DR. NAZAR PUTHUKUDY

Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology (PURE) study: is WHO's largest global health study which includes 22 countries across the globe investigating the influence of biological, social and environmental determinants on health.

• Successfully applied ICD-10 guidelines to abstract injury data from electronic medical records, accurately identifying the site, mechanism, location, intent, and external cause of injuries.
• Conducted thorough reviews of abstracted data to ensure completeness, accuracy, and consistency.
• Assisted in the creation and modification of Injury Case Report Forms (CRFs) in alignment with ICD-10 guidelines.
• Resolved queries on injury data from research sites, ensuring clarity and accuracy
• Adjudicated injury-related deaths by applying CDC guidelines for accurate classification.
• Planned and implemented interventions to prevent underreporting of injuries in underdeveloped countries, ensuring more accurate data collection.
• Assisted in analyzing data from developed, developing, and underdeveloped countries to understand global patterns of injuries

• Contributed to the 'Roads in India: Safety and Knowledge Cross-Sectional Evaluation' by identifying risk factors for road traffic accidents, leading injury data collection, conducting thorough literature review, and co-authoring the published research.
• Successfully contributed to the comprehensive literature review and co-authored the paper "Media Coverage of Violence Against Women in India: A Systematic Study of a High-Profile Rape Case."
• Led the extraction and abstraction of trauma data from various resources, including Injury Case Report Forms (CRFs), medical records, and verbal autopsies, for the PURE study.
• Successfully coded injury hospitalizations at PHRI under the guidance of certified health information professionals specializing in International Classification of Diseases.

• Effectively assisted physicians in outpatient clinics with the first-line management of all trauma emergencies at the urgent care center.

• Assisted orthopedic surgeons in performing surgeries across all subspecialties of orthopedics.
• Assisted quality management team in physician documentation improvement program to meet data quality standards set by Joint Commission International accrediting body.

• Independently perform the first line of management of all trauma cases.

• Management of patients in ER, Conduct orthopedic outpatient, Perform minor surgeries independently and assist senior consultants in major surgical procedures, participate in grant rounds and departmental meetings.