Dr Joseph K Joseph

Nephrologist

Present Designation:
Nephrologist Little Flower Hospital, Angamaly.
Qualifications
MBBS from Banarus Hindu University, Banarus- 1972
MD from Banarushindu university, Banarus- 1977
Advanced Training in Nephrology
Trained in DNB nephrology from MMC, Chennai 1996.
Fellowship in Nephrology from St Vincents Hospital, Karlsruhe, Germany- 1993
Work Experience
Joined Little flower hospital and research center,angamaly, Kerala in 1979 as junior physician. Now  working as  Chief physician and Nephrologist at Little Flower Hospital and Research Centre and Also  as consultant nephrologist at Government General  Hospital , Aluva. Kerala.Actively involved in teaching DNB students in Internal medicine  and serving as  as guide to thesis studies.
Special interest:
Treatment of snake bite, tropical  nephrology and hypertension
Organisational Activities:
President of Nephrology Association of Kerala- 2014- 2015 Organising secretary of Toxinology society of India 2015 Kochi Past president, Indian Medical Association, Madhyakerala Branch.
Papers Presented: 
Presented many papers in national and international conferences
Publications:
Lithium toxicity- a risk factor for neuroleptic malignant syndrome; JAPI1991,vol39 no 7 First Authenticated cases of life threatening envenoming by the humpnosed pit viper in India- published in Transactions of the royal society of tropical medicine and hygiene(2007) 101, 85-90