About
Dr. Dilip Kumar R
Senior Consultant, Internal Medicine at MGM Healthcare and Dr. Mehta's Hospitals, Chennai. A diagnostician first, and a teacher of medicine to postgraduates across India.
My story
The short version
I did my MBBS and my MD in General Medicine at Government Kilpauk Medical College, Chennai, followed by the DNB and the MRCP (UK). The UK Royal Colleges later certified me in Infectious Diseases and Rheumatology, and in 2025 I was elected a Fellow of the American College of Physicians.
I'm a diagnostician first. People usually reach me when a fever has gone on for weeks, an infection hasn't cleared, sugars stay high despite several medicines, or a round of tests still hasn't explained what's wrong. I take time to explain what's happening and why, and I prescribe only what you need.
I've worked on more than 15 clinical trials and published in Indian and international journals. I've also taught medicine for over a decade, to NEET-PG, INI-CET, FMGE and NEET-SS aspirants and to MD/DNB residents. Medicine Made Simple is the name. Algorithms and flowcharts are the method.
Training
Qualifications
- 2012MBBSGovernment Kilpauk Medical College, Chennai
- 2016MD, General MedicineGovernment Kilpauk Medical College, Chennai
- 2017DNB, Internal MedicineNational Board of Examinations
- 2017MRCP (UK)Royal Colleges of Physicians of the United Kingdom
- 2018Specialty Certificate, Infectious DiseasesRoyal Colleges of Physicians of the United Kingdom
- 2019Specialty Certificate, RheumatologyRoyal Colleges of Physicians of the United Kingdom
- 2025FACPFellow, American College of Physicians
Member of the American College of Physicians, the Association of Physicians of India and the Indian Medical Association. Registered with the Tamil Nadu Medical Council, Reg. No. 97494 (2012).
Research
Selected publications
- Patterns in use of antihypertensives in newly diagnosed hypertension (PAUSE-HTN study)Journal of Human Hypertension · 2025
- Nipah virus: pathogenesis, genome, diagnosis and treatmentPubMed 40593310
- Takayasu arteritis masquerading as resistant hypertension and tuberculosisJournal of the Association of Physicians of India · 2020
- Novel regimens in the treatment of paracetamol (acetaminophen) poisoningJournal of the Association of Physicians of India · 2017
- Challenges beyond elimination in leprosyPubMed 28776519