Education

• MBBS : 1996 JIPMER, Pondicherry (Jawaharlal Institute of Post-graduate Medical Education and Research, Pondicherry, India)
• MD (General Medicine) : 2003- JIPMER, Pondicherry (Jawaharlal Institute of Post-graduate Medical Education and Research, Pondicherry, India)
• DM (Nephrology) : 2006 CMCH, Vellore (Christian Medical College and Hospital, Vellore, India)

Experience

• 2009 – 2010 : Assistant professor, Dept. of Nephrology, M S Ramaiah Memorial Hospital, Bangalore
• 2010 – 2011 : Assistant professor, Dept. of Nephrology, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College & Research Centre, Puducherry, India
• 2011 – 08.06.14 : Associate Professor, Dept. of Nephrology, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Puducherry, India
• Conducted successfully ABO Incompatible Transplant, Difficult Re-transplants, Liver - Kidney Transplant and Marginal Donor Transplant
• Versatile Interventional Nephrologist and has done more than 1000 Renal Biopsies, Percutaneous PD Catheters insertion, AV Fistula and Fistuloplasty for failing & Blocked AV - Fistula Compassionate teacher for both Internal Medicine and Nephrology post graduates.

Papers Published

• I Veerappan, RM Arvind, V Ilayabharthi. Predictors of quality of life of hemodialysis patients in India. Indian journal of nephrology 22 (1), 18.
• I Veerappan, N Neelakantan, V Tamilarasi, GT John. . Medical and non-medical factors that affect voluntary living-related kidney donation: A single-center studyIndian journal of nephrology 21 (1), 14.
• I Veerappan, A Shanmugam, S Kumar, P Velayutham. Bilateral psoas and bilateral perinephric abscesses complicating acute pyelonephritis in pregnancy. Indian Journal of Nephrology 23 (1), 59.
• J Sahoo, I Veerappan, A Abraham, S Hariharan. Hypothyroidism Complicating Nephropathy in a Diabetes Patient. Case reports in endocrinology 2012.
• I Veerappan, EN Prabitha, A Abraham, S Theodore, G Abraham. Double ANCA-positive vasculitis in a patient with infective endocarditis. Indian journal of nephrology 22 (6), 469.
• I Veerappan, V Gajipara, S Varghese, M Eshwarappa. Disseminated hydatid disease mistaken for polycystic kidney disease by ultrasound. Kidney international 78 (12), 1324.
• R Mithun, V Ilangovan, M Jomal, R Ramachandra, SR Palamalai, NV Singh. Unsuspected Klinefelter syndrome mosaicism presenting as osteoporosis: a case report. Arch Med Sci 2006; 2, 3: 208-210
• I Veerappan . Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation in India. Health Sciences 2012;1(2):JS010
• Malini S Dhana, Ilangovan Veerappan. The role of nocturia as a screening test for early diagnosis of chronic kidney disease. Australasian Medical Journal;Apr2013, Vol. 6 Issue 4, p248
• Ilangovan Veerappan, Georgi Abraham. Percutaneous Technique to Arrest Peritoneal Catheter Migration: Will it Replace the Laproscopic Insertion? Peritoneal Dialysis International.
• Plasmablastic multiple myeloma following clear cell renal cell carcinoma, S Padhi, S Mokkappan, RGB Varghese, I Veerappan, BMJ case reports 2014, bcr2014204778
• Obstructive Sleep Apnea In Non Dialysis Chronic Kidney Patients, VG Shanmugam, G Abraham, I Veerappan, T Singh, S Das, Nephrology 19, 82
• Evaluation of correlated integrated teaching programme among undergraduate medical students, P Stalin, J Bazroy, Z Singh, R Divija, A Velavan, I Veerappan, Journal of Research in Medical Education & Ethics 4 (1), 60-64

Book Chapters

Editorial Board Member [Intervention] : Official Journal of Nephrology, Urology and Transplantation Society of SAARC

• Veerappan, Ilangovan, and Georgi Abraham. "Chronic Kidney Disease: Current Status, Challenges and Management in India." Medicine update, APICON 2013
• Veerappan, Ilangovan. "Fluid, Electrolytes and Acid Base Disorders." Essential Questions and Answers in Nephrology. Ed. Georgi Abraham. 2nd ed. Vol. 1. Chennai: Ecumenial Book Services, 2012. 67-89. Print.
• Veerappan, Ilangovan, and Georgi Abraham. "How to set up a PD program in India." Medicine update, APICON 2014.

Reviewer

• Hemodialysis International
• Saudi Journal of Kidney Disease and Transplantation.
• Journal of Obstetric and Gynecology [India]
• Nigerian Journal of Surgery.
• Journal of Nephrology & Therapeutics
• Indian Journal of Medical Research

Invited Speaker: [National Conference]

• Quality of Life in Hemodialysis vs Peritoneal Dialysis [Debate] – Sessional 11, 2nd October 2011, PDSCICON 2011 [Peritoneal Dialysis Society of India Conference 2011], Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
• Acute Kidney Injury in Cardiac Surgery – Indian Society of Nephrology – Southern Chapter, 2013; Vijayavada, Andhra Pradesh, India.

Invited Speaker: [Regional Conference]

• Anticoagulation in Hemodialysis – VIII Annual Conference for Dialysis Technologist & Paramedicals [2013]; Chennai, India
• Peri Operative Care In A Peritoneal Dialysis Patient – D.G. Oreopoulos Symposium [2013]; Chennai, India
• Are we doing enough with our Kidney Biopsy? - 1st Annual Conference of Nephrologist Association of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry [2013].

Research Papers/Posters/Awards in conference:

• [WCN17-0507; World Congress of Nephrology, Mexico, April, 2017] LOW COST ACCURATE DETERMINATION OF URINE MICROALBUMIN USING SMART PHONE TECHNOLOGY.M
• [Presented in ISN, India, 2016] Multiplex PCR Based Detection In Culture Negative Peritonitis.M
• [Presented in ISN, India, 2016] VALIDITY OF SERUM PROCALCITONIN AND C-REACTIVE PROTEIN AS A SCREENING TEST FOR SEPSIS IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASEM
• [Presented in ISN, India, 2016] Total serum lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) pattern in immediate post renal transplant recipient.M
• First Prize [Free Paper, Free Paper, ISN-south zone 2015] - Isothermic dialysis as an answer for intradialytic hypertension.M
• [Presented in ISN-South Zone 2015, Trichy]Low glomerular density predicts progression of membranous Nephropathy.M
• [Oral Presentation: Presented in ISN-Southern Chapter, Bangalore, Feb 2014] Ilangovan Veerappan, Georgi Abraham. Percutaneous peritoneal dialysis catheter insertion technique to arrest migration: Comparison of two different technique.M
• [Poster Presentation: Presented in ISN-Southern Chapter, Bangalore, Feb 2014] Ilangovan Veerappan, Georgi Abraham, Anila Abraham. Superficial vs deeper renal biopsy technique. Which is better?M
• [First Prize – Oral Presentation: 5th Annual State Conferecne of The Association of Physiologist of Tamil Nadu. October 7-8 2011, Vellore, India] M. Saravanan, Ilangovan Veerappan, Susheela Veliath. Benefits on post-dialytic hemodynamic stability by cool dialysate vs body temperature dialysate compared with standard temperature dialysate.M
• [First Prize – Poster Presentation, Presented in International Emergency Medicine Conference, JIPMER, Aug 2013] Sanjoy J.G, IlangovanVeerappan, Karnam. A.F, Ravichandran K.Potassium Level in Critical Care Unit Patients and it Association with Mortality.M
• [Presented in International Emergency Medicine Conference, JIPMER, Aug 2013] Gouthaman T, Ilangovan Veerappan, Sudhagar M, Aneesh B. Auutomated Peritoneal Dialysis in Acute Kidney Injury using Stiff Acute Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter.M
• [Presented in World Congress of Nephrology, Hong Kong May 2013] Ilangovan Veerappan, Sharon Mathews and Georgi Abraham/ Analysis of body composition and its role in mortality in Indian maintenance dialysis patients using bioimpedance spectroscopy.M
• [Oral Presentation: Presented in ISN-Southern Chapter, Hyderabad, Feb 2007] Ilangovan Veerappan, Dharan KS, Neelakantan N, Chacko B, Sunil Kumar K, V Tamilarasi , John GT. Is Renal Biopsy Beneficial in CKD Stage 4 and 5 ?M
• [Poster Presentation: Presented in ISN-Indian Chapter, New Delhi, Dec 2007] Ilangovan Veerappan, Chacko B, V Tamilarasi , John GT. Medical and non-medical factors that affect voluntary living-related kidney donation: A single-center study.M

Reviewer

• Best Hockey Player – Intercollege Meet (SPANDAN, JIPMER, Puducherry) – 1998 & 2006
• Matriculation Board, [Pondicherry] State Rank [Third] – English 1994
• Member: Mortality Audit Committee, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences. September 2012 – Current.
• Medical Education Unit Faculty, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences. December 2013 – Current.
• Single day screening of 21,000 people of Coimbatore for kidney disease on the eve of world kidney day in March 2016.
• Organising secretary, First National Symposium on “Deceased Donor Organ Donation and Utilization” , 2017