Gokul Sridharan

Dr,  Professor, Oral Pathology and Microbiology Dr. G. D. Pol Foundation YMT Dental College and Hospital, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai 

Location: India


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Consulting Services

Career Advice and Mentoring Journal Manuscript Scientific Writing Conferences Case Consulting

Areas Of Interest

Oral Leukoplakia PCR Immunohistochemistry Immunofluorescence Oral Cancer Head and Neck Cancer Oral Neoplasms Oral Pathology

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Employment

Professor, Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Dr. G. D. Pol Foundation YMT Dental College and Hospital, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai 2022
Associate Professor, Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Rajah Muthiah Dental college and Hospital, Annamalai University, Chidambaram, Tamilnadu 2011
Associate Professor, Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Dr. G. D. Pol Foundation YMT Dental College and Hospital, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai 2022

Education

PhD in Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Chennai, Tamilnadu. 2016
PG Diploma in Medical law and ethics, Annamalai university, Chidambaram, Tamilnadu 2010
Master of Dental Surgery, S.D.M. College of Dental Sciences And Hospital, Dharwad, Karnataka 2009
Bachelor of Dental Surgery, S.D.M. College of Dental Sciences And Hospital, Dharwad, Karnataka 2004

Referees


Publications

1. Gaurav Salunkhe, Sangeeta Patankar, Gokul Sridharan. Odontogenic keratocyst in anterior maxilla mimicking a radicular cyst: A case report. Global Journal of Research Analysis 2020; 9(10):14-15

2. Ahankare, P., Sridharan, G., Wankhedkar, D., & Patankar, S. (2020). Immunohistochemical evaluation of laminin-5 and myofibroblasts in epithelial dysplasia and oral squamous cell carcinoma. International journal of medical and biomedical studies, 4(3). https://doi.org/10.32553/ijmbs.v4i3.1064

3. Prithviraj KJ, Sreegowri, Manjunatha RK, Horatti P, Rao N, Gokul S. In Vitro comparison of the microbial leakage of obturation systems: Epiphany with Resilon, Guttaflow, and AH plus with Gutta percha. Indian J Dent Res 2020;31:37-41

4. Preeti Ahankare, Sangeeta Patankar, Gokul Sridharan. Evaluation of circulating interferon- γ in oral leukoplakia and oral squamous cell carcinoma. EJBPS 2019; 12 (6):305-9

5. Preeti Ahankare, Sangeeta Patankar, Gokul Sridharan. Role of laminin in oral carcinogenesis. The Journal of Dentists 2019; 7:22-6

6. Preeti Ahankare, Divyesh Wankhedkar, Sangeeta Patankar, Gokul Sridharan. Pemphigus vulgaris: case report and review of literature. Journal of clinical and diagnostic research 2019; 13:zd04-zd06.

7. Sridharan G, Ramani P, Patankar S, Vijayaraghavan R. Evaluation of salivary metabolomics in oral leukoplakia and oral squamous cell carcinoma. J Oral Pathol Med. 2019; 48:299-306. https://doi.org/10.1111/jop.12835

8. Wankhedkar D, Patankar S, Sridharan G, Shubhra S. Odontogenic myxoma in a 8-year old girl: A case report with review of literature. J Oral Maxilllofac Pathol 2019; 23 (Suppl 1):583-6

9. Gokul Sapna, Sridharan Gokul. Next generation sequencing in oral disease diagnostics. World J Stomatol 2018; 6(2):6-10

10. Nupoor Kulkarni, Shweta Mahesh, Gokul Sridharan. Dental age estimation using incremental lines of cementum. International journal of oral health dentistry 2018; 4(3):202-204

11. Gaonkar PP, Patankar SR, Tripathi N, Sridharan G. Oral bacterial flora and oral cancer: The possible link? J Oral Maxillofac Pathol 2018; 22:234‑8.

12. Gokul Sridharan, Sapna Gokul. Point of care diagnostics in oral diseases. Acta Scientific Dental Sciences 2018; 2(4):73-74

13. Kriti Bagri‑Manjrekar, Minal Chaudhary, Gokul Sridharan, Satyajit Raje Tekade, Amol Ramchandra Gadbail, Komal Khot. In vivo autofluorescence of oral squamous cell carcinoma correlated to cell proliferation rate 2018; 14(3):553-558

14. Ayesha Ansari., Preeti Ahankare., Sangeeta Patankar., Sheeba Alex and Gokul Sridharan. Evaluation of anti-microbial efficacy of plant derived extract against plaque associated bacteria. International journal of current medical and pharmaceutical research 2017; 3 (11):2621-2624

15. Sheeba Alex, Prachi Bhandare, Sangeeta Patankar, Gokul Sridharan. Microinvasive oral squamous cell carcinoma- a clinico-pathological study. Medical Research Archives 2017; 5(7):1- 11

16. Sridharan G, Ramani P, Patankar S. Serum metabolomics in oral leukoplakia and oral squamous cell carcinoma. J Can Res Ther 2017; 13:556-61

17. Swati Deshmane, Komal Khot and Gokul Sridharan. Stromal changes in leukoplakia: Exploring new vistas. International journal of current medical and pharmaceutical research 2017; 3:1270-74

18. Akansha N Chaphekar, Sangeeta R Patankar, Akhil A Shankar, Vaishali R Das, Sheetal Korde – Choudhari and Gokul Sridharan. Role of factor XIIIA in pathogenesis and biologic behavior of periapical lesions. International journal of current medical and pharmaceutical research 2017; 3:1181-85

19. Gokul Sridharan, Pratibha Ramani, Sangeeta Patankar, Vijayaraghavan R. Analysis of estrogen metabolites in oral leukoplakia and oral squamous cell carcinoma. Int J Pharm Bio Sci 2017; 8(1):B 552-556 ISSN 0975-6299

20. Gokul Sridharan, Kriti Bagri Manjrekar, Akhil Shankar. Cell cycle inibitors and oral leukoplakia: A review. Medical Research archives 2016; 4(7):1-19

21. Gokul Sridharan, Sangeeta Patankar. Salivary metabolomics and oral carcinogenesis. Journal of tumor 2016; 4(4):450-455

22. Patankar SR, Tripathi NS, Gaonkar PP, Sridharan G. A rare case of giant cell fibroma in a pediatric patient. Clin Cancer Investig J 2016; 5:327-9

23. Patankar SR, Wankhedkar DP, Tripathi NS, Bhatia SN, Sridharan G. Extracellular matrix in oral squamous cell carcinoma: Friend or foe? Indian J Dent Res 2016; 27:184-9.

24. Pratyusha P Gaonkar, Sangeeta R Patankar, Nidhi Tripathi, Prachi Bhandare, Gokul Sridharan. Gene therapy in head and neck cancer. Journal of Tumor 2016 April 18; 4(2): 393-397.

25. Pratyusha P Gaonkar, Sangeeta R Patankar, Nidhi Tripathi, Prachi Bhandare, Akansha Chaphekar, Gokul Sridharan. Locally Aggressive Benign Odontogenic Neoplasms – A Review. International Journal of Oral Health Dentistry. January – March 2016;2(1):15-18

26. Sangeeta R. Patankar, Pratyusha P. Gaonkar, prachi R. Bhandare, Nidhi Tripathi, Gokul Sridharan. Spindle cell carcinoma of mandibular gingiva: a case report. J Clin Diagnostic Res 2016; 10(2):ZD6-ZD10 

27. Sangeeta Patankar, Poornima Venkatraman, Gokul Sridharan, Shubhada Kane. Burkitt’s lymphoma of the maxillary gingiva: a case report. World J Clin Cases 2015; 3:1011-1016

28. Sridharan G. The concept of cancer stem cell in oral squamous cell carcinoma. Journal of tumor 2014; 2(10):257-260

29. Shankar AA, Gokul S. The dilemma of microinvasion. Head Neck Oncol 2014; 6(3):30

30. Sridharan G. Epidemiology, control and prevention of tobacco induced oral mucosal lesions in India. Indian J Cancer 2014; 51:80-5

31. Gokul S, Sapna G. Immunosurveillance and oral cancer. Journal of tumor 2014; 2(5):136-141

32. Sapna G, Gokul S, Bagri-Manjrekar K. Matrix metalloproteinases in periodontal diseases. Oral Dis 2014; 20:538-550. doi: 10.1111/odi.12159

33. Sridharan Gokul, Gokul Sapna. Pharmacogenomics in oral diseases. World Journal of Stomatology 2013; 2(4):67-70

34. Sangeeta Patankar, Megha Meshram, Vasant Shewale, Gokul S. Pleomorphic adenoma of parotid in young patient. Journal of case reports 2013; 3(1):142-147

35. PM Sunil, Ramchandran CR, Gokul S, Jaisanghar N. Fluorescence in-situ hybridization technique as a diagnostic and prognostic tool in oral squamous cell carcinoma. J Oral Maxillofac Pathol 2013; 17:61-4

36. Sridharan G. Informed consent in clinical dentistry and biomedical research. J Educ Ethics Dent 2012; 2:65-8

37. Sanjaya PR, Gokul S, Prithviraj KJ, S Rajendra. Significance of palatal rugae: A review. Int J Dent Update 2012; 2(2):74-82

38. Gokul Sridharan, Prithviraj Kalahalla Jagadish. Standard of care in dentistry. J Orofac Sci 2012; 4:100-2 39. Shibani Shetty, Gokul S. Keratinization and its disorders. Oman Medical Journal 2012; 27(5):348-57.

40. Gokul S, PR Sanjaya, Prakasham. Relevance of Legionella species in dentistry. Int J Dental update 2012; 2(1): 44-49

41. Sridharan G and Akhil Shankar. Toluidine blue: A review of its chemistry and clinical utility. J Oral Maxillofac Pathol 2012; 16 (2):251-5

42. Suhas R Nayak, Madhavan Nirmal, Gokul S, Adarsh H, Manjunath N. Analysis of candidal carriage in oral submucous fibrosis: A case-control study. Int J Dent Update 2012; 2(1): 10-15

43. Sheetal Korde (Choudhari), Gokul Sridharan, Amol Gadbail, V. Poornima. Nitric oxide and oral cancer: A review. Oral Oncol 2012; 48:475-83.

44. Poornima V, Patankar SR, Gokul S, Khot K. Basaloid squamous cell carcinoma. J Oral Maxillofac Pathol 2012; 16 (1):153-5

45. P.R. Sanjaya, S. Gokul, B. Gururaj Patil, Ramanjeneya Raju. Candida in oral pre-cancer and oral cancer. Medical Hypotheses 2011; 77:1125–1128

46. Gokul Sridharan, Kaveri Hallikeri. Mucoepidermoıd carcinoma of the parotid gland mimicking a benign cystic lesion. Eastern Journal of Medicine 2011; 16:79-82

47. Gokul S, Veda Hegde, Kaveri Hallikeri. Congenital hairy polyp associated with cleft palate: a rare entity. International journal of clinical pediatric dentistry 2009; 2(1):46-49

48. S Gokul, VS Patil, R Jailkhani, K Hallikeri, KK Kattappagari. Oxidant–antioxidant status in blood and tumor tissue of oral squamous cell carcinoma patients. Oral Dis 2010; 16: 29–33 

49. S. Gokul, K. V. Ranjini, K. Kirankumar, K. Hallikeri. Congenital osteolipoma associated with cleft palate: a case report. Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2009; 38:91–94

Textbook:

1) Author of a chapter titled “Oral cancer and oxidative stress” in the textbook “Handbook of oxidative stress in cancer: Mechanistic aspects” published by Springer Nature

2) Author of a chapter: Sridharan G. (2021) Salivary Oxidative Stress Biomarkers in Oral Potentially Malignant Disorders and Squamous Cell Carcinoma. In: Chakraborti S., Ray B.K., Roychowdhury S. (eds) Handbook of Oxidative Stress in Cancer: Mechanistic Aspects. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4501-6_30-1

3) Author of a chapter titled “Introductory chapter: Saliva- the future of disease diagnostics” in the text book “Saliva and salivary diagnostics”

4) Authored a chapter: Salivary diagnostics in oral cancer. Chapter 12 in “Oral cancer” 2012. Intech publishers. page 227-48  

 


Grants,Awards and Certifications

Grants :

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Awards & Prizes :

Oral Presentation on “Salivary diagnostics and oral cancer” at the International conference of Microfluidics and Lab-on-a-chip” held at Mumbai on 12th and 13th Sept 2019  

Oral Presentation on “Salivary diagnostics and oral cancer” at the International conference of Microfluidics and Lab-on-a-chip” held at Mumbai on 12th and 13th Sept 2019

Invited speaker at “International conference of dental health and Oral hygiene” held at London on 5 th and 6th Sept 2019 (Virtual presentation)

Keynote Speaker at Scitech Oncology International conference, Dubai from 17th to 18th June 2019 on the topic of Salivary biomarkers in oral cancer

Won the second prize in oral presentation at the “XVII National Triple O symposium” held at Nair Hospital Dental College, Mumbai from 15th to 17th March 2019 


Languages

Language Proficiency :

English (Excellent Spoken and Written) Hindi (Sanskritised Hindustani) (Excellent Spoken and Written) Tamil (Basic Spoken and Written) Telugu (Spoken only) Marathi (Spoken only)

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