Dr. Ravi Teja K

OP Timing:

I. Qualification / Education:

• MBBS – Kakatiya Medical College (2009-2015)
• DNB (Internal Medicine) – Sunshine Hospital, Secunderabad (2017-2020)
• FNB (Infectious Diseases) – Apollo Main Hospital, Greams Road, Chennai (2021-2023)

II. Experience:

Senior Registrar – Department of Infectious Diseases, Apollo Main Hospital, Chennai. July 2024 to Feb 2025

III. Expertise:

• Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO)
• Multidrug Resistant (MDR) Infections
• Orthopedic Infections
• Transplant related infections
• TB
• ⁠HIV, PEP & PrEP and STI’s
• ⁠Fungal Infections
• Adult Vaccination
• ⁠Antimicrobial Stewardship

IV. Area of Interest:

Adult vaccination, infections in Transplant recipients, HIV

V. Publications:

1. Original article: Clinical Profile of Blood Culture-proven Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fever in Hospitalized Patients from a Tertiary Care Hospital in South India. Link: https://journals.lww.com/cids/pages/currenttoc.aspx
2. Review article: Shining a light on TORCH Infections in Pregnancy; in Journal of Clinical Infectious Disease Society. Link: Journal of Clinical Infectious Diseases Society
3. Case report: Mycobacterium genavense mycobacteremia in a Host with Advanced AIDS; in Journal of Clinical Infectious Disease Society. Link: Journal of Clinical Infectious Diseases Society
4. Abstract Publication: Clinical Profile of in Immunocompromised hosts – A case series. Number 143 Journal of Clinical Cryptococcosis Infectious Diseases Society
5. Abstract Publication: Disseminated Cryptococcosis in a Newly Detected Diabetic Host: A rare presentation. Number 59 Journal of Clinical Infectious Diseases Society
6. Abstract Publication: Breakthrough Trichosporonosis in Patients Receiving Echinocandins: A Case Series from a Tertiary Care Hospital in South India. Number 60 Journal of Clinical Infectious Diseases Society
7. Abstract Publication (co-author): Beyond Meningitis: Unveiling Cryptococcus Uncommon Intrigue in a Renal Transplant Host. Number 61 Journal of Clinical Infectious Diseases Society
8. Diagnostic Utility of Metagenomic Next-Generation Sequencing in Neurological Infections: Two Case https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2025.116713 Reports.
9. Case report: C5-C6 spondylodiscitis with epidural abscess caused by hematogenous dissemination of Mycobacteroides abscessus complex (in Peer review)
10. Clinical Image: Tick Infestation after Camping in the Forest. Link: https://journals.lww.com/cids/pages/currenttoc.aspx
11. Clinical Image: Subconjunctival and submucosal Dirofilariasis (in Peer review)

VI. Memberships:

• IDSA, CIDS, AST, ESCMID GLOBAL, API

VII. Awards and Honours:

• Receipt of ECCMID-2024 OUTREACH GRANT AWARD from ESCMID to attend the conference in May 2024 in Barcelona, Spain.
• CIDS/RSTMH Trainee Research Prize 2024, in recognition of research, Investigation of outbreak of Serratia marcescens infections after laparoscopic gynecologic surgery.
• FIRST PRIZE award for poster presentation at the national Neuro-ID conference, NIMHANS, in February 2024 in Bangalore, India.
• Certificate of Excellence for BEST PAPER PUBLICATION for 2024, Apollo Hospitals. Paper: Shining a light on TORCH Infections in Pregnancy.
• First Prize for presentation on Neuro-melioidosis case series, KIMS Health, Trivandrum, January 2025.
• National level RANK 3 in Infectious Disease Fellowship entrance test 2022.
• Appreciated for treating more than 2500 patients with severe/moderate COVID-19 disease during the pandemic in 2020 at SUNSHINE Hospital, Hyderabad, India.