Email

perumalt@bcm.edu

Positions

Professor

Pathology & Immunology and Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US

Medical Director

Blood Bank and Clinical Hematology Laboratory
Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center
Houston, Texas United States

Core Faculty

Center for Translational Research on Inflammatory Diseases (CTRID)
Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas United States

Member

Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas United States

Addresses

Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center (Clinic)

MEDVAMC MS # 113
2002 Holcombe Blvd
Houston, TX 77030
United States

Education

MBBS from Tirunelveli Medical College

Tirunelveli, India

Internship at Long Island College Hospital

Brooklyn, NY United States

Internal Medicine

Residency at Mt. Sinai-Bronx VA Hospital

Bronx, NY United States

Internal Medicine

Clinical Fellowship at Mt. Sinai-Bronx VA Hospital

Bronx, NY United States

Hematology/Oncology

Fellowship at Cardeza Foundation for Hematological Research, Jefferson Medical College

Philadelphia, PA United States

Certifications

American Board of Internal Medicine

American Board of Hematology

American Board of Pathology in Hematology

Royal Colleges of Physicians of United Kingdom

Honors & Awards

Member, Association of American Physicians

Member, American Society of Clinical Investigation

Fellow, American Heart Association

Established Investigator Award

American Heart Association (01/1984 - 01/1989)

E. Merck Gold Medal for Best Outgoing Student

Madurai University (01/1974)

Websites

Selected Publications

• Sandoval H, Thiagarajan P, Dasgupta SK, Schumacher A, Prchal JT, Chen M, Wang J "Essential role for Nix in autophagic maturation of erythroid cells.." Nature. 2008 Jul 10;454(7201):232-5. Pubmed PMID: 18454133
• Dasgupta SK, Guchhait P, Thiagarajan P "Lactadherin binding and phosphatidylserine expression on cell surface-comparison with annexin A5.." Transl Res. 2006 Jul;148(1):19-25. Pubmed PMID: 16887494
• Zhou Y Cai W, Zhao Z Hilton T, Wang M4, Yeon J, Liu W, Zhang F, Shi FD Wu X, Thiagarajan P, Li M, Zhang J Dong JF. "Lactadherin promotes microvesicle clearance to prevent coagulopathy and improves survival of severe TBI mice.." Blood. 2018;131:563-572. Pubmed PMID: 29162596

Memberships

Association of American Physicians

American Society of Clinical Investigation

American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

American College of Physicians

Fellow

Royal College of Physicians of United Kingdom

American Society of Hematology

Council on thrombosis, American Heart Association

Fellow