SunilKLalMD

Advanced Endoscopic Interventional

Physician

Overview of Dr. Lal

Dr. Sunil Lal is a gastroenterologist in Augusta, GA and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Doctors Hospital of Augusta, University Hospital Summerville, and Piedmont Augusta. He received his medical degree from University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago and has been in practice 18 years. Dr. Lal accepts several types of health insurance, listed below. He is one of 17 doctors at Doctors Hospital of Augusta and one of 10 doctors at University Hospital Summerville who specialize in Gastroenterology. He has more than 60 publications and over 500 citings.

Office
Doctors Hospital of Augusta
3623 J Dewey Gray Cir, Suite 210
Augusta, GA 30909
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Education & Training

Drexel University College of Medicine/Hahnemann University HospitalFellowship, Gastroenterology, 2003 - 2006
Rush University Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 1999 - 2003
University of Illinois College of MedicineClass of 1999

Certifications & Licensure

GA State Medical License 2006 - 2024
FL State Medical License 2017 - 2019
SC State Medical License 2010 - 2013
PA State Medical License 2003 - 2006
IL State Medical License 1999 - 2005
American Board of Internal Medicine Gastroenterology

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

15 citations
SARS coronavirus 3b accessory protein modulates transcriptional activity of RUNX1b.
Bhavna Varshney, Sudhakar Agnihotram, Yee-Joo Tan, Ralph S. Baric, Sunil K. Lal> ;Plos One. 2012 Jan 12
58 citations
Influenza A virus nucleoprotein exploits Hsp40 to inhibit PKR activation.
Kulbhushan Sharma, Shashank Tripathi, Priya Ranjan, Purnima Kumar, Rebecca Garten, Varough M. Deyde, Jacqueline M. Katz, Nancy J. Cox, Renu B. Lal, Suryaprakash Sambha...> ;Plos One. 2011 Jun 15
77 citations
Influenza virus and cell signaling pathways
Pratibha Gaur, Ashok Munjhal, Sunil K. Lal> ;Medical Science Monitor. 2011 Jun 1
38 citations
SARS-CoV accessory protein 3b induces AP-1 transcriptional activity through activation of JNK and ERK pathways.
Bhavna Varshney, Sunil K. Lal> ;Biochemistry. 2011 May 31
33 citations
SARS-CoV 9b Protein Diffuses into Nucleus, Undergoes Active Crm1 Mediated Nucleocytoplasmic Export and Triggers Apoptosis When Retained in the Nucleus
Kulbhushan Sharma, Sara Åkerström, Anuj K Sharma, Vincent T. K. Chow, Shumein Teow, Bernard Abrenica, Stephanie A. Booth, Timothy F. Booth, Ali Mirazimi, Sunil K. Lal> ;Plos One. 2011 May 27
15 citations
Effect of mitoxantrone on proliferation dynamics and cell-cycle progression.
Shahper N. Khan, Sunil K. Lal, Purnima Kumar, Asad U. Khan> ;Bioscience Reports. 2010 Dec 1
35 citations
The 7a Accessory Protein of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Acts as an RNA Silencing Suppressor
Sumona Karjee, Ankita Minhas, Vikas Sood, Sanket Singh Ponia, Akhil C. Banerjea, Vincent T. K. Chow, Sunil K. Mukherjee, Sunil K. Lal> ;Journal of Virology. 2010 Oct 1
55 citations
An Antibody against a Novel and Conserved Epitope in the Hemagglutinin 1 Subunit Neutralizes Numerous H5N1 Influenza Viruses
Hsueh Ling Janice Oh, Sara Åkerström, Shuo Shen, Sándor Bereczky, Helen Karlberg, Jonas Klingström, Sunil K. Lal, Ali Mirazimi, Yee-Joo Tan> ;Journal of Virology. 2010 Aug 15
14 citations
A new panel of NS1 antibodies for easy detection and titration of influenza A virus.
Zhihao Tan, Sara Åkerström, Boon Yu Wee, Sunil K. Lal, Ali Mirazimi, Yee-Joo Tan> ;Journal of Medical Virology. 2010 Mar 1
22 citations
ORF3 protein of hepatitis E virus interacts with the Bβ chain of fibrinogen resulting in decreased fibrinogen secretion from HuH-7 cells
Ruchi Ratra, Anindita Kar-Roy, Sunil K. Lal> ;The Journal of General Virology. 2009 Jun 1
62 citations
Adaptation of human influenza H3N2 virus in a mouse pneumonitis model: insights into viral virulence, tissue tropism and host pathogenesis.
Telugu Narasaraju, M.K. Sim, H.H. Ng, Meng Chee Phoon, N. Shanker, Sunil K. Lal, Vincent T. K. Chow> ;Microbes and Infection. 2009 Jan 1
33 citations
Comparing the antibody responses against recombinant hemagglutinin proteins of avian influenza A (H5N1) virus expressed in insect cells and bacteria
Shuo Shen, Geetha Mahadevappa, Hsueh-Ling Janice Oh, Boon Yu Wee, Yook-Wah Choi, Le-Ann Hwang, Seng Gee Lim, Wanjin Hong, Sunil K. Lal, Yee-Joo Tan> ;Journal of Medical Virology. 2008 Nov 1
115 citations
The SARS-CoV nucleocapsid protein: A protein with multifarious activities
Milan Surjit, Sunil K. Lal> ;Infection, Genetics and Evolution. 2008 Jul 1
33 citations
The ORF3 protein of hepatitis E virus interacts with hemopexin by means of its 26 amino acid N-terminal hydrophobic domain II.
Ruchi Ratra, and Anindita Kar-Roy, Sunil K. Lal> ;Biochemistry. 2008 Jan 23
44 citations
The nonstructural protein 8 (nsp8) of the SARS coronavirus interacts with its ORF6 accessory protein.
Purnima Kumar, Vithiagaran Gunalan, Boping Liu, Vincent T. K. Chow, Julian Druce, Chris Birch, Mike Catton, Burtram C. Fielding, Yee-Joo Tan, Sunil K. Lal> ;Virology. 2007 Sep 30
17 citations
The 3a accessory protein of SARS coronavirus specifically interacts with the 5'UTR of its genomic RNA, Using a unique 75 amino acid interaction domain.
Kulbhushan Sharma, Milan Surjit, Namita Satija, Boping Liu, Vincent T.K. Chow, Sunil K. Lal> ;Biochemistry. 2007 Jun 5
60 citations
Cytoplasmic Localization of the ORF2 Protein of Hepatitis E Virus Is Dependent on Its Ability To Undergo Retrotranslocation from the Endoplasmic Reticulum
Milan Surjit, Shahid Jameel, Sunil K. Lal> ;Journal of Virology. 2007 Apr 1
77 citations
The molecular biology of SARS coronavirus.
Namita Satija, Sunil K. Lal> ;Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 2007 Apr 1
28 citations
Glycogen synthase kinase-3 phosphorylates and regulates the stability of p27kip1 protein.
Milan Surjit, Sunil K. Lal> ;Cell Cycle. 2007 Mar 1
3 citations
Matrix protein 1: A comparative in silico study on different strains of influenza A H5N1 Virus.
Tamanna Anwar, Sunil K. Lal, Asad U. Khan> ;Bioinformation. 2006 Nov 22
21 citations
The VP1 protein of human enterovirus 71 self-associates via an interaction domain spanning amino acids 66-297.
Sunil K. Lal, Purnima Kumar, W. M. Yeo, Anindita Kar-Roy, Vincent T. K. Chow> ;Journal of Medical Virology. 2006 May 1
142 citations
The nucleocapsid protein of severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus inhibits the activity of cyclin-cyclin-dependent kinase complex and blocks S phase progressio...
Milan Surjit, Boping Liu, Vincent T. K. Chow, Sunil K. Lal> ;The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 2006 Apr 21
47 citations
Enhanced α1 Microglobulin Secretion from Hepatitis E Virus ORF3-expressing Human Hepatoma Cells Is Mediated by the Tumor Susceptibility Gene 101
Milan Surjit, Ruchi Oberoi, Ravinder Kumar, Sunil K. Lal> ;The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 2006 Mar 24
58 citations
Sigmoid volvulus an update.
Sunil K. Lal, Ricardo Morgenstern, Elango P. Vinjirayer, Ayaz Matin> ;Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Clinics of North America. 2006 Jan 1
3 citations
In silico analysis of genes nucleoprotein, neuraminidase and hemagglutinin: a comparative study on different strains of influenza A (Bird flu) virus sub-type H5N1.
Tamanna Anwar, Sunil K. Lal, Asad U. Khan> ;In Silico Biology. 2006 Jan 1
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Press Mentions

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Hospital Affiliations

Doctors Hospital of AugustaAugusta, Georgia
University Hospital SummervilleAugusta, Georgia
Piedmont AugustaAugusta, Georgia

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