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Dr. Nagaprabhu , M.B.B.S., D.N.B. (Diplomate National Board), D.N.B (Diplomate National Board)
Rheumatologist
Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India   View Clinic 

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Contact Details
 
City
Coimbatore
State
Tamilnadu
Country
India

Professional Details
 
State Licence Number/NPI
70428
State/Board registered with
Tamilnadu Medical Council
Specialty
Rheumatologist
Years of experience
23
Patients seen per week
60 
Procedures done per week
15 
Specific Skills and Interests
special interest in the management of lupus,vasculitis,rheumatoid arthritis and juvenile idiopathic arthritis 
Clinic Detail 1
 
Location
PSG Medical college,
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Timing
9am to 5pm
 

Education Details
 
Graduation
 
Year
1996 
Degree earned
M.B.B.S. 
Name of the university
Thanjavur Medical College 
Residency / Post graduation
 
Year of post-graduation
2004
Degree earned
D.N.B. (Diplomate National Board)
University/Hospital/Institute
Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences 
Fellowship / Specialty Training
 
Year of fellowship
2008
Degree earned
D.N.B (Diplomate National Board)
University/Hospital/Institute
Nizams Institute of Medical Sciences 

Other Details
 
Honors/Awards
1.     Severity of Cognitive Impairment in SLE is related to disease activity a single centre case control study -V.N.N. Prabu, L. Rajasekhar, S. Agrawal, A. Suvarna*, G. Narsimulu – APICON 2011
2.      Digital ischemia in SLE -Does It Represent A Distinct Subset? A Retrospective Case Control Study - V.N.N. Prabu, L. Rajasekhar, S. Agrawal, G. Narsimulu - Ann Rheum Dis 2010;69(Suppl3):688
3.     Analysis of male lupus patients admitted in Rheumatology Department -
Prabu VNN, Shabina H, Agrawal S, Rajasekhar L, Narasimulu G – Poster Presentation – IRACON 2009 .
4.     Morbidity of digital gangrene in rheumatology practice – VNN prabu,
PKS Chandrasekhara, S Agrawal, JK Kadel, L Rajasekhar, G Narsimulu.
Free paper presentation platform – IRACON 2008.
5.     Venus with Mercury Saga - Prabu VNN, Monita G, Prashanth RS, Gireeshkumar KP, Unni VN, Rao G. Poster presentation - APICON 2007.
6.     POTS – An Entity often Unrecognised - Prabu VNN, Dhage SS , Singh R, Geetha Francis G, Gireeshkumar KP, Gopinathan VP, Rao G. - Poster presentation - APICON 2007.
7.     Indian patients with lupus nephritis respond well to the euro lupus nephritis trial protocol. IR Vara Prasad, L Rajasekhar, VNN Prabu, H Shabina, S Agrawal, S Kanchinadham, G Narsimulu. IRACON 2011
8.     Etoposide in secondary macrophage activation syndrome in children .Suma Balan, VN Nagaprabhu, P Shenoy Department of Rheumatology, Amrita Institute of Medical Science, Kochi, Kerala, India. IRACON 2011
9.     Digital ischemia in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus not an uncommon occurrence : experience from an Indian cohort. Prabu VNN*, Thomas J, Rajasekhar L, Agrawal S, Narsimulu G . *Amrita Institute of medical sciences, Rheumatology, NIZAMS Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, India
 
Affiliations
Member of Indian Rheumatology Association
2. Member of National Academy of Medical Sciences (MNAMS) – India. 
Other professional achievements
1)     Post-Chikungunya Chronic Arthritis - G. Narsimulu, V.N.N. Prabu- Editorial review – JAPI 2011.Vol 59
2)     A study of posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome in the context of systemic lupus erythematosus. Varaprasad IR,Agrawal S,PRABU VN, Rajasekhar L, Kanikannan MA, Narsimulu G. J Rheumatol. 2011 May 15. [Epub ahead of print]
3)     Infections in rheumatology practice: an experience from NIMS, Hyderabad. Rajendra Vara Prasad Irlapati1*, Vadivelmurugan Nagasubramani Nagaprabu1,Kanchinadam Suresh, Sumeet Agrawal, Narsimulu Gumdal Indian Journal of Rheumatology 2011 March,Volume 6, Number 1; pp. 25– 30
4)     Low body mass index is adversely associated with radiographic joint damage in Indian patients with early RA. Uma D Vellpula, Sumeet Agrawal,Joe Thomas, V.N.Nagaprabu, Liza Rajasekhar, Gumdal Narasimulu - J Rheumatol First Release Nov 15 2010; doi:10.3899/jrheum.100535
5)     Systemic lupus erythematosus and Tuberculosis: A review of complex interaction of complicated diseases – Prabu V, Agrawal S – J Postgrad Med 2010;56:244-50
6)      Supraspinatus tendon rupture in lupus: a rarity . Prabu VN, S Agrawal, JK Kishore G Narsimulu - Lupus 2009 ;18(11):1026-7
7)     Musculoskeletal manifestations of Diabetes Mellitus – VNN Prabu, G.Narsimulu. – Clinical Medicine update 2009(Volume XII), 330-350.
8)     Behcets disease an overview – VNN.Prabu, G.Narsimulu – API Medicine update 2009
9)     Stenotrophomonas maltophilia: a very rare cause of tropical pyomyositis -Thomas J, Prabhu VN, Varaprasad IR, Agrawal S, Narasimulu G. Intl J Rheum Dis, 2010,13(1), 89–90.
10) Comment on: Prevalence, serological features, response to treatment and outcome of critical peripheral ischemia in a cohort of lupus patients – L.Rajasekhar, N.V.Jayachandran, Prabu VN, G. Narsimulu. Rheumatology 2009 48(4):451-452