About Dr. Sanoop Kumar Sherin Sabu

                                      

Dr. Sanoop Kumar Sherin Sabu combines professional excellence with a deep sense of philanthropy, tirelessly advocating for better healthcare access and positively impacting the lives of those in need. His dedication to patient care and community welfare truly sets him apart as a leader in the medical field.

Philanthropic Initiatives

• As the founder of the Pace Maker Donation Campaign , Dr. Sanoop has facilitated the donation of pacemakers from generous families to provide life-saving treatment for financially disadvantaged patients at CMC Vellore. This initiative reflects his unwavering commitment to healthcare equity and the belief that everyone deserves access to essential medical care.

• Free online insulin dose adjustment assistance for children with Type 1 Diabetes mellitus

• Since 2013 he has been active in organizing medical camps to help the destitute. Since then, till date he has been pursuing it without any monitory benefits or interests.

• He is a qualified palliative care physician who provides voluntary free service to patients in end of life care since 2014. He was trained for the same under Dr. MR Rajagopal, father of Palliative Medicine of India, since 2013.

• He and his wife Dr. Irene Rose Joy, has taken the initiative to design and publish the website named www.yourfamilydoctor.co.in for the purpose of patient awareness.

Major Awards and Achievements

1. Rashtrapathi Puruskar Award from the President of India (2012)
2. KVPY Fellow in basic sciences (2012)
3. ICMR STS Award for research on extrapulmonary tuberculosis (2016)
4. Awarded for leading the Best National Service Scheme (NSS) Unit among medical colleges in the State of Kerala by Finance Minister Professor Dr. Thomas Issac in 2017
5. Recognized among the  3 Best Diabetologists in Erode District  (2024) by Three Best Rated® India
6. Multiple awards for research presentations and quizzes, highlighting his commitment to advancing medical knowledge.

Awards and Achievements

1. Rashtrapathi Puruskar Award from Hon. President of India Pratibha Devisingh Patil, in 2012
2. Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY) 2012 Fellow in basic science
3. ICMR STS 2016 Award  ( Indian Council of Medical Research)- for research on the topic Extra pulmonary Tuberculosis
4. Award for best NSS Unit among medical colleges of State of Kerala from Finance Minister Professor Dr. Thomas Issac in 2017.
5. 1^st prize  oral Paper presentation at    MOSC Medical College, Kolenchery on 2017 
6. 1^st prize Research Poster presentation  at Research day of MOSC medical College, kolenchery on 2018
7. 1^st Prize in Psychiatry quiz on  “ World mental health day” conducted by IAPSM ( Indian Assoication of Preventive and Social Medicine) on 7^th April 2017, at MOSC Medical College, Kolenchery
8. 2^nd Prize in All Kerala Medical Quiz on “60 Seconds to Diagnose” organised at  Government Medical College, Kottayam in 2017.
9. Runner up in South Indian Medical Quiz organised at Dr.Somervell Medical College, Trivandrum
10. Runner Up in All Kerala Neurology Quiz conducted by KAN ( Kerala Association of Neurologists) at Jubilee Medical college, Thrissur. 2017
11. 1^st Prize in Diabetology Quiz on world diabetes Day in 2021, at Governement Mohan Kumaramangalam Medical College Salem
12. 2^nd Runner Up Prize in National Hepatitis Day Quiz in 2022
13. 3^rd prize in Tamil Nadu State level Hemato-oncology quiz organised by Haematology Society of India in 2022
14. Listed among the 3 Best diabetologist in Erode District 2024 rated by Three Best Rated® India  website
15. 3^rd Prize for EUS Guided Hepaticogastrostomy Video Presentation at EUS Live Chennai 2024
16. Selected with Travel Grand for 38th International Workshop on Therapeutic Endoscopy, Hong Kong on 11^th December 2024
17. 1^st prize for Debate on IBD conference organised by Crohn’s Colitis Foundation in 2025 , on Topic JAK Inhibitors in IBD.

Trainings Underwent

• National IBD Workshop in March 2025
• Workshop on High Resolution Solid State Manometry -by Dr. Sandeep Sha, at Contental hospital Hyderbad, 2025
• Pediatrics training under Late Dr. MR Nair (former IAP Secretary) Sanjoe Hospital, Perumbavoor- 2018
• ICMR- Short Term Studentship in Medical Research – 2015-16
• Shiloh, Christian Medical Mission Training Program at CMC Vellore in 2017
• Medical Research Methodology Training Program  at CMC Vellore in 2016
• Palliative Care Volunteer trainers training program at TIPS ( Trivandrum Institute of Palliative) under Dr. MR Rajagopalan,( Father of Palliative) in 2014
• Suicide prevention Training by  Dr. MKC Nair, VC- KUHS- 2015 at Kerala University of Health Science ,Thrissur, Kerala

List of lectures delivered for Seminars/ CMEs/ training Programs

• Faculty for Biomedical Engineers training on ICG and Non invasive cardiac monitoring- For Vellalar Engineering College, Erode, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Organised by Dr. Rajalakshmi on ‎27 ‎August ‎2024- Online meet
• Talk on Hepatitis A awareness and management guidelines for Vengore, Kerala Community Health Centre Doctors and Staffs on May 6^th 2024
• Moderator in DNB Medicine PG Case Presentation at Revathi medical Centre Tirupur on 24-12-2023- Topic- GIT case
• Class on Judicious Use of Oxygen for staff nurses and Paramedical staffs of CK Medical Center Hospital Erode on July 2023
• Approach to Valvular Heart Disease DNB Medicine and Family Medicine Post Graduates in Erode Head Quarters Hospital – on 17^th August 2023
• Approach to Myelopathy- DNB Medicine and Family Medicine Post Graduates in Erode Head Quarters Hospital – on 16^th August 2023
• ACLS class for staff nurses and Paramedical staffs of CK Medical Center Hospital Erode on July 2023
• Approach to Aortic Stenosis – Medicine and Cardiology Postgraduates Seminar In Government Medical college Salem April 2023
• Approach to Mitral Valve Disease- Medicine and Cardiology Postgraduates Seminar in Government Medical college Salem April 2023
• Taken More than 30 Medicine Classes for 2016 and 2017 batch Undergraduates of Government Medical College Salem ( Representative- Gokul – 9500351393)
• Taken PG entrance class for EGFI Missionary Doctors PG entrance training program.  ( Course coordinator – Dr. Herlad)
• Interesting case of adenocarcinoma of lung wrongly treated as tuberculosis – June 2021
• Allergic Broncho pulmonary Aspergillosis – Seminar at department of General Medicine April 2021
• Journal on Dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibody responses and duration of immunity in API Salem on march 2021
• Image Gallery presentation at API Salem on November   2021
• Masquerading Xray miss treated as TB- presented at APMC GMKMCH Salem June 2022

Public activities involved

1. Organises Medical Camps and Awareness programs
2. Volunteer Secretary of National Service Scheme, MOSC Medical College, during 2016-2017 with extended role in late 2015
3. Student secretary of ENCON Club ( environmental protection and energy conservation) , during 2016-2017
4. Blood donors forum in charge during 2014-2016
5. Chief organizer of JCI Thodupuzha Grand medical Camp – Saukhya-2016 in Tribal Colony of Poomala.
6. Surveyed and adopted rural colony in Veettoor. Conducted regular monthly medical camps during the period of 2015-2018
7. Palliative care home visit from  Govt. Hospital kadayiruppu, Kerala  during the period 2014 to 2016.
8. Organised monthly Mega Medical Camps from period of January 2015 to August 2017
9. Organised weekly mini medical Camps in rural villages of Aikaranadu village, Kunnathunadu panchayath, Mazhuvannor panchayath.
10. Organised Eye donation (Manninenthinu Kannu) awareness programs in various educational institutions and residential associations
11. Organised Anti-addiction Campaign in educational institutions
12. Headed AIDS Prevention-weeks events of 2016 in MOSC Medical College and the event won national recognition, with Community medicine department of MOSC Medical college, Kolenchery.
13. Initiated the project of “ Nakshatra vanam” ( Star garden) in MOSC Medical College, during 2017.
14. Worked with Rajagiri out Reach in Suchithwa Haritha Malsaram / Bodhana Yojana, with  Fr. (Dr. ) George Pittapilli, for environment protection. January 9, 2018
15. Say NO to plastic- 2018  St. Pauls Higher Secondary school, Kolenchery
16. Teachers training on the topic- Common Illness  among school going children.  St. Peters Senior Secondary School, Kadayirippu- 25^th may 2017
17. Diabetes Awareness program- Kumarapuram PHC, on 2014, November 14
18. Diabetes Awareness program- Gandhi Nagar colony, on 2014, November 20
19. AIDS Awareness program- St. Peters BE.d College, Kolenchery. 2015

Publications  

• Sabu, Sanoop Kumar Sherin; Ramachandran, Vinoth Kumar; Umashankar, U. S.; Baskkaran, Harriprasad; Sattanathan, Swetha; Bollupalle, Rajendra Prasad; Srujan, Yalamanchi Sri Ram; Narasimhan, V. Aravinda1; Ramachandran, Nair Parvati2. Cholangiocarcinoma – A Detailed Review On Indian Literature. Gastroenterology, Hepatology And Endoscopy Practice 4(4):P 151-160, Oct–Dec 2024. | Doi: 10.4103/Ghep.Ghep_16_24
• Seerangan P, Vinodh Kumar Ks, Sankar L, Sherin Sabu SK, Manjula M. Impact Of Volume And Locations Of Spontaneous Intracerebral Haemorrhage On “In – Hospital Mortality And Outcome”: A Single Centre Analysis. Ijma 2024; October; 6 [10]: 5003-5009. Doi: 10.21608/Ijma.2024.311231.2018

• Co-Authored A chapter in Association of Physicians of India – OSCEs in Medicine 1: A Primer for Postgraduate Students Paperback – 21 February 2024, for contributing OSCES in Neurology  

• Dr. Vergis Paul, Dr. Caroline Francis, Dr. Elizabeth Fischer, Dr. Sanoop Kumar Sherin Sabu, “Inguinal swellings with diagnostic challenge – 2 Case Reports”, IJMACR-January – 2023, Volume – 6, Issue – 1, P. No. 645 – 651.

• The Effect of Body Weight on Peak Expiratory Flow Rate (PEFR) in Adolescent School Children from a Rural Area in South India; NAVIA ISAAC, SANOOP KUMAR SHERIN SABU, DR. M.C. MATHEW, DR. ANNA MATHEW & DR. JOHN THOMAS ;13 AUGUST 2018; socialinnovationsjourna
• Changing trends in incidence and clinical spectrum of extra-pulmonary tuberculosis: a 10-year retrospective study in a rural teaching hospital in South India; 1^st author- Sanoop Kumar Sherin Sabu;Co authors- Vergis Paul, Deepu J. E. Mathew, T. M. Jacob, Celine T. M. International Surgery Journal ISJ/vol 6, No. 1( 2019)