Lot's of additions
to the team of doctors from our batch at Karakkonam
medical college. Deepa S. (Kochu Deepa) and Kavitha
J. B. have joined the Dept. of Pathology. Mini Mathew
has joined Medicine. Aneesh A. has shifted to the
Biochemistry Dept. As you all know, Sreekanth S. S.
and Anish M. R. are working in the Physiology and
SPM departments respectively! Congratulations to the
new members!
(Courtesy
Sundar, Aneesh A., Anish M. R.)
Manoj
Vellanad ties the knot : (28/04/04)
Manoj Vellanad
has married Lakshmi at a function held in Alakapuri
near Sasthamangalam in Trivandrum on the 26th of this
month. Best wishes to the pair!
(Courtesy
Siby)
Neena
P. S. gets married! : (27/04/04)
Neena P. S. got
married on the 25th of April, 2004. Details are awaited.
Best wishes to the couple!
(Courtesy
various)
Anjusha
I. B. weds! : (27/04/04)
Anjusha I. B.
got married to Mr. Ajay Kumar in a function held at
Trivandrum on the 23rd of April. Mr. Ajay Kumar is
working as an architect in Bangalore. Best wishes
to the couple!
(Courtesy
Anoop S.)
Aneesh
A.'s housewarming : (25/04/04)
It was the housewarming
of Aneesh A.'s new home on the 23rd of April. It was
a small function and only close relatives were invited.
The address of his new home is - "Arunima",
Chencheri, Nalanchira PO, Trivandrum.
(Courtesy
Aneesh)
Update about Poornima : (22/04/04)
Poornima is now
in Vancouver, Canada where her husband Suraj has joined
as a postdoc fellow in the University of British Columbia.
Vancouver is a beautiful city and no wonder it has
been voted the best city to live in the world! In
the professional front, she has cleared the first
exam of the Canadian Medical licensing exam and now
is preparing for the second one coming up next month.
She hopes to apply for residency after that.
(Courtesy
Poornima)
Update
about MAHE PGs : (22/04/04)
Althaf is already
into preparing his final year thesis. He's having
a heavy time with alternate day 24 hour duties. Sabari
Gireesh also has hands full with a busy residency
in Orthopedics! Nasim Siyad is enjoying his new family-man
role to the full. In his free time, he is engrossed
with Kerala politics and driving his fabulous Skoda
Octavia. Sundeep is having a relatively easy time
during his rotation at KMC Attawar in Mangalore. Sreejith
P. K. is back to the Attawar after a short visit to
home.
(Courtesy
various)
Update
about Aju, Ambu : (05/04/04)
Ambareesh is doing
fine in the U. K. He met Aju this week. Aju is busy
with his job hunt.
(Courtesy
Ambareesh)
Aneesh
A. joins Biochemistry Department : (05/03/04)
Aneesh A. has
joined the Biochemistry department at Karakkonam after
the Kerala Entrance. Earlier, he was working as an
Anatomy lecturer!
(Courtesy
Aneesh)
Update
about KKM & Althaf : (04/04/04)
KKM has re-joined
in M1 after an attack of Chicken Pox. He is very busy
organizing CMEs etc in the Department. Althaf has
got his hands full with works on the thesis. Otherwise,
his life is going on in Manipal!
(Courtesy
KKM, Althaf)
Update
about Dennis : (04/04/04)
Great news folks,
Dennis has managed to get admission to the Ph. D course
in Neuroscience in Johns Hopkins university (the #2
Medical College in the world) in Baltimore. He will
join his fiance at the institution. Neeraja (his fiance)
is already doing her Ph. D. there. About the marriage,
it will be held on the 14th of July. The details will
be posted later. Congratulations to Dennis!
Johns
Hopkins University web site - Visit - http://www.jhu.edu/
(Courtesy
Dennis)
Update
about Sowmya Ramanan : (04/04/04)
Sowmya has already
gone and joined the NHL Medical College, Ahmedabad
in M. S. General Surgery. She has come back and is
on her way back to Ahmedabad to attend some sort of
meeting for the candidates who have qualified in Gujarat
Medical colleges, via the AIPGE. The classes begin
later on this month. Congrats!!!
(Courtesy
Sowmya)
Update
about Shifas : (03/04/04)
Good news folks,
Shifas has picked up his lifetime partner. The lucky
girl is Femitha (JIPMER graduate, who will begin M.
D. Paediatrics at JIPMER later on this month). Shifas
meanwhile has discontinued from AIIMS and has joined
the Madurai Medical College in M. D. General Medicine.
(Courtesy
Shifas)
Update
about Sebind, John : (01/04/04)
Sebind is very
busy with his Psychiatry course in Vellore. He had
come to give the Manipal Entrance. Meanwhile, John
is about to enter his final year. He is enjoying himself
in the ICH (@ MMC) in Chennai.
(Courtesy
various)
Update
about Anoop S. : (01/04/04)
Anoop S. has joined
for M. D. Peds at Bangalore Medical College this week.
The hospital in which he will be working is called
Vani Vilas hospital. He has completed all the formalities
and is currently visiting his relatives, native place
etc. He will join the course on the 3rd of May. Anoop,
Enjoy yourself in the Garden City!
(Courtesy
Anoop)
Update
about Roshan and Sherine : (01/04/04)
Roshan and Sherine
have both been matched into the program of our first
choice at Louisiana State University Health Science
Center (LSUHSC). They are very glad that both of them
got into the same program. That too, in specialties
of their choice (Sherine in Medicine and Roshan in
Pediatrics). The location is in the southern part
of the US and it's warmer! And in the path Sherine
did very well with 99% in the Parts I and II. They
are planning on coming to India in April last week,
before starting their residencies. Congratulations!!!
(Courtesy
Roshan)
Update
about Arun Mohan (Valsan) : (30/03/04)
Arun Mohan (Valsan)
has joined The Burla Medical College in the Medicine
Department. He is enjoying Abhishek's company there.
The course doesn't start until May and till then,
he's planning to come to terms with Oriya. Congratulations!!!
(Abhishek,
Valsan)
Update
about Ajeetav, Aby Madan : (28/04/04)
Ajeetav is busy
with his M. B. A. course at FMS, New Delhi. When I
went to N. Delhi, I managed to get him on the phone
which is tough in itself. He sends warm regards to
the rest of the batch. Aby Madan is having a lot of
opportunities for doing surgeries at Kottayam MC.
Along with that the academics are good.
(Courtesy
various)
Shriram
Prasad in Lake Shore : (28/03/04)
Shriram Prasad
is working in the Lake Shore Hospital in Ernakulam.
Details will be posted later.
(Courtesy
Sreekanth)
Photos
uploaded :
Anil,
Soumya and Seema get Gold medals! : (23/03/04)
Our own Anil, Soumya CV and Seema were presented Gold
medals in a function at Kerala Univ by Karthikeyan
and the vice chancellor. The only problem we can't
figure out, why did it take 3 years?
(Courtesy
Anil)
Murali
and Joseph clear part one USMLE : (20/04/04)
Good news guys!
Murali Krishnan and Joseph Stephen have succesfully
cleared USMLE Parts I with scores close to ninety
percent! Congratulations to both of them!
(Courtesy
various)
Sundar's
mobile changed : (18/03/04)
Sundar's mobile
number is changed to (+91) 94172 09443. Those who
want to visit Ludhiana, take note!
(Courtesy
Sundar)
Update
about Muffy : (16/03/04)
The match results
for all the applicants (in the USMLE) who wish to
start their residecny in July 2004 has come. Muffy
has got a match. He will know about his hospital only
later on. Congrats to Muffy!
(Courtesy
Muffy)
Prasanth
Lal - A year later : (04/03/04)
It was the first
death anniversary of our batchmate Prasanth Lal on
the first of March. Let's give him a moment of solemnity
and silence.
(Courtesy
Siby)
Murali
on TV! (03/03/04)
Murali was featured
in the latest episode of a musical show called "Shubharathri"
on Jeevan TV, this past week. The show usually features
professionals from other fields who have talent in
music. As you might expect, Murali was simply superb!
Congrats to Murali!
(Courtesy
various)
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