Medical Education:

• Medical degree: Christian Medical College, Vellore, India
• Masters Degree: Physiology and Biophysics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
• Internship and Residency: Rochester General Hospital, Rochester, NY
  Internal Medicine Residency Program
• Fellowship: University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
  Division of Nephrology

Board Certification:

• American Board of Internal Medicine Nephrology and
  American Board of Internal Medicine

Licensure: Texas Medical Board licensee

Professional Affiliations:

• American Society of Nephrology
• National Kidney Foundation
• Texas Medical Association
• Travis County Medical Society

Teaching Appointment:  Assistant Professor of Medicine - Division of Nephrology
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, June 2010-July 2011

Select Talks and Lectures:

• The American Society of Nephrology (ASN) – November 2010 (Denver, Colorado)
  Talk on “Heme Oxygenase -1 (HO-1) Expression Regulates Immune Cell Infiltration in Renal Inflammation”
• Lecture Series to Medical Students (University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences) for the academic year July 2010 to June 2011 (Little Rock, AR). Lectures on “Fluid and Electrolyte Imbalance”
• The 9th Annual Management of Kidney Disease for PCP’s Conference- October 2010 (Little Rock, AR) Talk on “Approach to Management and Treatment of Hyponatremia”
• The Southern Society for Clinical Investigation- February 2010 (New Orleans, Louisiana)
  Talk on “Heme-Oxygenase-1 Expression Regulates Immune Cell Infiltration in Renal Inflammation”
• West Coast Salt and Water Club Meeting- 2004 (Morro Bay, California)
  Talk on “Effects of Dexamethasone on insulin stimulated potassium uptake: evidence for dexamethasone induced insulin resistance.”

Relevant Course:

Origins of Renal Physiology- 2008 (Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine) A National Course for Nephrology Fellows endorsed by the American Society of Nephrology (ASN). Was one among two Fellows sponsored by the Division of Nephrology at UAB.

Select Publications:

1. Perianayagam A, Sterns R, Silver S, Grieff M, Mayo R, Hix J, Kouides R. DDAVP is Effective in Preventing and Reversing Inadvertent Over- correction of Hyponatremia. Clinical Journal of American Society of Nephrology. Mar 2008; 3 (2) 331-6.

2. Zheng D, Perianayagam A, Lee DH, Brannan MD, Yang LE, Tellalian D, Chen P, Lemieux K, Marette A, Youn JH, McDonough AA. AMPK Activation with AICAR Provokes an Acute Fall in Plasma [K+]. American Journal of Physiology, Cell Physiology. Jan 2008; 294 (1): C126-35.

3. Rhee MS, Perianayagam A, Chen P, Youn JH, McDonough AA. Dexamethasone treatment causes resistance to insulin-stimulated cellular potassium uptake in the rat. American Journal of Physiology, Cell Physiology. May 2006; 290 (5): C1355-63.

Select Posters:

1. Perianayagam A, Silver S, Kouides R, Sterns R. Rochester General Hospital. Efficacy of DDAVP in Rapid Correction of Hyponatremia. National Kidney Foundation. Poster Number 28. April 2007.

2. Perianayagam A, Chen P, Zheng D, Youn JH, McDonough AA. Physiology, USC Keck School of Medicine. AMPK Activation In Vivo Stimulates Net Cellular Uptake of K+. The American Society of Nephrology. Poster Number F-PO076. Nov 2004.

3. Zheng D, Perianayagam A, Youn JH, McDonough AA. AMPK Activation In Vivo Causes a Marked Drop in ECF (K+) Due to Net Cellular Uptake, Independent of Insulin Action. The American Society of Nephrology, Poster Number F-PO077, Nov 2004.

4. Rhee M, Perianayagam A, Chen P, Youn JH, McDonough AA. Effects of Dexamethasone on Insulin-Stimulated K+ Uptake Measured In Vivo with the K + Clamp. The American Society of Nephrology. Poster number F-PO077, Nov 2003.

5. Won 1st Prize (Clinical Section): Anjana Perianayagam MD, Amer Zeidan MD, Ragurajan P Sanjeevi MD, Marvin Grieff MD, John Looney MD, Paul Bernstein MD Internal Medicine Residency Program. Treatment of refractory SLE with Rituximab. City- wide Resident Poster Competition, Strong Memorial Hospital, University of Rochester, NY. Nov 2004.

Special Interests:  General nephrology