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Apollo BGS Hospitals, MysoreDr. Shiva Prasad B. N.

Dr. Shiva Prasad B. N.

MBBS, MD (Int Med ), DM (Clinical Immunology)

Consultant Rheumatologist

Dr. Shiva Prasad BN has been trained in the field of Rheumatology soon after the MD, as he worked as senior resident in the department of Rheumatology for six months. He joined the premier institute SGPGIMS, Lucknow for his further studies where he obtained his DM degree in Clinical Immunology. He has also been trained in the evaluation of primary immunodeficiency disorders. He is been in Mysore for the last 7 years working at different corporate hospitals and now heads the Department of Rheumatology in Apollo BGS Hospital, Mysuru.

  • Four years as senior resident in department of Clinical Immunology, SGPGIMS, Lucknow
  • Two years and three months as Assistant professor, Dept. of Internal Medicine, KMC, Manipal
  • Six months as Senior Resident. Department of Medicine, PGIMS, Rohtak.
  • Seven years of experience as a Consultant Rheumatologist in Mysore.
  • SLE
  • Vasculitis
  • Infectious related rheumatological disorders
  • Gout
  • Sarcoidosis
  • Intra-articular injections
  1. Recurrent Hemoptysis with Anemia in 16 Year Old Boy”. D. Chaudhry, BNS Prasad, Khanna. R, Singh. U. Post grad Med J 2005; 81:e15-16.
  2. Intracranial Bleeding Associated With Extra-adrenal Pheochromocytoma – A Rare Presentation”. Malhotra N, Madan T, Malhotra P, BNS Prasad. Indian Med Gaz june, 2005, 272-276.
  3. Hyperleukocytosis with pulmonary leukostasis in a patient of acute leukemia. H. Singh, BNS Prasad, Jagdish, A. Batra. JAPI, vol. 54, May 2006, 405-407.
  4. Asymptomatic Bochdalek’s hernia in an adult. BNS Prasad, R Balasubramanian. BMJ southasia edition. Image of the month: 22, August 2007. 495
  5. Do you have it in you – body donation? BNS Prasad. BMJ Southasia edition. Letter to editor: 28 October 2007. 688.
  6. An unconscious adult male with absent penis- mystery unresolved. BNS Prasad, Samaga BL. BMJ Southasia edition: 23 November 2007. 786-88.
  7. Optic neuropathy, unusual cause of visual loss in cryptococcal meningitis. BMJ South Asia edition: 23, December 2007. 84-85.
  8. Primary gastrointestinal mucormycosis in an immunocompetent person. BNS Prasad, R. Balasubramanian, A. Shenoy, K.S. Nataraj. J Postgrad Med. 2008 Jul-Sep;54(3):211-3
  9. Chronic otitis media as a presenting feature of Wegener’s granulomatosis. BNS Prasad, R Balasubramanian. Singapore Med J. 2009 Apr;50 (4):e155-7.
  10. Can brucella endocarditis be treated successfully with medical therapy alone? Mohandas N, Balasubramanian R, Prasad SB. Trop Doct. 2009 Apr;39(2):123-4.
  11. Role of NIV in weaning of patients of COPD on mechanical ventilation. BNS Prasad, D.Chaudhry, R.Khanna. Indian J Crit Care Med. 2009 Oct;13(4):207-12.
  12. Unusual cause of anemia in Scleroderma; Gastric antral vascular ectasia. Yogesh preet singh, Shiva Prasad BN, Vikas Agarwal.. IJR.
  13. . Massive ascites as a presenting feature of lupus. Prasad S, Abujam B, Lawrence A, Aggarwal A. Int J Rheum Dis. 2012 Feb;15(1):e15-6.
  14. Leprosy revealed in rheumatology clinic: A case series Shiva Prasad BN, Ramnath Misra, Amita Aggarwal, Able Lawrance, Nigil Haroon, Narendra Krishnani, Vinita Agrawal, Vimal Kumar Paliwal, Sanjeev Jha, Vikas Agarwal. Int J Rheum Dis. 2013 Apr;16(2):129-33
  15. Juvenile dermatomyositis at tertiary care hospital: Is there any change in the last decade? Shiva Prasad BN, Ramnath Misra, Vikas Agarwal, Able Lawrence, Amita Aggarwal. Int J Rheum Dis. 2013 Oct;16(5):556-60.
  16. Multi drug resistance protein-1 expression, function and polymorphism in patients not responding to methotrexate in rheumatoid arthritis. Shiva Prasad BN, Deepak Tripathi, Mohit Kumar Rai, Suraksha Aggarwal, Balraj Mittal, Vikas Agarwal. Int J Rheum Dis. 2014 Nov;17(8):878-86.
  17. Nocardia Infection in SLE; a case series of three patients. Shiva Prasad BN, Ramnath Misra, Vikas Agarwal, Able Lawrence, Amita Aggarwal. Indian journal of Rheumatology. 2014 vol 9 issue 2 p 53-56.
  18. Intramedullary osteosclerosis. Shiva Prasad. Indian Journal of Rheumatology. 2013, Volume 8, Issue 4 188-189.
  19. Factors influencing remission in rheumatoid arthritis patients: results from Karnataka rheumatoid arthritis comorbidity (KRAC) study Chandrashekara, S; Shobha, Vineeta Shobha; Dharmanand, B; Jois, Ramesh; Kumar, Sharath; Mahendranath, K M; Haridas, Vikram; Prasad, Shiva; Singh, Yogesh; Ashwin Daware, Manisha ; Swamy, Anupama ; Subramanian, R; Attappa Somashekar , Srirama ; Madhanaghatta Shanthappa, Arun ; Anupama, KR. Int J Rheum Dis. 2016 Jul 25. doi: 10.1111/1756-185X.12908.
  20. Methotrexate-induced pancytopenia: a case series of 46 patients. Ajmani S, Preet Singh Y, Prasad S, Chowdhury A, Aggarwal A, Lawrence A, Misra R, Mishra R, Agarwal V. Int J Rheum Dis. 2017 Jul;20(7):846-851.
  21. . Features of extra-spinal musculoskeletal tuberculosis: A retrospective study from an North Indian Tertiary Care Institute. Shiva Prasad, Anupam Wakhlu, Ramnath Misra, Amita Aggarwal, Able Lawrence, Rakesh K Gupta, Narendra Krishnani, Vinita Agrawal, Vikas Agarwal. Indian Journal of Rheumatology. 2017. volume 12 (3): 146-151.
  22. Isolated cutaneous sarcoidosis with two different skin lesions. Indian Journal of Rheumatology, Shiva Prasad B N, Omprakash H M, Narendra K L. 2016, Volume; 11, ( 4) : 232-233.
  23. Reduced incidence of extra-articular manifestations of RA through effective disease control: Karnataka Rheumatoid Arthritis Comorbidity (KRAC) study. Chandrashekara S, Shobha V, Dharmanand BG, Jois R, Kumar S, Mahendranath KM, Haridas V, Prasad S, Singh Y, Daware MA, Swamy A, Subramanian R, Somashekar SA, Shanthappa AM, Anupama KR. Int J Rheum Dis. 2016 Dec 10 doi: 10.1111/1756-185X.12957.
  24. Comorbidities and related factors in rheumatoid arthritis patients of south India- Karnataka Rheumatoid Arthritis Comorbidity (KRAC) study. Chandrashekara S, Shobha V, Dharmanand BG, Jois. R, Kumar S, Mahendranath KM, Haridas V, Prasad S, Singh Y, Daware MA, Swamy A, Subramanian R, Somashekar SA, Shanthappa AM, Anupama KR. Reumatismo. 2017 Aug 3;69(2):47-58.
  25. Arthritis in sarcoidosis: A multicentric study from India. Arthritis in Sarcoidosis Group (ASG), Agarwal V, Agrawal V, Aggarwal A, Aggarwal P, Chowdhury AC, Ghosh P, Jain A, Lawrence A, Misra DP, Misra R, Mohapatra MM, Nath A, Negi VS, Pandya S, Reddy VV, Prasad S, Sharma A, Shobha V, Singh YP, Tripathy SR, Wakhlu A. Int J Rheum Dis. 2018 Sep;21(9):1728-1733.
  26. Biologics and risk of tuberculosis in autoimmune rheumatic diseases: A real-world clinical experience from India. Shobha V, Chandrashekara S, Rao V, Desai A, Jois R, Dharmanand BG, Kumar S, Kumar P, Dharmapalaiah C, Mahendranath KM, Prasad S, Daware MA, Singh Y, Karjigi U, Nagaraj S, Anupama KR. Int J Rheum Dis. 2019 Feb;22(2):280-287.
  27. The influence of disease duration and socioeconomic factors on the prevalence of infection and hospitalization in rheumatoid arthritis: KRAC study. Chandrashekara S, Shobha V, Dharmanand BG, Jois R, Kumar S, Mahendranath KM, Haridas V, Prasad S, Singh Y, Daware MA, Swamy A, Subramanian R, Somashekar SA, Shanthappa AM, Anupama KR. Int J Rheum Dis. 2019 Apr 11.
  28. . Incidence of infection other than tuberculosis in patients with autoimmune rheumatic diseases treated with bDMARDs: a real-time clinical experience from India. Chandrashekara S, Shobha V, Rao V, Desai A, Jois R, Dharmanand BG, Kumar S, Kumar P, Dharmapalaiah C, Mahendranath KM, Prasad S, Daware MA, Singh Y, Karjigi U, Nagaraj S, Anupama KR. Rheumatol Int. 2019 Mar;39(3):497-507.
  29. Subramanian R, Prasad S. Biologics: A tectonic shift in the management of rheumatoid arthritis. APIK J Int Med 2019;7 Acceted on 11.8.2019.
  30. Prasad S, Malloli JR, Sudhakar A. Management of autoimmune ear disease and idiopathic polyarthritis with adalimumab. APIK J Int Med 2019;7 accepted on 8.8.19.
  31. Prasad BN, Puranik R, Anandaswamy V, Jayakumar P. Singleorgan sarcoidosis involving hepatic, lacrimal, and cardia. Indian J Rheumatol 2019.
  32. Prasad S, Shivathirthan N, Patel KY. Postmalignancy sarcoidlike reaction. Indian J Rheumatol 2019 accepted on 2.9.2019
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