Dr. Athira Sasidharan

Assistant Professor

MBBS, MD, DNB Transfusion Medicine

Area of Interest

  • Advanced Immunohematology, Coagulation, Patient Blood Management

Additional Responsibilities

  • BLOOD CENTRE Incharge 

Achievements, Memberships, Awards

Awards & Recognitions 

  • 2nd Rank, KUHS MD immunohematology and Blood Transfusion -2021
  •  I Try It Mentorship 2023, International Society of Blood Transfusion (ISBT) 
  • Special Mention Award, Oral Presentation on Hemoglobin Concentration Methods (ISBTI, 2019)  


Memberships 

  • Life Member, Indian Society of Transfusion Medicine (ISTM)
  • Life Member, International Society of Blood Transfusion (ISBT) 
  • Life Member, Transfusion Medicine Academic Society (TMAS


Publications

Title

Journal / Book

Publication details (Year, Volume, Page No. etc.)

Authorship 1st / 2nd / Other

State /Reg / Nat / Int

Indexed in

Indication of transfusion of blood components in paediatric and neonatal patients in India: Real-world multicentre data.

Vox sanguinis 

2026 Mar 11. Doi: 10.1111/vox.70240. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41813069.

Other

International 

MEDLINE/PubMed, Scopus

Comparison of Syphilis Testing by Reverse Algorithm and Conventional Method Among Blood Donors in a Tertiary Care Center.  

Panacea Journal of Medical Sciences

2022, Volume 12. No 2, 442- 446

1st author 

National

DOAJ, Google Scholar

Successful Pregnancy in a Patient with Recurrent Pregnancy Loss Due to Afibrinogenemia Managed with Cryoprecipitate Prophylaxis in a Resource-Limited Setting

 Malaysian Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences 

Apr 30, 2021, 308–310.https://doi.org/10.47836/mjmhs.v17i2.373

1st Author

International 

Scopus

Performance Analysis of Point-of-Care Testing Hemoglobin Concentration Methods with Automated Hematology Analyzer Among Blood Donors.

Journal of Clinical and Scientific Research.  

13(1):p 12-17, Jan-Mar 2024.

1st author

National 

DOAJ

Glycated Albumin-A possible choice of marker for early diagnosis of Pre-diabetes

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL of Clinical Biochemistry and Research

2025,Vol 12(1), 59-67,

2nd author

INTERNATIONAL

Google Scholar

Is it Time to switch from Conventional Coombs Crossmatching to the type and screen protocol?

The Malaysian Journal of Medical Sciences: MJMS


2023 Apr 18;30(2):124–130

6th

International

Scopus

Haemostatic imbalance in a patient with psoriasis

Journal of Clinical and Scientific Research

 14(2):p 131-133, Apr-Jun 2025.

1st 

International 

DOAJ

Presentations


Topic

Guest lecture / Oral / Poster / Convener of Workshop


Name of the event


Conference / CME / Workshop


Venue


Dates


Level

Quality control of Reagents 

Guest lecturer

Hub and spoke- immunohematology workshop

Workshop

 Jubilee mission medical college

May 16, 2026

State level

Interesting cases- 

 JUBILEE EXPERIENCE 

Guest lecturer

Cascade – coagulation workshop

Workshop

Jubilee mission medical college

23rd- 29th March 2026

National level

Interesting cases- 


 JUBILEE EXPERIENCE 



Convener of workshop

Cascade – coagulation workshop

Workshop

Jubilee mission medical college

April 21st- 27th 2025

National level 

Comparison of Syphilis Testing by Reverse Algorithm and Conventional Method Among Blood Donors in a Tertiary Care Center.  

Oral presentation

Transcon 2020

Conference

Virtual 

27th and 28th february, 2021

National level

Haemostatic imbalance in a patient with psoriasis

Poster presentation 

Transcon 2022

Conference 

GMC Jammu

11th to 13th November

National 

Malignancy presenting as a blood group discrepancy 

Poster presentation 

Haematocon 2020

Virtual conference 

Virtual

November 20- 22

National 

Performance Analysis of Point-of-Care Testing Hemoglobin Concentration Methods with Automated Hematology Analyzer Among Blood Donors.

Poster presentation 

Transmedcon 2019

Conference 

Mumbai 

January 9th to 11th 2020

National 

Research Projects

Project

Completed / Ongoing

Funded Y / N

Collaborated Y / N

Published Y / N

Indication of transfusion of blood components in paediatric and neonatal patients in India: Real-world multicentre data.

Completed

No

Yes

Yes