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Dr. Prasanthi Govindarajan

M.A.S. 2008

Current Position:

Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
UC San Francisco

How long have you been in your current position?

Two years now. I work as an attending physician in the emergency department at UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco. I am also a clinical researcher with an interest in health services research and prehospital care.

Please describe your research:
I recently received a K08 ( career development award) from Agency of Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to study differences between stroke systems of care. I am also a co-investigator in the NINDS funded study (PEER- Patient Experiences on Emergency Research) on learning about the ethics of emergency consent from patients who were enrolled in a seizure study conducted by the Neurological Emergency Treatment Trials network
(NETT).

Also, I am currently serving as a co-investigator in the following studies:

Assessing Community Consultation in the context of Exception from Informed Consent (Ethics study)
Emergency Department Assessment of Secondary Brain Insults in Intracerebral Hemorrhage (Funded by EMF/FERNE Directed Neurological Emergencies Grant)

Have you received any other grants?
The Hellman Grant for early career faculty to get preliminary data for my K08 grant.

What do you like to do in your free time?

Listen to Indian Classical music

Education

2008    M.A.S., Clinical Research, UC San Diego

2007    Certificate, Clinical Research

           Enhancement through Supplemental Training, UCSD
1999    M.B.B.S., Madras Medical College, India

Recent Publications:

           P. Ramanujam, K. Guluma, E. Castillo, M.Chacon, M.Jensen,

           E. Patel, W.Linnick, J.Dunford. "Accuracy of Stroke Recognition by

           Emergency Medical Dispatchers and Paramedics–San Diego

           Experience." Prehosp Emerg Care. 2008 Jul-Sep;12(3):307-13

           "Prehospital transport time intervals for acute stroke patients."
           Ramanujam P, Castillo E, Patel E, Vilke G, Wilson MP, Dunford JV.
           J Emerg Med. 2009 Jul;37(1):40-5.

     Abstracts related to the above publications were presented at national

     meetings.

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