Name: DR. RUCHIKA GUPTA Designation: Scientist C Tel: 012-2446920 E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] Educational Qualifications: 2000 M.B.B.S., Lady Hardinge Medical College, University of Delhi, Delhi 2005 M.D. (Pathology), Maulana Azad Medical College, University of Delhi, Delhi Professional Experience: Scientist C (Apr 2015 till date) National Institute of Cancer Prevention & Research, Noida Assistant Professor & Head (May 2010 – Feb 2015) Chacha Nehru Bal Chikitsalaya, Geeta Colony, Delhi Senior Research Associate (June 2008-May 2010) All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi Senior Resident (Jan 2006-June 2008) All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi Senior Resident (Jun 2005-Jan 2006) Maulana Azad Medical College, Delhi Awards/ Honors: Dr VR Khanolkar Prize for best published research paper entitled " Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis in idiopathic membranous glomerulonephritis: a clinico-pathological and stereological study ", IAPM, Hyderabad, 2010. Best Oral Paper Prize for the paper entitled “Risk factors for calcineurin inhibitor toxicity in pediatric idiopathic steroid resistant nephrotic syndrome: an analysis of clinical and histopathological features” presented at the XXV Annual Conference of the Delhi Chapter of IAPM in April 2010. Dr R P Mathur Memorial Award for "Best III Year Outgoing Junior Resident" in Department of Pathology, 2004, MAMC, New Delhi. Prize for proficiency in Surgery, 2000-01, LHMC, New Delhi. Publications 1. Arora P, Chakravarty P, Khanna D, Gupta R. Cutis laxa autosomal recessive type II or wrinkly skin syndrome? Indian Dermatol Online J 2016;7:440-2. 2. Mahana S, Tomar R, Agrawal R, Saksena R, Manchanda V, Gupta R. Tuberculous lymphadenitis: Comparison of cytomorphology, Ziehl-Neelsen staining, and rapid mycobacterial culture at a pediatric superspecialty hospital. Cytojournal. 2016 Jul 27;13:17. 3. Mahana S, Tomar R, Agarwal A, Sharma D, Khurana N, Gupta R. Spindle-cell rhabdomyosarcoma of the thumb: Rare site, rare tumor in a child. Diagn Cytopathol. 2016 Aug 9. doi: 10.1002/dc.23552. [Epub ahead of print] 4. Gupta R, Verma S, Bansal K, Jain V, Sengar M, Mohta A. Mature Teratoma in a Supernumerary Ovary in a Child: Report of the First Case. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2016 Feb;29(1):e5-7. 5. Sherwani P, Vire A, Anand R, Gupta R. Lung lysed: A case of Gaucher disease with pulmonary involvement. Lung India. 2016 Jan-Feb;33(1):108-10. 6. Sharma S, Girhotra M, Zafar N, Gupta R. Tuberculosis of the Thyroid in a Child: A Rare cause of Thyromegaly. APSP J Case Rep. 2016 Jan 1;7(1):5. 7. Gupta S, Gupta R, Sodhani P. Spindle cell lipoma with predominant nerve sheath tumor- like areas: A potential diagnostic pitfall on aspiration cytology. Diagn Cytopathol. 2015 Dec;43(12):1017-9. 8. Parihar A, Verma S, Suri T, Agarwal A, Bansal K, Gupta R. Plexiform Schwannoma of Lumbar Region. APSP J Case Rep. 2015 May 1;6(2):16. 9. Gupta R, Sharma A, Agarwal SK, Dinda AK. C1q nephropathy and isolated CD59 deficiency manifesting as necrotizing crescentic glomerulonephritis: A rare association of two diseases. Saudi J Kidney Dis Transpl. 2015 Nov;26(6):1274-8. 10. Gupta R, Verma S, Bansal K, Mohta A. Thymolipoma in a child: Report of a case with radiological, cytological and histopathological correlation. Cytopathology 2014;25:278-9. 11. Verma S, Bansal K, Manchanda V, Gupta R. Aspiration cytology diagnosis of lipoblastoma of the back. APSP J Case Rep. 2014 May 21;5(2):21. 12. Parihar A, Verma S, Senger M, Agarwal A, Bansal K, Gupta R. Fibrolipomatous hamartoma of sural nerve: a new site of an unusual lesion. Malays J Pathol. 2014 Apr;36(1):59-62. 13. Girhotra M, Virk SS, Verma S, Bansal K, Gupta R. Intranodal leiomyoma in a young child: report of a rare spindle cell lesion. Pediatr Dev Pathol. 2014 Mar-Apr;17(2):118- 21. 14. Verma S, Bansal P, Manchanda V, Gupta R. Isolated ileal heterotopic pancreas in a child: a clinically unsuspected cause of ileoileal intusussception. IJCRI 2014;5:122-5. 15. Goyal S, Biswas A, Gupta R, Mohanti BK. Congenital peripheral primitive neuroectodermal tumor: a case treated successfully with multimodality treatment. J Egypt Natl Canc Inst. 2014 Dec;26(4):219-24. 16. Khanna D, Singal A, Gupta R. Onset of psoriasis triggered by Mantoux test. Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol. 2014 Sep-Oct;80(5):451-4. 17. Sharma S, Ranjan RK, Gupta M, Singh A, Gupta R, Pant L, Singh S. Serum Cystatin C compared with conventional renal function tests: a study in patients with pre-eclampsia. Annals of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine 2014;1:A6-9. 18. Verma S, Talukdar B, Gupta R. 'Reflex' HPLC testing as a screening modality for variant hemoglobins: a pilot study of 1310 cases at a pediatric referral hospital. Hematology. 2014 Jul;19(5):299-303. 19. Verma S, Gupta R, Kudesia M, Mathur A, Krishan G, Singh S. Coexisting iron deficiency anemia and Beta thalassemia trait: effect of iron therapy on red cell parameters and hemoglobin subtypes. ISRN Hematol. 2014 Mar 12;2014:293216. 20. Ahuja A, Gupta R, Sharma A, Bagga A, Bhowmik DM, Agarwal SK, Dinda AK. Idiopathic Collapsing Glomerulopathy: a clinico-pathologic analysis of 30 cases. Indian J Nephrol. 2014 Jul;24(4):239-42. 21. Gupta R, Gupta R, Bansal K, Mohta A. Aspiration cytology of mesenchymal hamartoma of the liver: report of a case and review of literature. Diagn Cytopathol 2013 May;41(5):434-6. 22. Jain R, Gupta R, Kudesia M, Singh S. Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology in Diagnosis of Salivary Gland Lesions: A study with histologic comparison. Cytojournal 2013 Jan 31;10:5. 23. Goyal P, Sehgal S, Ghosh S, Aggarwal D, Shukla P, Kumar A, Gupta R, Singh S. Histopathological correlation of atypical (c3) and suspicious (c4) categories in fine needle aspiration cytology of the breast. Int J Breast Cancer. 2013;2013:965498 24. Gupta R, Bansal K, Manchanda V, Gupta R. Mature cystic teratoma of the liver. AJCR J Case Rep 2013;4:13. 25. Sharma S, Mancanda V, Gupta R. Testicular microlithiasis in unilateral indescended testis: a rare phenomenon. Malaysian J Pathol 2013;35:183-5. 26. Verma S, Bhargava M, Mittal SK, Gupta R. Homozygous delta-beta thalassemia in a child: a rare cause of elevated fetal hemoglobin. Iranian J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 2013;3:41-6. 27. Gupta R, Sharma A, Mahanta PJ, Agarwal SK, Dinda AK. Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis in Renal Allograft Recipients: A Clinico-pathologic study of 37 cases. Saudi J Kidney Dis Transplant 2013;24:8-14. 28. Sharma A, Gupta R, Bagga A, Dinda AK. Glomerular filtration barrier in pediatric idiopathic nephrotic syndrome. Saudi J Kidney Dis Transpl. 2013;24:286-91. 29. Sinha A, Sharma A, Mehta A, Gupta R, Gulati A, Hari P, Dinda AK, Bagga A. Calcineurin inhibitor induced nephrotoxicity in steroid resistant nephrotic syndrome. Indian J Nephrol 2013;23:41-6. 30. Sharma A, Gupta R, Lal C, Agarwal SK, Dinda AK. Crescentic glomerulonephritis developing in the course of idiopathic membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis. Saudi J Kidney Dis Transpl. 2013;24:333-7. 31. Sharma A, Gupta R, Rizvi Y, Rathi S, Mahapatra M, Bhowmik D, Dinda AK. Acute renal failure in Patient with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia: A rare cause. Saudi J Kidney Dis Transplant 2013;24:93-6. 32. Singh K, Ray R, Sharma A, Gupta R, Bagga A, Dinda AK. Peritubular Capillaries and Renal Function in Pediatric Idiopathic Nephrotic Syndrome: An Immunohistochemical and Morphometric Analysis of 52 Cases. Saudi J Kidney Transplant 2013;24:942-9. 33. Gupta R, Verma S, Bansal P, Mohta A. Pilomatrixoma of the arm: a rare case with cytologic diagnosis. Case Rep Dermatol Med. 2012;2012:257405. 34. Gupta S, Gupta R, Singh S, Gupta K, Kaur CJ. Role of morphometry in evaluation of cytologically borderline breast lesions: a study of 70 cases. Diagn Cytopathol 2012;40:191-6. 35. Gupta R, Verma S, Bansal P, Mohta A. Pilomatrixoma of the arm: a rare case with cytologic diagnosis. Case Rep Dermatol Med. 2012;2012:257405. 36. Goyal P, Sehgal S, Agarwal R, Singh S, Gupta R, Kumar A. Ossifying fibromyxoid tumor - Diagnostic challenge for a cytopathologist. Cytojournal. 2012;9:17. 37. Singh S, Gupta R. Identification of components of fibroadenoma on cytosmear using texture analysis: A morphometric study. Cytopathology 2012;23:187-91. 38. Gupta S, Gupta R, Deka L, Pant L, Singh S. Molecular Phenotypes of Ductal Carcinoma-in-situ (DCIS) and Invasive Ductal Carcinoma: A Comparative Study. Indian J Pathol Microbiol 2012;55:43-6. 39. Puri T, Goyal S, Gupta R, Julka PK, Rath GK. Primary renal osteosarcoma with systemic dissmeniation. Saudi J Kidney Dis Transpl 2012;23:114-6. 40. Jain S, Agarwal A, Bansal K, Gupta R. Benign mesenchymoma presenting as a paraspinal mass. Arch Dis Child 2012;97:825-6. 41. Khanna D, Chakravarty P, Agarwal A, Gupta R. Tuberculous Dactylitis Presenting as Paronychia with Pseudopterygium and Nail Dystrophy. Pediatr Dermatol. 2012 Sep 20. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2012.01843.x. [Epub ahead of print] 42. Aggarwal D, Srivastava G, Gupta R, Pant L, Krishan G, Singh S. Angiogenesis in non Hodgkin’s lymphoma: An inter-category comparison of microvessel density. ISRN Hematology 2012;2012:943089. 43. Das P, Sharma A, Gupta R, Agarwal SK, Bagga A, Dinda AK. Histomorphological classification of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis: a critical evaluation of clinical, histologic and morphometric features. Saudi J Kidney Dis Transpl. 2012 Sep;23(5):1008- 16. 44. Gupta R, Sharma A, Gupta R, Agarwal SK, Dinda AK. Morphometry of non- inflammatory arteriolar changes in lupus nephritis: A study of 40 cases. Saudi J Kidney Dis Transplant 2012;23:1196-201.