Toxicology

Biography

P Sampath Kumar holds the position of head of the department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology and Vice principal of the reputed Sri Ramachandra University andrnRI, Chennai. He is a Post Graduate (MD) in Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, degree obtained from the prestigious and one of the oldest institutions, Madras MedicalrnCollege. He has over 25 years of experience in the field and has dealt with a number of important cases which has been deputed to him by the high court of madras,rnone of it being conducting the autopsy of ex- Prime Minster of India Mr. Rajiv Gandhi. He holds many top positions in the various societies of forensic medicine andrntoxicology in India, one of them being the President of Medico Legal Society of Tamil Nadu. Currently he is also the Member of Advisory Committee of IXth AnnualrnConference of Indian Society of Toxicology to be held in August 2015 at Chennai. He has given a number of talks both in National and International forums and alsornpublished number of papers related to the field. He has also guided number of students in their thesis work, one of them being a PhD student who is at presentrnundertaking a study on, ”The methodology of treatment of organophosphorus poisoning cases using physiologically based pharmacokinetic model as a new tool.”

Abstract

Abstract : Principles of management in a case of multidrug poisoning