About me and this website - Dr Arun Kumar Suri

I was born in a small town in the state of Karnataka in South India. After completing my pre degree education I joined the Karnataka Government Medical College at Bellary which is now known as the Vijayanagar Institute of Medical Sciences in the year 1980 for doing my MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine Bachelor of Surgery) the basic qualification required for practicing modern medicine in India.

The Medical College at Bellary is recognized by the Indian Medical Council which is the statutory body for controlling the medical profession. After successfully completing the course in the year 1986 I got myself registered with the Karnataka branch of Indian Medical Council on 19th August 1986. My registration number is 25221.

After completing MBBS I joined Holdsworth Memorial hospital in Mysore in Karnataka and worked exclusively in the department of Pediatrics as a senior house officer for one year. I joined Bangalore Medical College also recognized by the Indian Medical Council in the year 1988 for doing a post-graduate diploma course in child health (DCH).

I have also completed a post-graduate certificate course (distant learning) on adolescent health conducted by IMA AKN SINHA INSTITUTE.

After completing DCH in the year 1990 I joined a small hospital in a place called Sringeri in Karnataka as Pediatrician and worked there for one year. During that period I was in charge of the pediatric department.

I again joined the Holdsworth Memorial hospital as junior pediatrician and worked there from 1991 to 1995. Then I came to the neighboring state of Kerala where I have currently settled.

About this website

I started this website as I felt that the practice of pediatrics is more than just treating disease. Prospective Parents need to be psychologically prepared before the birth of a child.

They have to be educated about the normal variations of children and the uniqueness of every child. Health of a child is influenced by so many factors. It is also extremely important to give sufficient attention to psychological and spiritual health of children.

Prevention of illness both physical and psychological should be given first priority. Health of a nation depends on proper upbringing of children in an atmosphere of love, discipline and human values.

In spite of spectacular inventions and discoveries modern medicine has several limitations. It continues to be mainly disease oriented. Hence many people are looking at alternative systems like Ayurveda. I have also completed an online course on Ayurvedic Care of Children conducted by Jiva Institute. It is desirable to combine modern scientific knowledge with ancient wisdom to evolve a comprehensive, integrated and holistic system of health care.

A serious drawback of modern medicine is the non acceptance of the spiritual dimension of man. Incorporating spiritual principles in our practice will go a long way in improving the quality of health care. Many health problems are psychosomatic in nature and a spiritual attitude to life helps in mitigating psychological disorders.

I firmly believe that a pediatrician should help parents to bring up children who are healthy in every sense of the word so thus they can become healthy adults and create a healthy society and hope this site can play a small role towards this goal.

Recognition and awards

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Regarding funding, advertisement policy and possible conflict of interest

All the expenses for maintaining this site are borne by me (including web hosting, internet service and maintenance of personal computer).

I earn revenue by displaying google adsense but I do not control the ads in any way. The term Ads by google is displayed adjacent to those ads. If it is a graphic ad you will see a gray area at the right lower corner and if you point your mouse at this area the words ads by google appear.

I also earn revenue through sales of products displayed on my site. The products are from reputed online companies like Amazon and Clickbank. The products are displayed after going through the reviews and are carefully chosen. These can be easily distinguished by the addresses of the websites. I do not receive any money just for displaying these products.

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I do not accept any ad if it involves sacrificing my judgment and providing information which I do not believe to be true. I do not participate in exchange programs just to generate traffic to my site.

External links are provided for adding to the value of the site. They usually appear under useful links near the bottom of the page or occasionally in the middle if the context demands. No commercial interest is involved in displaying these links.

The articles on this site are written by me except when clearly mentioned as written by someone else. They are based on my knowledge derived from standard text books, journals and clinical experience of more then 15 years. The articles are unbiased and are never written in return for any favor. Hence there is no question any commercial factor influencing the content of the website.

Nelson textbook of Pediatrics

Current Pediatric diagnosis and treatment

IAP (Indian Academy of Pediatrics) textbook of Pediatrics

Park's textbook of preventive and social medicine

Normal child-some problems of infancy and early childhood by R. S. Illingworth

Indian Pediatrics the official journal of Indian Academy of Pediatrics

Page last reviewed on 20th February 2011

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