Sarita Sasidharanpillai

About

Early education from Providence Girls High School, Kozhikode.
MBBS and MD in Dermatology from Govt Medical College, Kozhikode.
Assistant Surgeon in Health Services Department, Kerala from 7.5.2005-6.12.2007.
From 7.12.2007 - till date - working as faculty, Govt Medical College, Kozhikode.
Areas of interest: Drug reactions, Leprosy, Sexually Transmitted Diseases.
Recognised PhD guide of Kerala University of Health Sciences.
Medical Officer in Charge of Sexually Transmitted infection (STI) Clinic of Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Govt Medical College, Kozhikode, when the clinic was selected as the best STI clinic in Kerala in 2018 and 2021 (by Govt of Kerala).
Associate Editor of JSSTD (Journal of Skin and Sexually Transmitted Diseases), the official publication of IADVL Kerala from 2019-2021.
Served as Editor in Chief of JSSTD during 2022 and 2023.
Served as editorial board member of Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprosy.

Employment

• Government Medical College Kozhikode Additional Professor
  2019 - Present
• Government Medical College Kozhikode Associate Professor
  2014 - 2019
• Govt Medical College, Kozhikode Assistant Professor
  2007 - 2014

Education

• Government Medical College Kozhikode MD DNB
  2001 - 2004

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (86)

• Compliance of Dermatologists in Kerala with International Pregnancy Prevention Prescription Guidelines of Isotretinoin: A Cross-Sectional Survey
  Indian Dermatology Online Journal 2026 DOI: 10.4103/idoj.idoj_507_25
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• Role of Pharmacovigilance in Drug Safety Monitoring
  Indian Dermatology Online Journal 2025 DOI: 10.4103/idoj.idoj_771_24
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• Post-treatment Status of Leprosy Lesions A Cross-sectional study from a tertiary referral centre
  Indian Journal of Leprosy 2025
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• Role of histopathology and HLA-DR expression in predicting lepra reactions: A retrospective analysis
  Leprosy Review 2025 DOI: 10.47276/lr.96.1.2024095
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• Continuing the dream………
  Journal of Skin and Sexually Transmitted Diseases 2022 DOI: 10.25259/jsstd_14_2022
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• RegiSCAR DRESS (drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms) validation scoring system and Japanese consensus group criteria for atypical drug-induced hypersensitivity syndrome (DiHS): A comparative analysis
  Indian Dermatology Online Journal 2022 DOI: 10.4103/idoj.idoj_196_21
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• Impact of lockdown restrictions on treatment of leprosy: A retrospective analysis
  Indian Dermatology Online Journal 2022 DOI: 10.4103/idoj.idoj_768_21
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• Clinical profile of leprosy among domestic and migrant patients diagnosed at a tertiary referral centre in North Kerala: A ten-year retrospective data analysis
  Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology 2022 DOI: 10.25259/ijdvl_358_2021
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• Correlation between percentage of atypical lymphocytes in peripheral smear and disease severity based on internal organ involvement in drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms
  Indian J Drugs Dermatol 2022
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• Hypopigmented Skin Lesions with Doubtful/Minimal Sensory Impairment: A Histopathology‑Based Analysis
  Indian Dermatology Online Journal 2022
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