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Varalakshmi Niranjan, MD, MBA, FACP, Dip ABOMAssociate Professor of Medicine
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Education
Post-Graduate Training
Awards
| Degree | Institution | Major |
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| MBBS | Kilpauk Medical College | Medicine |
| MBA | University of Massachusetts Amherst Business School of Management | Healthcare |
Post-Graduate Training
| Training | Institution | Specialty |
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| Internship | UConn School of Medicine | Internal Medicine |
| Residency | UConn School of Medicine | Internal Medicine |
Awards
| Name of Award/Honor | Awarding Organization |
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| Connecticut Magazine Top Doctor - Internal Medicine | Connecticut Magazine |
| Connecticut Magazine Top doctor | Connecticut Magazine |
| Fellow of Obesity Medicine Association | Obesity Medicine Association |
| Connecticut Magazine Top Doctor - Internal Medicine | Connecticut Magazine |
| Excellence in Community Service | Connecticut Association of Physicians of Indian origin |
| Recognition of Innovative Approaches to Medical Education Which Result in Better Medical Outcomes | Alliance for Independent Academic Medical Centers (AIAMC) |
| Award for Clinical Accomplishments, Scholarly and Teaching Activities | Fellow of the American College of Physicians |
| Quality and Patient Safety Day, First Place for Poster Presentation: 'Guidelines on Vaccinations in Adult Ambulatory Practice' | Hartford Hospital |
| Stewart Hamilton Fellowship to Pursue Healthcare Management Courses | Capitol Area Health Consortium |
| Name & Description | Category | Role | Type | Scope | Start Year | End Year |
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| Obesity Medicine Association International and Diversity Committee | Professional/Scientific Organization | Member | External | International | 2021 | |
| Society of General Internal Medicine - New England Region | Professional/Scientific Organization | Membership Chair | External | Regional | 2021 | 2022 |
| Obesity Medicine Association outreach committee | Professional/Scientific Organization | Member | External | National | 2020 | |
| UCONN Health - Walk With A Future Doc Action Committee | Community Service | Faculty Advisor | UConn Health | Local | 2019 |
Journal Articles
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Obesity Pillars Roundtable: Obesity and South Asians
Science Direct, Obesity Pillars 2022 Mar;1
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Lessons learnt from a single physician-led weight loss programme in primary care setting.
International journal of clinical practice 2021 Oct;75(10):e14535
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Obesity Pillars Roundtable: Obesity and South Asians
Obesity Pillars
Books
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Nalam Vazha - A book on health education in Tamil, Indian language,
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Soup a day- keeps the Doctor Away - Vegetarian soups for weight loss
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Vaazhakai Oru Payanam- Poetry book in Tamil language
Abstracts
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A tale of Two Tumors
J Gen Intern Med. 2002;17 Suppl 1:27-252.
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Abstracts from the 2019 Annual Meeting of the Society of General Internal Medicine
J GEN INTERN MED 34, 99–867 (2019). 34
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Educating the next generations on Diabetes Care- How are we doing? - A Report on Quality Assessment of Diabetes Mellitus in an Ambulatory practice of a teaching hospital.
Journal of General Internal Medicine volume 19, (2004)Page 147
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Web Based Interactive Dermatological and Fundoscopic curriculum for Internal Medicine Residents
Scientific Abstracts J Gen Intern Med 21, 1–283 (2006). Page 188-189
Case Reports
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Bilateral sciatic hernias in an elderly woman successfully managed with robotic surgery: A case report and literature review
International journal of surgery case reports 2021 Sep;86
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Spinal tumour: a diagnostic lesson.
J Accid Emerg Med. 1998 May;15(3):199
Conference Papers
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Demystifying Obesity Medicine for primary care physicians
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The Preceptor’s Guide to Treating Obesity in the Clinic’- Workshop
Other
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Destiny More than Geography
Conn Med. 2004 Oct; 68(9):588.
Reviews
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Anticoagulation in Ambulatory Care: An Evidence-Based Review of the Literature
Case Management 2007;12(2):106-111 12(2):
| Title or Abstract | Type | Sponsor/Event | Date/Year | Location |
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| How Food Insecurity May Impact Attitudes on Dietary Change in a High-risk Community. American College of Lifestyle Medicine Annual meeting, Colorado, October 2023 | Poster | ACLM | 2023 | |
| Participant Expectations and Lifestyle Change Intentions: Evaluating Wellness Events American College of Lifestyle Medicine Annual meeting, Colorado, October 2023 | ACLM | 2023 | ||
| A powerful tool for closing the knowledge gap and improving patient care by lifestyle medicine curriculum, Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting Colorado, April 2023 | ACLM | 2023 | ||
| A pilot study of the effect of patient-physician language discordance on weight loss related outcomes in adult patients with obesity and overweight attending physician-supervised weight management clinic in New England. Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting Colorado, April 2023 | Poster | ACLM | 2023 | |
| The changing landscape of Obesity management. American College of Physicians CT chapter scientific meeting, Aqua Turf Plantsville, Connecticut Oct 2023. | Talk | 2023 | Farmington | |
| A. Demystifying Weight Management for primary care physicians' Oral workshop- Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting Colorado, April 2023 | Panel Discussion | SGIM | 2023 | |
| Demystifying pharmacotherapy of Obesity for primary care physicians Oral workshop | Panel Discussion | Project ECHO Obesity In Primary Care | 2022 | Virtual |
| Practical Considerations of prescription of Anti-Obesity Medications - Division Meeting | Lecture | 2022 | Virtual | |
| Management of Obesity beyond the differences in ethnicity – Endocrinology intercity Grand Rounds | Lecture | 2022 | Virtual | |
| Food is Medicine –ABCD of Obesity -Healthy eating and Nutrition for the elderly. | Talk | 2022 | Virtual | |
| ABCD of Obesity -Health education for community – UConn Health JUMP/Health Café- UConn Health Connecticut Convergence Institute- Hartford Oct 20,2022. | Talk | 2022 | ||
| Kahn Noor, Kiazand M, Sheer Joy, A Demystifying pharmacotherapy of Obesity for primary care physicians' Oral workshop- Project ECHO Obesity in Primary Care – UConn Health Virtual, Aug 2022 | Panel Discussion | 2022 | ||
| The Preceptor’s Guide to treating Obesity in the Clinic- Oral workshop – Society of General Internal Medicine Mid Atlantic Regional Meeting, Virtual, Oct 2022 | Panel Discussion | SGIM | 2022 | |
| The weight of Time :- Achievements and challenges of a Physician-led program in a primary care setting | Poster | American College of Clinical Endocrinologists | 2021 | Virtual |
| Lifestyle interventions for effective weight loss in primary care, | Poster | , American College of Lifestyle Medicine Annual Meeting | 2020 | Virtual |
| Stay Strong and Live Long | Panel Discussion | Sangam | 2019 | New London |
| Physician supervised weight loss program initiative | Talk | St.Francis Hospital | 2017 | Connecticut |
| Physician supervised weight loss program initiative | Talk | St.Francis Hospital | 2017 | Connecticut |
| Adiposity based chronic disease & its ramifications | Panel Discussion | Connecticut Association of Physicians of Indian Origin | 2017 | Connecticut |