Dr. Vasif Mayan M C is a highly accomplished Consultant in Infectious Diseases with exceptional academic credentials and extensive expertise in managing complex infectious diseases. A first-rank holder with distinction in both MBBS and DM Infectious Diseases examinations, Dr. Vasif has established himself as one of Kerala’s emerging specialists in infectious disease medicine, antimicrobial stewardship, and infection control.
With advanced super-speciality training from Government Medical College, Kottayam, and over six years of academic and clinical experience in Internal Medicine, he has managed a wide spectrum of tropical infections, multidrug-resistant bacterial infections, invasive fungal diseases, transplant-related infections, and infections in immunocompromised patients. Dr. Vasif also played critical public health leadership roles during the Nipah outbreak in Kerala and the COVID-19 pandemic response in Wayanad district.
Known for his evidence-based clinical approach and commitment to research-driven care, Dr. Vasif combines precision diagnostics, antimicrobial stewardship, and compassionate patient care to deliver comprehensive infectious disease management.
DM – Infectious Diseases – Government Medical College, Kottayam / Kerala University of Health Sciences – 2025MD – Internal Medicine – Government Mohan Kumaramangalam Medical College, Salem – 2017MBBS – Dr. SMCSI Medical College, Karakonam, Thiruvananthapuram – 2012
- Associate Consultant – Infectious Diseases – Baby Memorial Hospital, Kozhikode
- Senior Resident – Infectious Diseases – Government Medical College, Kottayam
- Senior Resident – Internal Medicine – Government Mohan Kumaramangalam Medical College, Salem
- Junior Resident – Internal Medicine – Government Mohan Kumaramangalam Medical College, Salem
- Tropical and emerging infectious diseases
- Multidrug-resistant bacterial infections
- Invasive fungal and viral infections
- Transplant and immunocompromised host infections
- Antimicrobial stewardship and AMR
- Hospital infection prevention and control
- Travel medicine and adult immunisation
- Molecular diagnostics and genome sequencing
- Device and hardware-associated infections
- Biofilm-associated infections
Core Specialisations:
- Infectious Diseases
- Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology
- Antimicrobial Stewardship
- Tropical Medicine
- Precision Infectious Disease Management
- Transplant Infection Medicine
- First Rank in DM Infectious Diseases with Distinction – Kerala University of Health Sciences (2025)
- First Rank in MBBS with 8 Gold Medals – Kerala University
- Best Outgoing Student – MBBS Batch
- Best All-Rounder – MBBS Batch
- First Prize – Best Research Poster, AIDS Society of India National Conference (2024)
- First Prize – Best Research Paper, National Conference on Students’ Medical Research (2010)
- Selected for ESCMID Observership in Transplant Infections – Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Sevilla, Spain
- 2nd Runner-up – Torrent Young Scholar Award for Best Postgraduate Student in Internal Medicine at National Level
- European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID)
- Association of Physicians of India (API)
- Indian Medical Association (IMA)
Dr. Vasif Mayan M C has published multiple research papers and case reports in reputed peer-reviewed journals including Open Forum Infectious Diseases and the Journal of Clinical Infectious Diseases Society. His research interests include carbapenem-resistant infections, transplant infections, fungal diseases, neuroinfectious disorders, antimicrobial resistance, and tropical medicine.
