Faculty Details

Assistant Professor in Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences 2001-2003                                                                         

Assistant professor in Medicine, father muller medical college – 2003 – 2007                                                 

Associate Professor in Fr Muller Medical College 2007-20212                                                                               

Professor in Fr Muller Medical College  2012 till date 

Non-communicable diseases, medical education

*Distinction in the ‘Distance Fellowship in  Diabetes Management - Department  of  Distance Education, CMC, Vellore 2015. 

*External member of  Board of  Studies - JSS university, Mysore  2019 -2024.

* Faculty of Medicine Academic Couoncil - Sril Devaraj Academy of    Highter Education and Research, Kolar. * Member of Board of Studies - RGUHS,Bangalore from 2021. 

* Chapter Excellence award- American College of Physicians 2024. *  Best Woman Physcian Award 2024 - Indian Diabetes Cardiometabolic diseases association.,

* Best Reviewer of the Year 2024 - APIK Journal Medicine  

Member - Credentialling and Privileging Committee., Member - Clinical Audit Committee., Member and Former Convener - Medical Education unit 

Staff Coordinator and Counsellor , Member of Departmental  Disciplinary Committee 

Association Of Physicians Of India – National., Association of Physicians of India-DK Chapter., Indian Medial Association, RSSDI- Researh Society for Study of Diabetes in India., American College of Physicians.,  DIWAAS Diabetic information & WellbeingAssociation., Association of Health Professional Educators.

Book publications :  *Linker Case Primer : Integrated Teaching in CBME curriculum: Smitha Bhat And Archana Bhat, 2023., * Chapter on Special circumstances in Indian Society of Hypertension guidelines published in 2023.,  *Gamification and Digital Tools in Medical Education-  2025., *Panacea interdisciplinary text book of thyroid disorders - edited by Dr Asutosh Mishra, Dr Palla Mishra, Dr Pramila Kalra, Dr Smitha Bhat - 2025.,      * Bhat, S. (2025). Clinical conundrums to practice diagnostic reasoning. Springer.   .       

Bhat, Smitha. Checklist-based training for essential clinical skills in 3 term MBBS students. International Journal of Academic Medicine 7(3):p 150-155, Jul–Sep 2021.

Dsouza, Nikhil Victor, Smitha Bhat, and Manjunath Kulkarni. 2022. Seroconversion After Hepatitis B Vaccination in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients on Maintenance Hemodialysis: Does Diabetes Affect Seroconversion Response?”. Romanian Journal of Diabetes Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases 29 (2), 160-66

How effective are mosquito aquatic habitat modification and manipulation interventions for controlling malaria? Agustín Ciapponi (MD) and Smitha Bhat (MD, MRCP (UK)) (on behalf of Cochrane Clinical Answers Editors). Cochrane Clinical Answers 2023

Aithal V, Bhat S. Semmes Weinstein monofilament test for detection of diabetic peripheral neuropathy: sensitivity and specificity. The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery. 2024 Dec;60(1):1-5