Vivek Podder
Doctor, BIRDEM General Hospital
Location: Bangladesh
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Graduated from Tairunnessa Memorial Medical College, Bangladesh with an MBBS degree. Currently doing internship training at BIRDEM General Hospital, Dhaka. Experienced research physician with a demonstrated history of working in the hospital and healthcare industry. Skilled in clinical care, research, and publication process, editorship, and peer-review, research mentorship with utmost ethical principles and sincerity.
Research skills include grant writing, study designing, questionnaire development, data collection, validation, and interpretation, literature searching, critical appraisal, scientific writing (including manuscript writing, clinical guidelines, and evidence synopsis development), and referencing. Publication skills include appropriate journal selection, manuscript formatting, and submission, proof-reading, copyediting, and science communication.
Published nearly 50 research papers, book and book chapters, and over 200 evidence summaries on top medical journals and publishing platforms. I have been an editor of an international medical student journal and a peer-reviewer of 14 medical journals. Mentored over 100 medical students and doctors in research methodology and scientific writing with excellent feedback.
Won clinical and national healthcare innovation awards with extensive volunteering experience in healthcare and humanitarian activity. Actively doing patient advocacy helping patients to navigate through and to affordable, evidence-based, faster optimal clinical care.
Employment
Education
Referees
Prof. Dr Rakesh Biswas, Kamineni Institute of Medical Sciences,, Narketpally, India.
“Professor of Medicine”
Prof. Dr. Akshay Anand, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India.
“Professor of Neurology”
Publications
Book Chapters:
1. Podder V. In: Le T, Bhushan V, Sochat M, et al, eds. First Aid for the USMLE Step 1, 32nd ed. New York:
McGraw-Hill, 2022.
2. Podder V. In: Le T, Bhushan V, Sochat M, et al, eds. First Aid for the USMLE Step 1, 31st ed. New York:
McGraw-Hill, 2021.
3. Podder V. In: Le T, Bhushan V, Sochat M, et al, eds. First Aid for the USMLE Step 1, 30th ed. New York:
McGraw-Hill, 2020.
4. Podder V. In: Chalise, Kovic Y, et al, eds. USMLE Rx Step 1 Flash Facts (Immunology and reproductive
system). New York: USMLE Rx/Scholar Rx. 2021.
5. Podder V. In: Singh T., et al, eds. USMLE Rx Step 2 Qbank. New York: USMLE Rx/Scholar Rx. 2020
6. Podder V., Dhakal, B., Shaik, G.U.S., Sundar, K., Sivapuram, M.S., Chattu, V.K., Biswas, R. (2019). Case-Based
Blended Learning Ecosystem to Optimize Precision Medicine. In: S. A. Mousa, R. Bawa and G. F. Audette
(Editors): The Road from Nanomedicine to Precision Medicine, Pan Stanford Publishing, Singapore, 2019.
7. Podder V. In: Le T, Bhushan V, Sochat M, et al, eds. First Aid for the USMLE Step 1, 29th ed. New York:
McGraw-Hill, 2019.
8. Podder V. In: Chu Y, Ma X, et al, eds. USMLE Rx Step 1 Qbank (Endocrinology and Oncology). New York:
USMLE Rx/Scholar Rx. 2017.
9. Podder V. In: Desai R, et al, eds. USMLE Step 1 Board Style Questions (Nephrology, Cardiology, Physiology,
and Pathology). Maryland: Osmosis- Knowledge diffusion, 2017.
Peer-Reviewed Research Article
10. Tyagi R., Podder V., Arvind H., Mohanty M., Anand A. The role of dystrophin gene mutations in
neuropsychological domains of DMD boys: A Longitudinal Study. Ann of Neurosci. 2020 April.
11. Cousin E, Duncan BB, Stein C, Ong KL, Vos T, Abbafati C, Abbasi-Kangevari M, [et al. including V Podder].
Diabetes mortality and trends before 25 years of age: an analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study
2019. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol . 2022 Feb 7;S2213-8587(21)00349-1
12. Biswas AAJ., Hasan MT., Samir N., Alin SI, Homaira N., Hassan MZ., Khatun MR., Anjum A., Hossain S., Koly
KN., Safa F., Alam SF., Rafi A., Biswas MAO., Yasmin F, Podder V., et al. The prevalence and associated factors
of depressive symptoms among medical students in Bangladesh during the COVID-19 pandemic: A crosssectional
pilot study. Front. Public Health 2022. 9:811345.
13. Feigin VL, Stark BA, Johnson CO, Roth GA, Bisignano C, Abady GG, Abbasifard M, Abbasi-Kangevari M,
Abd-Allah F, Abedi V, Abualhasan A., [et al. including V Podder]. Global, regional, and national burden of
stroke and its risk factors, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019.
The Lancet Neurology. 2021 Sep 3.
14. Anand A, Ghani A, Sharma K, Kaur G, Khosla R, Devi C, Podder V, et al. War‐related mental health issues
and need for yoga intervention studies: A scoping review. Int J Yoga, 2021 Sep 1;14(3):175.
15. Galles NC, Liu PY, Updike RL, Fullman N, Nguyen J, Rolfe S., [et al. including V Podder]. Measuring routine
childhood vaccination coverage in 204 countries and territories, 1980–2019: a systematic analysis for the
Global Burden of Disease Study 2020, Release 1. The Lancet. 2021, July 14.
16. Rafi MA, Hasan MT, Azad DT, Alam SF, Podder V, Hossain S, Akther SQ, Ashraf F, Hossain MG. Willingness
to work during initial lockdown due to COVID-19 pandemic: Study based on an online survey among
physicians of Bangladesh. Plos one. 2021 Feb 9;16(2):e0245885.
17. Safa F, Anjum A, Hossain S, Trisa TI, Alam SF, Rafi MA, Podder V, Koly KN, Azad DT, Ahmad WU, Nodi RN.
Immediate psychological responses during the initial period of the COVID-19 pandemic among Bangladeshi
medical students. Children and Youth Services Review. 2021 Mar 1;122:105912.
18. Podder V., Nagarathna R., Anand A., Suchitra PS., Singh AK., Nagendra HR. Physical Activity Patterns in
India Stratified by Zones, Age, Region, BMI and Implications for COVID 19- A Nationwide Study. Annals of
neurosciences 2021 May 12.
19. Adelson JD, Bourne RR, Briant PS, Flaxman SR, Taylor HR, Jonas JB., [et al. including V Podder]. Causes of
blindness and vision impairment in 2020 and trends over 30 years, and prevalence of avoidable blindness in
relation to VISION 2020: the Right to Sight: an analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study. The Lancet
Global Health. 2020 Dec 1.
20. Roth GA., Mensah GA., Johnson CO., Addolorato G., Ammirati e., Baddour LM., [et al. including V Podder].
Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019: Update From the GBD 2019 Study. J
Am Coll Cardiol. 2020, Dec 09.
21. Sultana E., Hasan MT., Mahmood HR., Ansar A., Podder V., Emrul K., et al. Budd-Chiari Syndrome in Small
hepatic veins: A diagnostic and therapeutic challenge in a low resource setting. Journal of Family Medicine
and Primary Care. 2021, Aug.
22. Mishra A., Podder V., Modgil S., Khosla R., Anand A., Nagarathna R., Singh A.K., Nagendra H.R. Perceived
stress and depression in prediabetes and diabetes in an Indian population—A call for a mindfulness-based
intervention. Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2020 Jan; 62.
23. Bali P., Kaur N., Tiwari A., Bammidi S., Podder V., Devi C., Kumar S., Sivapuram M.S., Ghani A., Modgil S.,
Malik N., Anand A. Effectiveness of Yoga as the public health intervention module in the management of
Diabetes and Diabetes associated Dementia in South East Asia-a narrative review. Neuroepidemiology. 2020
Feb 19:1-17.
24. Hasan MT., Hossain S., Gupta RD., Podder V., Mowri NA., Ghosh A., Mahmood H.R., Ahmmed F., Khatun
MH., et al. Depression, sleeping pattern & suicidal ideation among medical students in Bangladesh: A crosssectional
pilot study. J Public Health (Berl.). 2020 Jun 01.
25. Podder V., Srivastava V., Kumar S., Nagarathna R., Sivapuram M.S., Kaur N., Sharma K., Singh A.K., Malik
N., Anand A., Nagendra H.R. Prevalence and Awareness of Stroke and Other Comorbidities Associated with
Diabetes in North West India. J Neurosci Rural Pract. 2020 Jun 04.
26. Mishra A., Podder V., Modgil S., Khosla R., Anand A., Nagarathna R., Malhotra R., Nagendra H.R. Higher
Perceived Stress and Poor Glycemic Changes in Prediabetics and Diabetics among Indian Population. J Med
Life. 2020. 13(2): 132-137.
27. Soron TR., Tasdik MT., Sayeed A., Podder V. Telepsychiatry as a mental health intervention for garment
workers in Bangladesh: Need of hour during COVID-19? Population Medicine, 2020 Oct 5;2:1-2
28. Anand A., Banik A., Minhas G., Bammidi S., Thakur K., Sharma K., Tyagi R., Modgil1 S., Bali1 P., Sayal1 N.,
Kaur P., Podder V., Singh A., Mehra P. Creating a role model for “Academicians” Social Responsibility (ASR)
synergizing with Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan: A campus hygiene initiative by PGIMER, Chandigarh. Ann Neurosci
2019; 26(2):75-81.
29. Singh A.K, Kaur N., Kaushal S., Tyagi R., Mathur D., Sivapuram M.S., Metri K, Bammidi S., Podder V.,
Modgil S., et al. Partitioning of radiological, stress and biochemical changes in pre-diabetic women subjected
to Diabetic Yoga Protocol. Diabetes Metab Syndr 2019; 13 (4): 2705-2713. PMID: 31405697.
30. Kader S.B., Rahman M.M., Tulsan S.K., Podder V., Pial R.H., Saha M. Associated factors for obstetric fistula
among young women and its possible effects on their mental wellbeing. Med J DY Patil Vidyapeeth, 2019 May
1;13(3):224.
31. Ahsan S.M, Afrin R., Sattar A., Khanam K., Raza M.A.K.M, Kumar S., Podder V. Transabdominal
Ultrasonographic Evaluation of Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Its correlation with cytopathological findings.
Med J DY Patil Vidyapeeth, 2020 Sep 1;13(5):454.
32. Podder V., Sivapuram M.S., Gupta A.K., Biswas R. Invited commentary: A patient of pulmonary embolism
and online conversational learning among global medical students through a journal review platform. Med J
DY Patil Vidyapeeth 2019; 12: 281-3.
33. Podder V., Price A., Sivapuram M.S., Biswas R. A middle-aged man who couldn't afford an angioplasty.
BMJ Case Rep 2019;12:e227118. PMID: 30936331.
34. Boraiah V., Modgil S., Sharma K., Podder V., Sivapuram M.S., Miranpuri G.S., Anand A., Goni V. Altered
expression of HSP27 and MCP1 after acute spinal cord injury-a pilot study. J Neurosci Rural Pract 2019;
10(03): 452-458.
35. Gupta A.K., Munshi B.D., Podder V., Kumar A. Erythema Ab Igne. Journal of Basic and Clinical Research
2019; 5(1).
36. Podder V., Munshi B.D. A patient with drowsiness and cardiac arrhythmia. Journal of Basic and Clinical
Research 2019; 6(1).
37. Podder V., Dhakal, B., Shaik, G.U.S., Sundar, K., Sivapuram, M.S., Chattu, V.K., Biswas, R. Developing a
case-based blended learning ecosystem to optimize precision medicine: Reducing overdiagnosis and
overtreatment. Healthcare 2018; 6: 78. PMID: 29996517.
38. Podder V., Price A., Sivapuram M.S., Ronghe A., Katta S., Gupta A.K., Biswas R. Collective conversational
peer review of journal submission: A tool to integrate medical education and practice. Ann Neurosci 2018;
25:112–119. PMID: 30140123.
39. Podder V, Biswas R, Sehgal N: Elevated hemidiaphragm and shortness of breath: Challenges in
clinicoradiologic integration. Integr Med Int 2017; 4:223-229.
40. Podder V, Sadiq NM. Levofloxacin. StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2019
Jan-. 2019 Aug 17. PMID: 31424764.
41. Vargas E, Podder V, Carrillo Sepulveda MA. Physiology, Glucose Transporter Type 4 (GLUT4). StatPearls
[Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2019 Jan-. 2019 Aug 18. PMID: 30726007.
42. Shah P, Oduah MTA, Podder V, Louis MA. Physiology, Central Venous Pressure. In: StatPearls [Internet].
Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2019 Aug 18. PMID: 30137777.
43. Sizar O, Podder V, Talati R. Empagliflozin. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls
Publishing; 2020 Apr 11. PMID: 29489268.
44. Podder V, Lew V, Ghassemzadeh S. SOAP Notes. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls
Publishing; 2020 Apr 11.
Evidence Summaries
45. Podder V. Evidence Summary. Pre-Hospital and emergency pain relief: Methoxyflurane. The Joanna
Briggs Institute EBP Database, JBI@Ovid. 2018; JBI11271.
46. Podder V. Evidence Summary. Unstable pelvic fracture: Initial management. The Joanna Briggs Institute
EBP Database, JBI@Ovid. 2018; JBI3887.
47. Podder V. Evidence Summary. Medical imaging: Patient experience. The Joanna Briggs Institute EBP
Database, JBI@Ovid. 2018; JBI6732.
48. Podder V. Evidence Summary. Maternal health (pre and postnatal low resource setting): Demand-side
financing. The Joanna Briggs Institute EBP Database, JBI@Ovid. 2018; JBI8618.
49. Podder V. Evidence Summary. Diabetes care (older people): Residential aged care facilities. The Joanna
Briggs Institute EBP Database, JBI@Ovid. 2018; JBI8842.
50. Podder V. Evidence Summary. Diabetes (Type 2): Education. The Joanna Briggs Institute EBP Database,
JBI@Ovid. 2019; JBI1607.
51. Podder V. Evidence Summary. Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases: The Role of Statins. The
Joanna Briggs Institute EBP Database, JBI@Ovid. 2019; JBI8485.
52. Podder V. Evidence Summary. Under nutrition in adults (acute care setting): Mealtime interventions. The
Joanna Briggs Institute EBP Database, JBI@Ovid. 2018; JBI8481.
A complete list of over 200 evidence summaries can be found published at http://connect.jbiconnectplus.org/ [by putting name "vivek podder" in the author box
Non-Peer-reviewed Blog Article
53. Podder V. A patient becomes a medical student. KevinMD [Internet]. 8th March 2017.
54. Podder V. A large force of health system- the medical students: have they been utilized adequately? BMJ
Case Reports blog [Internet]. 2017.
Conference Article
55. Sivapuram M.S., Gupta A.K., Podder V., Ronghe A., Katta S., Biswas R. Reaching out tertiary care hospital
group health care services to ‘Rural People’ through E-Health centers: a brief project proposal. World Rural
Health Conference. 2018.
56. Rafi A., Podder V, et al. Willingness to work during initial lockdown due to COVID-19 pandemic: Study
based on an online survey among physicians of Bangladesh. 8th Public Health Foundation Day & Virtual
International Scientific Conference, 2020.
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