Rahul Potluri

Dr Rahul Potluri (born 19 December 1983) is a British-Indian physician, researcher and founder of ACALM (Algorithm for Comorbidites, Associations, Length of Stay and Mortality) Study Unit, United Kingdom (UK).[1][2][3][4] His widely acclaimed clinical epidemiology research has shown for the first time, a link between high cholesterol and breast cancer.[2][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14] Other prominent studies include health service research evaluating differences in death rates from weekend admission and discharge from UK hospitals, ethnic variations and the interplay between cardiovascular disease and mental health.[15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38]

Notable Research

Cholesterol and Breast Cancer

Rahul Potluri and the ACALM Study Unit showed for the first time in humans, a possible association between high cholesterol and breast cancer.[2][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14] This work was presented at the European Society of Cardiology, Frontiers in Cardiovascular Biology Conference in Barcelona, July 2014 and was widely reported in the global media. Media reports speculated on the faraway but exciting potential of statin therapy for breast cancer.[2][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]

Weekend effect on hospital care

Rahul Potluri presented research from the ACALM Study Unit at the European Society of Cardiology Conference in London, August 2015, which showed that heart attack patients admitted at the weekend died earlier compared to those admitted during the working week.[15][16][17][18] Subsequent research looking at patients discharged from UK hospitals at the weekend had significantly worsened mortality and survival compared to those discharged during the working week.[19][20][21][22][23][24] This was the first and largest study of its kind from the UK. The significance and implications of these findings for UK are being widely debated.[16][17][21][23]

Ethnic variations in healthcare

Research led by Rahul Potluri evaluating ethnic group variations in healthcare and particularly length of stay in hospital and mortality has been widely published.[25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38] His work from the ACALM Study Unit showed that patients of South Asian origin stay in hospital for a shorter period of time compared to other ethnic groups in a variety of conditions such as Myocardial Infarction, Pulmonary Embolism, Stroke, Diabetes Mellitus and Atrial Fibrillation.[25][26][27][28] Other research focusing on young South Asians has shown that they have a higher risk of Diabetes and associated heart disease compared to other ethnic groups.[29][30][31][32] In 2010, he presented research at the World Congress of Cardiology in Beijing which showed that Haemorrhagic Stroke is increasing amongst South Asians and was reported in the media.[33]

Cardiovascular disease and mental health

Rahul Potluri’s research from 2007 has highlighted and shown the significant effect of mental health conditions on physical health and in particular cardiovascular disease.[34][35][36][37][38] A series of publications have led to raised awareness of psychiatric conditions amongst cardiovascular disease in the UK.

Early life and Education

Rahul Potluri was born in India and moved to the UK at the age of eight and attended King Edwards VI Five Ways School in Birmingham.[1][3] He undertook medical undergraduate training at the University of Birmingham.[1][3][37][38][39][40] His clinical training included medicine and cardiology in London and Manchester, UK. He was appointed as Honorary Clinical Lecturer in Cardiology at Aston University, Birmingham, UK in 2013.[1][2][3][4][5] Rahul Potluri developed the ACALM methodology as a medical student and along with Dr Hardeep Uppal founded the ACALM Study Unit in 2013.[1][2][3][4][5] Research from this unit is performed from a large clinical dataset of over one million patients which is developed using ACALM methodology from anonymous routinely collected data.[2][5][6][8][16][17][21]

Awards and Prizes

He was awarded the Cochrane prize from the Faculty of Public Health, United Kingdom for his research on patients of South Asian origin in 2007.[30][39][40][41] Other international prizes include the Young Investigator Award from the International Atherosclerosis Society at the World Congress of Cardiology, Beijing in 2010, the Asian Society of Cardiovascular Imaging (ASCI) Travelling Fellowship from the Hong Kong College of Radiologists in 2011 and the Young Investigator Grant from the European Neurological Society, Milan in 2009.[1][3][42][43][44] National prizes as a medical student have included the Wellcome Trust Prize in 2007, the Diabetes UK award in 2007 and the Denis Burkitt Award from the British Nutrition Foundation.[1][3][45]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Rahul Potluri. http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rahul_Potluri. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Why Statins Could Be the Next Treatment for Breast Cancer. http://time.com/2954609/statins-breast-cancer/. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Rahul Potluri (born 19th December 1983), Indian Physician, researcher. http://prabook.org/web/person-view.html?profileId=642802. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Statins could help reduce women’s risk of breast cancer. http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/jul/04/statins-reduce-breast-cancer-risk. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Association found between high cholesterol and breast cancer. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/07/140704134758.htm. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  6. 1 2 3 4 Study links hyperlipidaemia with breast cancer: Interview with Rahul Potluri http://medicalresearch.com/cancer-_-oncology/breast-cancer/study-links-hyperlipidemia-breast-cancer-risk/6266/. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  7. 1 2 3 Association found between high cholesterol and breast cancer. http://www.escardio.org/The-ESC/Press-Office/Press-releases/Last-5-years/Association-found-between-high-cholesterol-and-breast-cancer. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  8. 1 2 3 4 High cholesterol may boost breast cancer risk. http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/828084. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  9. 1 2 3 P740 Hyperlipidaemia as a risk factor for breast cancer. http://cardiovascres.oxfordjournals.org/content/103/suppl_1/S135.4. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  10. 1 2 3 High cholesterol could put women at risk of breast cancer, study suggests. http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/high-cholesterol-could-put-women-at-risk-of-breast-cancer-study-suggests-9585374.html. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  11. 1 2 3 Statins could reduce the risk of breast cancer: Scientists are planning a clinical trial to see whether statins could be used to reduce risk of breast cancer after a link was found between the disease and high cholesterol. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/10944107/Statins-could-reduce-the-risk-of-breast-cancer.html. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  12. 1 2 3 Statins could be used to cut risk of breast cancer. http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/health/news/article4139155.ece. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  13. 1 2 3 Cholesterol drugs could be used to fight breast cancer. http://www.theweek.co.uk/uk-news/breast-cancer/59302/cholesterol-drugs-could-be-used-to-fight-breast-cancer. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  14. 1 2 3 Cholesterol levels linked to breast cancer risk? http://www.webmd.com/cholesterol-management/news/20140704/cholesterol-levels-may-be-linked-to-breast-cancer-ris. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  15. 1 2 2 Out of Hour and Weekend Admission to Hospital with Acute Coronary Syndrome Confers Poorer Mortality and Longer Length of Hospital Stay. http://heart.bmj.com/content/101/Suppl_4/A1.2. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  16. 1 2 3 4 Heart attack victims more likely to die if admitted to hospital at weekend. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/nhs/11834427/Heart-attack-victims-more-likely-to-die-if-admitted-to-hospital-at-weekend.html. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  17. 1 2 3 4 Don't have a heart attack at night or at the weekend: Death rate 'up to 20 per cent higher' for patients on Saturdays, research reveals. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3217705/Don-t-heart-attack-night-weekend.html. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  18. 1 2 Weekends Are Not For Heart Attack Victims, Reveals Study. http://www.healthaim.com/weekends-not-heart-attack-victims-reveals-study/27619. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  19. 1 2 MORTALITY AND SURIVIVAL BASED ON DAY OF DISCHARGE FROM HOSPITAL. http://www.researchgate.net/publication/281638572_MORTALITY_AND_SURIVIVAL_BASED_ON_DAY_OF_DISCHARGE_FROM_HOSPITAL. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  20. 1 2 Patients 'a third more likely' to die if discharged at the weekend. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-09-patients-die-discharged-weekend.html. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  21. 1 2 3 4 Hospital patients far more likely to die if sent home at weekend. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/health/news/11856761/Hospital-patients-far-more-likely-to-die-if-sent-home-at-weekend.html. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  22. 1 2 Weekend Discharge Can Increase Mortality. http://www.ptcommunity.com/news/2015-09-15-000000/weekend-discharge-can-increase-mortality. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  23. 1 2 3 Hospital patients 'a third more likely' to die if discharged at the weekend. http://www.finchannel.com/index.php/society/health/item/48977-hospital-patients-a-third-more-likely-to-die-if-discharged-at-the-weekend. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  24. 1 2 Weekend Discharge Can Increase Mortality. http://www.healthcanal.com/public-health-safety/66948-hospital-patients-a-third-more-likely-to-die-if-discharged-at-the-weekend.html. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  25. 1 2 3 Length of hospital stay is shorter in South Asian patients with ischaemic stroke. http://www.internationaljournalofcardiology.com/article/S0167-5273(15)00530-6/abstract. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  26. 1 2 3 Ethnic variations in length of hospital stay in patients with atrial fibrillation. http://www.internationaljournalofcardiology.com/article/S0167-5273(15)00668-3/abstract. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  27. 1 2 3 Length of hospital stay is shorter in South Asian patients with myocardial infarction. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24365611. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  28. 1 2 3 Length of hospital stay is shorter in South Asian patients with acute pulmonary embolism. http://heartasia.bmj.com/content/6/1/1.abstract. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  29. 1 2 3 Young South Asian people at higher risk of diabetes and associated heart disease. https://www.diabetes.org.uk/About_us/News/Young-South-Asian-people-at-higher-risk-of-diabetes-and-associated-heart-disease/?print=1. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  30. 1 2 3 4 A heavy-weight burden for healthcare. http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/a-heavyweight-burden-for-healthcare/article1860557.ece. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  31. 1 2 3 India Needs to Rapidly Improve Diagnosis and Treatment of Diabetes. http://health.hpcl.co.in/Health/news/latestnews.asp?id=27981. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  32. 1 2 3 India needs to rapidly improve diagnosis and treatment of Diabetes. http://www.medindia.net/health-press-release/view_main_print_new.asp?id=5436. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  33. 1 2 3 HAEMORRHAGIC STROKE PREVALENCE INCREASING IN UK’S SOUTH ASIAN POPULATION http://www.world-heart-federation.org/press/releases/detail/article/haemorrhagic-stroke-prevalence-increasing-in-uks-south-asian-population/. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  34. 1 2 3 Psychiatric co-morbidities in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy. http://www.internationaljournalofcardiology.com/article/S0167-5273(15)01005-0/abstract. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  35. 1 2 3 Increasing burden of psychiatric comorbidities amongst patients with Ischaemic Heart Disease. http://www.internationaljournalofcardiology.com/article/S0167-5273(15)00432-5/abstract. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  36. 1 2 3 The burden and trends of psychiatric co-morbidities amongst patients with cardiomyopathy. http://www.internationaljournalofcardiology.com/article/S0167-5273(14)00721-9/abstract. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  37. 1 2 3 4 Different Risk Factors in Vascular Dementia and Ischaemic Stroke. Neuroepidemiology 2009;32:80 (DOI:10.1159/000170911) http://www.karger.com/Article/Abstract/170911. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  38. 1 2 3 4 Cardiovascular risk factors in vascular dementia and ischaemic stroke. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18560245. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  39. 1 2 Birmingham Medical Student Receives Prestigious Cochrane Prize 2007. http://www.pressbox.co.uk/detailed/Health/Birmingham_Medical_Student_Receives_Prestigious_Cochrane_Prize_2007_132426.html. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  40. 1 2 Indian-born Medical Student Receives Prestigious British Prize. http://www.prlog.org/10023317-indian-born-medical-student-receives-prestigious-british-prize.html. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
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  42. ↑ Newsletter: HONG KONG COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGISTS: Summer 2011. http://www.hkcr.org/templates/OS03C00336/case/newsletter/summerissue_2011.pdf. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
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  44. ↑ 19th Meeting of the European Neurological Society, 2009. http://www.congrex.ch/2009/ens2009/. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  45. ↑ Wellcome Trust Grants 2006-2007. http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/stellent/groups/corporatesite/@msh_publishing_group/documents/web_document/wtvm051827.pdf. Retrieved 28 September 2015.

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