Dr. Anand Bhaskar, MD

Educational Qualifications

Professional Experience

Research interests

Cardiac electrophysiology - particularly ion channels involved in contraction and automaticity of the heart.

Travel grants

1. Physiological Society, London ordinary member travel grant for 500 pounds to attend the South Asian Association of Physiologists conference held at Colombo in 2012.

2. Physiological Society, London affiliate travel grant for 400 pounds to attend the cardiac electrophysiology themed meeting held at University of Manchester in 2007.

Awards

1. Was awarded the NPTEL Super Star award by the National Program on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) at IIT Madras on 01/02/2026 for being a topper in four out of five NPTEL examinations in the July-December 2025 session.  

2. Won the second prize in faculty poster presentation prize at the 36th Annual Conference of the Physiological Society of India, PHYSICON-2025, held from 21st to 23rd November 2025 at AIIMS, Bhubaneswar. 

3. Awarded the short-term studentship (STS) award for 2024 by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). 

4. Won the best faculty poster presentation prize on 14th December 2024 during the 70th annual national conference of the Association of Physiologists and Pharmacologists of India (APPICON 2024) held at ESIC Medical College, Chennai. 

5. Was awarded the short-term studentship (STS) award for 2023 by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). 

6. Won the best e-poster prize on 1st December 2018 during the 64th annual national conference of the Association of Physiologists and Pharmacologists of India (APPICON 2018) held at Manipal. 

7. Won the second prize for poster presentation at the SIMEDUCON 2018 conference held at Christian Medical College, Vellore on 3rd March 2018

8. Won the third prize for basic science faculty oral presentation during the 8th annual research day held at Christian Medical College on 10th October 2017. 

9. Junior travel fellowship awarded by Christian Medical College, Vellore in 2013 to train in the isolation and patch clamping of mice sino atrial nodal cells.

10. H. H. Loescheke research prize in techniques/instrumentation for the best paper in respiratory physiology for the year 2012 by the Association of Physiologists and Pharmacologists of India (APPI).

11. Shared the first prize for the best faculty poster presentation during the 6th Annual State Conference of the Association of Physiologists of Tamilnadu held at Madurai Medical College on October 1-2, 2012. 

Reviewer

1. BMC Medical Education

2. Cureus

3. Current Medical Issues

4. Irish Journal of Medical Science

5. Indian Journal of Medical Research

6. Advances in Physiology Education 

7. Indian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

8. International journal of basic and applied physiology

Professional memberships

1. Life member of the Association of Physiologists of India (ASSOPI)

2. Life member of the Association of Physiologists and Pharmacologists of India (APPI)

3. Life member of the Association of Physiologists of Tamilnadu (APT)

4. Life member of the Indian Medical Association (IMA)

Publications

1. Narayanan SN, Padiyath S, Chandrababu K, Raj L, P. S. BC, Ninan GA, Sivadasan A, Jacobs AR, Li WY and Bhaskar A. Neurological, psychological, psychosocial complications of long-COVID and their management. Neurol Sci 46, 1–23 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-024-07854-5

2. Charles J, Nedumaran L, Raman S, Vinod E, Rajasegaran R, Vadivel K, Bhaskar A and Subramani S, 2024. Rhythm Generating Mechanisms in Rat Sinoatrial Node. Current Medical Issues 22, 72. https://doi.org/10.4103/cmi.cmi_124_23

3. Yongqin Ye, Shuvam Sarkar, Anand Bhaskar, Brian Tomlinson and Olivia Monteiro. Using ChatGPT in a clinical setting: A case report. MedComm Future Medicine. 21 June 2023 https://doi.org/10.1002/mef2.51

4. Narayanan SN, Shivappa P, Padiyath S, Bhaskar A, Li YW and Merghani TH. The Prevalence and Pathophysiology of Chemical Sense Disorder Caused by the Novel Coronavirus. Front. Public Health 06 June 2022 doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.839182.

5. Prince N, Rajendran E, Sidharthan A, Amirtham SM, Kanthakumar P, Oommen V and Bhaskar A. Rat skeletal muscle-nerve preparation to teach skeletal muscle physiology. Adv Physiol Educ 45: 869–879, 2021. doi: 10.1152/advan.00143.2020.

6. Monteiro O, Bhaskar A, Ng AKM, Murdoch CE and Baptista-Hon DT. Computer-based virtual laboratory simulations: LabHEART cardiac physiology practical. Adv Physiol Educ 45: 856–868, 2021. doi: 10.1152/advan.00094.2021.

7. Amirtham SM, Prince N, Venkateswarulu M, Chandra Mondal I, Raman S, Raj R, Rajendran E, Jebaraj B, Vaithiyalingam A, Rajasegaran R, Mukadam FA, Bhaskar A, Ghosh S, Conrad J, Beifuss U, Subramani S. Elusive Toxin in Cleistanthus collinus Causing Vasoconstriction and Myocardial Depression: Detailed NMR Analyses and Biological Studies of Cleistanthoside A. ACS Omega 6: 24553–24561, 2021. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.1c03138.

8. Monteiro O, Bhaskar A, Wong IN, Ng AKM and Baptista-Hon DT. Teaching bioelectricity and neurophysiology to medical students using LabAXON simulations. Adv Physiol Educ 45: 702–708, 2021. doi: 10.1152/advan.00054.2021.

9. Bhaskar A, Ng AKM, Patil NG and Fok M. Zooming past the coronavirus lockdown: online spirometry practical demonstration with student involvement in analysis by remote control. Adv Physiol Educ 44: 516–519, 2020. doi: 10.1152/advan.00097.2020.

10. Prince N, Oommen V and Bhaskar A. Chicken intestine: an alternative to the mammalian intestine for physiology experimentation. Adv Physiol Educ. 2018 Jun 1;42(2):387-389. [Pubmed] [PDF] 

11. Bhaskar A and Oommen V. A simple model for demonstrating the factors affecting glomerular filtration rate. Adv Physiol Educ. 2018 Jun 1;42(2):380-382. [Pubmed] [PDF] 

12. Sajal SC, Bhaskar A and Oommen V. Pumping the pulse: a bicycle pump to simulate the arterial pulse waveform. Adv Physiol Edu. 2018 June;42(2):256-259. [Pubmed] [PDF]

13. Teena Maria Jose, Ankita Priya and Anand Bhaskar. The effect of Gymnema sylvestre on taste sensation. Biomedicine: 2018; 38(1): 66-69.

14. Anand Bhaskar, Sukesh C Nair and Tony Abraham Thomas. Cell based model of haemostasis. Current Medical Issues Journal. April 2016: 14(2) [Link] [PDF]

15. Bhaskar A. Playing games during a lecture hour: experience with an online blood grouping game. Adv Physiol Edu. 2014 Sep;38(3):277-278. [Pubmed] [PDF]

16. Bhaskar A, Subramani S and Ojha R. Respiratory belt transducer constructed using a singing greeting card beeper. Adv Physiol Edu. 2013 Mar;37(1):117-118. [Pubmed] [PDF]

17. Bhaskar A. A simple electronic stethoscope for recording and playback of heart sounds. Adv Physiol Edu. 2012 Dec;36(4):360-362. [Pubmed] [PDF]

18. Oommen V, Kanthakumar P, Bhaskar A, Jared S, Snekalatha S, Joseph A and Kamalakannan V. Learning physiology made simple and fun: A review of teaching resources from the journal advances in physiology education. International Journal of Basic and Applied Physiology. 2012; 1(1): 182-191 [PDF]

19. Bhaskar A, Subbanna PK, Arasan S, Rajapathy J, Rao JP, Subramani S. 4-aminopyridine-induced contracture in frog ventricle is due to calcium released from intracellular stores. Indian J. Physiol. Pharmacol. 2008 Dec;52(4):366-374. [Pubmed] [PDF]

20. Bhaskar A, Tharion E, Devasahayam SR. Computer-based inexpensive surface electromyography recording for a student laboratory. Adv Physiol Educ. 2007 Jun;31(2):242-243. [Pubmed] [PDF]

21. Bhaskar A, Vinod A. Demonstration of the origin of ECG waves. Adv Physiol Educ. 2006 Sep;30(3):128.[Pubmed] [PDF]