Dr. Sriram Sambasivan

Name: Sriram Sambasivan

1. Compassionate, cost-effective and meticulous care to patients.
2. Research and analysis of the End of Life issues from the perspective of physician, patient and family and frame a common protocol.

Nov 2001 – Current:
Nephrologist, Internist and Intensivist
Shasta Critical Care Specialists, Redding, CA
Clinical Assistant Professor
Mercy Medical Center / UC Davis, Redding, CA

July 2000 – Jun 2001:
Fellow, Critical Care Medicine
Henry Ford Hospitals, Detroit, MI

July 1998 –Jun 2000:
Fellow, Nephrology and Hypertension
Henry Ford Hospitals, Detroit, MI

Jun 1995 – Jun 1998:
Resident, Internal Medicine
University of Illinois at Chicago / Michael Reese Hospital
and Medical Center, Chicago, IL

Jan 1995 – May1995:
Resident, Internal Medicine
B.J. Medical College / Sassoon Hospitals, Pune, India

Mar 1992 -Dec1994:
Junior Resident Medical Officer
B.R. Hospital and Research Center, Madras, India

Feb 1991 -Feb 1992:
Compulsory Rotatory Intern
University of Madras / Kilpauk Medical College and
Hospital, Madras, India

Aug 1986 – Jan 1991:
Bachelor in Medicine and Surgery, MBBS
University of Madras / Kilpauk Medical College and
Hospital, Madras, India

Jun 1984 – Jun 1986:
Higher Secondary Course (Pre Medical)
Don Bosco Higher Secondary School, Madras, India

• State of California Permanent Medical License since June 2001
• State of Michigan Permanent Medical License since 1998-2002
• State of Illinois Medical License, 1995-1999
• State of Tamil Nadu (India) Permanent License since 1992

• American Board certified in Critical Care Medicine, 2001
• American Board certified in Nephrology, 2001
• American Board of Internal Medicine certified, 1998
• United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) Steps I, II, III certified, 1997
• Basic and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (BLS  ACLS) 2001
• Diplomat of National Board Examination (Dip NB Part I) certified, 1993
• Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) certified, 1992

• Teacher of the Year Award 2002-03, Residency Program in Family Practice, Mercy Medical Center, Redding, CA
• Aventis Critical Care Fellow Scholarship Award, allowing educational activities at the Society of Critical Care Medicine World Conference, 2001
• Maimonides Award for Humanism for Best Outgoing Resident, 1998
• First Prize award twice in Medical Jeopardy contests among residents
• National Merit Scholarship Award during Pre-Medical School for very high scores in Secondary School Leaving Certificate Exam securing within top 50 ranks among 400,000 exam takers in India
• Top scores in All India Medical Sciences Post Graduate competitive Entrance Examination among >40,000 applicants and selected for the Residency in Internal Medicine at Pune, India
• National Merit Scholarship Award during Medical School for outstanding scores in Higher Secondary Board Exam securing 98% marks among 400,000 test takers in India

• Member, Credential Committee, Mercy Medical Center, Redding
• Member, Credential Committee, Shasta Regional Medical Center, Redding
• Member, Peer Review Committee, Shasta Regional Medical Center, Redding
• Member, Critical Care Peer Review Committee, Mercy Medical Center, Redding
• Member, Society of Critical Care Medicine
• Member, American Society of Nephrology

• Very competent in multiple skills including
  • Central and Peripheral IV Line Placements (placed >1000 catheters)
  • Quinton Dialysis Catheter Placements (placed >700 catheters)
  • Pulmonary Artery Catheter Placements and Hemodynamic Monitoring
  • Arterial Line Placements
  • Lumbar Puncture for Spinal Fluid Analysis
  • Thoracentesis
  • Paracentesis
  • Incision and Drainage of Wounds and Suturing
  • Chest Tube placements
  • Endotracheal Intubations
  • Flexible Bronchoscopies for diagnostic and therapeutic BAL
  • Diagnostic Native Kidney and Transplant Kidney Biopsies
  • Temporary Transvenous Pacemaker Placements
  • Ventilator management
  • Hemo & Peritoneal dialyses, Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy

• Various CME activities, continued teaching experience to the family practice residents on an everyday basis
• Grand Rounds on Septic Shock- recent advances – Coagulation Inhibitors, 2001 about the breakthrough investigational drug Activated Protein C, to the community of eminent physicians from Pulmonary & Critical Care, Emergency Medicine, Surgery & Critical Care and Internal Medicine, critically well acclaimed
• Renal Grand Rounds – Presented a rare case of Renal Limited pANCA positive Vasculitis and related literature review for Nephrologists and Internists, 2000
• Research Journal Club – presented an interactive lecture on the molecular structure of Epithelial Sodium Channels (EnaC) and the abnormalities in Liddle Syndrome, 2000
• Clinical Journal Club – Introduction of IV Ferric Gluconate and comparison with Iron Dextran for treating Anemia in Dialysis patients, 2000
• Clinical Journal Club – Critically reviewed an article about Antibiotic Impregnated IV Catheters and their use in Dialysis patients, 1999
• Nephropathology – did an exhaustive review of Diabetic Nephropathy and Histopathology for Nephrology, Internal Medicine and Pathology physicians, 1999
• Renal Grand Rounds – Seizures in End Stage Renal Disease, 1999, gave a complete review of causes of seizures and management in Dialysis patients
• Clinical Journal Club – discussed an article about IV Vitamin D-3 causing correction of Insulin and Lipid abnormalities in Uremia, 1998, critically
• Renal Transplant meeting – introductory talk of the then latest breakthrough immuno- suppressant Sirolimus and its pharmacology as a Transplantation medicine, 1998
• Grand Rounds – presented a rare case of Sarcoidosis associated with Tuberculosis and related literature review 1998, with commendation, catered to multiple specialties