P._K._Sasidharan
P. K. Sasidharan
Indian medical academic
P. K. Sasidharan ('Sasidharan Puthenpurakkal Kunhumon)[1]) is an Indian professor, medical practitioner, medical teacher and author from Kozhikode, Kerala. He retired as the Professor and Head of the Department of Internal Medicine and the division of Clinical Hematology at Calicut Medical College[2] in 2015. He had held academic positions like the Dean faculty of Medicine of the University of Calicut and the chairman of PG board of studies at the Kerala University of Health Science (KUHS),.[3][4] He served as the PhD research Guide for University of Calicut during his tenure at Calicut
He is known for authoring the books Doctors' Pocket Companion, a text book for clinical practitioners and Heal-Thy India, which is a collection of observations regarding the healthcare system in India.[5] He has recently authored a book entitled 'Guide to Clinical Practice in the Post Covid World' which is a collection of rare case histories, discussing on the need to change the way clinical practice has to be changed in future, besides these he had contributed chapters in medical textbooks and has many research publications.[citation needed]