DR L MEENAKSHISUNDARAM

DR L MEENAKSHISUNDARAM DID HIS M.D.(GEN MED) FROM MADRAS MEDICAL COLLEGE AND DID HIS FELLOWSHIP IN DIABETOLOGY FROM M V HOSPITAL ROYAPURAM. HE HAS BEEN PRACTICING MEDICINE FOR 23 YEARS POST HIS M.D., AND MORE THAN 30 YEARS POST HIS MBBS. HE IS A MEMBER OF PRESTIGIOUS MEDICAL ASSOCIATIONS - INCLUDING ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICIANS OF INDIA(API), RSSDI (RESEARCH SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF DIABETES IN INDIA) , ENDOCRINE SOCIETY OF USA, AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS, AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION, INDIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION ETC. DR L.MEENAKSHISUNDARAM IS A REGULAR SPEAKER/CHAIR PERSON IN VARIOUS REGIONAL,NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL FORUMS. HE ORGANISES AWARENESS PROGRAMS ON DIABETES AND ITS COMPLICATIONS, THROUGH VARIOUS MASS MEDIA CHANNELS INCLUDING - FACEBOOK, YOUTUBE, TELEVISION CHANNELS AND NEWSPAPERS, WEEKLY, MONTHLY MAGAZINES ETC. EVERY YEAR ON THE EVE OF WORLD DIABETES DAY - ON NOVEMBER 14TH, HE ORGANISES A WALKATHON AS A MARK OF RESPECT TO THE DISCOVERER OF INSULIN DR FREDRICK BANTING. WITH THE LATEST AVAILABLE MEDICATIONS FOR DIABETES HE HAS HELPED THOUSANDS OF PATIENTS ACHIEVE A GOOD GLYCEMIC CONTROL, MOSTLY WITHIN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. MANY PATIENTS HAVE SEEN REVERSAL (REMISSION) OF THEIR DAIBETES STATUS - THEIR INSULIN DOSAGE IS REDUCED OR IT IS STOPPED, DRUGS ARE WITHDRAWN , EVEN IN PEOPLE WITH LONG STANDING DIABETES. HE HAS HELPED IN STABILISING THE MICROVASCULAR COMPLICATIONS AND MACROVASCUAR COMPLICATIONS OF DIABETES SUCH AS NEPHROPATHY, NEUROPATHY, HEART FAILURE ETC.MANY OF THE PATIENTS HAVE SEEN A SIGNIFICANT DROP IN THEIR MICROALBUMNURIA LEVELS, PEOPLE HAVE SEEN IMPROVEMENT IN THE HEART FUNCTION (LVEF) - WHICH IS UNHEARD OF 3 DECADES AGO. THE RECENT ADVANCES IN MEDICAL MANAGEMENT HAS A PROMISING RESULT FOR MANY DIABETIC PATIENTS. THE SECRET TO EXCELLENT DIABETES MANAGEMENT IS EARLY DETECTION, LIFE STYLE MODIFICATION, DIET CONTROL,EXERCISE, WEIGHT REDUCTION AND USING APPROPRIATE PHARMACOTHERAPY TO ADDRESS ALL THE 8 PATHOPHYSIOLOGICAL DEFECT OF DEFRONZO'S OMINOUS OCTET