Dr Deepa Sumukadas

Clinical Research Fellow

I qualified in India and then moved over to the UK. I completed my MD in 2006 and then took up my current post.  My main field of interest is in improving physical function in older people. 

Publications:

Sumukadas D, Laidlaw S, Witham MD. Using the RT3 accelerometer to measure everyday activity in older, frail people.
Aging ClinExp Res,2007; Vol.20,No.1.

Sumukadas D, Witham MD, Struthers AD, McMurdo ME. Effect of perindopril on physical function in elderly people with functional impairment: a randomized controlled trial. CMAJ. 2007; 177:867-74.

Sumukadas D, Struthers AD, McMurdo ME. Sarcopenia – A potential target for ACE inhibition?  Gerontology 2006:52(4):237-42.

Sumukadas D, Witham MD, Struthers AD, McMurdo ME. Change in the use of renin-angiotensin system blockers in older patients fulfilling the HOPE criteria. J.Renin.Angiotensin.Aldosterone.Syst. 2005; 6:161-2.

Sumukadas D, Witham MD, Struthers AD, McMurdo ME. Are elderly people with the HOPE criteria prescribed angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors? J.Renin.Angiotensin.Aldosterone.Syst. 2004; 5:26.

 

 

Contact Details:

Dr Deepa Sumukadas Honorary Senior Clinical Teacher Section of Ageing and Health Division of Medicine and Therapeutics Ninewells Hospital & Medical School Dundee DD1 9SY Ph:- 01382 632436 Fax:- 01382 660675 Email:- Dr Deepa Sumukadas