Doctor Arvind Ponnusamy

Consultant Nephrologist & Honorary Senior Lecturer at University of Manchester

Country

United Kingdom

Speciality

Nephrology

Subspeciality

Glomerulonephritis and vasculitis

Experience

2002 years

Languages

English

Areas of expertise

Glomerulonephritis
Vasculitis
Chronic Kidney disease (CKD)
Hypertension
Kidney Transplantation
Hemodialysis
Peritoneal Dialysis

About the expert

Dr Ponnusamy is a Consultant Nephrologist with over 20 years of experience. He has acquired various subspecialty experiences in nephrology during his current position as a consultant and an honorary senior lecturer at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals.

He has always helped improve the quality of care for renal patients by introducing the "Code Red" project and the Dialysis Catheter Safety checklist.

He has contributed to 59 research projects and he is an examiner at the University of Manchester, the Royal College of Physicians and the General Medical Council.

Dr Ponnusamy is currently a Consultant Nephrologist and an Honorary Senior Lecturer at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals, the University of Manchester, UK.

He has acquired various subspecialty experiences in nephrology during his current position and his previous positions at multiple prestigious hospitals at the NHS foundation.

Dr Ponnusamy has always paid special attention to the improvement of the quality of care. He introduced the term "Code Red" to help recognise the need to respond to acute unwell adults in a timely fashion. As a response to this triage system, the cardiac arrest rate was reduced by 70 percent. This project was adapted across the trust and is still successfully implemented.

He has also introduced a catheter safety checklist to reduce the potential for human error and improve the process of central line insertion. This showed a significant reduction in the number of complications related to dialysis line catheter insertion in our unit.

Dr Ponuusamy has contributed to 59 research projects including articles published in national and international journals, conference papers, posters and book chapters

He is an examiner for the MRCP PACES examination at the Royal College of Physicians, an examiner for PLAB (exam undertaken to qualify overseas Doctors) by the General Medical Council and an OSCE examiner for medical students of the University of Manchester. He has also developed and implemented a regular teaching programme for the junior medical staff undertaking PACES examinations and year 5 medical students.

Consultant Nephrologist & General Medicine and Honorary Senior Lecturer
2015 - Today
University of Manchester, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Post CCT fellow in Interventional Nephrology and Dialysis
2015 - 2015
Salford Royal Hospital
Locum Consultant Acute Medicine
2014 - 2015
Royal Preston Hospital
Specialist Registrar in Renal Transplantation
2014 - 2014
Manchester Royal Infirmary
Specialist Registrar in Nephrology and GIM
2012 - 2014
Royal Preston Hospital
Clinical Research Fellow in Renal Medicine
2009 - 2012
University of Manchester
Specialist Registrar in Nephrology and GIM
2007 - 2009
Salford Royal Hospital
Specialist Registrar in Nephrology and GIM
2005 - 2007
Royal Preston Hospital

Glomerular disease fellowship

Glomerular disease study and trial consortium

2022
Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians

Royal College of Physicians

2018
Fellow of the American Society of Nephrology

American Society of Nephrology

2015
Certificate of completion of training (CCT) in Renal Medicine and General Medicine

Royal College of Physicians

2014
PhD

University of Manchester

2013
Membership of Royal College of Physicians (Nephrology)

Royal College of Physicians

2013
Membership of Royal College of Physicians

Royal College of Physicians

2005
MBBS

Kasturba medical college, India

2004