Sukumaran, Anju P., M.D.

Primary Practice Location:
University Hospital
2500 N. State St.
Jackson, MS 39216

Appointments: (888) 815-2005

Areas of Practice: Brain and Central Nervous System Cancers, Children's Endocrinology

Education

Board Certification:	Pediatrics, Pediatric Endocrinology
Medical Education:	Trichur Medical College
Internship Program:	Trichur Medical College
Residency Program:	Elmhurst Hospital - Mt Sinai Medical School
Fellowship Program:	Woman and Children's Hospital of Buffalo

Current Positions

Assistant Professor , School of Medicine	01/2015 - Present
The University of Mississippi Medical Center Jackson, Mississippi 39216

Education

State University of New York at Buffalo, MD, Pediatric Endocrinology	2013
Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, MD, Pediatrics	2010
Trichur Medical College, MBBS, Medicine	1998

Specialty Certification Licensure

Licensure, Medical License
Certification, Pediatric Endocrinology, American Board of Pediatrics	11/2013 - Present
Certification, Pediatrics, American Board of Pediatrics	10/2010 - Present

Academic Appointments or Other Previous Appointments

Pediatric Endocrinologist, Essentia Health

07/2013 - 01/2015

Honors, Awards, and Recognition

Clinical Director Pediatric Endocrine Bone Clinic, UMMC	2019
Rising Star Award, GWIMS Chapter UMMC	2018

Professional Membership and Service

Childrens Oncology Group, Member	2019 - Present
Pediatric Academic Society Annual Conference, Attendee, Annual Conference	2019
Pediatric Endocrine Society Special Interest Group Lipids, Member/Advisor, Special Interest Group in Lipids	2019 - Present
Endocrine Scoeity Annual Meeting, Attendee, Annual Conference	2019
Endocrine Society Annual Conference, Attendee, Annual Conference Meeting	2018
Pediatric Endocrine Society, Member, Special Interest Group in Bone and Mineral Metabolism	2018 - Present
Pediatric Endocrine Society Obseity Special Interest Group, Member/Reviewer for Maintenance of Certification Module, Special Interest Group in Obesity	2018 - Present
GWIMS Chapter, Member	2018 - Present
Endocrine Society Meeting Annual Conference, Attendee, Annual meeting 2017 in Orlando, FL	2017
Endocrine Society Meeting Annual Conference, Attendee, Annual meeting 2016, Boston, MA	2016
Endocrine Society Meeting Annual Conference, Attendee, Annual meeting, Chicago, IL	2014
Lawson Wilkins Pediatric Endocrine Society Annual Conference, Attendee, Annual meeting at Washington DC	2013
American Diabetes Association Annual Conference, Attendee, Annual meeting at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	2012
Endocrine Society Annual Meeting, Attendee, Annual meeting, 2011, Boston, MA	2011
Endocrine Society, Member	2010 - Present
American Diabetes Association, Member	2010 - Present
Lawson Wilkins Pediatric Endocrine Society, Member	2010 - Present

Committee Service

SCHOOL OF MEDICINE-RESIDENCY REVIEW SUBCOMMITTEE, Member	2018 - Present
Pediatric Inpatient Utilization review, Task Force Member	2018 - Present
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE-CURRICULUM, Advisor	2017 - Present
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE-CURRICULUM, Member	2015 - Present
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE-ADMISSIONS INTERVIEW, MMI- Rater	2015 - Present
ECHO for obesity, Member	2015 - Present

Community Service

JDRF walk, Team Leader	10/2018 - Present
DFM walk, Volunteer	10/2018 - Present
Question it,Discover it at Children's Museum, Community educator	02/2018 - Present
Sanderson farms golf tournament fundraiser for Batson, Volunteered	10/2017 - Present
JDRF walk, Team Leader	10/2017 - Present
Diabetes education for new onset families- A QI project during admission, Principal Investigator	04/2017 - 05/2018
obesity and snacks at Children's Museum, Educator	02/2017 - Present
JDRF walk, Team Leader	10/2016 - Present
DFM walk, Participated	10/2016 - Present
Fitness Fest Children's of MS, Educator	07/2016 - Present
doctor's day at children's museum, Community educator	03/2016 - Present
Bake sale for diabetes fund raiser, Volunteer and Baked goodies	03/2016 - Present
Doctor's day at Children's museum MS, Community educator	06/2015 - Present
Diabetes education to all new onset families once a month, Advisor	05/2015 - Present

Other Service

PLOS-One	04/2019 - Present
Faculty Resident Mentor Program, Facutly Mentor for Ped Resident	10/2018 - Present
Sytematic Reviews	08/2018 - Present
Epic Order Set Development, Development of Epic Order Set for Bisphosphonate infusion	04/2018 - Present
TeleHealth Medicine for Pediatric Endocrinology patients at out reach areas of MS, Physician providing care	2018 - Present
First Pediatric Endocrine Bone clinic for children in MS, Development of protocol and starting clinic	2018 - Present
Publon-Clinical Case Reports	09/2017 - Present
Telehealth Remote Monitoring for children with poorly controlled diabetes in MS, Part of our diabetes team	2016 - Present
Construction and Planning for New Ambulatory Clinics, Attended meetings as Pediatric Endocrine division representative	2016 - Present
First and only provider to represent Pediatric Endocrinology service for multidisciplinary Brain Tumor clinic, To provide comprehensive care to brain tumor patients	06/2015 - Present
Systematic Reviews 2018
Systematic Review 2020
development of protocol for PICU patients with adrenal insufficiency
Development of Clinical Protocol for low bone density pediatric patients

Publications

Protocol for OI
Sukumaran,A Protocol for Bisphosphonate infusion in pediatric patients with Osteogenesis imperfecta or other forms of Osteoporosis	2017
Protocol development
Sukumaran,A Protocol Development for Management of Adrenal Insufficiency in Critically ill Children	2016
Simeen Pasha, Naznin Dixit, Anju Sukumaran Management of DSD in NICU	2015
Local magazine- Community Education
Anju Sukumaran MD Common thyroid problems On the minds of Moms magazine, Fargo, 2014, Aug-Sep issue	2014
Journal Article
Anju Sukumaran Panhypopituitarism from Neurosarcoidosis: Case Report and Review Journal of Pediatric Endocrine and Metabolism Accepted: April 2019	2019
Sukumaran A, Buchlis J A case series on Klinefelter syndrome - Key Diagnostic Finding in a Condition with Variable Clinical Presentations Case Reports in Pediatrics. 2013; 2013:3	2013
Sukumaran A, Desmangles JC, Gartner, LA, Buchlis J A case report on "Duplication of dosage sensitive sex reversal area in a 46XY patient with normal sex determining region of Y causing complete sex reversal" Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism;	2013
Moulana M., Sukumaran AP., Prevalence of Psychological Disorders in Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome in Mississippi. Endocrinol Metab Int J. 2020; 8(6): 133‒137. DOI: 10.15406/emij.2020.08.00296	2020
Moulana M, Lim CS, Sukumaran AP High risk of psychological disorders: anxiety and depression in adolescent girls with polycystic ovary syndrome. Endocrinol Metab Int J. 2020;8(3):73‒77.	2020
Sukumaran AP, Kumar VBP A case series and review on pediatric thyroid nodules. Endocrinol Metab Int J. 2020;8(1):11‒15	2020
Electronic Publications
Pediatric Update: October issue, 2020- Pediatric Endocrinology Bone Clinic	2020

Presentations

Poster Presentation, An Unusual Presentation of Hypothyroidism, Endocrine Society Meeting, Virtual	03/2020
Poster Presentation, Obesity, Anxiety, and Depression in Young Girls with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome in Mississippi, Delta Health Clinical and Translational Science Conference, UMMC	08/2019
Poster Presentation, PCOS, obesity, and Psychological issues in adolescents of Mississippi, Pediatric Academic Society Special Interest Group Obesity, Baltimore	04/2019
Poster Presentation, Psychological issues in PCOS Adolescents, Neuroscience Symposium, Jackson	04/2019
Platform Presentations, Neonatal Hyperthyroidism, Endocrine Society Annual Meeting, New Orleans	03/2019
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Diagnosis of Neonatal Thyrotoxicosis Amidst Confusions- A Case Report for ICE-SEMDSA 2018 18th International Congress of Endocrinology to be held at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC), ICE-SEMDSA 2018 18th International Congress of Endocrinology, Cape Town	12/2018
Poster Presentation, Reproductive Problems in Female Youth Attending a Pediatric Weight Management Clinic, Obesity Society for presentation at Obesity Week 2018, Nashville, TN	11/2018
Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, An Update on Diagnosis and Therapy of Thyrotoxicosis and the Role of Radioactive Iodine Therapy in Children: Will This Work? Read, Learn, Decide and Implement, Nuclear Medicine Update -/ MSNM meeting, Flowood, Mississippi.	02/2018
Poster Presentation, Telehealth remote patient monitoring: an effective tool for improving outcomes in children with poorly controlled diabetes, 10th International Meeting of Pediatric Endocrinology, Washington, DC	09/2017
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, All about Endocrine, CME in Endocrinology: Growth, Human Growth Hormone Foundation, Jackson	07/2016
Poster Presentation, Hypertension in an obese child, Endocrine Society Meeting, Boston	04/2016
Invited Speaker, Pediatric Intensive Care Meeting: Adrenal insufficiency in critically ill children: for the establishment of a protocol, Jackson	07/2015
Poster Presentation, Pheochromocytoma Induced Hypertension In An Obese Pediatric Patient, Ole Miss Research Day, Oxford, Mississippi	04/2015
Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Management of diabetes, Biannual diabetes educators meeting in ND	10/2014
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, How to manage diabetes, Biannual diabetes educators meeting in Fargo, ND	04/2014
Poster Presentation, A Quality Improvement project on "Adrenal insufficiency in critically ill children", PES meeting	05/2013
Poster Presentation, Basic Reasearch Project on "Effects of sphingosine 1-phosphate on lipolytic activity in adipocytes", ADA meeting	06/2012
Platform Presentations, Etiology of Neonatal Seizures, at Jubilee Mission Medical School, India	12/2006
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, What is normal for Pediatric Endocrinologists, for GEMC Meeting (Global Endocrinology and Diabetes Webinar
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Telehealth remote patient monitoring: an effective tool for improving outcomes in children with poorly controlled diabetes, Congress of Public Health, Epidemiology and Nutrition at Osaka Japan in May 2018
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Telehealth remote patient monitoring: an effective tool for improving outcomes in children with poorly controlled diabetes, SEMDSA Congress at South Africa in 2018

Teaching Experience

Medicine, Lecturer, Adult Endo Fellow Lecture	Fall Oct 2019
Lecturer, Nelson Lecture	Fall Nov 2020
Lecture, Lecturer, PICU Fellow Lecture	Fall Nov 2019
Guest Presenter	Spring Mar 2020
Guest Presenter	Winter Jan 2020
Lecturer, Nelson Lecture	Fall Dec 2019
Medicine, Small Group, Facilitator, Case Management	Summer 2019
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Adult Endo Fellow Lecture	Fall 2018
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, PICU fellow lecture	Fall 2018
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Nelson Lecture to Pediatric Residents	Fall 2018
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Grand Rounds	Fall 2017
Medicine, Small Group, Lecturer, PICU fellow lecture	Winter 2017
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Adult Endocrine Fellowship Program	Fall 2017
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Nelson Lecture	Fall 2017
Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, Small Group, Lecturer, Presentation of OI Protocol	Winter 2017
PICU Fellowship program, Small Group, Lecturer, PICU Fellow lecture	Winter 2016
PICU presentation, Small Group, Lecturer, Adrenal Insufficiency Protocol	Summer 2016
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Grand Rounds	Summer 2016
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Nelson Lecture for residents	Fall 2016
NICU Fellows, Lecture, Lecturer, Lecture to NICU fellows	Fall 2016
Adult Endocrine Fellows, Lecture, Lecturer, Lecture to Adult Endocrine fellows and faculty	Fall 2016
NICU fellows, Lecture, Lecturer, Lecture to NICU Fellows	Fall 2016
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Podcast	Spring 2015
PICU Fellows and Faculty, Lecture, Lecturer, PICU Lecture	Spring 2015
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Pediatric Grand Rounds	Summer 2015
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Nelson Lecture	Summer 2015
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Case Management	Summer 2015
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Nelsons Lecture	Fall 2015 - 2015
Residents and Faculty, Lecture, Lecturer, Case Management	Fall 2015

Directed Student Learning

Preceptor, Advised: Kinsley Stepka	2018 - 2018
Preceptor, Advised: Marguerite Baker	2017 - 2017
Preceptor, Advised: Rachel Palmer	2017 - 2017
Preceptor, Advised: Rebecca Faulkner	2016 - 2016
Preceptor, Advised: M3 students 2-3 per month rotating with Endo	2015 - Present

Residency Training

Research Project, Research Advisor	2019 - Present
Faculty-resident mentoring program, Advisor	2018 - Present
QI project with residents, Attending Physician	2017 - 05/2018
Pediatrics, Preceptor	2015 - Present
Pediatrics, Attending Physician	2015 - Present

Fellows supervised

QI project with PICU fellow, Attending Physician, 1 fellows supervised	05/2017 - 07/2018
Pediatric Endocrinology, Preceptor, 0 fellows supervised	01/2015 - Present

Extramural, ACNS1422, A Phase 2 Study of Reduced Therapy for Newly Diagnosed Average-Risk WNT-Driven Medulloblastoma Patients, Children's Oncology Group	06/2019 - Present
Extramural, ACNS1721, A Phase 2 Study of Veliparib (ABT-888, IND# 139199) and Local Irradiation, Followed by Maintenance Veliparib and Temozolomide, in Patients with Newly Diagnosed High-Grade Glioma (HGG) without H3 K27M or BRAF Mutations, Children's Oncology Group	06/2019 - Present
Extramural, A double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled, parallel group trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of empagliflozin and linagliptin over 26 weeks, with a double-blind active treatment safety extension period up to 52 weeks, in children and adolescents with type 2 diabetes mellitus, Pharmaceutical	04/2019 - Present
Intramural, Patient Reported Outcomes in Pediatric Brain Tumor, Pediatrics, UMMC	03/2018 - Present
Extramural, A multicenter, phase 3, open-label, 26-week trial investigating the safety, tolerability and efficacy of TransCon hGH administered once weekly in children with growth hormone deficiency (GHD), Ascendis Pharma	10/2017 - Present
Extramural, A phase 3, double blind, placebo controlled, randomized, multicenter study to assess the safety and efficacy of exenatide once weekly in adolescents with type 2 diabetes, AstraZeneca	06/2017 - 06/2030
Extramural, Enlighten Study for multicenter phase 3 long term open label trial investigating the safety and efficacy of transcon HGH administered once weekly in who have completed prior transcon trial, Pharmaceutical	02/2017 - Present
Extramural, A multicenter, phase 3, randomized, open label, active controlled, parallel group investigating the safety, tolerability, and efficacy of TransConhGH administered once a week versus standard daily hGH replacement therapy over 52 weeks in prepubertal children with growth hormone deficiency, Ascendis	02/2017 - Present
Extramural, The Pediatrics Diabetes Consortium: Type 2 diabetes in youth registry, JAEB ceneter for health research	11/2015 - 05/2021
Extramural, Clinical trial to evaluate safety and efficacy of MK-0431-083 Sitagliptin in pediatric subjects with type 2 diabetes with inadequate control, Merck	01/2015 - 01/2018
Extramural, Natural history study of the development of type 1 diabetes, Trial Net	01/2015 - Present
Extramural, Clinical trial to evaluate safety and efficacy of MK-0431A XR in pediatric subjects with type 2 diabetes with inadequate control on metformin monotherapy, Merck	01/2015 - 10/2017

Sukumaran, Anju P., M.D.

Education

Current Positions

Education

Specialty Certification Licensure

Academic Appointments or Other Previous Appointments

Honors, Awards, and Recognition

Professional Membership and Service

Committee Service

Community Service

Other Service

Sponsored Program Funding

Publications

Protocol for OI

Protocol development

Local magazine- Community Education

Journal Article

Electronic Publications

Presentations

Teaching Experience

Directed Student Learning

Residency Training

Fellows supervised

Services & Procedures