• 1989 to 1995 Tutor in Pediatrics Govt Med Coll, Alapuzha
• 1995 to 2004 Asst. Professor in Pediatrics Govt Med Coll, Trivandrum
• 2004 to 2015 Asso. Professor in Pediatrics Govt Med Coll, Alapuzha
• 2015 to 2021 Professor & HoD of Pediatrics Govt Med Coll, Trivandrum
• 2021 to 2026 Professor in Pediatrics Azeezia Medical College, Kollam
• 2026 - Currently working in KIMSHEALTH

• General Pediatrics & Teaching

• MBBS Govt medical college Thiruvananthapuram 1981
• Diploma in Pediatrics Govt medical college Ahamedabad 1984
• DNB Govt medical college Thiruvananthapuram 1993
• MD Govt medical college Thiruvananthapuram 1993

• Member of Indian Medical Association
• Indian Academy of Pediatrics
• National Academy of Medical Sciences

• Chairman, Kerala State Medical Board for management of Covid
• Chairman, Kerala state committee evaluating vaccine adverse events

• Books: Authored 8 medical books. Contributed to 2 medical books.
• Journal publications: National (10), international (2) multicentric study (2)

Authorship of books

• Hand book of Pediarics. AIPD, New Delhi, Chennai. A Santhosh Kumar. (6th edn, 2021)
• Pediatric Prescriber. PARAS, Hyderabad, New Delhi. A Santhosh Kumar. (7th edn, 2024)
• Pediatric Clinical Examination. PARAS, Hyderabad, New Delhi. A Santhosh Kumar (5th edn, 2025)
• Manual of Pediatric Practice. PARAS, Hyderabad, New Delhi. A Santhosh Kumar (4th edn, 2014)
• Pediatric Digest for PG entrance. AIPD, PARAS, New Delhi, Chennai. A Santhosh Kumar (2nd edn, 2003)
• Manual of New born care. PARAS, Hyderabad, New Delhi. A Santhosh Kumar (2nd edn, 2024)
• Pediatric ECG. PARAS, Hyderabad, New Delhi. A Santhosh Kumar (2nd edn 2014)
• Pediatric Ground Round discussion. PARAS, Hyderabad, New Delhi. A Santhosh Kumar (1st edn, 2016)
• SAT treatment guidelines for sick children. PARAS, Hyderabad, New Delhi. 5th edn Edited by A Santhosh Kumar (2019)

Journal publications

• FURAZOLIDONE IN TYPHOIDFEVER—CORRELATION OF CLINICAL EFFICACY WITH SERUM BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY. A. Santhosh Kumar, Mabel Legori N. Sathy Renu Mathew Indian Pediatrics 1995, 32:533-538
• Minimum Inhibitory Concentration of Furazolidone in Children with Typhoid Fever. Santhosh Kumar A, Mabel Legori. Indian Pediatrics 1997, 34: 951-952
• Salmeterol in Exercise Induced Asthma. A. Santhosh kumar. Indian Pediatrics 1998; 35:681-682
• Rabies encephalomyelitis vs. ADEM: Usefulness of MR imaging in differential diagnosis
• Asokan Santhoshkumar, Devadathan Kalpana, Rajanna Sowrabha. Journal of Pediatric Neurosciences 2012; 7: 133-135
• Sankar VH, Uma T, George S, Vasu AK, Kumar S, Santhoshkumar A, Chellamma N. Pattern of congenital abnormalities in a tertiary hospital and its impact on neonatal mortality. Indian J Child Health. 2017; 4(4):599-602
• Hariharan SV, Perumalsamy RJ, Sugunan S, Ismail R, Santhoshkumar A. Clinical characteristics of neurological manifestations in influenza-A (H1N1) among children in a tertiary care hospital, South India, during 2019. Indian J Child Health. 2021; May 15 [Epub ahead of print].
• Persistent Viral Shedding after SARS CoV 2 Infection in an Infant with Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Sankar Vaikom Hariharan1 · Sahana Muthusamy1 · Santhosh Kumar Asokan1. Indian Journal of Pediatrics (Springer), published on line on 3 rd September 2021
• Sugunan S, Kumar AS, Krishnan RR, Manayankath R. A clinico epidemiological analysis of dengue deaths in children during outbreaks in the year 2013 and 2017: A retrospective observational study from a tertiary care teaching hospital in South India. J Pediatr Crit Care 2021;8:186-91
• Dengue Bulletin – Volume 42, 2021: Gravitraps in dengue surveillance and control: a community-based intervention Pillaveetil Sathyadas Indu,a# Gnanaseelan Kanakamma Libu,a Sujatha Chintha,a Thekkumkara Surendrannair Anish,a Lawrence Tony,a N.S.Siju,a Kannamkottapilly Chandrasekharan Prajitha,a Reshma Rajan Sudha,a T. Akhil,a Sahadevan Sunija,b Jaichand Johnson,b Sukumarannair Vinod,c Aravind Reghukumar,d Easwaran Sreekumar,e Karunakaran Lalithabai Saradadevi,f Asokan Santhoshkumar,g Narendran Pradeepkumar,h Thomas Mathew,i Vasu Meenakshi,j Bhupendar Nagpal,k Raman Velayudhan,l
• Clinical Profile of Hypoglycaemia in Neonates at Risk in a Tertiary Care Teaching Institute in Southern India: A Longitudinal Study.
• Christy Tom1, Susy Joseph2, Bindusha Sasidharan3, Veena Anand4, A Santhoshkumar5
• Indian Journal of Neonatal Medicine and Research. 2022 Apr, Vol-10(2): PO21-PO26
• Clinical Profile and Short-Term Outcome of Children with SARS-CoV-2 Related Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome (MIS-C) Treated with Pulse Methylprednisolone *SHEEJA SUGUNAN, S BINDUSHA, S GEETHA, HR NIYAS AND A SANTHOSH KUMAR. Indian pediatrics, April 20.2021, epublished ahead of print
• Multicentric study. Prospective surveillance for intussusception in Indian children aged under two years at nineteen tertiary care hospitals (Multicentric study with 54 authors, Dr A Santhosh Kumar is 49th author)
• The INCLEN Intussusception Surveillance Network Study Group BMC Pediatrics (2020) 20:413 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-020-02293-5
• Multicentric study: Risk of intussusception after monovalent rotavirus vaccine (Rotavac) in Indian infants: A self-controlled case series analysis The INCLEN Intussusception Surveillance Network Study Group. Vaccine 39 (2021) 78–84.
• (CRediT authorship contribution statement Manoja Kumar Das and Narendra Kumar Arora: Study conceptualisation, study design, protocol development, training, data analysis, interpretation, manuscript preparation. Bini Gupta and Apoorva Sharan: Study coordination, monitoring, data cleaning, data analysis. Ramesh Poluru, Jacqueline E. Tate and Umesh D. Parashar: Protocol development, data analysis and manuscript preparation. Mahesh K. Aggarwal, Pradeep Haldar, Patrick L F Zuber, Jan Bonhoeffer, Arindam Ray and Christine G. Maure: Protocol development, quality assurance and monitoring. Ashish Wakhlu, Bhadresh R Vyas, Javeed Iqbal Bhat, Jayanta K. Goswami, John Mathai, Kameswari K., Lalit Bharadia, Lalit Sankhe, Ajayakumar M.K., Neelam Mohan, Pradeep K. Jena, Rachita Sarangi, Rashmi Shad, Sanjib K. Debbarma, Shyamala J., Simmi K. Ratan, Suman Sarkar, Vijayendra Kumar, Anand P. Dubey, Atul Gupta, Cenita J. Sam, Gowhar Nazir Mufti, Harsh Trivedi, Jimmy Shad, Kaushik Lahiri, Krishnaswamy R., Meera Luthra, Narendra Behera, Padmalatha P., Rajamani G., Rakesh Kumar, Ruchirendu Sarkar, Santosh Kumar A., Subrat Kumar Sahoo, Sunil K. Ghosh, Sushant Mane, Arun Kumar Dash, Bashir Ahmad Charoo, Bikasha Bihary Tripathy, Rajendra Prasad G., Harish Kumar S., Jothilakshmi K., Nihar Ranjan Sarkar, Pavai Arunachalam, Satya Sundar G. Mohapatra, and Saurabh Garge: Participant recruitment and data collection. All authors reviewed, provided critical input and approved the final version. The content represents the views of the authors alone and do not necessarily represent the official positions.)
• WHO 2009 Warning Signs as Predictors of Time Taken for Progression to Severe Dengue in Children PRIYA SREENIVASAN, 1,2 S GEETHA1,2 AND A SANTHOSH KUMAR1. Indian Pediatrics VOLUME 57__OCTOBER 15, 2020"

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