Faculty & Staff

Qualification/ Education

MBBS – Topiwala National Medical College, University of Mumbai (1986)
Registration No: 58142 | Medical Council of India / Maharashtra Medical Council

Diploma in Anaesthesiology – Topiwala National Medical College, University of Mumbai (1986)
Registration No: 58142 | Maharashtra Medical Council

MD – Topiwala National Medical College, University of Mumbai (1991)
Registration No: 58142 | Medical Council of India / Maharashtra Medical Council

DNB – National Board of Examinations (1996)

PGDip in Palliative Medicine – Cardiff University, UK (2010)

Experience

Teaching Experience

Professor Grade I – St. John’s Medical College Hospital
21-01-2022 to Till date | 3 years 6 months

Professor – Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences
02-07-2007 to 23-01-2009 | 1 year 6 months

Associate Professor – St. John’s Medical College Hospital
01-04-2004 to 30-06-2007 | 3 years 3 months

Consultant (Associate Professor level) – St. John’s Medical College Hospital
01-07-2003 to 31-03-2004 | 9 months

Assistant Professor – St. John’s Medical College Hospital
21-01-2002 to 30-06-2003 | 1 year 5 months

Lecturer – Topiwala National Medical College
23-12-1989 to 11-10-1992 | 2 years 9 months

Resident Registrar – Topiwala National Medical College
01-02-1988 to 22-12-1989 | 1 year 10 months

Areas of interest

• Regular practitioner of Yoga. Authored and presented on Perspectives of Yoga in Chronic Pain at the World Yoga Convention (held once in 20 years), Munger, India (Nov 2013). 
• Indian Classical Dance and Music 
• Nature - walks, treks
• Interphase of Health and Spirituality

Field of Expertise

• Pain and Palliative Medicine
• Oncology Palliative Care
• Renal Supportive Care and Conservative Kidney Management
• Quality Improvement in Healthcare
• Policy Development in Palliative Care and Access to Essential Medicine

Extramural portfolios/ Committees

Course Director and guide for DNB in Palliative Medicine- National Board of Examinatiions

Course in-charge - PG Fellowship In Palliative Care – Rajeev Gandhi University of Health Sciences

Palliative Care Consultant and Quality Improvement Mentor: National Cancer Grid - India

International Society of Nephrology Working Group: Conservative Kidney Management 

Faculty: Academy of Palliative Medicine

Expert: Evidence Based Guidelines for Lung Cancer, Indian Council of Medical Research-Centre for Evidence based Guidelines, Department of Health Research 

Other formal training/certification

Biopsychosocial Cancer Pain Workshop (Current) – Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, USA

CReDO – International Collaborative Research Methods (Oncology) (2018) –
ICMR, NCI, ASCO, NCG, King’s College London, Cancer Research UK

Certificate Course: Palliative Care – Promoting Access & Improvement of Cancer Experience (2018) – Stanford Medicine, USA

ECHO-Immersion (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) (2016) – Project ECHO, University of New Mexico

Certified Trainer – EPEC Program (2016) – Northwestern University, Chicago, USA

Visiting Scholar (Apr–Jul 2014) – Dept. of Palliative Medicine, Aachen University, Germany

Community-Based Approach for Prevention of Chronic Kidney Disorders (2009) – Kidney Help Trust, Chennai

Intensive Board Review Course in Hospice & Palliative Medicine (2009) – MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, USA

Advanced Research Methodology (2008) – International Observatory on End of Life Care, University of Lancaster, UK

Foundation Course in Pain & Palliative Care (2000) – Global Cancer Concern & Pain and Palliative Care Society, Calicut

Online Courses

Palliative Care Always – Certificate Course (2017) – Stanford University, USA

Epidemiology: The Basic Science of Public Health (2015) – University of North Carolina, USA

Community Change in Public Health (2015) – Johns Hopkins University, USA

Membership of professional associations/bodies

Board Member: ASCO.in Supportive care

Board Member – GRAAM - Grassroots Research and Advocacy Movement, SVYM, Mysore

Awards and Recognitions

INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS 

1. Head and Neck Cancer Alliance - the HNCA/AHNS International Outreach Cancer Prevention Award - 2021
2. National Cancer Institute supported Scholarship for ‘Training for Cancer Health Care Professionals in Biopsychosocial Pain Management and Quality Improvement’ - at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore - 2020
3. The Cancer Aid Society Award For Excellence And Leadership In Palliative Care For SAARC Countries – 2014 – 2015
4. Scholarship of the  International Association Of Hospice And Palliative Care (IAHPC) IAHPC Travelling Scholarship Award  as the visiting scholar at Aachen University, Aachen, Germany -- 2014
5. The International Pain And Policy Scholarship –fellowship at the WHO Collaborating Centre For Pain Policy And Palliative Care - University Of Wisconsin – 2012 -2014
6. Scholarship – International Association Of Hospice And Palliative Care (IAHPC) as the visiting scholar and Intensive Board Review Course in Hospice and Palliative Medicine at M D Anderson Cancer Centre Houston, USA) – 2009
7. International Bursary by  the International Observatory on End of Life Care for the Annual Research Summer School - University Of Lancaster, UK  - 2008
8. Commonwealth Scholarship For Education In Pallaitive Medicine - Cardif University – UK – 2008