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Arpan Guha is Deputy Medical Director, Director of Medical Education and Consultant in Critical Care medicine at The Royal Liverpool University Hospitals, UK. He is also the Director of the Royal Liverpool Academy. He leads at the University of Liverpool as Head of the Postgraduate School of medicine, University of Liverpool.
Dominic has been a Consultant Physician in Acute Medicine at the Royal Liverpool University Teaching Hospital since 2012. He graduated from Durham University with a degree in Biomedical Sciences then went on to study Medicine at Liverpool University. Dominic has particular interest in patient safety and is an Instructor in both Advanced Life Support and Simulation. He recently obtained a Masters Degree in Medical Education and was awarded a fellowship from the Royal College of Physicians in June 2016
Dr Anita Heywood is a senior lecturer and infectious disease epidemiologist at the School of Public Health and Community Medicine and Assistant Director of the Master of Public Health program at the University of New South Wales. She completed her PhD at UNSW, holds a Master of Public Health and is a graduate of Biomedical Science. Her research focuses on vaccine-preventable disease epidemiology, travel-associated infectious disease risks and migrant, refugee and international traveller immunization. Anita has contributed to teaching at UNSW in the Master of Public Health program, in the Epidemiology and Statistics for Public Health, Current Challenges in Infectious Diseases and Immunization Policy and Practice. She contributed to the Medvarsity Postgraduate Diploma in Infectious Diseases in 2014.
Royal Liverpool & Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust
He is a Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine & Anesthesia at The Royal Liverpool & Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust, Liverpool. UK. He had completed his MBBS in India from University of Mysore, Karnataka and his specialist training in Intensive Care Medicine & Anesthesia has been in the UK.
He is currently a consultant in general Critical Care Unit and his anesthetic experience is in orthopedic & trauma surgery.
He is the faculty tutor and is also involved actively in training. His area of interest is simulation training.
Professor Dushyant Sharma MBBS, MD (India), FRCP (UK). CCST in Diabetes and Endocrinology, PG Diploma in Clinical Education.
His clinical interests include managing all areas of complex diabetes and endocrine medical disorders. He runs joint diabetes kidney disease clinic, joint pituitary clinic along with diabetes and endocrinology clinics including thyroid, adrenal, parathyroid, and reproductive disorders.
Currently he is a Consultant Physician in Endocrinology and Diabetes at Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool. He is also a Visiting Professor at Hope University Liverpool and Specialist Trainee Teaching Lead for Diabetes and Endocrinology at Mersey Deanery. He is also the RCP College Tutor at Royal Liverpool University Hospital and Co-founder of Medexcell Edcuation, which runs regular courses on Leadership Skill, Teaching Skills and Critical Appraisal of medical literature promoting Evidence Based Medicine.
Dr Padmanesan Narasimhan is a lecturer at the School of Public Health and Community Medicine. He completed his PhD from the University of New South Wales, Australia in the area of Tuberculosis transmission among household contacts in south India. As a medical officer, he was instrumental in setting up the first injection drug users clinic in south India. He was trained in clinical research and epidemiology from the National Institutes of Health, USA. His research involves understanding disease dynamics in resource constrained settings, evaluation and application of health in delivery of health services, in particular with mobile phones. He is currently involved in teaching and researching infectious disease epidemiology and health services management.
Chief Consultant – Internal Medicine, Head of academics & Clinical training – Apollo, Navi Mumbai.
- Associate Professor of medicine: Dr D Y Patil Medical College, Navi Mumbai; from 2015 till date.
- Heads the clinic of Obesity and associated metabolic anomalies at Dr D Y Patil medical college, Navi Mumbai.
- Associate Editor: Dr D Y Patil Medical journal of health sciences.
- Accredited speaker for MMC (Maharashtra Medical Council).
- Chief consultant in internal Medicine: Apollo Hospital – Navi Mumbai.
- Head: Academics and clinical training – Apollo Hospital Navi Mumbai.
- Trainer: for NDEP (National Diabetes Educators Programme for two consecutive years.
- Lectures: For FCPS students, Parel. Moderator for sessions in RSSDI and CID (complications in Diabetes) conference – Mumbai.
- Lectures: in National conferences.
- Involved in: Research and publications.
- In 1990, standing first in Mumbai University. Registrar in B A R C hospital Bombay- February 1990- April 1990. Registrar and then Clinical Associate in P.D.Hinduja Hospital Mumbai- in Critical care and Cardiology.
- Consultant Physician in Dr Mohd Zaffar Polyclinic- Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Assistant Professor of Medicine in M G M hospital and Medical College from 1993 to 1995. In Active clinical practice: In Navi Mumbai since 1993.
Consultant – Paediatric Cardiac Surgeon
Dr. R. Benedict Raj has dedicated his career to Cardiac surgery and serves as a Paediatric Cardiac Surgeon at Columbia Asia Hospital in Whitefield. After having completed MBBS from Madurai Medical College in 1991; he went on to pursue M.S. (General Surgery) from Madras Medical College, MGR medical university in the year 1998, and M. Ch. (CVTS) from the same university in 2004 . He further obtained Fellowship in Paediatric Cardiac Surgery from RGUHS, Bangalore in 2006 and then underwent 1 year training in high risk pediatric cardiac surgery from CHW , Sydney, Australia. He has a whopping 17 years of work experience and has worked as Consultant Paediatric Cardiac Surgeon at Narayana Hrudayala in Bangalore; Associate professor cardiac surgery Amrita institute of medical sciences; and Chief paediatric Cardiac Surgeon at MIMS Hospital in Calicut. His expertise is in building efficient teams for Paediatric cardiac surgery, to provide good outcomes with minimum morbidity. He has written numerous publications and has made many presentations in conferences and is the life member of the Indian Medical Association and Indian Association of Cardiothoracic Surgeons. “Thymic artery: uncommon origin from proximal aortic arch or distal ascending aorta.” is his latest original publication which got published in ITALIAN JOURNAL OF ANATOMY AND EMBRYOLOGY in 2015.
Speciality:
- Paediatric Cardiac Surgery
- Neonatal Cardiac Surgery
- Valve Preserving TOF Repair
- Mitral, Tricuspid, Aortic and Pulmonary Valve Repair & replacement
- Thoracotomy ASD Repairs
- Re-do Operations
- Maze Procedure for Atrial Fibrillation
- Pacemaker Implantation
- Thoracic Sympathectomy for Refractory V.T.
- Fast tracking of post op care
Experience:
Over 17 Years of Experience
MBBS, MD (PAEDIATRICS)
Neonatologist
Apollo Health city,Hyderabad
Work Experience
- Worked in Institutions like Sir Raj Bahadur Bansilal General Hospital, Hyderabad & Madhav Nursing Home, Secunderabad 1979 1983 in Leighton, Pennsylvania 1984.
- Worked in the Laboratories, Hahnemann University Hospital,Philadelphia (1984-1987).
- Fellow in Neonatal-perinatal, North Shore University Hospital, New York (1990-1993).
- Associate Neonatologist, Maimonides Medical Center, Department of Paediatrics, Brooklyn, New York 1993 1998
- Consultant, Paediatrics Neonatology,Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad 1998 till date.
Research and Publications
- Intestinal absorption of copper in developing rats. publishing in biochemical medicine & metabolic biology 50, 277-283(1993).
- Present project: associate neonatologist, maimonides medical centre, dept of pediatrics, brooklin newyork( July 93- Dec 98).
- Neonatal- perinatal fellow, devision of perinatal medicine, north shore university hospital, manhasset, new york( July 1990-93).
Certifications & Professional Memberships
- Indian Academy of Paediatrics, Hyderabad.
- American Academy of Paediatrics, USA.
MBBS.,DFFP.,MRCOG., CCT (UK)
Consultant in Assisted Conception / Obstetrics and Gynaecology.
Dr. Kasi Viswanathan Sellappan is a highly qualified Assisted conception / Obstetrics and Gynaecology consultant with over 17 years of quality experience. Dr. Sellappan started his training in Obstetrics and Gynaecology in the United Kingdom in 2004 and has got the opportunity to work in some of the renowned institutions and gain extensive experience. He obtained his certificate of completion of training (CCT) in the UK in 2014.
Following his CCT, He worked as a Post CCT Fellow in Assisted conception at Ninewells University Hospital, Scotland. He has successfully managed patients with fertility problems through Intrauterine insemination, IVF/ICSI , Donor gametes and Surrogacy. He is accredited by the British Fertility Society in Assisted conception and Embryo transfer. He is competent in undertaking consultations in General Gynaecology, Assisted conception / infertility and deciding on the appropriate management protocols. He has developed clinical and leadership skills in managing labour ward, Obstetric assessment unit and antenatal clinics independently and utilizing resources appropriately to manage emergency situations. Dr. Sellappan also enjoys teaching as it helps him to keep up to date with current evidence and has always been keen on taking up leadership and management roles. He holds memberships in various professional bodies such as General Medical Council (UK), Karnataka Medical Council, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, British Fertility Society, American Society of Reproductive Medicine and the European Society of Human Reproduction & Endocrinology. He believes in a patient centered approach in the attempt of turning their dreams into reality.
MBBS ; MD (Microbiology)
Head -Department of Microbiology,Infection Control Committee, Apollo Health City, Hyderabad
Profile summary :
- Visiting Scientist to Johns Hopkins Baltimore for three months 1993
- Registrar JIPMER 1986-87
Achievements
Participation in Clinical Trials - A global program – antibiotic longitudinal surveillance program to trace antimicrobial resistance trends on a global scale using reference quality quantitative antimicrobial susceptibility testing methods performing in a central laboratory
- Survey of the antibiotic susceptibility of S. pneumonia
- An open-label, non-comparative, multi-centre, post-marketing surveillance study.
- Member of Technical committee for Accreditation of Clinical Laboratories in India,constituted by Dept.of Science and Technology,Govt.of India.
- Member of Biosafety Committee of CCMB.
- President’s Gold Medal for best Intern
Papers & Publications
- Health Care Associated Infection Control Manual – 2006
- Presence in India of HIV type I similar to N. Anemicrican strains – AIDS RESEARCH AND
HUMAN RETROVIRUSE Vol 10, No. 8. 1994. P. BHASKER S.C. RAM, RATNA RAO, T. QUIN, BOLLINGER, JOHN HOPKINS BALTIMORE. - PCR for TB – Paper Presented at – Third Annual Conference of Indian Association of Clinical Medicine Oct 14-15 1995, at Hotel Baskara Palace, Hyderabad – Dr. Ratna Rao.
- Poster on “Evidence for Presence on N. American type HIV-I in Hyderabad India” A. IX International Conference on AIDS Yockohama 7-12 August 1994 – Dr. Ratna Rao.
- Track on AIDS – National Conference of Sexually Transmitted Diseases at Hyderabad, Krishna Oberai, Feb 1995 – Dr. Ratna Rao.
- “Reactions of HIV Seropositive Patients Analysis” Poster accepted for IX International Conference on AIDS at Berlin, Germany, May 1993 – Dr. Ratna Rao.
Dr. Imron Subhan is a consultant and Head of Emergency Departments at Apollo Health City Hyderabad. He has more than 12 years of experience in core emergency medicine including clinical care, EMS, disaster management, resuscitation, resident training, research, simulation and departmental administration. He is currently an examiner for both, the Membership of Royal College of Emergency Medicine and the Diploma in Emergency Medicine examinations. Trainees working at Apollo Health City benefit from the rich learning environment which teaches all aspects of emergency medicine specialty.
Dr Ashish Nandy : FAEM (Vellore), FDP (USA), MEM (India), MMSC (EM) Texila. Consultant & Coordinator Accident & Emergency department Apollo Hospitals, Dhaka.
Work experience:
- Ex Fellow CMC Vellore
- Ex Sr. Registrar ED Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad
- Ex In charge, ED KIMS, Trivandrum
- Ex Consultant & Head ED NH, Kolkata
- EX Consultant & Head Fortis Hospitals, Kolkata
Achievements:
- National Chair National Trauma Life Support(India)
- Examiner Royal College of Emergency Medicine(UK)
Key Interest:
- Trauma
- Disaster Medicine
MBBS, MRCS, FRCEM
Emergency Medicine Physician
Apollo Hospitals, Navi Mumbai
He undertook higher specialist training in Wessex, a region renowned for imparting high quality training and experience in Emergency Medicine. During his rotation he worked at a mixture of University & district general hospitals. Along with achieving the broad spectrum of competencies and skills under the expert guidance he also completed the FCEM examination conducted by the College of Emergency Medicine. With the responsibility of co-ordinating the M&M meetings and running the doctors rota he acquired key leadership and communication skills which are essential to be successful as a Lead Clinician. Major Trauma Center, Southampton General hospital, UK – as the Trauma Lead, his responsibilities included ensuring the continuing education of all staff working in ED as well as making regular changes to the operational structure to incorporate the latest updates. He represented the department on the Trusts Working group whose mandate is to consider the current trauma service delivery, impact on trauma workforce, education and training; to identify areas to be improved in planning a comprehensive trust-wide trauma service. His role as the Clinical Governance lead is to work as a part of the Trusts committee to maintain and continually improve the quality of trauma care which involves review of cases, setting up protocols and publishing guidelines.
Special Interests:
- Major trauma – Leadership & Development
- Trainer for Emergency Medicine
- Clinical Governance
- Resuscitation Training Adults & Children
MD DM MRCP(UK) FACC FCSI CCDSBritish Commonwealth Scholar in Interventional Cardiology, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK
Cardiologist
Apollo Hospitals, Greams Road, Chennai
- Dr. Y.V.C.Reddy is an internationally renowned Interventional Cardiologist with an extensive and versatile experience and range of professional work spanning over 25 years. He is a pioneer in transradial interventions and complex high-risk interventions (CHIP) including left-main angioplasty and stenting, ostial, bifurcation and chronic total occlusion PCIs. He has an extensive experience in post CABG interventions including SVG and LIMA graft interventions. He is credited with pioneering work in acute MI interventions (primary angioplasty) and his large body of PCI work in cardiogenic shock with unparalleled outcomes is well known. He is also versatile in coronary imaging (FFR, OCT, IVUS), implantable cardiac device therapies, and the complex field of thoracic and abdominal aortic endovascular stent grafting (TEVAR, EVAR). His footprint expands over valvuloplasties, TAVR/TAVI, peripheral, renal and carotid interventions, IVC filters and coronary aneurysm embolization. His trouble shooting work in cardiac catheterization labs is legendary.
MBBS, Dip.Card, MRCP (UK), FJFICM (Aus), FCICM (Aus)
Intensivist and Critical care specialist,
Apollo Hospitals, Ahmedabad
Fellow of European Society of Intensive Care Medicine, College of Intensive Care Medicine (Australia) and Life member, Indian Medical Association.
Areas of Specialization
Clinical and Non-Invasive Cardiology
Intensive Care Medicine
Awards and Achievements
Trauma Instructor,ATLS Course, American College of Surgeons, Member, Research Ethics Committee, AHIL, Formerly,ISCCM Diploma in Critical Care-Tutor, Trauma Instructor,ATLS Course, American College of Surgeons, Member,Research Ethics Committee, AHIL, Formerly, ISCCM Diploma in Critical Care-Tutor.
MBBS, MD, DM
Cardiologist
Apollo Hospitals, Indraprastha, New Delhi
Dr.Rajeev has 20 years of experience in Cardiology with a lot of research and publications in National and International Journals. He is a fellow of Indian College of Cardiology, International Medical Society of India, The College of the Asian Pacific Society of Cardiology, Society of Cardiac Angiography and Intervention , European Society of Cardiology .
Special Interests :
Radiofrequency ablation of arrhythmias
Ventricular assist mechanical support
Enhanced external counterpulsation and other novel chest pain therapies
Balloon valvuloplasty
Coronary artery disease
Interventional cardiology
MBBS, MD(Medicine), DM(Cardiology)
Consultant Cardiologist, Apollo Hospitals, Indraprastha, New Delhi
Dr.Kapur has 38 Years of clinical experience as a Cardiologist (Non invasive Cardiology). He is a Fellow of the Indian Academy of echocardiography (FIAE), Fellow of the international medical sciences academy (FIMSA), Fellow of the European society of Cardiology (FESC), Fellowship in Non-Invasive Cardiac Lab UAB Hospital, University of Alabama, Birmingham.
Dr.Sambit Das is an eminent Endocrinologist and Diabetologist in the state of Orissa, currently practising at Apollo Hospitals in Bhubaneswar, and at Dr.Sambits Centre of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Bhubaneswar.
Dr. Sambit Das has been with Apollo Hospitals as Consultant Endocrinologist and Diabetologist since April 2010. He also received the adjunct title of Associate Professor in Endocrinology from Apollo Health and Educational Research Foundation (AHERF) Medvarsity in 2013. Dr. Das has been associated with several research projects, and his research papers have been published in reputed journals. He has delivered innumerable lectures and presentations at conferences in India and internationally, and is a regular invitee as Faculty at prominent events relating to his field of specialisation
AB(Int.Med), AB (Crit.Care & Sleep Med), MMM, FACP, FCCP, FCCM, FICCM, FISDA
Sleep medicine specialist
Apollo hospitals, Greams road, chennai
Senior Consultant and Head of Department, Emergency Medicine Apollo Hospitals, Bangalore
Dr. Venkatesh has over 13 years of experience in Emergency Medicine. He has expertise in all areas of emergency medicine with all the emergency procedures and critical care medicine. He is in charge of the Emergency Department, pre-hospital care services, air ambulance services, hospital disaster management plan at Apollo Hospitals, Bangalore. He is the coordinator for DEM (Diploma in Emergency Medicine), DFM (Diploma in Family Medicine) courses at Apollo Hospitals Bangalore in collaboration with RCGP – the UK since 2007. He is a Regional Coordinator for MCEM (Membership of College of Emergency Medicine – UK). He is also the coordinator for FICM (Fellowship in Intensive Care Medicine conducted by Medvarsity).
He is now actively involved in the training of Basic Life Support (BLS), Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), Trauma Management and Disaster Management. Prior to joining Apollo Hospitals Bangalore, Dr Venkatesh was working with the Emergency Department at Apollo Health City at Hyderabad. He is the Chief Faculty and Coordinator in First Aid training for students, corporate staff & public.
MBBS, MD, FRCA
Department: Anesthesia
Location: Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi
Fellowships / Memberships:
- FRCA (Fellowship of the Royal college of anesthetists, London
- ISA (Indian society of anesthetists)
- AAGBI (Association of anesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland)
- UCMS Alumni
- Instructor Primary Trauma Care (PTC)
Dr. Subba Reddy currently is working as Sr. Consultant Intensivist and Critical Care Coordinator at Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad. He has completed his MD in Anesthesiology from Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, Post-Doctoral Certificate Course in Cardio-Thoracic and Neuro-Anesthesia from SVIMS Thirupathi and IDCCM from Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine. He has attended various conferences, workshops in multiple areas of critical care management and presented papers national critical care conferences. He has more than 10 years of experience in managing patients requiring critical care.
Dr. Md. Abdul Azeez Asad is an MD in Medicine and DNB in Cardiology. Currently, he is working as a Junior Consultant in Department of Cardiology, Apollo Hospitals, Jubilee Hills. Dr. Azeez has 8 years of experience and has also worked as a professor in Shadan Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad.
MRCP (UK), CCT-GIIM (UK), CCT Diabetes & Endocrinology (UK) Education : Birmingham- UK, Newcastle - UK
Endocrinologist, Diabetologist, Andrologist, Specialist in Thyroid and Hormone disorders at Apollo Hospitals.
An Endocrinologist passionate about Clinical care, Teaching, Innovation and Research. Believes that collaboration and partnership is the mantra to professional success.
MBBS, MD
Diabetologist,
Amrutha Diabetic cenre, Hyderabad.
He is founder of Amrutha Diabetic Centre, did his MBBS at Kakatiya Medical College, Warangal, AP. He completed his MD in General Medicine at M.R. Medical College, Gulbarga, Karnataka. Later he trained in Diabetology under late Prof. Viswanathan at M.V. Diabetic centre, Chennai. In his 26 years of practice, he has treated more than one lakh patients and trained many doctors in Diabetology. He has participated in many national and international conferences and has shared his findings. He has conducted numerous voluntary camps in remote villages to spread diabetic awareness and help in detection of diabetes in early stages.
MD(Internal Medicine)
Diabetologist
Apollo Hospitals, Greams road, chennai
Dr.Rajendiran has 38 years of clinical experience.
Awards and Achievements: Dip in Diabetes Course @MMC. Got MCA approval, Upgraded Dept. of Diabetology as Institute of Diabetology, both of its as first kind of in India.
Certifications & Professional Memberships : ADA, EASD, IDF, Diabetes Association Of India Southern chapter-Secretary.
MBBS, MD (General Medicine), PG Diploma in Diabetology (PGDD), Fellowship in Diabetology
Dr. Balaji Jaganmohan is a consultant Diabetologist and consultant Physician at Apollo Sugar Clinics, Bangalore. He provides treatment for conditions such Diabetes Mellitus, Hypertension, Dyslipidemia, Obesity, Thyroid disorders, Screens and treats Microvascular and Macrovascular Complications of Diabetes like Diabetic neuropathy, nephropathy, retinopathy and Diabetic foot diseases. Apart from this, he has many publications and research work to his credit. He holds membership of associations and societies that are related to his field of practice. He is an enthusiastic learner and that is why he never misses a chance to attend any conference or seminar that take place within his reach. He completed MD in General Medicine from UMFT University, Romania, European Union and Postgraduate Diploma in Diabetes from Cardiff University (UK) and Fellowship in Diabetology from Dr. Mohans Diabetic Centre (Chennai). His passion involves educating and creating awareness on diabetes and complications in society and delivers various lectures in public and private places related it.
MD, DM, FACC, Chief Interventional Cardiologist, PVS Memorial Hospital, Kochi
Dr. Blessan Varghese specializes in Angiology/Vascular Medicine, Interventional Cardiology, Paediatric Cardiology, Internal Medicine, Diabetology.
Dr. Blessan Varghese is a Cardiologist based in Kerala. Currently he serves as Chief Interventional Cardiologist at PVS Memorial Hospital, Kochi. Dr. Varghese completed his MBBS from Government Medical College, Calicut, in 2001. Subsequently, he obtained the MD (General Medicine) postgraduate degree from Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Govt. Medical College, Jabalpur and the DM (Cardiology) super-speciality degree from St. Johns Medical College, Bangalore.Prior to his current assignments, Dr. Varghese gained experience as Senior Resident in Internal Medicine at N S C B Govt. Medical College, Jabalpur; as General Physician at Marthoma Mission Hospital, Chungathara; and as Senior Resident in Cardiology at St. Johns Medical College, Bangalore. He was also a Lecturer in Cardiology at Govt. T D Medical College, Alappuzha.
Dr. Varghese is a member of American Heart Association, European Society of Cardiology and World Heart Federation. He has presented papers and delivered lectures in various national and international congresses like world congress of cardiology and European Society of Cardiology annual congress. He was investigator in renowned international clinical trials like OASIS 6, PLATO, ATMOSHERE, IABP SHOCK etc.
Dr Varghese is specialised in Coronary and Non-coronary Interventions especially Radial approach in Coronary Angioplasty. He has expertise in single chamber and dual chamber Pacemaker implantation. He is specialised in adult and paediatric echocardiography and is an authority in ambulatory blood pressure monitoring. His areas of academic interest include Hypertension, Heart Failure and pulmonary hypertension.
MBBS , MD
Consultant Physician, Diabetologist,
Apollo Gleneagles Sugar and Heart Clinic, Kolkata
Dr. Debasis Basu is a distinguished Consultant Physician in Kolkata, with much experience and expertise in the fields of Internal Medicine, Diabetology and Cardiology. He has been in the medical profession for over two decades in various capacities and at a number of hospitals and other medical institutions and colleges. His responsibilities have included medical practice, teaching, research and corporate administration, as well as advisory and social roles.
Dr. Basu can be consulted at his private clinic at Dover Lane in Kolkata. In addition he is a Visiting Consultant or Honorary Physician at a number of hospitals in Kolkata, including Apollo Gleneagles Sugar and Heart Clinic, Rabindranath Tagore International Institute of Cardiac Sciences, Diabetes and You (DAY), Peerless Hospital, National Neurosciences Centre, University College of Medicine Health Services, and Dr. Nihar Munshi Eye Foundation.
Dr. Basu is a member of several professional medical associations and societies, and has played an active role in many of them over the years. He has participated in a large number of workshops, symposia, conferences and other scientific meets in India and overseas, where he has made presentations, delivered talks and lectures and served as a faculty member as well.
Dr. Debasis Basu is Honorary President of Diabetes Awareness & You (DAY), a social welfare organisation whose objective is to combat rampant diabetes in the Indian population through aggressive dissemination of information with a view to preventing and controlling this scourge in the country. Dr. Basu is involved in several other community services and charitable causes.
MBBS, MD (General Medicine & Therapeutics), DM (Endocrinology) AIIMS New Delhi
Consultant Endocrinologist
Apollo Hospitals, Ahmedabad
Areas of Specialization
Diabetes Type 1 and Type 2 including management of associated metabolic syndrome, Disorders of Thyroid Gland, Growth retardation, Metabolic bone diseases and other disorders related to Vit. D., Calcium, Phosphorus metabolism, Menopause and Osteoporosis, Erectile Dysfunction, Infertility, Pubertal disorders, Hirsutism, Obesity, Electrolyte disturbances and Endocrine tumors.
Awards and Achievements
Was invited to & delivered a lecture on Pharmacotherapy of Obesity-Currently Used Drugs & was a panelist in discussion on Medical Management of Obesity-How to Proceed at international conference of obesity-Asia Pacific Obesity Conclave at New Delhi, March 1-4, 2006.
- Principal Investigator in several phase 2 & phase 3 clinical trials
- Organizing secretary of 5th annual conference & 1st state chapter conference of All India Association for Advancing Research in Obesity (AIAARO) in 2007 & 2008 respectively.
- Co-investigator in Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) funded project on œphenotypic & genotypic study on young non type 1 diabetics.
- Faculty for endocrinology for Emergency Medical Training (EMT).
- Co-Editor Indian Journal of Obesity.
- Member Editorial committee Indian Journal of Endocrinology & Metabolism
- Frequent speaker in nurses & public diabetes education programmes.
- Frequent speaker in national & state level diabetology & endocrinology conferences.
MBBS; M.D. (Paediatrics)
Consultant Paediatrician – Apollo Health City, Jubilee Hills & Apollo Cradle Jubilee hills, Hyderabad
Awards and Achievements
- Stood all India eighth in school level NTSE distinction holder in MBBS in Ophthalmology
- State 17th rank holder in PG entrance paper on Neonatal Hypoglycemia
Research and Publications
Presented paper in NNF meet and stood second
Work Experience
- Worked as consultant pediatrician for 9 Years. Now also faculty pediatrics Apollo Medical College
- Pediatric Registrar, Hope Children’s Hospital, Hyderabad, 2003 – 2004
- Consultant Pediatrician, Prime Clinics & Hospital, Hyderabad, 2004 – 2007
- Consultant Pediatrician, Prime Hospitals, Hyderabad, 2007 – 2010
- Consultant Pediatrician, Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad, 2010 – Present
Certifications & Professional Memberships
- Indian Academy of Paediatrics
MBBS, Dip EM (RCGP, UK), MCEM (UK)
Group Head-Department of Emergency, Maxcure Group of Hospitals
A specialist in ER administration, resuscitation, and preemergence hospital care & implantation of clinical pathways related to EM, Dr. Sateesh has over 7 years of experience working in challenging positions in several leading hospitals. He is the founder of ADRENALIN, a group of qualified emergency physicians who work collectively for various organizations and has also been elected as a National Treasurer for Society for Emergency Medicine, India (SEMI). Apart from publishing papers in several national and international journals, he won several awards including one for a poster presentation at EMCON, Kolkata and a special reorganization award in EMCON, Mumbai.
An MBBS, MRCGP (UK), working in Apollo Specialty Hospital (OMR) in Chennai with 18 years of experience as a Family physician. She has 10 years of experience as a general practitioner in the UK. She is presently the Program Director & Examiner for Diploma in Family Medicine course offered by Medvarsity.
MBBS, DGO, MD, FICOG, Professor and HOD, AIMSR, Hyderabad
Dr. Krishna Kumari is a Gynecologist in AIMSR, Hyderabad and has an experience of 30 years in this field. Dr. Krishna Kumari practices at Innovate Clinics in Madhapur, Hyderabad. She completed MBBS, MD – Obstetrtics & Gynaecology and DGO.
M.D, MCEM (UK), FACEE (INDO-US,AIIMS)
Consultant & Incharge
Emergency medicine department
Apollo hospitals ,Ahmedabad
MBBS, MRCP, M,Sc
Endocrinologist
Apollo Hospitals, Greams Road, Chennai
25 Years experience including Diabetology and Endocrinology from 2001
MBBS, MD( Medicine), FIACM
Internal Medicine Physician
Apollo Hospitals, Indraprastha, New Delhi
Dr.Rakesh has 25 years of clinical experience . Been a Speaker at various National and International Meetings. Chaired Session at various National / International Symposium Organized several seminars, clinical Meetings in the field of disaster and metabolic syndromes. Has extensive experience in Diabetic Clinics and lifestyle disease.
MBBS, DNB (Pediatrics)
Research and Publications : Local side effects of a cellular pertussis vaccine
Special Interests : New born & pre term babies
Dr. Syed Nabi is a Junior Consultant in Emergency Medicine at Apollo Health City Hyderabad. His 07 years of experience in Emergency Medicine involves work in different areas like EMS, clinical care, trauma emergencies, simulation, academics, departmental audits and administration. He is specifically interested in Disaster Medicine, ED Imaging and Resuscitation teaching. He is currently an examiner for both, the Membership of Royal College of Emergency Medicine and the Diploma in Emergency Medicine examinations.
MBBS.,MCEM(UK)
Consultant & Head, Apollo speciality hospitals, Tiruchirappalli, Tamilnadu.
MBBS, MD, FRCP, FCCP
General Physician
Apollo Hospitals, Greams Road, Chennai
M.B.B.S, Post Graduate Fellowship in Accident & Emergency Medicine (Christian Medical College Hospital, Vellore, Tamil Nadu.
Consultant and In-charge, Dept. of Emergency Medicine
Columbia Asia Hospital, Pune
MBBS,MCEM(UK),MEM(,GWU-USA), 6 yrs of experience in emergency medicine.
Working as CONSULTANT and head emergency services at SPS hospitals, Ludhiana. Also faculty and course director for DEM Medversity and also MEM – SEMI.
MD (Emergency Medicine)
Consultant, ER, Columbia Asia Hospitals, Whitefield , Bengaluru.
Experienced in Managing , decision making, treating patients of acute emergencies in ER & ICU, Cardiac Cath lab . Skill full in procedures including advanced specialized skills like Airway protection,Central venous line insertion, chest tube placement, Intraosseous line, Surgical airway, Intravenous temporary pacing, pleurocentesis, conscious sedation assisting in procedures like IABP.
M.B.B.S, D.E.MÂ (RCGP, U.K), M.E.M (GWU, USA), M.C.E.M FELLOW, Consultant Emergency Physician, Emergency Department, Columbia Asia Hospitals, Hebbal, Bangalore. .
- ACLS/BLS Instructor, American Heart Association
- ATLS Instructor, American College of Surgeons
- PALS Instructor, American Heart Association
- Society of Emergency Medicine India (SEMI) member
- Faculty for Masters in Emergency Medicine (MEM, SEMI) at Narayana Health,Bangalore.
As Junior Consultant in Department of Emergency Medicine at Mazumder Shaw Oncology building with 25 bedded fully equipped emergency under the guidance of Dr.Srinath Kumar T S, head of department and also as a faculty for Masters in Emergency Medicine (SEMI). As a faculty for MEM (Masters in Emergency Medicine) course which included theory classes, bedside teaching and hands on training along with weekend exams. Thesis and audits for residents, journal clubs on a monthly basis. In our emergency we receive emergency cases of all specialties except trauma and cardiac. Patients are stabilized in the emergency treated according to the standard protocols and disposition either to the intensive care or wards after involving the appropriate specialties. We have also conducted workshops on ACLS/ BLS, Paediatric emergency medicine course in the department under the guidance of Dr. Srinath T S.
MBBS, DNB, Family Medicine, International Masters in Emergency Medicine affiliated to George Washington University, USA, at Peerless Hospital, Kolkata.
- BLS & ACLS Instructor
- ATLS Instructor
- ACLS EP Instructor
- PALS provider with Instructor Potential
- Member, Editorial board , Indian journal of Emergency Medicine
Her Capabilities include
- Management of any emergent and critically ill patient with emphasis on latest evidence based guidelines and protocols.
- Supervision of Emergency Medical Transport and EMS service.
- Rapid Response to Emergency scenarios in and out of hospital
- Primary care, Preventive and Health Promotion services.
- Medicine/Family Medicine OPD services
- Follow up and Rehabilitative care to hospitalized patients.
- All Emergency and Critical care procedures
- Conducts AHA certified BLS and ACLS workshops on a regular basis in Kolkata and outside the state.
- Proficient in public speaking, academic orations, presentations and research.
MBBS, DEM (RCGP,UK)
Dr.Anoop Chandran is Consultant Emergency Physician, BLS/ACLS/PALS Instructor, EMT (A) Trainer, In Charge Of Emergency Medicine at SUT Hospital Pattom,
A proud alumnus of KMC Manipal, Dr. Poduval is trained and specialized in Emergency Medicine with a Diploma from RCGP, UK. Experience earned from working with highly specialized Trauma Centers of Apollo Hospitals, Chennai and LLH, Oman, further added to his passion for this high-pressure, fast-paced specialty. Joining the ER of SUT Hospital in November 2014 as a Consultant Emergency Physician, he is currently the Head-in- charge of the Department.
Foremost a clinician, and into 8th year post specialization, he has keen interest in Polytrauma, Disaster Medicine AeroMedical Transportation (AMT). Dr. Poduval also has an active teaching role and is part of the faculty for RLA (International Training Center for American Heart Association), NICE Academy and DNB Emergency Medicine at SUT Hospital.
Dr Sharif Almeida passed MBBS from GMC, Mumbai and did his DNB, Medicine from G. Kuppuswamy Naidu Memorial Hospital. Currently he is pursuing DNB in Nephrology in Apollo Hospital, Hyderabad. He has worked in different hospitals like Breach candy hospital, Mumbai, Kurinji Multi specialty Hospital, Coimbatore and Sri Ramakrishna Multi specialty Hospital, Coimbatore.
Dr Sajida Parveen Khan is an MBBS from Karnataka University, Dharwad and PGDCC from IGNOU. She is currently working as a Junior Consultant in Apollo Hospitals, Jubilee Hills. She has 19 years of experience in non-interventional cardiology which involves performing 2D/3D Echocardiograms, Contrast Echos /DSE/TEE/reporting TMT, Holter and ECGs.
Dr Vaibhav Mehta, masters in physiotherapy in sports medicine 2006- 2008, from Dr NTR university of Health Sciences, gold medallist in 2nd year of MPT, currently heading the Lifestyle management and therapeutic programs at Apollo Life Studio, Kavuri Hills, Hyderabad.
Faculty for BFY-Hyderabad which provides international fitness certification courses-ACSM, ACE, PF etc
With more than 8 years of experience in the field of clinical and sports physiotherapy as well as in occupational ergonomics. Conducted various workshops sessions on Ergonomics, pain management, and wellness at many corporate.
Expertise in
- Clinical Physiotherapy,
- Pain Management,
- Manual Therapy,
- Lifestyle management,
- Exercise training for normal, sports and special population,
- Occupational Ergonomics.
He is a doctor with a post-graduation in hospital administration from Medvarsity. He has served in the army medical corps as Lt. Colonel and retired after 25 years of distinguished service. He is a Guest faculty at University of Hyderabad/ ASCI for MBA courses and advisor to Adviser to IIHMR, Bangalore. He has published several articles in indexed journals, magazines and newspapers. He has been adjudged BEST HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATOR OF THE YEAR 2015. Honored by Chairman, Parliamentary standing committee on Health at DELHI.
He is also the lead auditor, QMS ISO 9001-2015, certified Examiner IMCRB National Quality Award Malcolm Baldridge model, Six Sigma certified and QMS Consultant- KPMG India.
Post-Graduation in Perfusion Sciences (PGDPT) - NIMS, Hyderabad, India.
Dr. Sumeet Roy is the Chief Executive Officer of DiabetOmics Medical (P) Ltd the Indian arm of USA based DiabetOmics, Inc – the first company in the world to manufacture saliva based, non-invasive test for Diabetes monitoring. Dr. Sumeet holds a Post Graduate Degree in Clinical Perfusion, Masters in Business Administration and PhD in Management. He has over 20 years of experience in the healthcare industry first as a Clinical Perfusionist and later as a Manager and Administrator including 3 years as a Unit Research Administrator at the Dept. of Psychiatry, University of South Florida in Tampa, USA.
He is a qualified NABH (National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Healthcare Providers) assessor for Clinical Trial Sites, Ethics Committees and Investigators. Prior to DiabetOmics, he was the CEO of Kamineni Life Sciences where besides leading the company, he was also involved in managing clinical research projects, teaching post-graduate medical, nursing and management students.
He is a Ph.D., M.Com, MBA, MIMA, Fellow (Australia), Career First Class, Professor of Marketing, Dean – Research & International Relations, IMIS Bhubaneswar
Dr. Swain has two decades of experience in corporate and academics. He is a serious and passionate academician having varied interests in the field of Branding, Sales, and Marketing. He has worked for reputed organizations like Tata BP Lubricants India Ltd and Flagship Company Parle India Limited. Beyond corporate experience, as a Professor of Marketing, he has taught in top business schools in the country like International Management Institute (IMI) as a Professor of Marketing and IMIS for one and half decades. He has attended 50 International and National Seminar / Conferences in India & abroad, the credit of 50 Publications in National, International Journals & book chapters.
He has been invited to the conferences at major International Universities like University of Nevada, LasVegas; Harvard University, Kingston University London, etc.
He is on the Editorial Board of 30 reputed International Journal of the World. He has Chaired and delivered Key Note address in 30 sessions in National & International Conferences.
He is in the Conference Advisory Committee of 25 reputed conferences in the world as advisory body member. As a Motivational Speaker, he has the distinction of training 10,000 corporate executives from Public Sector, Private Sector, MNCs and 6000 students as well. He has already conducted 1300 training programs and motivational talks.
Dr. Manoranjan Pon. Ram is an eminent professional and educationist who has been modernizing and revitalizing the digital facet of education in India. In a career span of 21 years, Dr. Manoranjan has been associated with nine government universities PAN India for launching, running and managing their e-learning platforms. He has also been providing consultation on Flipped Learning, and has given notable contribution in development and delivery of MOOC. Another major highlight of his career is the development of LMS compatible Higher Education Audio-Video Content for Government Universities PAN India.
Author is another adjective used for this former member of editorial boards of various leading journals who has eight books on Management and IT to his credit. He is a Professor of Strategic Information System and E-Business Framework.
On the educational front, Dr. Ram has achieved diverse academic qualifications. Bachelors degree in Engineering and Post-Graduation in Management with a doctorate in E-Commerce makes a strategic combination of Management and Information Technology. He has received the prestigious “Rastriya Gaurav Award” and Certificate of Excellence from honorable Dr. Bhima Narain Singh – former Governor of Tamil Nadu & Assam for meritorious service in Management and IT Education.
Currently, Dr. Ram is heading the E-Learning Department of ADDOE, strategizing content development, student engagement and delivery through online learning portal. His areas of interest for research are E-Learning and Flipped Classrooms. He has been avidly propagating use of digital platforms for doing business and education delivery among corporate executives and academicians through various management and faculty development programs, and by giving talks at conferences and seminars organized by international universities of repute.
She has done her M.S. Quality Management [MSQM] from Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS), Pilani (Raj.); Masters Degree in Hospital Management [MHM], from Apollo Institute of Hospital Administration, Osmania University, Hyderabad, Bachelor of Science [Genetics/Chemistry/Zoology], from St. Anns College for Women, Osmania University, Hyderabad.
She is currently a Consultant (Quality, Process & Training), at the LV Prasad Eye Institute.
A thorough healthcare professional with a scientific mix of clinical and management knowledge and supported with a strong value system. She has more than 14 years of administrative, academic and consulting experience in the hospital industry across various reputed corporate and private healthcare organizations like the Apollo Hospitals Group, Manipal Hospitals, Fernandez Hospitals, Hyderabad and Mahatma Gandhi Cancer Hospital & Research Centre, Visakhapatnam, Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI) & Apollo Medvarsity, Hyderabad.
Specific to the Healthcare industry, Ms. Anshu Bhargava has practical administrative experience and insights in areas spanning, Strategic Management, Human Resource Development, Hospital Services Planning & Implementation, Quality Systems Management, Customer Relations, Corporate Health Insurance, Management Education, Research, Training & Development and Medical Administration.
A Postgraduate Gold Medalist in Hospital Administration from the Apollo Institute of Hospital Administration, Hyderabad, she is a Life Member of the Indian Red Cross Society (IRCS), AP, State Branch, Hyderabad; Life Member of the Association of Health & Hospital Administrators (AHHA) & an Associate Life Member of the Academy of Hospital Administration [AHA], New Delhi, since April, 2005. She had been a Member of the CII AP Healthcare Panel consecutively for about 2 years and has won accolades on presenting papers as a Speaker in National Seminars & Conferences.
She is a Registered Dietitian and Nutrition Faculty at Medvarsity. She is also a Member of Indian Dietetic Association, Member of Indian Society of Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition, Member of Nutrition Society of India. She has been associated with Apollo Hospital since 13 years. She is the Stroke Nutrition Coordinator for Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad. She was the Organizing Secretary for the 6th Apollo International Clinical Nutrition Conference 2013 at Apollo Health City Hyderabad.
G.V.R.K.Acharyulu is an M.Tech from NIT-Warangal and MBA (Marketing & Finance) from Osmania University). He has done his Ph.D in Supply Chain Management from Osmania University.
Currently he is the Associate Professor in Operations & Supply Chain Management, Coordinator- MBA (Healthcare & Hospital Management) at the School of Management Studies, University of Hyderabad, and Central University.
He has 15 years of teaching experience in management subjects like Operations and Quantitative, Supply Chain Management, Research Methodology, Information Systems, Hospital Management and 10 years of INDUSTRY experience in Operations and Materials divisions at Sponge Iron India Limited, A Government of India Enterprise.
He has published 20 research papers in National and 12 in International Journals in the area of Operations, Supply Chain and Healthcare Management. He has presented various research papers at International Conferences held in USA, Australia, Singapore, Thailand and Dubai. He has published 7 books on Research Methodology & Statistical Tools, Marketing Research, Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Strategic Quality Management.
He is visiting faculty and evaluator of PhD thesis of Management Institutions in India. His current research areas include Quantitative Techniques, Operations Research, Operations and Supply Chain Management, Modeling and Healthcare Management.