of Rheumatic Diseases, December 1975 at Berkley, California.

Co-author in abstract entitled “Conventional vs. High Dose Gold Therapy in Rheumatoid Arthritis”.
Presented at Annual Rheumatism Association Meeting held in Chicago, Illinois in 1976

Represented UCLA Department of Rheumatology on Data Collection, Coordinator for Polymyositis Criteria, Cooperative study, organized by American Rheumatism Association between July, 1975 and June, 1976

Conducted Sophomore Course titled Fundamentals of Clinical Medicine, for medical students at UCLA Medical Center between January and April 1976

Represented UCLA Medical Center at Berkley, California during the Fourth Western Regional Conference of Rheumatology regarding Criteria Cooperative study for Polymyositis, December 5th and 6th, 1975

Active participant in various Clinical Pathological Conferences at UCLA Medical Center

Journal Club Activities, seminars and teaching staff of UCLA Staff and UCLA Medical Center during Fellowship between 1974 and 1976

Research Investigations

Primary investigator in article entitled “Controlled Double Blind Trial of Methotrexeate and Corticosteroids on Polymyositis and Dermatomyositis”

One of the participants in “Prospective Double Blind Evaluations of Lavamisole vs. Placebo in Rheumatoid Arthritis”

Gold Binding to Lymphocytes in Vivo and in Vitro, done at UCLA Hospital between 1975 and 1976

Southern California Rheumatism Society Research Award for original and published research in May, 1976

Papers Published

Efficacy of Long Term Chrysotherepy
Published in Arthritis and Rheumatism, March 1979

High vs. Conventional Dose Therapy in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Published in Arthritis and Rheumatism, 1977

Double Blind Placebo Controlled Crossover Evaluation of Levamisole in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Published in Arthritis and Rheumatism, February, 1980

Perspective Trial of Methotrexeate, Corticosteroids either Alone or in Combination vs., Placebo in Polymyositis.
Prepared basic criteria from the protocol for the study.
The protocol was prepared in June, 1976 and since my leaving Fellowship at UCLA Hospital.
The study was carried on by the Medical Center eventually and completed

Other Awards
America’s Top Physicians in the field of Internal Medicine, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology 2004-2005 by Consumer Research Council of America