Dr. Solomon Sathishkumar MD
Educational qualifications
Institution Degree Awarded Year Field of Study
Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India MBBS 1998 Medicine
Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India MD 2004 Physiology
Professional Experience
Institution Designation From To
Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India Assistant Professor of Physiology May 2004 April 2009
Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India Associate Professor of Physiology May 2009 April 2014
Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India Professor of Physiology May 2014 Till date
Administrative Responsibilities
Principal, Christian Medical College, Vellore.
Research interests
Stem cells from adipose tissue for regenerative medicine
Early clinical exposure & Integrated Teaching/Learning methods for medical students
Reviewer
British Journal of Medicine and Medical Research
Invited lectures
1. Faculty at the “Research Ethics and Good Clinical Practices Guidelines (GCP)” workshop at Christian Medical College, Vellore
2. Faculty at the ‘World Diabetes Foundation’ Workshops which was held at Christian Medical College, Vellore
3. Faculty at “Workshop on Diabetes” periodically conducted by the department of ‘Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Christian Medical College, Vellore
Honors and Awards
Won the first prize for faculty oral presentation at the 12th annual conference of the association of physiologists of Tamilnadu held at Karpagavinayaga medical college, Kancheepuram on 6th October 2018.
“Junior Medical Faculty Training Fellowship” award in the year 2007 which was utilized to train on ‘Adipose tissue-derived Stem Cells’ under Professor Jeffrey Gimble at Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA, USA.
Member of the research team which won the Gold medal for best paper presented by a Post Graduate student titled “Allogenic chondrocyte culture and transplant in experimentally created chondral defects in rabbit knees” at the Annual conference, Indian Orthopaedic Association, December 2005.
Conference presentations
1. Oral presentation on “Cell surface protein expression of stem cells from human adipose tissue at early passage with reference to mesenchymal stem cell phenotype” at the “Physiological Society of India” conference held in Bangalore, 2010.
2. Presented a poster titled “Rabbit articular cartilage defects treated with allogenic chondrocyte transplantation” at the WORLD CONGRESS ON TISSUE ENGINEERING AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE, April, 2006, Pittsburgh, USA.
3. Oral presentation on “mechanism of action of oduvanthalai leaf poison” at the ‘Association of Physiologists and Pharmacologists of India’ conference, Lucknow – India, 2002.
Books/ Chapters
A practical guide to Diabetes Mellitus, 4th Edition 2008, Chapter 1, Physiology of diabetes, pages 1 – 13: Solomon Sathishkumar
Authors: Nihal Thomas and K. Senthil Vasan, Publishers: Academa Publishers, Delhi, India
Research publications
Ganesh Parasuraman, Elizabeth Vinod, Abel Livingston, Solomon Sathishkumar and Deepak Vinod Francis. Comparative assessment of the morphology and antigenicity of human osteochondral units using formalin and coagulant fixatives. Eur J Anat, 27 (6): 705-716 (2023). http://dx.doi.org/10.52083/CVZF3774
Elizabeth Vinod, Kawin Padmaja, Boopalan Ramasamy, Solomon Sathishkumar. Systematic review of articular cartilage derived chondroprogenitors for cartilage repair in animal models. Journal of Orthopaedics. November 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jor.2022.10.012
Kawin Padmaja, Soosai Manickam Amirtham, Grace Rebekah, Solomon Sathishkumar and Elizabeth Vinod. Supplementation of articular cartilage-derived chondroprogenitors with bone morphogenic protein-9 enhances chondrogenesis without affecting hypertrophy. Biotechnology Letters. August 2022. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10529-022-03280-9
Noel Naveen Johnson, Soosai Manickam Amirtham, B. Sandya Rani, Solomon Sathishkumar, Grace Rebekah, and Elizabeth Vinod. Assessment of the inherent chondrogenic potential of human articular cartilage-derived chondroprogenitors in pellet culture using a novel whole pellet processing approach. Journal of Orthopaedics, March 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jor.2022.03.007
Elizabeth Vinod, Noel Naveen Johnson, Sanjay Kumar, Soosai Manickam Amirtham, Jithu Varghese James, Abel Livingston, Grace Rebekah, Alfred Job Daniel, Boopalan Ramasamy and Solomon Sathishkumar. Migratory chondroprogenitors retain superior intrinsic chondrogenic potential for regenerative cartilage repair as compared to human fibronectin derived chondroprogenitors. Scientific reports. November 2021. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-03082-5
Elizabeth Vinod, Kawin Padmaja, Abel Livingston, Jithu Varghese James, Soosai Manickam Amirtham, Solomon Sathishkumar, Boopalan Ramasamy, Grace Rebekah, Alfred Job Daniel, Upasana Kachroo. Prospective isolation and characterization of chondroprogenitors from human chondrocytes based on CD166/CD34/CD146 surface markers. Cartilage. September 2021. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F19476035211042412
Elizabeth Vinod, Soosai Manickam Amirtham, Upasana Kachroo, Anjali Goyal, Ozlem Ozbey, Jithu Varghese James, Solomon Sathishkumar, Boopalan Ramasamy. Articular chondroprogenitors in platelet rich plasma for treatment of osteoarthritis and osteochondral defects in a rabbit knee model. The Knee. March 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.knee.2021.03.010
Elizabeth Vinod, Upasana Kachroo, Soosai Manickam Amirtham, Boopalan Ramasamy and Solomon Sathishkumar. Comparitive analysis of fresh chrondrocytes, cultured chondrocytes and chondroprogenitors derived from human articular cartilage. Acta Histochemia. November 2019. [Link]
Elizabeth Vinod, Jithu James Varghese, Upasana Kachroo, Solomon Sathishkumar, Abel Livingston and Boopalan Ramasamy. Comparison of incremental concentrations of micron-sized superparamagnetic iron oxide for labelling articular cartilage derived chondroprogenitors. Acta Histochemia. 2019. [Link]
Elizabeth Vinod, Deepak Vinod Francis, Tripti Jacob, Soosai Manickam Amirtham, Solomon Sathishkumar, Praghalathan Kanthakumar, and Vinay Timothy Oommen. Autologous Platelet Rich Fibrin as a Scaffold for Chondrocyte Culture and Transplantation: An in Vitro Bovine Study. Journal of Clinical Orthopaedics and Trauma. 2019.
Elizabeth Vinod, Upasana Kachroo, Ozlem Ozbey, Solomon Sathishkumar, and P. R. J. V. C. Boopalan. Comparison of Human Articular Chondrocyte and Chondroprogenitor Cocultures and Monocultures: To Assess Chondrogenic Potential and Markers of Hypertrophy. Tissue Cell. 2019; 57: 42–48. [Pubmed]
Vinod E, Vinod Francis D, Manickam Amirtham S, Sathishkumar S, Boopalan PRJVC. Allogeneic platelet rich plasma serves as a scaffold for articular cartilage derived chondroprogenitors. Tissue Cell. 2019 Feb;56:107–13. [Pubmed] [PDF]
Elizabeth Vinod, Ozlem Ozbey, Arumugam Sabareeswaran, Upasana Kachroo, Solomon Sathishkumar, and P. R. J. V. C. Boopalan. Comparison of Monosodium Iodoacetate Model of Osteoarthritis between in-Vivo and Ex-Vivo Osteochondral Unit in Rabbits. Journal of Clinical Orthopaedics and Trauma. 2018. [Link]
Elizabeth Vinod , Jithu Varghese James, Arumugam Sabareeswaran, Soosai Manickam Amirtham, George Thomas, Solomon Sathishkumar, Ozlem Ozbey, and P. R. J. V. C. Boopalan. Intraarticular Injection of Allogenic Chondroprogenitors for Treatment of Osteoarthritis in Rabbit Knee Model. Journal of Clinical Orthopaedics & Trauma. 2018 [Link] [PDF]
Upasana Kachroo, Abel Livingston, Elizabeth Vinod, Solomon Sathishkumar, and P. R. J. V. C. Boopalan. Comparison of Electrophysiological Properties and Gene Expression between Human Chondrocytes and Chondroprogenitors Derived from Normal and Osteoarthritic Cartilage. Cartilage. 2018 [Link]
Vinod E, Boopalan P, Arumugam S and Sathishkumar S. Creation of monosodium iodoacetate-induced model of osteoarthritis in rabbit knee joint. Indian J Med Res 2018;147:312-4. [Link] [PDF]
Premkumar K, Vinod E, Sathishkumar S, Pulimood AB, Umaefulam V, Prasanna Samuel P and John TA. Self-directed learning readiness of Indian medical students: a mixed method study. BMC Med Educ. 2018 Jun 8;18(1):134. [Pubmed] [PDF]
Upasana Kachroo, Elizabeth Vinod, Sivakumar Balasubramaniam, Jesi W and Neethu Prince. Red cell indexes made easy using an interactive animation: do students and their scores concur? Adv Physiol Edu. 2018 Mar;42(1):50-55. [Pubmed] [PDF]
Vinod E, Boopalan PRJVC and Sathishkumar S. Reserve or resident progenitors in cartilage? Comparative analysis of chondrocytes versus chondroprogenitors and their role in cartilage repair. Cartilage 2017. [Pubmed]
Sathishkumar S and Vyas R. The incretin effect and its significance - Basic to applied physiology. International Journal of Basic and Applied Physiology. 2012; 1(1): 14-18 [PDF]
Vyas R and Sathishkumar S. Early clinical exposure and integration. International Journal of Basic and Applied Physiology. 2012; 1(1): 175-181
Solomon Sathishkumar, Preethi Mohanashankar, Boopalan P.R.J.V.C. Cell surface protein expression of stem cells from human adipose tissue at early passage with reference to mesenchymal stem cell phenotype. International Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences. 2011 Vol. 3(5): 129-134. [Link] [PDF]
Sangeetha Hareendran, Solomon Sathishkumar, Salar Abbas, Alastair M. Mackay and Prithi Rajan. A novel composition for the culture of human adipose stem cells which includes complement C3. Cytotechnology. (2010) Sep 11. [Epub ahead of print] [Pubmed]
Vyas R, Tharion E, Sathishkumar S. Improving the effectiveness of physiology record books as a learning tool for first-year medical students in India. Adv Physiol Educ. 2009 Dec;33(4):329-334. [Pubmed] [PDF]
Vyas R, Jacob M, Faith M, Isaac B, Rabi S, Sathishkumar S, et al. An effective integrated learning programme in the first year of the medical course. Natl Med J India. 2008 Feb;21(1):21-26. [Pubmed] [PDF]
Gimble J, Guilak F, Nuttall M, Sathishkumar S, Vidal M, Bunnell B. In vitro Differentiation Potential of Mesenchymal Stem Cells. Transfus Med Hemother. 2008;35(3):228-238. [Pubmed] [Link]
Sathishkumar S, Thomas N, Tharion E, Neelakantan N, Vyas R. Attitude of medical students towards Early Clinical Exposure in learning endocrine physiology. BMC Med Educ. 2007;7:30. [Pubmed] [PDF]
Boopalan PRJVC, Sathishkumar S, Kumar S, Chittaranjan S. Rabbit articular cartilage defects treated by allogenic chondrocyte transplantation. Int Orthop. 2006 Oct;30(5):357-361. [Pubmed]
Vyas R, Solomon Sathishkumar, Selvaraj KG, Suganthy J, Minnie Faith, Bina Issac, Premila Abraham. Teaching in basic sciences-a novel approach. Integrated case based learning. The Alumni Journal of CMC Vellore. 2006;40(1):11-15.
Subhash HS, Ashwin I, Solomon SK, David T, Cherian AM, Thomas K. A comparative study on idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and secondary diffuse parenchymal lung disease. Indian J Med Sci. 2004 May;58(5):185-190. [Pubmed] [Link]