Govt. Medical College Handwara

DEPARTMENT OFPHARMACOLOGY GMC HANDWARA

Mission:

To offer excellent teaching Programme for undergraduate students.
To make an undergraduate confident to handle medical emergencies and prescribe a rationale drug therapy.
To motivate students to undertake research activities.
To establish basic and clinical research that contributes to heal and comfort of the suffering.
To be pioneers in offering health education to the society.

Vision:

Department of Pharmacology is committed to provide quality education to the students and encourage them to participate in research activities.
To be recognized globally as a centre of excellence in education and research.

Information about faculty:

Sno	Name	Designation	Phone No.
01	Dr. Zahoor Ahmad Rather	Assistant Professor	9113682387
02	Dr Iram Kahkashan	Assistant Professor	+917780925419

Faculty Information:

1. Dr. Zahoor Ahmad Rather

Assistant Professor
zahoorkmc@gmail.com
+919113682387

Publications:

ZARather, MNChowta, GJKPRaju, FMubeen. Evaluation of the adverse reactions of antiretroviral drug regimens in a tertiary care hospital. Indian journal of pharmacology45(2),145
AKamath, ZARather.Melatonin for atypical antipsychotic-induced metabolic adverse effects:a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. BioMed Research International 2018
PGjK, MNChowta, ZARather, Fmubeen The pattern of the initial anti-retro viral drug regimens in HIV patients at a tertiary care hospital. Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research 6(7),1178-1180
ZARather, MNChowta, GBolumbu, KBRakesh. Evaluation of acute effects of melatonin on ethanol drinking in ethanol naïve rats.IndianJournalofPharmacology47(4),383
Zahoor Ahmad Rather, NateshprabhuM, SushmaDS, RakeshKb, SunilPai. Evaluation of Costus speciosus in Experimental Models of Depression in Albino Mice. Pharmacognosy Journal8(5),483-486
ZARather, MNChowta, GBolumbu,SUllal, AShenoy. Effect of Chronic Administration of Melatoninon Ethanol Drinking in Rat Models of Chronic Voluntary Ethanol Consumption. IntJDrugDev&Res8(2),018-020.

Presentations:

Effect of Chronic Administration of Melatonin on Ethanol Drinking in Rat Models of Chronic Voluntary Ethanol Consumption "at World Congress on Drug Discovery and Development held on 23rd –25th November 2016.J.N.Tata Auditorium, Indian Institute of Science, Bengalure, India.
“Does Melatonin Reduce Ethanol Consumption in Long Term Ethanol Drinking Rats” in south regional conference of Indian Pharmacological Society on “Reassessing Pharmacology in 21st century” held on 12th & 13th February 2016. Department of Pharmacology, Belagavi Institute of Medical Science, Belagavi, Karnataka, India.
“Evaluation of Acute Effects of Melatonin on Ethanol Drinking in Ethanol Naïve Rats ”inconference of Indian Pharmacological Society Bangalore Chapteron “Clinical Research– Amendments and Impacts” held on 6th August 2015. Department of Pharmacology, Dr.B.R.Ambedkar Medical College, K.G.Halli, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.(Awarded as “Best Paper Presentation”)
“Role of Melatonin on Ethanol Intake Following Forced Ethanol Consumptionin Wistar:A Pilot Study” in south regional conference of the Association of Clinical Biochemists of India held on 22nd & 23rd May 2014. Department of Biochemistry, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Karnataka,India.

2.Dr. Iram Kahkashan

Assistant Professor
I/C Head
iram_kahkashan@yahoo.com

Research & Publications:

Kahkashan I, Chowdhary S, Tandon VR, Gupta, R. “To compare the efficacy and safety of silodosin and dutasteride combination with alfuzosin and dutasteride combination in patients of benign prostatic hyperplasia: a randomized, open label study”. International Journal of Basic & Clinical Pharmacology, 2019; 8(4), 635–641
Kahkashan I, Chowdhary S, Tandon VR, Kaur S, Khajuria V, Gillani Z. "Critical analysis of quality adverse drug reaction related published reports in indian biomedical journal". JK Sci 2017; 19(1):59-63.
Tandon VR, Maqbool R, Kahkashan I , Sharma R, Khajuria V, Gillani Z.”Upper gastrointestinal bleed in a post-menopausal woman due to combination of high first dose aspirin and clopidogrel prescribed for acute coronary syndrome”. J Midlife Health 2015; 6(3):129-31.
Farooq S, Kahkashan I, Lone N. “How aware the dental graduates of Kashmir are related to the pharmacology, drug reaction and efficacy of medicines they prescribe”. International Journal of Applied Dental Sciences , 2021; 7(2): 428-431
Farooq, M., Javed, A., Kahkashan, I., & Imran, S. “Assessment of knowledge, attitude and practice of pharmacovigilance among healthcare professionals”. International Journal of Health and Clinical Research, 2021;4(8):229-231
Farooq, M., Kahkashan, I, Javed, A & Mir, S A. “Assessment of knowledge and practice of disposal of leftover and expired medicine among MBBS students”. International Journal of Health and Clinical Research, 2021;4(9):36-38
Kahkashan, I., Farooq, M., & Imran, S. “Assessment of knowledge, attitude and practices about antibiotic resistance and usage: A questionnaire based study among medical students”. International Journal of Health Sciences, 2022; 6(S1):608-616.
Kahkashan, I., Farooq, M., & Imran, S. “A questionnaire-based study to assess the awareness about package inserts amongst the resident doctors in a medical college of North India”. International Journal of Basic & Clinical Pharmacology, 2022, 11(5):384–387.
Bashir, S., Kahkashan, I., Dar, H., Zuriyat, Farhat, S. “Awareness regarding E-pharmacy among Kashmiri population”. International Journal of Life Sciences, Biotechnology and Pharma Research Vol. 12. 2023; 12(4):835-841.

CERTIFICATIONS:

Certification: Completed Signal Detection and Causality Assessment certification from Uppsala Monitoring Centre
Certification: Certificate of completion of Good Clinical Practice issued by National Association of Pharmacology and Therapeutics in Association with AIIMS Nagpur.
Certification: “Understanding Clinical Research: Behind the Statistics” issued by University of Capetown.

PRESENTATIONS:

Presentation: “Perception of antibiotic usage among parents of pediatric patients attending a government dental hospital setup-A cross sectional observational study”. ATCON Annual Therapeutics Congress 2024, A National Conference.
Presentation: “Pharmacovigilance: Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of dental students related to adverse drug reactions”. ATCON Annual Therapeutics Congress 2024, A National Conference.
Presentation: “Assessment of knowledge, attitude and practice towards antibiotic usage and development of antimicrobial resistance. A questionnaire-based study among dental interns and residents”. ICMHSAP 2024.
Presentation: “Assessment of knowledge, attitude and practice of Ecopharmacology among MMBS students in a tertiary care hospital in North India”. ISRPTCON 2024.
Poster Presentation: Role of AI in Pharmacovigilance. At VIGIPHARM, One Day National CME cum Workshop on Pharmacovigilance and Materiovigilance (June 2023).

DEPARTMENT OFPHARMACOLOGY GMC HANDWARA

Mission:

To offer excellent teaching Programme for undergraduate students.

To make an undergraduate confident to handle medical emergencies and prescribe a rationale drug therapy.

To motivate students to undertake research activities.

To establish basic and clinical research that contributes to heal and comfort of the suffering.

To be pioneers in offering health education to the society.

Vision:

Department of Pharmacology is committed to provide quality education to the students and encourage them to participate in research activities.

To be recognized globally as a centre of excellence in education and research.

Information about faculty:

Faculty Information:

1. Dr. Zahoor Ahmad Rather

Assistant Professor

zahoorkmc@gmail.com

+919113682387

Publications:

ZARather, MNChowta, GJKPRaju, FMubeen. Evaluation of the adverse reactions of antiretroviral drug regimens in a tertiary care hospital. Indian journal of pharmacology45(2),145

AKamath, ZARather.Melatonin for atypical antipsychotic-induced metabolic adverse effects:a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. BioMed Research International 2018

PGjK, MNChowta, ZARather, Fmubeen The pattern of the initial anti-retro viral drug regimens in HIV patients at a tertiary care hospital. Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research 6(7),1178-1180

ZARather, MNChowta, GBolumbu, KBRakesh. Evaluation of acute effects of melatonin on ethanol drinking in ethanol naïve rats.IndianJournalofPharmacology47(4),383

Zahoor Ahmad Rather, NateshprabhuM, SushmaDS, RakeshKb, SunilPai. Evaluation of Costus speciosus in Experimental Models of Depression in Albino Mice. Pharmacognosy Journal8(5),483-486

ZARather, MNChowta, GBolumbu,SUllal, AShenoy. Effect of Chronic Administration of Melatoninon Ethanol Drinking in Rat Models of Chronic Voluntary Ethanol Consumption. IntJDrugDev&Res8(2),018-020.

Presentations:

Effect of Chronic Administration of Melatonin on Ethanol Drinking in Rat Models of Chronic Voluntary Ethanol Consumption "at World Congress on Drug Discovery and Development held on 23rd –25th November 2016.J.N.Tata Auditorium, Indian Institute of Science, Bengalure, India.

2.Dr. Iram Kahkashan

Assistant Professor

I/C Head

iram_kahkashan@yahoo.com

Research & Publications:

Kahkashan I, Chowdhary S, Tandon VR, Kaur S, Khajuria V, Gillani Z. "Critical analysis of quality adverse drug reaction related published reports in indian biomedical journal". JK Sci 2017; 19(1):59-63.

Tandon VR, Maqbool R, Kahkashan I , Sharma R, Khajuria V, Gillani Z.”Upper gastrointestinal bleed in a post-menopausal woman due to combination of high first dose aspirin and clopidogrel prescribed for acute coronary syndrome”. J Midlife Health 2015; 6(3):129-31.

Farooq S, Kahkashan I, Lone N. “How aware the dental graduates of Kashmir are related to the pharmacology, drug reaction and efficacy of medicines they prescribe”. International Journal of Applied Dental Sciences , 2021; 7(2): 428-431

Farooq, M., Javed, A., Kahkashan, I., & Imran, S. “Assessment of knowledge, attitude and practice of pharmacovigilance among healthcare professionals”. International Journal of Health and Clinical Research, 2021;4(8):229-231

Farooq, M., Kahkashan, I, Javed, A & Mir, S A. “Assessment of knowledge and practice of disposal of leftover and expired medicine among MBBS students”. International Journal of Health and Clinical Research, 2021;4(9):36-38

Kahkashan, I., Farooq, M., & Imran, S. “Assessment of knowledge, attitude and practices about antibiotic resistance and usage: A questionnaire based study among medical students”. International Journal of Health Sciences, 2022; 6(S1):608-616.

Kahkashan, I., Farooq, M., & Imran, S. “A questionnaire-based study to assess the awareness about package inserts amongst the resident doctors in a medical college of North India”. International Journal of Basic & Clinical Pharmacology, 2022, 11(5):384–387.

Bashir, S., Kahkashan, I., Dar, H., Zuriyat, Farhat, S. “Awareness regarding E-pharmacy among Kashmiri population”. International Journal of Life Sciences, Biotechnology and Pharma Research Vol. 12. 2023; 12(4):835-841.

CERTIFICATIONS:

Certification: Completed Signal Detection and Causality Assessment certification from Uppsala Monitoring Centre

Certification: Certificate of completion of Good Clinical Practice issued by National Association of Pharmacology and Therapeutics in Association with AIIMS Nagpur.

Certification: “Understanding Clinical Research: Behind the Statistics” issued by University of Capetown.

PRESENTATIONS:

Presentation: “Perception of antibiotic usage among parents of pediatric patients attending a government dental hospital setup-A cross sectional observational study”. ATCON Annual Therapeutics Congress 2024, A National Conference.

Presentation: “Pharmacovigilance: Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of dental students related to adverse drug reactions”. ATCON Annual Therapeutics Congress 2024, A National Conference.

Presentation: “Assessment of knowledge, attitude and practice towards antibiotic usage and development of antimicrobial resistance. A questionnaire-based study among dental interns and residents”. ICMHSAP 2024.

Presentation: “Assessment of knowledge, attitude and practice of Ecopharmacology among MMBS students in a tertiary care hospital in North India”. ISRPTCON 2024.

Poster Presentation: Role of AI in Pharmacovigilance. At VIGIPHARM, One Day National CME cum Workshop on Pharmacovigilance and Materiovigilance (June 2023).

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