Qualifications: MBBS (University of Calicut-1989) MD Gen. Medicine ( University of Calicut -2004 ) Reg No Medical Board of WA: P5-23191 Designation: Registrar, Intensive Care Unit, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth Postal Address: No: 6/89, Stirling Highway, Nedlands, Perth, WA-6009 E-mail: dr_premanand@hotmail.com Tele-phone: 1) Resi: 93865156 2) Mobile: 0412223899 Nationality: Indian Passport No: F0614466 Australian Visa: sub class 457 (Valid till 13, Jan., 2013) Educational Qualification: 1) MBBS: Calicut Govt. Medical College, Calicut University, Kerala, India Compulsory Resident Internship: Calicut Medical College, Calicut, Kerala, India, 1st Dec. 1988 to 30th Nov. 1989. Calicut Medical College, Calicut, Kerala, India has 2750 beds and a teaching staff strength of 450 (World directory of Medical Schools, 6th Edition, WHO, Geneva, 1988, p 124) 2) MD (Doctor of Medicine) Internal Medicine: The training schedule (3years) as follows : 24 months rostering in Internal Medicine training 2 months rostering each in Cardiology, Neurology, Nephrology and Gastroenterology. 1 month each in Psychiatry, Radiology, Dermatology and Anaesthesia Periods of Training: Internal Medicine: 7-10-2000 to 6-10-2001 (12 months) Specialities: Cardiology: 7-10-2001 to 6-12-2001 (2 months) Neurology: 7-12-2001 to 6-2-2002 (2 months) Nephrology: 7-2-2002 to 6-4-2002 (2 months) Gastroenterology 7-4-2002 to 6-6-2002 (2 months) Radiology: 7-6-2002 to 6-7-2002 (1 month) Dermatology: 7-7-2002 to 6-8-2002 (1 month) Anaesthesiology: 7-8-2002 to 6-9-2002 (1 month) Psychiatry: 7-9-2002 to 6-10-2002 (1 month) Internal Medicine: 7-10-2002 to 6-10-2003 (12 months) TOTAL: 36 months Professional Experience: Australian Experience: 1) Registrar, ICU, Royal Perth Hospital. Period: 26-01-2009 onwards 2) Registrar, ICU: Western Hospital, Footscray, Melbourne, Australia Period: 30 months (15th Sept, 2006 to 01-02-2009) Overseas Experience: 1) Assistant Professor in Medicine: Dept. of Medicine Govt.Medical College Hospital, Calicut, Kerala, India 07-10-2005 to 31-08-2006 (10 & ½ months) 2) Lecturer in Internal Medicine: Govt.Medical College Hospital, Calicut Period: 20-06-2004 to 07-10-2005 ( 1 yr. & 4 months) 3) Lecturer in Internal Medicine: Dept. of Medicine Govt.Medical College Hospital, Calicut 18th of Feb. 1998 to 20-06-2004 ( 4 yrs. & 4 months- includes post-graduate training in Internal Medicine as in-service trainee) 4) Lecturer in Chest Diseases: Dept. of T.B. and Chest Diseases (Institute of Chest Diseases). Govt. Medical College Hospital, Calicut, Kerala, India. Duration: One Year (11-01-’94 to 10-01-’95) 5) Lecturer in Infectious Diseases Dept. of Medicine,Govt. Medical College Hospital, Calicut, Kerala, India 20-04-’90 to 6-10-’90. Duration ~ 6 months. 6) Tutor in Medicine: Department of Internal Medicine Academy of Medical Sciences, Pariyaram, Kannur, Kerala, India . 1-1-’94 to 17-2-’98 Duration: Four years Thesis for M.D.General Medicine: Acute Upper G.I. Bleeding - Clinical Manifestations & Endoscopic Evaluation: Aim of the study was aetiological evaluation of upper G.I. bleed and to define co- morbid factors In this study 151 patients who presented with acute upper G.I bleed were clinically and endoscopically evaluated. . Papers presented: 1) Clinical Index for Early Diagnosis of Leptospirosis:. 57th Annual Conference of Association of Physicians of India, Chennai, 2002 2) Endoscopic Evaluation of Acute Upper GI Bleeding. Annual Conference of Indian Society of Gastroenterology, Kerala Chapter, Calicut, 2002. Conferences attended: 1) 57th National Conference of API, Chennai 2002 2) National Conference on Diabetes, Cochin, 2003 3) 3rd National Conference on Emergency Medicine, Coimbatore, 2000. 4) International Critical Care Congress, Delhi, 2002 5) 43rd National Conference of Indian Society of Haematology & Transfusion Medicine, 2002 6) Indo-Australian Critical Care Training Program, Mumbai, 2002 7) International Critical Care Congress, Jaipur, 2003 8) International Critical Care Congress, Mumbai, 2004 9) International Critical Care Congress, Chennai,2006 Courses & Training Programs (completed successfully) • ADAPT workshop- 6th March, 2007 • ANZICS intensive Care course, Boxhill Hospital, Melbourne • Acute Care Medicine course, Boxhill Hospital, Melbourne • Fundamental Critical Care Support Course (FCCS), Society of Critical Care Medicine, February 2006 (conducted by ISCCM, Chennai) • Fundamental Critical Care Support Course (FCCS), Society of Critical Care Medicine, February 2003 (conducted by ISCCM, Jaipur) • Indo-Australian Critical Care Training Program, Mumbai, 2002 • BLS & Advanced Cardiac Life Support , ISCCM, Chennai, 2002 • Disaster Management, EMCON, Coimbatore, 2000