Departments > transfusion-medicine > FacultiesFaculty Profile - Dr. Nithya M Baiju

• Assistant Professor in Department of Transfusion Medicine, Jubilee Mission Medical College and Research Institute, Kerala (2020-2024)
• Senior Resident in Department of Transfusion Medicine, Jubilee Mission Medical College and Research Institute, Kerala (2018-2020)
• Deputy Quality Manager in Department of Transfusion Medicine, Jubilee Mission Medical College and Research Institute, Kerala (2018-2024)
• Junior Resident in Department of Transfusion Medicine, Jubilee Mission Medical College and Research Institute, Kerala (2014-2017)
• Worked as Tutor in the Department of Pharmacology, Jubilee Mission Medical College & Research Institute, Thrissur, Kerala (2013- 2014)

ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH ACTIVITIES:

• Asian Association Of Transfusion Medicine (AATM) Advance Certificate in Transfusion Medicine
• Certificate Course in Good clinical laboratory practice, Kerala University of Medical Sciences and selected as resource person (First Rank, Kerala University of Health Sciences)
• Certificate course in Quality Assurance System, Kerala University of Medical Sciences
• Certificate course in Quality Assurance through NAAC Accreditation Process, National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research (Ministry of Education, Government of India)
• Faculty of Immunohematology workshops conducted by Asian Association of Transfusion Medicine and Transfusion Medicine Academic Society
• Resource person of KUHS Certificate Program- Advances in diagnostics, therapeutics and rehabilitation technology
• Member Of Working Party- Asian Association of Transfusion Medicine Quality Working Group
• Secretary of Transfusion Medicine Academic Society
• Authored a Chapter – [Massive Transfusion Protocol in Obstetric Hemorrhage] in Obstetric Manual- EmOCaLS, Kerala Federation of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
• Authored a chapter in Transfusion Reaction Module by Transfusion Medicine Academic Society
• Submitted a research work on “Type and Screen protocol versus Coombs cross matching in hospital transfusion practice” for dissertation
• Best participant award in COAGULATION Master class 2018 at Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kerala
• Best participant award in STEN WESTGARD QUALITY Master class 2018 at TAJ Gateway, Kochi
• Best Oral Paper at Indian Society of Blood Transfusion & Immunohematology (ISBTI), 24th, Kerala chapter 2015, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kerala
• Third prize for oral presentation Indian society of Blood Transfusion& Immunohematology (ISBTI), 23rd Kerala chapter 2014, Jubilee Mission Medical College, Thrissur, Kerala
• Second prize for oral presentation- CME on Safe transfusion Practices, July 2017, Believers Church Medical College Hospital, Thiruvalla
• Published poster on “Donor deferral pattern in a tertiary care center, Kerala” in Asian Association Of Transfusion Medicine Xth Annual International Conference 2014 held at Kathmandu, Nepal
• Published poster on “Safety of Type and Screen Protocol in compatibility testing” in Indian Society of Transfusion Medicine Annual National Conference, Nov 2015, Kolkata

CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS ORGANIZED:

1. Member of Organizing team of National Conference - TRANSMEDCON 2018, Editor of TRANSMEDCON 2018 NEWSLETTER and TRANSMEDCON 2018 Souvenir
2. Member of organizing team of National Coagulation wet workshop –CASCADE at Jubilee Mission Medical College and Research Institute (2014- 2024)
3. Organised hands-on workshop in Basics of Immunohematology organised in association with Asian Association of Transfusion Medicine (2021)
4. Organised First Annual CME of Transfusion Medicine Academic Society in 2022
5. Member of organizing team of Patient Blood Management CME, funded by Indian Council of Medical Research at Jubilee Mission Medical College and Research Institute in 2023
6. Member of organizing team of Master Class in Best transfusion practices at Jubilee Mission Medical College and Research Institute in 2024

OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS:

• Co-Investigator of ICMR Funded Projects:

1. Effectiveness of COVID vaccine and identification of SARS COV 2 variant among PLHIV in Central Kerala- An ambidirectional cohort study

2. Defining a normal ref range for rotational thromboelastometry in healthy obstetric population in central Kerala 

• Involved in preparation of Quality Manual and SOP for Department of Transfusion Medicine, Jubilee Mission Medical College & Research Institute
• Member of Institutional Quality Assurance Unit, Jubilee Mission Medical College & RI, Thrissur, Kerala
• Team Leader of QAS/ NAAC Quality Standard, Jubilee Mission Medical College & RI, Thrissur, Kerala
• Staff advisor to the interim medical college student’s council at Jubilee Mission Medical College
• Involved in program for Education in Transfusion Safety for Nursing staff
• Involved in induction classes on Transfusion Medicine among medical Students and nursing students
• Involved in teaching and supervising post graduate residents of Transfusion Medicine
• Involved in preparation for NABH accreditation
• Awareness talks on Donor motivation in Radio FM programs

TRAINING OR WORKSHOPS ATTENDED:

• Training in HLA, NAT and Virology at CMC Vellore
• Training in Clinical Hematology at Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Cochin
• Training in Hemovigilance at National Institute of Noida
• “Hands on” coagulation workshop CASCADE at Jubilee Mission Medical College
• “Hands on” apheresis workshop at Malabar Cancer Centre, Thalassery
• “Hands on” Immunohematology workshop at Jubilee Mission Medical College & Research Institute
• Participated in Immunohematology wet workshop by Jim Perkins at AABB AATM Conference, Bangalore
• Participated in HLA workshop organized by Trivandrum Medical College in conjunction with CMC Vellore
• Participated in “hands on” NAT workshop at Apollo Gleneagles, Kolkata
• Participated in workshop for NABH accreditation conducted by QCSS
• Certificate course in Good Clinical Lab Practice, KUHS accredited
• Certificate course in Quality Assurance System, KUHS accredited
• Workshop on Peripheral Blood Stem Cell harvesting and cryopreservation of RBC at MVR Cancer Institute, Calicut
• Participated in Basic Course in Medical Education conducted at Jubilee Mission Medical College
• Participated in Faculty Development Program in Transfusion Medicine TRANSCOMET 2023 at JIPMER

1. Baiju NM, Rafi AM, Nittin H, Bhaskaran R, Innah SJ, Sasidharan A. Is it time to switch from conventional coombs crossmatching to the type and screen protocol? Malaysian Journal of Medical Sciences, Malays J Med Sci 2023;30(2):1-7 Vol. 6
2. J Asha, Baiju NM, Innah SJ, Rafi AM, MJ Bins. Comparison of platelet indices in dengue fever patients based on platelet transfusion: A prospective observational study in a tertiary care center. Asian Journal of Transfusion Sciences. 2023 Jan-Jun; 17(1): 21–27.
3. Thomas, J.; Rajmohan, P.; Jose, P.; Kannan, R.; Jose, R.; Uttumadathil Gopinathan, U.; Raphael, L.; Baiju, N.M.; Krishna, S.; Attokaran, T.; et al. Real-World Effectiveness of COVID-19 Vaccine and Identification of SARS-CoV-2 Variants among People Living with HIV on Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy in Central Kerala of India—An Ambi-Directional Cohort Study. Viruses 2023, 15, 2187. https://doi.org/10.3390/v15112187
4. Sasidharan A, Bhaskaran R, Baiju NM, Rafi AM, Innah SJ. Performance analysis of point of care testing hemoglobin concentration methods with automated hematology analyser amongst blood donors. Journal of Clinical and Scientific Research 2024, 13(1), 12-17
5. Baiju NM, Nittin H, Innah SJ. Management of coagulopathy in acute fatty liver of pregnancy. Journal Of Case Reports, (JCR), Vol. 6, No. 3, July to September 2016.
6. Nittin H, Baiju NM, Bhaskaran R, SP Sudha, Thomas T. Cytomegalovirus Seroprevalence among Blood donors in Kerala. International Journal of Contemporary Medical Research, Vol 3, Issue 10, Oct 2016 
7. Sasidharan A, Rafi AM, Bhaskaran R, Baiju NM, Innah SJ. 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 17(2):308-310, April2021
8. Sasidharan A, Bhaskaran R, Baiju NM, Rafi AM, Valsan C. Comparison of syphilis testing by Reverse Algorithm and Conventional Method among blood donors in a tertiary care center. Panacea Journal of Medical Sciences.12261,20/09/2021