Harikrishna Kovilapu

MD, DM| Medical Oncology, Christian Medical College, Vellore

[Josh Thomas Georgy @jtgeorgy]

Glad to share our invited review on systemic therapy for refractory thyroid carcinoma is now published in Current Opinion in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Obesity.
With @HK_DMonc and @todrashish
https://t.co/WKr2Pwd25p
#ThyroidCancer #PrecisionOncology

[Praveen Kumar Marimuthu @drmpk91]

Proud moment for the Thoracic Oncology Multidisciplinary Team @OffCMCVellore
Our real-world study on induction chemotherapy ± low-dose nivolumab in stage III NSCLC featured among the Top Articles of 2025 in @JCOGO_ASCO
DOI: https://t.co/6cMfz2o2Cq
https://t.co/oWHxwBhGVz
#LCSM

[Roger Federer @rogerfederer]

Vamos, @RafaelNadal!

As you get ready to graduate from tennis, I’ve got a few things to share before I maybe get emotional.

Let’s start with the obvious: you beat me—a lot. More than I managed to beat you. You challenged me in ways no one else could. On clay, it felt like I was stepping into your backyard, and you made me work harder than I ever thought I could just to hold my ground. You made me reimagine my game—even going so far as to change the size of my racquet head, hoping for any edge.

I’m not a very superstitious person, but you took it to the next level. Your whole process. All those rituals. Assembling your water bottles like toy soldiers in formation, fixing your hair, adjusting your underwear... All of it with the highest intensity. Secretly, I kind of loved the whole thing. Because it was so unique—it was so you.

And you know what, Rafa, you made me enjoy the game even more. 

OK, maybe not at first. After the 2004 Australian Open, I achieved the #1 ranking for the first time. I thought I was on top of the world. And I was—until two months later, when you walked on the court in Miami in your red sleeveless shirt, showing off those biceps, and you beat me convincingly. All that buzz I’d been hearing about you—about this amazing young player from Mallorca, a generational talent, probably going to win a major someday—it wasn’t just hype.

We were both at the start of our journey and it’s one we ended up taking together. Twenty years later, Rafa, I have to say: What an incredible run you’ve had. Including 14 French Opens—historic! You made Spain proud... you made the whole tennis world proud.

I keep thinking about the memories we’ve shared. Promoting the sport together. Playing that match on half-grass, half-clay. Breaking the all-time attendance record by playing in front of more than 50,000 fans in Cape Town, South Africa. Always cracking each other up. Wearing each other out on the court and then, sometimes, almost literally having to hold each other up during trophy ceremonies.

I’m still grateful you invited me to Mallorca to help launch the Rafa Nadal Academy in 2016. Actually, I kind of invited myself. I knew you were too polite to insist on me being there, but I didn’t want to miss it. You have always been a role model for kids around the world, and Mirka and I are so glad that our children have all trained at your academies. They had a blast and learned so much—like thousands of other young players. Although I always worried my kids would come home playing tennis as lefties.

And then there was London—the Laver Cup in 2022. My final match. It meant everything to me that you were there by my side—not as my rival but as my doubles partner. Sharing the court with you that night, and sharing those tears, will forever be one of the most special moments of my career.

Rafa, I know you’re focused on the last stretch of your epic career. We will talk when it’s done. For now, I just want to congratulate your family and team, who all played a massive role in your success. And I want you to know that your old friend is always cheering for you, and will be cheering just as loud for everything you do next.

Rafa that!

Best always, your fan, 

Roger

[Josh Thomas Georgy @jtgeorgy]

1/ 📢 Excited to share our study led by @heberrewbright @todrashish & Sujith J Chandy(@ICARS_global) published in @JCOGO_ASCO investigating the role of capsaicin in⬇️CINV: an investigator-initiated RCT @ajoel_84 @ajoyojohn @divyathumaty @OffCMCVellore https://t.co/SgVm4ZYNLT

[Josh Thomas Georgy @jtgeorgy]

https://t.co/SgVm4ZYNLT

[Dr Sudhir Kumar MD DM @hyderabaddoctor]

Doctors who have received medical education at CMC Vellore are fortunate

I was fortunate to do my MBBS (1989-1993), internship (1994), MD Medicine (1995-1998) and DM Neurology (1999-2000) at Christian Medical College (CMC) Vellore. I consider myself privileged to have got that opportunity.

What are the unique features of medical training at CMC Vellore?
1⃣Smaller batch size (it was 60 students per batch when we did MBBS; currently the batch size is 100). This allows for better faculty/student ratio and greater resources per student.

2⃣Availability of trained and experienced faculty. Several professors were pioneers in their fields.

3⃣Availability of all departments. In 90s, we had exposure to departments such as hematology (including BMT), endocrinology, nephrology (including renal transplant), genetics, rheumatology, etc.

4⃣Easier access to faculty. Senior faculty stayed at the college/hospital campus. We were also allotted a "clinical tutor" (a senior faculty with whom we could discuss academic issues at any time),

5⃣Well-stocked library. Our library had the latest books and journals. It mattered then to have physical copies of old as well as latest manuscripts (in today's digital world, that problem is partly solved),

6⃣High patient volume. Patients are doctor's best teachers. No book can teach us what we learn from patients. CMC Vellore had huge OP as well as IP patient volumes. Many of the cases were complicated and they were referred from far off places.

7⃣Good mix of bedside clinics and didactic lectures. For bedside clinics, we were divided into smaller batches, and professors could focus better on individual students.

8⃣First hand exposure to community and rural health. There was great emphasis on community health right from the first year of MBBS, when we were made to stay in a rural area for two weeks and study the health-related issues there. The community health program continued in later years too.

9⃣Lectures by super-specialists during MBBS. We were fortunate to have lectures by neurologists, cardiologists and other super-specialists during MBBS. This gave exposure to higher specialties much earlier in our careers.

🔟Focus on research & publications. Many departments had faculties, who were leaders in their fields, and it was easy for us to get inspired to take up research in our areas of interest.

In addition, the focus at CMC Vellore is on ethical practice, to offer the best treatment at the lowest possible cost and do what is best for the patient.

Learning for a doctor is a life-long process. However, excellent training received in our formative years do play a major role.

#MedTwitter #MBBS #NEETUG2024 #neet2024 #NEET @OffCMCVellore

[Josh Thomas Georgy @jtgeorgy]

Glad to share 2 of our studies presented at #ESMOAsia2023 from Medical Oncology, @OffCMCVellore
👉Induction low dose nivolumab+Chemo in inoperable HNSCC
👉renal Ewing/PNET 20 yr retro data
@todrashish @ajoel_84 @divyathumaty @ajoyojohn @drmpk91 @Harikri44884728

@DrMLChua

[Ajoy Oommen John @ajoyojohn]

Special thanks to Dr Nithya Ramnath for expert guidance and to @todrashish @divyathumaty @ajoel_84 @rajutchacko for their invaluable mentorship and support.

[Ajoy Oommen John @ajoyojohn]

Excited to share our latest narrative review article on neoadjuvant vs. adjuvant systemic therapy for early-stage #NSCLC , with a focus on the evolving landscape of #io. #immunotherapy #lcsm Read the full article in @OncJournal: https://t.co/5sJKT88Cfm

[Josh Thomas Georgy @jtgeorgy]

https://t.co/a006obG9J7
Our outcomes from medical oncology @OffCMCVellore for patients with locally advanced rectal cancer. TNT protocol FOLFOX 12 wks-> LCCRT with full dose 5FU/LV -> TME. study by @ajoyojohn and protocol conceived & led by @todrashish, @ajoel_84 @divyathumaty

[Josh Thomas Georgy @jtgeorgy]

@OffCMCVellore @ajoyojohn @todrashish @ajoel_84 @divyathumaty @drmpk91 @Harikri44884728 @JerryesPious PrashantJambunathan

[Josh Thomas Georgy @jtgeorgy]

#worldcancerday Cancer awareness programme organised by the hemato-oncology nursing team and Medical Oncology @OffCMCVellore. Dr. Bala Seetharaman Nursing Superintendent inaugrated in presence of Dr. Dheepak Selvaraj, Dr. Aby Abraham, Dr. @todrashish Dr. @divyathumaty

[Dr.Sabiha @_drsabiha]

Aisa bhi hota hai!

My dad and I had been to Sketchers to buy shoes. There we meet a young man, who came to us and said, "Mala olakhla ka?"
(Did you recognize me)

My dad could not recognise him.

What he said next
was shocking!

[Harikrishna Kovilapu @HK_DMonc]

@CancerCentral2 Mitotic rate

[Harikrishna Kovilapu @HK_DMonc]

@Angelo69Mathews @CricketAus @BLACKCAPS It's not consistency that matters in T20's, only the one who plays fearless game it matters

[Harikrishna Kovilapu @HK_DMonc]

@harbhajan_singh @BLACKCAPS Ssshhh enough it's not 20 overs game to say it as team game it's a T20 match please don't feel sorry about that team

[Jr NTR @tarak9999]

Here’s #RRRGlimpse…
Get ready to experience high-octane action drama on the big screen from 7th Jan, 2022. #RRRMovie

https://t.co/JKmpLbwdaw

@ssrajamouli @AlwaysRamCharan @ajaydevgn @aliaa08 @oliviamorris891 @RRRMovie @DVVMovies

[Harikrishna Kovilapu @HK_DMonc]

@rachana_ranade Happy Birthday ma'am

[Arun Bothra 🇮🇳 @arunbothra]

Ronaldo moves away #CocaCola and promote drinking water. Compare this with our #Bollywood stars who give sermons on personal fitness on every platform and then promote aerated drinks, pan masala and gutkha.
#Ronaldo
#ronaldococacola

[Nikhil Patidar Patel @NikhilPatidarr]

#NoMoreModi.!

“The Prediction of...
BEST ECONOMIST OF THE WORLD🌍!”
- Manmohan Singh "(in 2014)"