Thankam Paul Thyvalikakath

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University of Pittsburgh
School of Dental Medicine
Public Health/Information Management
Assistant ProfessorAppointed: 2006
University of Pittsburgh
School of Medicine
Biomedical Informatics
Assistant ProfessorAppointed: 2006
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Mailing Address

334 Salk Hall
3501 Terrace St
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261
United States

Contact Information

Phone: (412) 648-9196
tpt1@pitt.edu

Qualifications

M.S., University of Pittsburgh, Biomedical Informatics, 2006.
Certificate, University of Pittsburgh, Clinical Research, 2006.
MDS, University of Calicut, Oral & MaxillofacialSurgery, 1994.
BDS, University of Kerala, Dental Surgery, 1991.

Expertise and Research Interests

Medical and dental informatics
Computer-based oral health records
Decision support systems in dentistry
Evidence based dentistry

Other Expertise

Oral & Maxillofacial surgery

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Information Management, Public Health.

Languages

(Reading, Writing, Speaking)

Hindi: (Fluent, Fluent, Fluent)
Malayalam: (Fluent, Fluent, Fluent)

Memberships

American Association for Dental Research
American Dental Association
American Medical Informatics Association
Association of Oral & Maxillofacial surgeons of India
Indian Dental Association

Previous Positions

2005-2006, Post doctoral Associate, University of Pittsburgh, School of Dental Medicine, Public Health/Information Management, Center for Dental Informatics
2003-2005, Post-doctoral fellow, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Center for Biomedical Informatics
1998-2001, Consultant, Caritas Hospital, Kottayam, India
1996-1997, Fellow, Justus-Liebig-Universität, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
1995-1996, Assistant Professor, Mangalore University, Yenepoya Dental College, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Funding Received

  • National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (1K08DE018957-01A2 ): Principal Investigator, $407,641, 2009 to 2012.
  • University of Pittsburgh Multidisciplinary Clinical Research Scholars Program (CTSA KL2RR024154-04): Clinical Research Scholar, $605,177, 2005 to 2009.

Publications

  • Bekhuis T, Thyvalikakath TP, Oliver R (2009) Interventions for treating ameloblastomas of the jaws (Protocol), Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (4), Art. No.: CD003975
  • Thyvalikakath TP, Monaco V, Thambuganipalle HB, Schleyer T (2009) Comparative study of heuristic evaluation and usability testing methods, Stud Health Technol Inform, 143, 322-7
  • Thyvalikakath TP, Monaco V, Thambuganipalle HB, Schleyer T (2008) A usability evaluation of four commercial dental computer-based patient record systems., J Am Dent Assoc, 139 (12), 1632-42
  • Spallek H, Butler BS, Schleyer TK, Weiss PM, Wang X, Thyvalikakath TP, Hatala C, Naderi RA (2008) Supporting emerging disciplines with e-communities: needs and benefits, J Med Internet Res, 10 (2), e19
  • Schleyer TK, Thyvalikakath TP, Hong J (Aug 2007) What is user-centered design?, Journal of the American Dental Association, 138 (8), 1081-2 Abstract
  • Schleyer TK, Thyvalikakath TP, Malatack P, Marotta M, Shah TA, Phanichphant P, Price G, Hong J (Aug 2007) The feasibility of a three-dimensional charting interface for general dentistry., Journal of the American Dental Association, 138 (8), 1072-80 Abstract
  • Thyvalikakath TP, Schleyer TK, Monaco V (Feb 2007) Heuristic evaluation of clinical functions in four practice management systems: a pilot study., Journal of the American Dental Association, 138 (2), 209-10, 212-8 Abstract
  • Schleyer TK, Thyvalikakath TP, Spallek H, Torres-Urquidy MH, Hernandez P, Yuhaniak J, Clinical computing in general dentistry., Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA (2006), 13 (3), 344-52 Abstract

Profile Details

Last Updated: 10/31/2009

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