Background
Oommen, Shanthakumar Thomas was born on March 14, 1955 in Coonoor, India. Son of Samuel and Annamma Samuel (Verghese) Oommen.
Cardiologist educator Pharmacologist management consultant
Oommen, Shanthakumar Thomas was born on March 14, 1955 in Coonoor, India. Son of Samuel and Annamma Samuel (Verghese) Oommen.
Bachelor of Science in zoology, Loyola College, Madras, India, 1975. Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India, 1981. Doctor of Medicine, Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, India, 1992.
Postgraduate diploma in human resource management, Pondicherry (India) University, 1997. Postgraduate diploma in personnel management, Annamalai University, India, 1998.
Medical officer The Leprosy Mission, Delhi, 1981-1986. Demonstrator in pharmacology Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, 1990-1992, lecturer in pharmacology, 1993-1995. Assistant professor pharmacology Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, India, 1995-1999.
Associate professor Fr. Muller's Institute Medical Education Research, Mangalore, India, since 1999. Member faculty, executive committee Haggai Institute, Hyderabad, India, since 1992.
Faculty department medical education, Manipal, India, 1995-1999. Member faculty, Change Agents, Chennai, India, since 1999. Member core group Committee on History of Leprosy in India.
Executive chairman International Congress of Christian Medical Students, London, 1980-1983. Coordinator finance & external relations International Hospital Christian Fellowship, 1986-1988. Leadership training Haggai Institute Advancing Leadership Skills, India, since 1992.
Fellow: International Board Chelation Therapists, Academy Coronary Cartographers. Member: Indian Society Health Administrators, American College Advancement Medicine, National Geography Society of Washington, Indian Management Association (associate), Association Physiologists and Pharmacologists of India, Indian Pharmacol. Society, New York Academy of Sciences, International Leprosy Association.
Married Anitha Koshy. Children: Anisha Hannah, Anup Samuel, Ajit Mathew.