
Tejaswini Arunachala Murthy
Adelaide Medical School
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
Nutrition is the most inexpensive intervention that can possibly impact clinical outcomes. Imagine if we could prevent a patient from dying just by ensuring provision of the right nutritional support while they are critically unwell? Coming from a developing nation, India, my aim is to look at cost effective interventions like nutritional support, that can impact clinical outcomes. Being a trained anaesthetist my skills involve conduct of complex studies requiring emergency management of situations and studies requiring multidisciplinary involvement for successful conduct. I am also a current ICU trainee with the college of intensive care medicine and have advanced airway skills, communication skills including having successful organ donation conversations and skills required for effective management of critically ill patients. I have over 10 yrs experience in intensive care along with a training in utilisation of nanotechnology in medicine, ALS, conducting telemedicine consults. I have been selected for peer mentoring program by the university of adelaide and I am happy to mentor candidates looking for support due to their diverse regional backgrounds.
I moved to Australia in 2015 to further my career in intensive care. I taught with the ANU medical school as associate clinical lecturer before moving to Adelaide in 2017. I am currently pursuing full time PhD in acute care medicine specifically looking at intensive care nutrition while my studies involves understanding nutrition utilisation in health, factors affecting nutrient absorption and utilisation in intensive care patients.
My research involves exploring evidence based approaches to bring about changes in nutrient delivery that can have a positive impact on clinical outcomes in the critically ill.
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Appointments
Date Position Institution name 2020 - 2017 Associate clinical lecturer Australian National University Medical School 2020 - ongoing ICU registrar The Canberra hospital -
Awards and Achievements
Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount 2019 Scholarship EASD TRAVEL SCHOLARSHIP EASD Spain 1200€ 2019 Scholarship SAICA GRANT SAICA Australia Upto 10000 AUD 2019 Scholarship University of Adelaide travel grant University of Adelaide Australia 1000 AUD -
Language Competencies
Language Competency English Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review Hindi Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review Kannada Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review Sanskrit Can read, write and understand spoken -
Education
Date Institution name Country Title 2011 - 2013 Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences India Post Graduate Diploma In Anaesthesiology and Intensive care medicine 2002 - 2008 Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences India Bachelor of medicine and bachelor of surgery MBBS -
Postgraduate Training
Date Title Institution Country 2013 Indian diploma in critical care medicine ISCCM India -
Certifications
Date Title Institution name Country — Nanosensitisation program Nano science and technology consortium India — ALS Provider Australian Resuscitation Council Australia — RACEPLUS ECHO Napean institute Sydney - -
Research Interests
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Journals
SAICA Travel grant
EASD travel grant
University of Adelaide travel grant
RTP scholarship for PhD studies
Associate clinical lecturer ANU
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Other Supervision Activities
Date Role Research Topic Location Program Supervision Type Student Load Student Name 2012 - 2013 Principal Supervisor HbA1c as an independent predictor of mortality in ICU Command Hospital Air Force Bangalore Diploma in anaesthesiology and intensive care Master Full Time Dr Srinivas -
Mentoring
Date Topic Location Name 2012 - ongoing Anaesthesia and intensive care Command Hospital Air Force Bangalore Dr ANUSHA
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