Biochemistry    

               Department of Biochemistry    (Email Id: biochemistry.pgims@hry.nic.in)           

               DETAILS OF FACULTY MEMBERS

Sr. No.

Name

Designation

Qualifications

1

Dr.Veena Singh Ghalaut

Sr. Prof.& Head

MD

2

Dr.SimmiKharb

Professor

MD

3

Dr.ManjuBala

Professor

MD

4

Dr.KiranChugh

Professor

M.Sc.,Ph.D

5

Dr.KiranDahiya

Professor

MD

6

Dr.AshumaSachdeva

Professor

MD

7

Dr.ManjulataKumawat

Professor

M.Sc.,Ph.D

8

Dr.Isha Malik

Assoc. Professor

MD

9

Dr.SumitDokwal

Asstt. Professor

MD

10

Dr. Monica

Asstt. Professor

MD

10

Dr. Seema Lekhwani

Asstt. Professor

MD

 

NEWS

Events:

           “Clinical Biochemistry laboratory, PGIMS, Rohtak has been granted NABL Accreditation as per Standard ISO15189:2012”

           CME “Quality Control in Clinical and Molecular Biochemistry under aegis of AMBICON” was held on 5th October, 2017 in lecture Theatre-5. Dr. V. M. Katoch will be the Chief Guest of the event.

           DNB part II (Biochemistry) practical examination was held on 17th and 18th May 2017 in the Department of Biochemistry and eight candidates appeared.

           Vitamin D estimation has been started in the department for patient care.

 

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PUBLICATIONS (2017-18)

DrVeenaSinghGhalaut, Senior Professor &Head

1.      VaswaniND,Yadav S, Ghalaut VS, Lekhwani S. Role of serum ferritin and troponin-I ultra in detecting cardiac injury with thalassemia major. International J. of healthcare and Biomedical research.2017;5:135-142

2.      Ghalaut P, Bala J, Singh A, BhatiaA, Ghalaut VS, Saurabh K. Serum vitamin D in chronic periodontitis. IJRASET.2017;5.

3.      Arya S, Duhan J, Tewari S, Sangwan P, Ghalaut V, Aggarwal S. Healing of apical periodontitis after Non surgical treatment in patients with type 2 diabetes, Cli Res.2017;43:1623-26.

4.      Dahiya K, Dalal D, Malhotra V, Aggarwal S, Malik AK, Ghalaut VS, Dahiya P. Is. Nitric oxide level affected in postmenopausal women with hypothyroidism. WJOG.2017;6:16-20.

5.      Goel R, Himanshu, Sachdeva A, Singh V, Kumari A. Age specific reference range for prostate specific antigen: A retrospective analysis in north Indian population. Int.J of Res and Review.2017;4:76-9.

6.      Sachdaeva A, Kumar DH, Nada M, Sachdeva S, Khanduja S, Ghalaut V. To study the association between endogenous cortisol levels and development of central serous chorioretinopathy: COD:T148 Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine.2017;55:5648.

7.      Bansal A, Dahiya K, Dabla S, Ghalaut VS, Dubey A, GoelR ,Singla NK. The effect of phenytoin on serum 25-hydroxy vitamin D and bone health markers- A prospective study. Siams.2017;5:3416-3422

8.      KumariMinakshi,Sharma Sunil, PahwaManjubala, Menaka K, Singh Veena, Meena Suresh. Effect of fluoride and reactive oxygen species on healthy postmenopausal women. International Journal of Medical Sciences and Education 2016;4:367-372.

9.      Monica Verma, KiranDahiya, AbhishekSoni, RakeshDhankhar, Veena Singh Ghalaut, Aastha Bansal, Vivek Kaushal. Levels of neutrophil gelatinase-assosciatedlipocalin in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma in Indian population from Haryana state. World Journal of Clinical Oncology 2017; 8 (3): 261-265. DOI: 10.5306/wjco.v8.i3.261 (ISSN 2218-4333 (online)

10.  Verma M, Yadav A, Ghalaut VS, Soni A, Malik I. Serum Lipid Profile and Nitric Oxide levels in Beta Thallesemia patients in Haryana population. WJPR 2018; Vol 6: 1205-1211.

 

DrSimmiKharb, Professor

1. Biwas C, Bala J, Kharb S. Effect of vitamin Esupplementation on superoxide and malondialdehyde generation in acutecelphos poisoning. Arch Med Health Sci 2017;5:200-3.

2. Kharb S, Halder M, Kundu ZS. Heme oxygenase-1 in osteosarcoma. J Can Res Ther 2018 (accepted).

3. Kharb S, Lallar M, Ghalaut PS, BalaJ,Kumawat M, Nanda S. Hemoglobin and serum ferritin concentrationin anemic and nonanemic human immunodeficiency virus females inIndia. J Health Res Rev 2017 (accepted).

4. Ghosh A, Kharb S, Nanda S. Evaluation of association of cord blood fluoridelevels with visible congenital anomalies innewborns.  IntJCurrAdv Res 2017; 3:95-100.

5. Gahlawat P, Singh A, Nanda S, Kharb S. Thyroid dysfunction in early pregnancy and spontaneous abortion. Biomed Biotechnol Res J 2017;1:81-4

6. Kharb S, Nanda S. Patterns of biomarkers in cord blood during pregnancy and preeclampsia.CurrHypertens Rev. 2017;13(1):57-64. doi: 10.2174/1573402113666170126101914.

7. Kharb S, Tiwari R, Nanda S. Cord blood angiogenic profile in normotensive pregnancies.Journal of Basic and Clinical Reproductive Sciences 2017;6: 137- 40. doi: 10.4103/2278-960X.194498.

8. Biwas C, Bala J, Kharb S. Vitamin Esupplementation and renal functions in acute Celphos poisoning. BiomedBiotechnol Res J 2018 (accepted).

9. Kharb S. Gender Based Changes in Cord Blood Heme Oxygenase-1. Journal of Basic and Clinical Reproductive Sciences 2017; 6: 1- 4. doi: 10.4103/2278-960X.194506.

10. Kharb S,Bala J, Nanda S. Markers of obesity and growth in preeclamptic and normotensive pregnant women. J ObstetGynaecol. 2017 Jul;37(5):610-615. doi: 10.1080/01443615.2017.1286463. Epub 2017 May 3.

11.Nanda S,  Kharb S, Bhardwaj J, Thakur R. Maternal serum magnesium levels and perinatal outcomes.  IntJSciRes  2018; 7:14-5.

12. Ghosh A, Kharb S, Nanda S. Oxidative markers of pregnancy. Proceedings of 16th Annual meeting of Society for Free Radical Research in India (SFRRI-2018)&International Conference on Translational Research in Free Radicals,Micronutrient Antioxidants and Functional FoodsFebruary 18 to 20, 2018Department of Laboratory Medicine,All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. p. 53.

13. Ghosh A, Kharb S, Nanda S. Association of cholinesterase withcongenital anomalies in newborn. Proceedings of 44th NationalConference of Association of Clinical Biochemists of India. ScientificConvention Centre, KGMU, Lucknow, India. p. 105

14. Sinha L, Singla A, Vashist MG, Bala J, Goel K, Aparna, KharbS.Prevalence of hyperhomocysteinemia in patients with deep venousthrombosis in Haryana. Proceedings of 44th National Conference ofAssociation of Clinical Biochemists of India. Scientific Convention

Centre, KGMU, Lucknow, India. p. 231

15. Manohar, Gahlawat P, Singh A, Nanda S, Kharb S. Thyroid profileand risk of spontaneous abortion. Proceedings of 44th NationalConference of Association of Clinical Biochemists of India. ScientificConvention Centre, KGMU, Lucknow, India. p. 148

 

Dr. Manjubala, Professor

                                 1.         ManjuBala, Parveen, Rajesh Rajput, Meenakshi. Assessment offluoride status in patients with hypothyroidism. International Journal of current Research Vol. 9(6) pg.51674-81 June-2017.

                                 2.         ManjuBala, Menaka K, Anjali Gupta, Menakshi K. Comparison of Dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate, free testosterone & luteinizing hormone to follicular stimulating hormone ratios in polycystic ovarian syndrome women. J Gynecol Ne Vol 3(2) pg 1-5 (2017).

                                 3.         ManjuBala, Meenakshi, Menaka K, Anjali G. Cprrelation of HbA1C levels with body mass index in newly diagnosed polycystic ovarian syndrome. eJIFCC Vol. 28 (3) 2017.

                                 4.         ManjuBalaPahwa, Menaka K, Anjali Gupta, Meenakshi. Comparison of lipid accumulation product index: a cheap marker of cardiovascular risk with body adiposity index & W/H ratio in newly diagnosed polycystic ovarian syndrome. Vol. 8(10) 21193-97. Oct. 2017.

                                 5.         KumariMinakshi,Sharma Sunil, PahwaManjubala, Menaka K, Singh Veena, Meena Suresh. Effect of fluoride and reactive oxygen species on healthy postmenopausal women. International Journal of Medical Sciences and Education 2016;4:367-372.

           

DrKiranChugh, Professor

1.       Yuthika Agrawal., KiranChugh., Rajesh Rajput., VipinGoyal and Abhishek Singh. Hyperuricemia is implicated in vascular complications of type 2 diabetes mellitus. International journal of current medical anf pharmaceutical research 2017, Vol 3, pp 2346- 2352.

2.       SabihaNaz and KiranChugh comparative study of serum electrolyte analyzed on electrolyte analyzer and autoanalyzer in emergency labof post graduate institute of medical sciences. Journal of medical diagnosticsmethods, 2017, Vol6 , pp 1-3.

 

DrKiranDahiya, Professor

1.         Monica Verma, KiranDahiya, AbhishekSoni, RakeshDhankhar, Veena Singh Ghalaut, Aastha Bansal, Vivek Kaushal. Levels of neutrophil gelatinase-assosciatedlipocalin in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma in Indian population from Haryana state. World Journal of Clinical Oncology 2017; 8 (3): 261-265. DOI: 10.5306/wjco.v8.i3.261 (ISSN 2218-4333 (online)

2.         Aastha Bansal, KiranDahiya, SurekhaDabla, VeenasinghGhalaut, AbhishekDubey, RichaGoel, Narander Kumar Singla. The effect of phenytoin monotherapy on serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D and bone health markers- A prospective study. Scholars Journal of Applied Medical Sciences (SJAMS) 2017; 5 (8F): 3416-3422. [ISSN 2320-6691 (Online) ISSN 2347-954X (Print)]. DOI: 10.21276/sjams

3.         KiranDahiya, DeepikaDalal, Vani Malhotra, Sameer Aggarwal, Ashish Kumar Malik, VeenasinghGhalaut, PriyaDahiya. Is nitric oxide level affected in postmenopausal women with hypothyroidism? World Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 2017; 6 (3): 16-20. DOI: 10.5317/wjog.v6.i3.16. (ISSN 2218-6220 (online)

4.         KiranDahiya. Vitamin D- Role played in health and disease. Current Medical Journal of India 2018; XXIII (12): 29-36. (276) (ISSN: 0972-2203).

5.         Asha Kumari, DeepikaDalal, Rajesh Kumar, PrasanthaSaha, KiranDahiya. Effect of exercise in biochemical parameters in athletes. International Journal of Research and Review 2018; 5(3): 101-105. (E-ISSN: 2349-9788; P-ISSN: 2454-2237)

6.         JyotiSethi, KiranDahiya. MyristicaFragrans (MF): Potential role as an antioxidant and anti-inflammatory agent. Journal of Natural and Ayurvedic Medicine 2018; 2(2):000120

 

DrAshumaSachdeva,Professor

1.      •RichaGoel,Himanshu,AshumaSachdeva, Veena Singh, Asha Kumari. Age specific reference

range for prostrate specific antigen: A retrospective analysis in North Indian Population.

International Journal of research and review. Jul 2017 Vol.4 Isue 7 76-9

2. A Sachdeva, Devender H Kumar, M Nada, S Sachdeva, S Khanduja, V Ghalaut: To Study The

Association Between Endogenous Cortisol Levels And Development Of Central Serous

Chorioretinopathy.: Cod: T148 Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, 2017,55: S648

 

DrManjulataKumawat, Professor

 

1.         Kharb S, Kumawat M, Lallar M, Ghalaut P S, Nanda S. Serum Iron, Folate, Ferritin and CD4 count in HIV seropositive women. Ind J ClinBiochem 2017; (32):95-98

2.         DB Dhaulakhandi,  Kumawat M, R Thakran, S Parshad Structural and functional analysis of CRISP3 protein in relation to diseases of exocrine pancrease. Astrocyte 2017; 3 (4): 201-8.

3.         SimmiKharb, M. Lallar, P.S.Ghalaut, J. Bala, M. Kumawat, S Nanda Hemoglobin and Serum Ferritin concentration anemic and non anemic human immunodeficiency virus females in India. Journal of health research and reviews 2017 accepted for publication.

 

DrIsha Malik, Associate Professor

1. Verma M, Yadav A, Ghalaut VS, Soni A, Malik I. Serum Lipid Profile and Nitric Oxide levels in Beta Thallesemia patients in Haryana population. WJPR 2018; Vol 6: 1205-1211.

DrSumitDokwal, Assistant Professor

1.      Impact of metformin on serum PTH, Vitamin D and Bone mineral density in Non-diabetic post menopausal women with osteoporosis. Proceedings of AMBICON   17th – 19th2017 ,Mysuru . 

2.      To evaluate serum amylase levels in metabolic syndrome. Proceedings of ACBICON  04th-06th 2017 , Lucknow .

 

Dr Monica Verma, Assistant Professor

1.      Verma M, Ghalaut VS, Yadav A, Soni A, Malik I. serum lipid profile and nitric oxide levels in beta thalassemia patients in Haryana population. WJPR. 2018; 7: 1205-11.

 

 

PRESENTATIONS/ TRAININGS/ AWARDS(2017-18)

DrVeenaSingh Sr. Professor & Head

1. Participated in  revised basic course workshop in medical education technologies conducted by Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi regional center for medical education technologies at Pt B D Sharma PGIMS Rohtak from 26-28 march , 2018.

2. PATHCON and LAB EXPO- 2017. 4TH annual conference of association of pathologist.Invited as panelist, 16-17 December, 2017. The Lalit , New Delhi.

3. Organizing chair person for CME on “Quality Control in Clinical and  molecular  Biochemistry  on 5th October, 2017 in PGIMS, Rohtak

4. Chairperson,  25th National conference of AMBI , 17th to 19th November, 2017, at LalithaMahal Palace Hotel, Mysuru.

5. Participated in Swarnajayanti one day national seminar on “ Awareness on intellectual property rights” on march 17, 2017 sponsored by department of Science and Technology, Haryana.

6. Participated in GASTROCON 2017 on Recent advances in gastroenterology on 9thApril , Sri Balaji Action Medical Institute.

7. Chairperson in  NMOCON, 2018 on feb 24th-25th, 2018  held in BPS Medical college for women , Khanpur, Sonepat, Haryana.

 

DrSimmiKharbProfessor

1. Kharb S, Halder M, Kundu Z.  Role of vasodilator-stimulated phosphoprotein (VASP) in osteosarcoma. 44th National Conference of Association of Clinical Biochemists of India. Scientific Convention Centre, KGMU, Lucknow, India.

2. INVITED TALK:

 Role of heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) in pregnancy. 16th Annual meeting of Society for Free Radical Research in India (SFRRI-2018) & International Conference on Translational Research in Free Radicals, Micronutrient Antioxidants and Functional Foods. February 18 to 20, 2018. Department of Laboratory Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.

AWARDS: As coauthor

Ghosh A, Kharb S, Nanda S. Association of cholinesterase with congenital anomalies in newborn. 44th National Conference of Association of Clinical Biochemists of India. Scientific Convention Centre, KGMU, Lucknow, India.

TRAINING

3T- IBHSc (Integrated Bioethics for Health Sciences) International Course in Bioethics for Medical, Dental & Health Science Teaching Faculty of Health Science Universities. An Initiative of The Indian Program of the UNESCO Chair in Bioethics Haifa and Association of Indian Health Science Universities (AIHSU).  At Pt B D Sharma University of Health Sciences on 5th to 7th March 2018.

 

DrManjubala, Professor

DrKiranChugh, Professor

 

DrKiranDahiya, Professor

1.      Poster : Status of ischemia modified albumin in athletes before and after moderate exercise” in 25th Annual National conference of Association of Medical Biochemists of India (AMBICON 2017) “Unfolding New Facets of Medical Biochemistry: The Bridging of Academia and Clinics” at Hotel LalithaMahal Palace, Mysuru 17-19th November 2017.

 

DrAshumaSachdeva Professor

 

DrManjulata Professor

1.      Oral paper: Association of TNF-α 308 Gene Polymorphism in Brain Tumours : A Preliminary Study” in 44th Annual National conference of Association of clinical Biochemists of India ACBICON 2017 held at Lucknow on 3rd  -6th Dec 2017 organized by the Deptt. of Biochemistry, KGMU and Era’s Lucknow Medical University, Lucknow, India.

 

DrIsha Malik Associate Prof

1.         Poster:  Serum LDH & Uric Acid levels in Patients of Status Epilepticus – A Comparative study.  in CME held at Dept. of Biochemistry, Pt.BD Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak on 5th Oct.2017.

2.         Poster: Comparison of the levels of LH, FSH, Prolactin & TSH in patients of primary infertility & early pregnancy loss  in  25th National conference of Association of Medical Biochemists of India (AMBICON 2017) held at Mysuru from 17-19 Nov.2017.

 

DrSumitDhokwalAssistant Professor

1.      Impact of metformin on serum PTH, Vitamin D and Bone mineral density in Non-diabetic post menopausal women with osteoporosis. AMBICON   17th – 19th2017 ,Mysuru . 

2.      To evaluate serum amylase levels in metabolic syndrome. ACBICON  04th-06th 2017 , Lucknow .

 

Dr Monica VermaAssistant Professor

1. Poster: Serum lipid profile and nitric oxide levels in beta thalassemia patients in Haryana population..25th AMBICON at Mysore; 17-19 November, 2017. 1.      Revised basic course workshop in Medical Education Technologies. 27-29 November 2017. at Rohtak, Haryana

Books (Authored)

1          Dr. Veena Singh Ghalaut:

Clinical Biochemistry  CBS publishers and distributers

2          Dr. SimmiKharb:

Daily practical sheet in Biochemistry CBS publishers

3          Dr. Ashuma:

Clinical Biochemistry  CBS publishers and distributers

 

NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE DEPARTMENT

•Clinical Biochemistry laboratory, PGIMS, Rohtak has been granted NABL Accreditation as per Standard ISO15189:2012”

           CME “Quality Control in Clinical and Molecular Biochemistry under aegis of AMBICON” was held on 5th October, 2017

           DNB part II (Biochemistry) practical examination was held on 17th and 18th May 2017 in the Department of Biochemistry and eight candidates appeared.

     Vitamin D estimation has been started in the department for patient care.        

·         Training programme on Quality management systems and internal audit in medical labs as per ISO 15189 dated 30th Aug-2nd September, 2014

     23rd National Conference AMBICON (Association of Medical Biochemists of India) organized in PGIMS, Rohtak from 20th-22nd November, 2015, more than 500 delegates attended the conference from all over India and abroad, a galaxy of speakers delivered their talk .

 

All the faculty members, post-graduate students and other helping staff members were awarded "Certificate of Appreciation" for their fruitful efforts making this national level conference of medical biochemists a rewarding success and for NABL Accreditation !!!