Asokan Neelakandhan

About

Worked as a faculty member in dermatology and venereology since 1994 in the department of medical education under the Kerala Government. Worked in various medical colleges in the state - mostly in Government Medical College, Thrissur. Worked as Professor and Head of Department from 2016-2023 in Government Medical Colleges in Thrissur and Kozhikode. Promoted as Principal in 2023 July and worked in Government Medical College Kozhikode (2023 July - 2024 June) and Government Medical College Thrissur (2024 June - 2025 July). Presently working as Professor of Dermatology & Venereology and Associate Dean of Clinical Academics and Research at MES Medical College, Perinthalmanna, Kerala
Areas of special interest: Psoriasis, Geriatric dermatology, community dermatology, medical education, and research capacity building

Employment

• MES Academy of Medical Sciences Professor and Associate Dean Clinical Academics and Research
  2025 - Present
• Government medical college, Thrissur Professor and Principal
  2024 - 2025
• Government Medical College Professor & Principal
  2023 - 2024
• Government Medical College Professor and HOD
  2023 - 2023
• Government medical college, Thrissur Professor and HOD
  2016 - 2023
• Government medical college, Thrissur Professor
  2010 - 2016
• Government medical college Professor
  2009 - 2010
• Government medical college Associate Professor
  2009 - 2009
• Government medical college Associate Professor
  2005 - 2009
• Government medical college Associate Professor
  2004 - 2005
• Government medical college Assistant Professor
  2002 - 2004
• Government medical college, Thrissur Assistant Professor
  1999 - 2002
• Government medical college Senior Lecturer
  1998 - 1999
• Government medical college Senior Lecturer
  1994 - 1998
• Insurance Medical Services Assistant Insurance Medical Officer
  1993 - 1994
• Father Muller Charitable Institutions Lecturer
  1992 - 1993

Education

• Government Medical College Kozhikode MD
  1989 - 1992
• Government Medical College Kozhikode Diploma in Dermatology & Venereology
  1989 - 1991
• Government Medical College Kozhikode MBBS
  1983 - 1988

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (97)

• Acral Lentiginous Melanoma Presenting with Amelanotic Metastasis
  Clinical Dermatology Review 2025 DOI: 10.4103/cdr.cdr_106_24
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• Waardenburg Syndrome in a Family
  International Journal of Trichology 2025 DOI: 10.4103/ijt.ijt_134_22
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• Comparison of Dermoscopy and Wood’s Lamp in the Assessment of Stability of Vitiligo
  Indian Dermatology Online Journal 2025 DOI: 10.4103/idoj.idoj_728_24
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• Varied presentations of primary cutaneous lymphoma: A case series from a tertiary care center in South India
  Indian Journal of Cancer 2024 DOI: 10.4103/ijc.ijc_841_21
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• Multifocal infantile hemangiomas in a 4-month-old female infant
  Journal of Skin and Sexually Transmitted Diseases 2024 DOI: 10.25259/jsstd_62_2023
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• Journal Clubs Beyond Classrooms: Their Potential Role in Continuous Professional Development Using Online Technologies and Social Media
  Indian Dermatology Online Journal 2024 DOI: 10.4103/idoj.idoj_341_23
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• Clinico‐epidemiological presentations and management of Nipah virus infection during the outbreak in Kozhikode district, Kerala state, India 2023
  Journal of Medical Virology 2024 DOI: 10.1002/jmv.29559
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• Dermoscopy of Congenital Hemidysplasia with Ichthyosiform Erythroderma and Limb Defects Nevus with Unilateral Limb Defects
  Indian Journal of Paediatric Dermatology 2024 DOI: 10.4103/ijpd.ijpd_85_23
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• Epidermolysis Bullosa Simplex – Dowling-Meara Type: A Case Report in a 10-year-old Boy
  Indian Journal of Paediatric Dermatology 2024 DOI: 10.4103/ijpd.ijpd_52_24
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• Eccrine angiomatous hamartoma – A rare painful skin tumor
  Journal of Skin and Sexually Transmitted Diseases 2024 DOI: 10.25259/jsstd_66_2023
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