Dr. Kishore Gnana Sam

Professor, Head - Pharmacy Practice Department

+97142120333
Dr.Kishore@dmu.ae

Biography

Dr. Kishore Gnana Sam is currently serving as Professor, Head-Department of Pharmacy Practice and Chair-Assessment Committee. He has more than 20 years of experience in teaching and guiding students in the Department of Pharmacy Practice. He received the FIP-Pharma Bridge sponsored hands-on training in Drug Policy at the Wisconsin Hospital, Madison, USA. His contributions have helped improve the quality and consistency of the pharmacy education, ensuring graduates are well-prepared for the current and future demands of the pharmacy profession.

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Education

PhD. (Clinical Pharmacy) Manipal University, Manipal, India 2009.
MBA (Healthcare Services) Sikkim Manipal University, Manipal India 2008.
M.Pharm, Rajiv Gandhi University, India 1999.
B.Pharm, Tamilnadu MGR University, India 1996

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Research Interests

Pharmacotherapeutic Clinical Outcome Assessment
Pharmacoeconomic and Humanistic Outcomes of Health Care Delivery
Pharmaceutical Care services
Drug utilization Evaluation
Drug Safety monitoring
Systematic Reviews

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Research Publications

Almardod, Z. A., Sam, K. G., & Younis, E. E. (2026). Prevalence, risk factors, characteristics, and clinical outcomes of thrombocytopenia in the intensive care unit: A prospective single-center cohort study. Critical Care Research and Practice, 2026(1), 4492230.
A Elnour, A. A., Nasur, Z. E., Zaki, H. Y., Sam, K. G., & Khidir, I. Y. E. (2024). Haptoglobin phenotypes in school-age children infected with Schistosoma haematobium: A case-control study. Pharmacy Practice, 22(1), 2890.
Hatab, A. A., Sam, K. G., Beshir, S. A., Mohammed, A., & Abdalla, S. F. (2024). Association of level of adherence to Mediterranean diet with cognitive and dementia status in subjects with chronic diseases: A cross-sectional study. Nutritional Neuroscience, 27(10), 1123–1130.
Ramadan, A., Mohammed, A., A Elnour, A. A., Abdalla, S. F., & Hussein, S. M. (2023). The flavonoid luteolin reduces mutant huntingtin aggregation and cytotoxicity in huntingtin-mutated neuroblastoma cells. Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal, 31(12), 101871.
Abuhamda, G. A., Beshir, S. A., Sam, K. G., & Wasif Gillani, S. W. (2023). Antibiotic prescribing and dispensing behavior among doctors and pharmacists working in UAE. Pharmacy Practice, 21(2), 2802.
al-Tamimi, M. A. A., Wasif Gillani, S. W., Abd Alhakam, M. E., & Sam, K. G. (2021). Factors associated with hospital readmission of heart failure patients. Frontiers in Pharmacology, 12, 732760.
Houjazi, M., El-Dahiyat, F., & Sam, K. G. (2021). The impact of clinical pharmacy services on patients with hypertension. International Journal of Clinical Practice, 75(9), e14433.
Mathew, V. K., Sam, K. G., Milton, B., & Das, A. K. (2021). Prescription pattern of antipsychotics polypharmacy in patients with schizophrenia in an indian hospital. Research Journal of Pharmacy and Technology, 14(8), 4265–4269.
Kuppusamy, R., Shirwaikar, A. A., Sam, K. G., & Kaitheri, S. K. (2012). Antidiabetic activity of Pseudarthria viscida aqueous root extract in neonatal streptozotocininduced NIDDM rats. Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia, 22(5), 1079–1084.
Akkati, S., Sam, K. G., & Tungha, G. (2011). Emergence of promising therapies in diabetes mellitus. Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 51(6), 796–804.
Rajendran, K., Sam, K. G., Srinivasan, K. K., & Shirwaikar, A. A. (2010). Short term antidiabetic studies on alcoholic root extract of Pseudarthria viscida Linn. International Journal of Research in Pharmaceutical Sciences, 1(3), 382–385.
Sam, K. G., Kondabolu, K., Pati, D., Pradeep Kumar, G., & Rao, P. G. M. (2009). Poisoning severity score, APACHE II and GCS: Effective clinical indices for estimating severity and predicting outcome of acute organophosphorus and carbamate poisoning. Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, 16(5), 239–247.
Sam, K. G., Surulivelrajan, M., Saghir, Z., Kumar, P. S., & Rao, P. G. M. (2009). Evaluation of poison information services of a Clinical Pharmacy Department in a South Indian Tertiary Care Hospital. Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 3(1), 1313–1318.
Thunga, G. G., Sam, K. G., Khera, K., Xavier, V., & Verma, M. (2009). Profile of acute mixed organophosphorus poisoning. American Journal of Emergency Medicine, 27(5), 628.e1–628.e3.
Sam, K. G., Rao, P. G. M., & Pradeep Kumar, G. (2008). Evaluation of poison information services provided by a clinical pharmacy department in South Indian tertiary care hospital - a three-year experience. Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, 42(4), 351–356.
Sadeq, A. S., A Elnour, A. A., Farah, F. H., Mazrouei, N. A., & Alkaabi, M. (2023). A systematic review of randomized clinical trials on the efficacy and safety of pitavastatin. Current Reviews in Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology, 18(2), 120–147.
Wasif Gillani, S. W., Gulam, S. M., Thomas, D. J., Assadi, R. A., & Sam, K. G. (2021). Role and services of a pharmacist in the prevention of medication errors: A systematic review. Current Drug Safety, 16(3), 322–328.
A Elnour, A. A., Komócsi, A., Kupó, P., Asim, S., & Sadeq, A. S. (2021). The role of direct oral anticoagulant in patients with acute coronary syndrome on single or dual antiplatelet regime: Review of opportunities and challenges. Current Reviews in Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology, 16(1), 52–63.
Huebner, J. A., Assadi, R. A., Kotait, K., & Sam, K. G. (2021). Coordinate care of high-risk patients with regular team check-ins. Family Practice Management, 28(2).
Thunga, G. G., John, J., Sam, K. G., Pandey, S., & Maharaj, S. B. (2012). Role of high-dose corticosteroid for the treatment of Leptospirosis-induced pulmonary hemorrhage. Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 52(1), 114–116.

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External Profiles

Science Direct: researchgate.net/profile/Kishore-Sam

Google Scholar: scholar.google.com/citations?user=uW9V9RwAAAAJ&hl=en

Scopus Author ID: scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=23969212900

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/kishore-gnana-sam-1a55427

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