Dr. Dinesh Kumar

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Dr. Dinesh Kumar P MBBS · MD (Geriatric Medicine) · Fellowship in Palliative Medicine · AI in Healthcare (JHU) HEAD OF DEPARTMENT — GERIATRICS , PAL L IAT IVE & HOME CARE G. Kuppuswamy Naidu Memorial Hospital, Coimbatore TNMC Registration No. 130042 · Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu +91 94425 57541 · ponnraj.dinesh@gmail.com P R O F I L E Geriatrician and palliative physician, MD-trained at Madras Medical College, Chennai. Heads the Department of Geriatrics, Palliative & Home Care at G. Kuppuswamy Naidu Memorial Hospital, Coimbatore — a combined service spanning inpatient consultation, a structured geriatric outpatient clinic and a hospital-linked home care programme, built on a standardised comprehensive geriatric assessment with structured triage, follow-up and quality reporting. Particular interest in developing structured older-adult services in hospitals where geriatric care is not yet a defined specialty. C L I N I C A L S E R V I C E S ▪ Geriatric OPD and comprehensive geriatric assessment ▪ Inpatient geriatric consultation and delirium care ▪ Memory and dementia clinic ▪ Palliative, supportive and end-of-life care ▪ Falls, mobility and bone health ▪ Medication review and deprescribing S E R V I C E D E V E L O PME N T S T R E N G T H S ▪ Establishing a geriatric OPD and inpatient pathway ▪ Geriatric–palliative care integration ▪ Frailty, falls and cognition screening programmes ▪ Home care and discharge transition pathways ▪ Deprescribing and medication-safety protocols ▪ Clinical dashboards and quality reporting C L I N I C A L E X P E R I E N C E Head of Department — Geriatrics, Palliative & Home Care Nov 2024 – Present G. Kuppuswamy Naidu Memorial Hospital (GKNMH), Coimbatore Clinical and operational lead for a combined department with a palliative care consultant, physician assistants and a home care field team. Introduced the hospital’s standard comprehensive geriatric assessment and its tiered home care model for housebound older adults. Assistant Surgeon · Senior Resident, Internal Medicine Nov 2023 – Nov 2024 Government Namakkal Medical College Hospital, Tamil Nadu Inpatient, outpatient and ICU care across the general medical intake, including emergencies and toxicology; teaching of undergraduates and interns. Q U A L I F I C A T I O N S MD — Geriatric Medicine · Madras Medical College, Chennai · First Class 2020 – 2023 MBBS · PSG Institute of Medical Sciences & Research, Coimbatore · First Class 2012 – 2018 R E G I S T R A T I O N & C E R T I F I C A T I O N S Tamil Nadu Medical Council · Registered Medical Practitioner, Reg. No. 130042 Since 2018 Fellowship in Palliative Care · Institute of Palliative Medicine 2025 AI in Healthcare · Johns Hopkins University 2026 R E S E A R C H & A C A D EMI C H I G H L I G H T S • Principal Investigator — Potentially Inappropriate Medications and Adverse Drug Reactions in Older Adults: a cross-sectional study based on Beers criteria. • MD Dissertation — Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment across all stages of chronic kidney disease in older adults, Madras Medical College, Chennai. • First Prize, Poster Presentation — GERICON 2022, National Conference of the Geriatric Society of India.

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• 2018

  MBBS

  PSG Institute of Medical Sciences & Research, Coimbatore

• 2023

  MD — Geriatric Medicine

  Madras Medical College, Chennai

• 2025

  Fellowship in Palliative Care

  Institute of Palliative Medicine

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