Biography

Dr. Kishore Gnana Sam is currently serving as Professor, Head-Department of Pharmacy Practice and Chair-Assessment Committee. He has more than 20 years of experience in teaching and guiding students in the Department of Pharmacy Practice. He received the FIP-Pharma Bridge sponsored hands-on training in Drug Policy at the Wisconsin Hospital, Madison, USA. His contributions have helped improve the quality and consistency of the pharmacy education, ensuring graduates are well-prepared for the current and future demands of the pharmacy profession.

Education

• PhD. (Clinical Pharmacy) Manipal University, Manipal, India 2009.
• MBA (Healthcare Services) Sikkim Manipal University, Manipal India 2008.
• M.Pharm, Rajiv Gandhi University, India 1999.
• B.Pharm, Tamilnadu MGR University, India 1996

Research Interests

• Pharmacotherapeutic Clinical Outcome Assessment
• Pharmacoeconomic and Humanistic Outcomes of Health Care Delivery
• Pharmaceutical Care services
• Drug utilization Evaluation
• Drug Safety monitoring
• Systematic Reviews

Research Publications

• Almardod, Z. A., Sam, K. G., & Younis, E. E. (2026). Prevalence, risk factors, characteristics, and clinical outcomes of thrombocytopenia in the intensive care unit: A prospective single-center cohort study. Critical Care Research and Practice, 2026(1), 4492230.
• A Elnour, A. A., Nasur, Z. E., Zaki, H. Y., Sam, K. G., & Khidir, I. Y. E. (2024). Haptoglobin phenotypes in school-age children infected with Schistosoma haematobium: A case-control study. Pharmacy Practice, 22(1), 2890.
• Hatab, A. A., Sam, K. G., Beshir, S. A., Mohammed, A., & Abdalla, S. F. (2024). Association of level of adherence to Mediterranean diet with cognitive and dementia status in subjects with chronic diseases: A cross-sectional study. Nutritional Neuroscience, 27(10), 1123–1130.
• Ramadan, A., Mohammed, A., A Elnour, A. A., Abdalla, S. F., & Hussein, S. M. (2023). The flavonoid luteolin reduces mutant huntingtin aggregation and cytotoxicity in huntingtin-mutated neuroblastoma cells. Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal, 31(12), 101871.
• Abuhamda, G. A., Beshir, S. A., Sam, K. G., & Wasif Gillani, S. W. (2023). Antibiotic prescribing and dispensing behavior among doctors and pharmacists working in UAE. Pharmacy Practice, 21(2), 2802.
• al-Tamimi, M. A. A., Wasif Gillani, S. W., Abd Alhakam, M. E., & Sam, K. G. (2021). Factors associated with hospital readmission of heart failure patients. Frontiers in Pharmacology, 12, 732760.
• Houjazi, M., El-Dahiyat, F., & Sam, K. G. (2021). The impact of clinical pharmacy services on patients with hypertension. International Journal of Clinical Practice, 75(9), e14433.
• Mathew, V. K., Sam, K. G., Milton, B., & Das, A. K. (2021). Prescription pattern of antipsychotics polypharmacy in patients with schizophrenia in an indian hospital. Research Journal of Pharmacy and Technology, 14(8), 4265–4269.
• Kuppusamy, R., Shirwaikar, A. A., Sam, K. G., & Kaitheri, S. K. (2012). Antidiabetic activity of Pseudarthria viscida aqueous root extract in neonatal streptozotocininduced NIDDM rats. Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia, 22(5), 1079–1084.
• Akkati, S., Sam, K. G., & Tungha, G. (2011). Emergence of promising therapies in diabetes mellitus. Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 51(6), 796–804.
• Rajendran, K., Sam, K. G., Srinivasan, K. K., & Shirwaikar, A. A. (2010). Short term antidiabetic studies on alcoholic root extract of Pseudarthria viscida Linn. International Journal of Research in Pharmaceutical Sciences, 1(3), 382–385.
• Sam, K. G., Kondabolu, K., Pati, D., Pradeep Kumar, G., & Rao, P. G. M. (2009). Poisoning severity score, APACHE II and GCS: Effective clinical indices for estimating severity and predicting outcome of acute organophosphorus and carbamate poisoning. Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, 16(5), 239–247.
• Sam, K. G., Surulivelrajan, M., Saghir, Z., Kumar, P. S., & Rao, P. G. M. (2009). Evaluation of poison information services of a Clinical Pharmacy Department in a South Indian Tertiary Care Hospital. Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 3(1), 1313–1318.
• Thunga, G. G., Sam, K. G., Khera, K., Xavier, V., & Verma, M. (2009). Profile of acute mixed organophosphorus poisoning. American Journal of Emergency Medicine, 27(5), 628.e1–628.e3.
• Sam, K. G., Rao, P. G. M., & Pradeep Kumar, G. (2008). Evaluation of poison information services provided by a clinical pharmacy department in South Indian tertiary care hospital – a three-year experience. Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, 42(4), 351–356.
• Sadeq, A. S., A Elnour, A. A., Farah, F. H., Mazrouei, N. A., & Alkaabi, M. (2023). A systematic review of randomized clinical trials on the efficacy and safety of pitavastatin. Current Reviews in Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology, 18(2), 120–147.
• Wasif Gillani, S. W., Gulam, S. M., Thomas, D. J., Assadi, R. A., & Sam, K. G. (2021). Role and services of a pharmacist in the prevention of medication errors: A systematic review. Current Drug Safety, 16(3), 322–328.
• A Elnour, A. A., Komócsi, A., Kupó, P., Asim, S., & Sadeq, A. S. (2021). The role of direct oral anticoagulant in patients with acute coronary syndrome on single or dual antiplatelet regime: Review of opportunities and challenges. Current Reviews in Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology, 16(1), 52–63.
• Huebner, J. A., Assadi, R. A., Kotait, K., & Sam, K. G. (2021). Coordinate care of high-risk patients with regular team check-ins. Family Practice Management, 28(2).
• Thunga, G. G., John, J., Sam, K. G., Pandey, S., & Maharaj, S. B. (2012). Role of high-dose corticosteroid for the treatment of Leptospirosis-induced pulmonary hemorrhage. Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 52(1), 114–116.