Bharatendu Chandra, MBBS
Assistant Professor
Introduction
My primary focus as a neurogeneticist is on the diagnosis, management, and study of rare neurological disorders.
Current Positions
- Assistant Professor, Stead Family Department of Pediatrics, Division of Medical Genetics & Genomics
Education
- MBBS, Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research (JIPMER), Puducherry, India
- Residency, Internal Medicine, Ministry of Health Holdings and Joint Committee on Specialist Training, Singapore
- Fellowship, Neurology, Ministry of Health Holdings and Joint Committee on Specialist Training, Singapore
- Residency, Medical Genetics & Genomics, University of Iowa Hospital & Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
Research Interests
- Neurodegenerative Disorders, Complex Neurological Disorders, Hereditary spastic paraplegias, Ataxias, Stroke Genetics, Genetic Arteriopathies
Licenses & Certifications
- Membership of Royal College of Physicians (MRCP), UK
- Specialist Accreditation Board (SAB) of Singapore, Certification in Neurology, Singapore
- Permanent License, Singapore Medical Council, Singapore
- Iowa Medical License
Selected Publications
- Positive Bubble Study in Severe COVID-19 Indicates the Development of Anatomical Intrapulmonary Shunts in Response to Microvascular Occlusion.Cherian R, Chandra B, Tung ML, Vuylsteke A.Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2021 Jan 15;203(2):263-265. doi: 10.1164/rccm.202008-3186LE.PMID: 32997512
- Anti-phospholipid syndrome and COVID-19 thrombosis: connecting the dots.Tung ML, Tan B, Cherian R, Chandra B.Rheumatol Adv Pract. 2021 Feb 4;5(1):rkaa081. doi: 10.1093/rap/rkaa081. eCollection 2021.PMID: 33615129
- Headache Related to PPE Use during the COVID-19 Pandemic.Ong JJY, Chan ACY, Bharatendu C, Teoh HL, Chan YC, Sharma VK.Curr Pain Headache Rep. 2021 Jun 15;25(8):53. doi: 10.1007/s11916-021-00968-x.PMID: 34129112
- Time to move away from an oxygen-centric model of pulmonary infarction?Cherian R, Chandra B.Lancet Respir Med. 2021 Sep;9(9):e91. doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(21)00325-8. Epub 2021 Aug 2.PMID: 34352218
- Novel Autoantibodies in Idiopathic Small Fiber Neuropathy.Chan ACY, Wong HY, Chong YF, Lai PS, Teoh HL, Ng AYY, Hung JHM, Chan YC, Ng KWP, Vijayan J, Ong JJY, Chandra B, Tan CH, Rutt NH, Tan TM, Ismail NH, Wilder-Smith E, Schwarz H, Choi H, Sharma VK, Mak A.Ann Neurol. 2022 Jan;91(1):66-77. doi: 10.1002/ana.26268. Epub 2021 Dec 1.PMID: 34761434
- Retinal ciliopathies through the lens of Bardet-Biedl Syndrome: Past, present and future.Chandra B, Tung ML, Hsu Y, Scheetz T, Sheffield VC.Prog Retin Eye Res. 2022 Jul;89:101035. doi: 10.1016/j.preteyeres.2021.101035. Epub 2021 Dec 18.PMID: 34929400
- Severe COVID-19 as a virus-independent immunothrombotic process.Cherian R, Tung ML, Chandra B.Lancet Rheumatol. 2022 Mar;4(3):e172-e173. doi: 10.1016/S2665-9913(22)00033-9. Epub 2022 Feb 24.PMID: 35233540
- Co-occurrence of VHL and SDHA Pathogenic Variants: A Case Report.Tung ML, Chandra B, Dillahunt K, Gosse MD, Sato TS, Sidhu A.Front Oncol. 2022 Jul 7;12:925582. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2022.925582. eCollection 2022.PMID: 35875079
- TBX3 and EFNA4 Variant in a Family with Ulnar-Mammary Syndrome and Sagittal Craniosynostosis.Tung ML, Chandra B, Kotlarek J, Melo M, Phillippi E, Justice CM, Musolf A, Boyadijev SA, Romitti PA, Darbro B, El-Shanti H.Genes (Basel). 2022 Sep 14;13(9):1649. doi: 10.3390/genes13091649.PMID: 36140816