Dr. Simi S M

Professor

MBBS, MD

Area of Interest

  • Clinical dermatology including psoriasis, vitiligo, leprosy and aesthetic dermatology including hair disorders and lasers.

Additional Responsibilities

  • Joint Secretary, Institutional Research Committee
  • Staff advisor to the MBBS students
  • Post peer review content cum language editor of Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprosy
  • Former member SIG on neglected tropical diseases, IADVL
  • Member, Kerala IADVL Online Academic Cell
  • Convener, Grievance Redressal Committee for Students
  • Convener, Students' Welfare Committee
  • Reviewer, Journal of Skin and Sexually Transmitted Diseases
  • External Expert, Institutional Research Committee, Sree Gokulam Nursing College

Achievements, Memberships, Awards

  • All India second place in the postgraduate quiz by IADVL in 2008
  • Life member of Indian Association of Dermatologists, Venereologists and Leprologists (IADVL)
  • First author of the Best original article published in the Indian Journal of Dermatology in 2013
  • Young Researcher Award by the Kerala State Branch of the IADVL – Dr B K H Nair Award -2014
  • Past executive committee member of IADVL Kerala
  • Chief Coordinator of Annual State Conference of the Indian Association of Dermatologists Venereologists and Leprologists (CUTICON) KERALA 2014 – held at Kollam
  • One of the organizers of Mid Annual State Conference of the Indian Association of Dermatologists Venereologists and Leprologists (CUTICON) KERALA 2011- held at Kollam
  • Member, Kerala State Academy of Indian Association of Dermatologists, Venereologists & Leprologists

Publications

Title

Journal / Book

Publication details (Year, Volume, Page No. etc.)

Authorship

1st / 2nd / Other

State /Reg / Nat / Int

Indexed in

Searching for cutaneous leishmaniasis in tribals from Kerala, India.

Journal of Global Infectious Diseases.

2010 May; 2(2):95-100. PMCID: PMC2889671

1st

Int

Pubmed, DOAJ

A Case Report of Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1 


Indian Journal of Dermatology

2012 July-August; 57(4): 304–307. PMCID: PMC3401852

1st

Nat

Pubmed, DOAJ

White Lesions in the Oral Cavity: A Clinicopathological Study from a Tertiary Care Dermatology Centre in Kerala, India


. Indian Journal of Dermatology

2013 July-August; 58(4):269-74. ISSN: 0019-5154ISSN: 0019-5154

1st

Nat

Pubmed, DOAJ

Determinants of rapid progression to   immunodeficiency syndrome among people infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Kerala, India

Indian Journal of Sexually Transmitted Diseases

2011 January-June; 32(1): 23–29. PMCID: PMC3139284

2nd

Nat

Pubmed, DOAJ

Quality of Life of Patients with Psoriasis Seeking Care from Out Patient Department (OPD) of a Tertiary Care Centre of South India Assessed by Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI) and its Correlation with PASI


Indian Journal of Clinical & Experimental Dermatology

2017;3:182-6

1st

Nat

Copernicus, google scholar

Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Hand , Foot & Mouth Disease reported in routine Surveillance system in Kerala, India

Indian Jouranal of Appied Research .

2018;8: 18-20

1st

Nat

Copernicus, google scholar

Facilitating the practice of dermatology in Kerala-Recommendation by an expert panel of kerala, State Branch of the Indian Association of dermatologists, venereologists and leprologists

Journal of skin Sexually Transmitted Diseases

2022: 4: 91-6


1st

Nat

Pubmed, DOAJ

Isolation Identification and antifungal susceptibility of dermatophytes form clinical specimens in a tertiary care hospital in South Kerala

International journal of medical microbiology and tropical diseases

2023;9(1);36-43

2nd

Int

Copernicus, google scholar

Cutaneous and Visceral Leishmaniasis Caused by the Same Zymodeme of Leishmania donovani in Kerala, India

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

2023 Dec 18;110(1):59-63.

6th

Int

Pubmed, DOAJ

Presentations

Topic

Guest lecture / Oral / Poster / Convener of Workshop

Name of the event

Conference / CME / Workshop

Venue

Dates

Level


Scientific Co-chairperson

Cuticon Kerala

Conference

Kollam

November 2023

State


Organizing secretary

Gokulam Derma Mini update: Optimising the use of lasers

CME

Trivandrum

June 2023

State


Organizing secretary

Gokulam Derma Mini update:A-Z of Hansens

CME

Trivandrum

December 2022

State


Organizing committee member

Dermazone south 2019

Conference

Trivandrum

November 2019

Zonal


Organizing secretary

Impact 3.0

CME

Trivandrum

June 2019

State


Organizing secretary

Gokulam dermaupdate

CME

Trivandrum

August 2019

State


Chief coordinator

Cuticon Kerala

Conference

Kollam

2014

State


Organizing committee member

Cuticon Kerala

Conference

Kollam

2011

State

A case report of Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1 – at the Annual State Conference of the Indian Association of Dermatologists Venereologists and Leprologists

Oral

CUTICON Kerala 2008

Conference

Kottayam

2008

State

Erythema Annulare Centrifugum –a case report-at the Annual State Conference of the Indian Association of Dermatologists Venereologists and Leprologists


Oral

CUTICON Kerala 2014

Conference

Kollam

2014

State

A clinicopathological study on white lesions in the oral cavity –as part of Dr BKH Nair Award presentation -at the Annual State Conference of the

Indian Association of Dermatologists Venereologists and Leprologists


Oral

CUTICON Kerala 2014

Conference

Kollam

2014

State

A case report of subpolar lepromatous leprosy presenting with type 1 lepra reaction in the post elimination era


Oral

Indian Association of Leprologists 2015 mid- term conference on Leprosy 2015

Conference

Hyderabad

2015

National

Approach to cicatricial alopecia



Guest lecture

SIG workshop –Trichology 2018

CME

Kochi

2018

State

Antioxidants-a boon or a bane?

Guest lecture

International Congress on Pigmentary disorders and Anti-aging 2011

Conference

Kozhikode

2011

International

Plant based drugs in dermatology

Guest lecture

Dermacon International 2019

Conference

Bangalore

2019

International

Adverse drug reactions in everyday practice

Invited faculty and scientific committee chairperson



E-midcuticon

Conference


August 2nd, 2020



State

Difficult to treat facial dermatoses

Panel speaker

Kerala Cuticon

Conference

Kollam

November 2023

State

Research Projects

  • Serum homocysteine level and metabolic syndrome in patients with lichen planus in a tertiary care centre
  • A clinic-dermoscopic study of facial hypermelanosis along with assessment of diagnostic accuracy of dermoscopy in acquired dermal macular hyperpigmentation in a tertiary care centre