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Latha Chelvakumar

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Latha Chelvakumar

Visiting Professor, Biological Engineering

  • MS: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
  • Veterinarian (US Equivalent D.V.M): University of Peradeniya

Email: premalatha.c -AT- iitgn.ac.in



  • Selected Publications

    1. A modified apparatus for dual, Sterilized Isolated Perfusion of the Rat Liver; Journal of Investigative Surgery 1990; 3(4): 365-72.

    2. Epidemiology of zoonotic diseases (a disease that can be transmitted from animals to people or, more specifically, a disease that normally exists in animals but that can infect human). Global Cardio Vascular team Medtronic. Internal Publications 2003-2007.

  • Work Experience

    • Visiting Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (Jan 2018 to present)
    • Director of Quality and Regulatory, Life Science Outsourcing Inc., Brea, California, Contract/OEM (Medical Device Manufacturer), (2015 - 2017)
    • Compliance Manager, Alcon Laboratories, Chicago Illinois, (Major Medical Device Manufacturer), (2011 - 2014)
    • Compliance Manager, Hospira, Morgan Hill California (Major Medical Device Manufacturer), (2007 - 2010)
    • Visiting Professor, Pharmaceutical Engineering, California State University, Fullerton, (2006)
    • Quality Assurance Regulatory of Microbiology and Sterilization, Medtronic, Santa Ana, California (Major Tissue Heart Valve Manufacturer), (2000 - 2007)
    • Compliance Supervisor, Microbiology lab and production in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing industry IMS limited and B. Braun Irvine, California, (1990 - 2000)
    • Research Associate, University of Pittsburgh Liver Transplant Laboratory, (1988 - 1990)