Qualifications:

• MBBS from Christian Medical College, Vellore
• DMRD (Diploma in Medical Radiodiagnosis) from CMC, Vellore
• MD Radiodiagnosis from CMC, Vellore

Professional Synopsis:

Dr. Tharani has done her under-graduation and post-graduation from the renowned Christian Medical College, Vellore. She has received the prestigious Dr Regati Gopal Reddy Gold Medal for the best outgoing student in DMRD and is the batch topper in MD Radiodiagnosis. She continued to serve her alma matter (CMC, Vellore) as a confirmed faculty member for several years before relocating to Hyderabad and joining AIG Hospitals, Gachibowli. She is a Professor of Radiology and serves AIG as the Associate Director-Abdominal Radiology. Her passion is in Abdominal cross sectional imaging (CT & MRI), which she has been practicing for more than a decade.

She is well known among peers and clinical colleagues for her excellent diagnostic skills in Clinical Radiology. She conducts weekly teaching sessions, interdepartmental clinico-radiological meetings and multidisciplinary tumour board meetings. She is an enthusiastic teacher, and highly experienced in training and guiding post graduate and fellowship students in Radiology. She is the Program Director for the ongoing Abdominal Radiology fellowship course run by Radiology department at AIG hospitals. She is actively involved in research projects with more than 10 ongoing projects at present. She is also a constructive reviewer for some of the well-known Scientific Radiology journals.

Membership:

• Life member of the Indian Radiological and Imaging Association (IRIA)
• Life member of Indian Society of Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Radiology (ISGAR)
• Member of British Society of Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Radiology (BSGAR)
• Member of IBD-ENC (Inflammatory Bowel Disease - Emerging Nations’ Consortium)
• Member of AIG – Center for Endometriosis

Paper/Poster Presentations:

She has personally presented over 15 scientific papers, posters and interesting cases at various State, National and International Radiology conferences and guided Post graduate students in many more. She won several prizes and awards at these National and International scientific /academic meetings.

Publications:

1. Tharani Putta, Sridhar Gibikote, Vrisha Madhuri, Noel Walter. Accuracy of Various MRI Sequences in Determining the Tumour Margin in Musculoskeletal Tumours. Pol J Radiol 2016;81:540-8
2. Putta T, Irodi A, Thangakunam B, Oliver A, Gunasingam R. Young patient with generalized lymphangiomatosis: Differentiating the differential. Indian J Radiol Imaging 2016;26:411-5
3. Putta T, John R, Thomas N, Jebasingh F, Peedicayil A, Eapen A. A case of spontaneous ovarian hyper-stimulation syndrome (SOHSS) due to hypothyroidism. AMJ 2016;9(3):49–54
4. Tharani Putta, Binita Riya Chacko, Elizabeth Joseph. Intracardiac fistula in a child: a rare complication of infective endocarditis. Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann. 2017 Jun;25(5):407-8
5. Putta T, Irodi A, Thangakunam B, Oliver A. The dilemma between generalised lymphangiomatosis and Gorham Stout syndrome. Indian J Radiol Imaging 2017;27:111
6. Ramireddy Jeba Karunya, Putta Tharani, J Subhashini, Ramani Manoj Kumar, Saikat Das. Role of functional magnetic resonance imaging derived parameters as imaging biomarkers and correlation with clinicopathological features in carcinoma of uterine cervix. Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research. 2017; Aug 11(8):XC06-XC11
7. Tharani Putta, Reetu Amrita John, Anu Eapen, Anuradha Chandramohan, Betty Simon, Manbha L Rymbai, Philip Joseph. Computed Tomography Evaluation of the Arterial Supply to Segment 4 of the Liver. J Clin Imaging Sci. 2018 Aug 24;8:31
8. John R, Putta T, Simon B, Eapen A, Jebasingh F, Thomas N, Rajaratnam S. Normal adrenal gland thickness on computerized tomography in an Asian Indian adult population. Indian J Radiol Imaging 2018;28:465-9
9. John Reetu, Simon Betty, Putta Tharani, Joseph Philip, Raju Ravish, Rymbai Manbha. Portal annular pancreas: An underrecognised variant, prevalence and clinical relevance. Tropical Gastroenterology 2019;40(4):132-136
10. M Prasad, S Rout, T Putta, RTKurien, SDChowdhary, et al. Anatomical patterns of pancreatic ductal system - A cadaveric and Magnetic Resonance Cholangiopancreaticography study. J Morphol Sci 2019;36:279-285
11. Eapen A, Chandramohan A, Simon B, Putta T, John R, Kekre A. Imaging Evaluation of Disorders of Sex Development. Journal of Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Radiology. 2020;03(02):181-92
12. Anu E, Anuradha C, Reetu J, Betty S, Tharani P, Joseph AJ. Imaging of an Indeterminate Pancreatic Mass. Journal of Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Radiology. 2020;03(01):75-86
13. Tharani P, Reetu J, Betty S, Kirthi S, Anuradha C, Anu E. Imaging manifestations of Accessory cavitated uterine mass (ACUM) – A rare Mullerian anomaly. Indian J Radiol Imaging. 2021 Sep 7;31(3):545-550 
14. Putta T, Irodi A, Leena RV, Chacko BR, Christopher D. Radiological findings of Thoracic sarcoidosis in an Indian cohort: A retrospective study. IJARS. 2021;10(04):25-29
15. Tharani P, Kaushik D. Diagnostic role of chest CT using CO-RADS categorization in SARS-CoV-2 infection with emphasis of impact of CT in patients with delayed or negative initial RT-PCR test. IJAR. 2021 June; 11(6)
16. Tharani Putta. Role of imaging in COVID-19 diagnosis, AIG COVID-19 Protocols and guidelines (Book chapter)
17. Tharani Putta, Gayatri Senapathy. MRI in COVID-19 associated acute invasive fungal sinusitis (AIFS): Diagnostic confidence, diagnostic accuracy and inter-observer agreement. Int J Radiol Diagn Imaging 2022;5(1):32-38.
18. Jose S.K, Simon B, Simon E.G, Anu E, Reetu A.J, Tharani P, Amit K.D, Anna B.P. Comparison of Magnetic Resonance Enterography Global Score (MEGS) with indices of Crohn’s disease activity in South Asian population. Abdom Radiol. 2022; 47:547-53 
19. Bharat P, GV Rao, Anuradha S, Suneeta B, Tharani P. Neuroendocrine Tumor Presentation in Rectum as an Ulceroproliferative Growth - Rare Case with Conservative Management. Acta Scientific Cancer Biology. 2022;6(4): 5-9.
20. Manisha A, Kishore P. Vijay PT, Tharani P, Mohammad SJ, Anand Z, Sowmya S, Samuel GH, Ramya I, Reka K, Thambu DS. Bedside Lung Ultrasonography - Comparison with Chest Radiography (BLUR), a diagnostic study in a developing country. Postgraduate Medical Journal. September 2022. DOI: 10.1136/pmj-2021-141343
21. Rajkrishna B, Das S, Masih D, Putta T, Raghunath R, Ram TS. Magnetic resonance imaging downstaging, pathological response, and microsatellite instability status in patients with signet-ring cell carcinoma rectum undergoing preoperative long-course chemoradiation. Curr Med Issues 2022;20:154-60.
22. Satyanarayana R. Yaramala, Tharani Putta. MRI pelvis as a problem-solving diagnostic tool in clinically and histologically unsuspecting case of rectal wall endometriosis EURORAD (DOI to be assigned)
23. Gayatri S, Tharani P, Srinivas K. MRI in COVID-19 associated Acute invasive fungal rhinosinusitis (AIFRS) – Diagnosis and beyond. Journal of Clinical Imaging Sciences (DOI to be assigned)

 Tharani P. Focal liver lesion characterization on CT & MRI – AIG Liver Conclave 2023 (Book Chapter)