Kuganantham P
Head
Infectious disease
Chennai city health officer
Hong Kong
Biography
Dr. P.Kuganantham is serving as City Health Officer,Chennai..He is the recipient of “Life Time Achievement Award” from Dr.MGR Medical University. Graduated M.B.B.S from Stanley Medical College, D.P.H. Madras Medical College, DTM&H- London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine,MPH & W.H.O.Fellowship- Epidemiology,Infectious diseases & AIDS --Johns Hopkins,U.S.A. He served as Director, Communicable Diseases Hospital, Chennai, Project Director for Public Health Foundation of India, CDC Consultant TN, Program Officer, PPTCT & Consultant UNICEF Chennai, Associate Professor, Infectious Diseases for the Medical Colleges under University of Madras, Team Leader, Gujarat Earth Quake Medical Relief Team, Member of the Steering Committee, AIDS CELL, Tamil Nadu. He identified the new strain of Vibrio Cholera i.e., Vibrio Cholera Non 01,0139 for the first time and named it as ‘ MADRAS STRAIN”.
Research Interest
Epidemiology,Infectious diseases, AIDS Control, Control of Communicable (Infectious) Diseases
