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Qualifications & Education:
- Executive Programme in Health Service Management (EPHSM) – Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (2025)
- CIC – Certification in Infection Control – Certification Board of Infection Control and Epidemiology, USA (2024)
- FNB (Infectious Diseases) – Apollo Hospital, Chennai, National Board of Examinations (2021–2023)
- MD (Internal Medicine) – SVP Hospital, Gujarat University (2017–2020)
- MBBS – Smt. N.H.L. Municipal Medical College, Gujarat University (2010–2016)
Areas of Expertise:
- Tuberculosis (including drug-resistant and extrapulmonary TB)
- HIV care and opportunistic infections
- Infections in solid organ transplant recipients
- Infections in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT)
- Oncology-related infections
- ECMO-associated infections
- Pediatric infectious diseases
- Bone and joint infections
- Skin and soft tissue infections
- Genitourinary infections
- Sexually transmitted infections
- Pyrexia of unknown origin (PUO)
- Tropical infections
- Nosocomial (healthcare-associated) infections
- Infection control and antimicrobial stewardship
- Adult vaccination and preventive infectious diseases
- Critical care infections
Professional Experience:
- Consultant – Infectious Diseases & Infection Control, KIMS Hospitals, Bengaluru
- Infectious Disease Consultant – Fortis Hospitals, Bengaluru (Bannerghatta Road, Cunningham Road, Rajajinagar, Nagarbhavi)
- Infection Control Officer – Fortis Hospital, Bannerghatta Road
- Member – Antimicrobial Stewardship, Quality & Patient Safety, Validation and Mortality Review Committees
- Member Secretary – Institutional Ethics Committee, Fortis Hospitals
- Superspecialist Registrar – Infectious Diseases, Apollo Hospital, Chennai
- Resident – Internal Medicine, Smt. N.H.L. Medical Hospital, Ahmedabad
Research:
- Principal Investigator – “Epidemiology and Outcomes of Infections during ECMO in Adult COVID-19 ARDS Patients” (FNB Research Project)
- Principal Investigator – “Pregnancy Associated with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Clinical Profile and Outcome” (MD Dissertation)
Publications:
- Emergence of Carbapenem-Resistant Salmonella Typhi Harboring blaNDM-5 in India – Frontiers in Microbiology (2025)
- Treatment of Non-Fermenting Gram-Negative Bacteria – CIDS Update Book (2025)
- Epidemiology and Outcome of Infections during ECMO in Adult COVID-19 ARDS – Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology (2024)
- Infective Endocarditis due to Aspergillus following CAPA – FISF Journal (2024)
- Pulmonary Mucormycosis in Pre-COVID Era – Journal of Clinical Infectious Disease Society (2023)
- Post-COVID Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Adults – Indian Journal of Medical Research (2023)
- Pulmonary Blastomycosis Case Report – International Journal of Travel Medicine & Global Health (2022)
- Anticoagulation in COVID-19 – Book Chapter, Evangel Publications (2021)
- Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis Case Report – International Journal of Scientific Research (2019)
Conferences & Academic Activities:
- Faculty – Manipal Infectious Diseases Annual Meet (MIDAM), Bengaluru (2025, 2026)
- Faculty – CIDSCON, Mumbai (2025)
- Faculty – Manipal Infectious Diseases Conference, Manipal (2024)
- Faculty – ECMO Horizons Symposium, Chennai (2023)
- Poster & Oral Presentations at CIDSCON and ISHAM Conferences
- Best Poster Award – AMCON, Ahmedabad
- Runner-Up – Fellows Case Presentation, CIDSCON
Professional Memberships:
- Clinical Infectious Disease Society of India (CIDS)
- Indian Medical Association (IMA)
Languages Known:
English, Hindi, Gujarati, and Kannada
