Raksha Mirchandani, BDS, DDS, MS

Raksha Mirchandani, DDS

OFFICE PHONE
410-955-6663

EDUCATION – Medical School/Dental School
Dr. R. Ahmed Dental College, Kolkata, West Bengal
Columbia University - School of Dental & Oral Surgery
Georgetown University Dental School – Dental School (Oral Pathology)

EDUCATION – Residency
University of Maryland Dental School, Endodontics

EDUCATION – Fellowship
Long Island Jewish Medical Center - Oral Pathology & Surgical Pathology Fellowship

CLINICAL INTERESTS

• Endodontics (Diagnostic dilemmas, Trauma and Endodontic Microsurgery)
• Oral Diseases and Oral Pathology

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Endodontic and Oral Infections and their link to systemic diseases

PRINCIPAL HOSPITAL
The Johns Hopkins Hospital

PRESENTATIONS
Hemangiopericytoma of the oral cavity: Report of 3 cheek cases with a review of the literature:. R. Mirchandani*, J. Fantasia, J.J. Sciubba., Abstract, Oral Presentation. Annual meeting of the American Academy, of Oral Pathology, April 1989, Savannah, Georgia.

Oral Findings in HIV infection: Oral Candidiasis:. J. Phelan, R. Mirchandani*, D. Mitchell-Lewis, J. Grbic, J. Fine, J. Blazer, G. Crock, M. Begg, J. Zambon, I. Lamster, (Center for Oral HIV Studies, Columbia University, New York). Abstract, AADR Annual Meeting and Exhibition, March 11-15 1992, Boston, Massachusetts.

Prevalence of Periodontal Disease in HIV Positive Homosexual Men: J. Grbic, J. Fine, J. Zambon, R. Mirchandani*, D. Mitchell-Lewis, J. Phelan, I. Lamster, (Center for Oral HIV Studies Columbia University, New York). Abstract, AADR Annual Meeting and Exhibition, March 11-15, 1992, Boston, Massachusetts.

Oral Findings in HIV Diseases: Relationship of Oral Lesions to CD4+ Counts: M. Begg, J. Blazer, J. Phelan, D. Mitchell-Lewis, R. Mirchandani* J. Gorman, I. Lamster, (Center for Oral HIV Studies Columbia University,  New York. Abstract, AADR Annual Meeting and Exhibition, March 11-15 1992, Boston, Massachusetts.

Oral Manifestations of AIDS: R. Mirchandani* Presented Paper at the First Indian Academy of Oral Pathologists Meeting (1993).

Common Oral Lesions. R. Mirchandani* Presented Paper at the Calcutta Dental Study Club (1999)

Primer Sensitivity: Can it Influence the Results of Enterococcus faecalis Prevalence Studies? R. Mirchandani *, R. Nandakumar , AF.Fouad . Abstract, Poster Presentation. AAE Annual meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, 2006.

PUBLISHED ARTICLES

Primer sensitivity: can it influence the results in Enterococcus faecalis prevalence studies? Oral Surg, Oral Med, Oral Path, Oral Radiology & Endo. 103(3): 429-432 (2007).  Nandakumar R, Mirchandani R, Fouad AF

Granular Cell Lesions of the Oral Cavity: A clinico-pathological, immunohistochemical and ultra-structural study. J Oral Max Surg. 47:1248-55 (1989). Mirchandani R, Sciubba J.J,
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Hemangiopericytoma. of the oral cavity. Oral Surg Oral Med. Oral Pathol. 68: 594: 1989. Mirchandani R, Sciubba JJ, Fantasia J, Kahn, LB.

Malignant Myopithelioma of Salivary glands - Report of a case and review of the literature. (Sent for publication to CANCER). Mirchandani R, Ilardi C, Sciubba JJ, Wenig B, Kahn LB.

A clinic pathological correlation of Ameloblastic Fibro sarcoma with a study of nine cases, review of the literature and Ultra structural findings." Thesis, (M.S), AFIP and Georgetown University.

Clinic pathological evaluation of Oral Pre-cancerous Cancerous lesions" Pal RR, Mirchandani R.

CASE REPORTS

Trisomy 18 with Cantrell Pentology in a Stillborn Infant Am J Med Genetics. 31:391-394, 1988. Fox J.E, Gloster E,
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Congenital oral cyst with heterotopic gastrointestinal and respiratory mucosa: Report of a case. Arch Path Lab Med. Vol. 113:13nl-2 (Nov'89). Mirchandani R, Sciubba JJ, Gloster E.