CORE COMPETENCE AREA:

  • Strong clinical background and meticulous knowledge of internal medicine.
  • Establishment of various quality processes for hospitals e.g. NABH, JCI.
  • Adequate knowledge and hands on experience managing clinical trials.
  • Thorough knowledge of ICH GCP guidelines and familiar with various stages of Clinical drug development.
  • Excellent leadership and planning skills

CURRENT AFFILIATIONS:

Organization: Aarna Super specialty Hospital, Paldi
Riddhi Medical Nursing Home, Maninagar, Ahmedabad
Designation: Consultant Physician, Diabetologist, Cardiologist
Responsibilities:
  • Consultation for patients having medical disease(s)
  • Treatment of all medical emergencies.
  • Management of indoor patients.
  • Investigator (PI/CI) for Phase III/IV clinical Trials

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE:

Organization: CIMS Hospital Pvt. Ltd., Ahmedabad, India
Duration: Jan 2012 to Jun 2017
Designation: Clinical care Consultant.
Responsibilities:
  • As medical advisor for clinical operations
  • To guide Quality Assurance (QA) dept. to develop hospital policies/procedures
Organization: Apollo Hospitals, Ahmedabad, India
Duration: Dec 2011- May 2012
Designation: Hem-Onc Physician, Dept. of Hemato-oncology and Transplant medicine
Responsibilities:
  • Management of patients with Hematologic or Oncologic disorders.
  • Management of patients with Stem cell transplant for various Hematologic conditions.
Organization: Apollo Hospitals, Ahmedabad, India
Duration: Dec 2011- May 2012
Designation: Hem-Onc Physician, Dept. of Hemato-oncology and Transplant medicine
Responsibilities:
  • Management of patients with Hematologic or Oncologic disorders.
  • Management of patients with Stem cell transplant for various Hematologic conditions.
Organization: CIMS Hospital Pvt. Ltd., Ahmedabad, India
Duration: Dec 2009 - Nov 2011
Designation: Clinical care director (Medical director)
Responsibilities:
  • To supervise and manage Clinical care operations in coordination with dept. head (i.e. Head, clinical services)
  • To support and promote auxiliary services like radiology, pathology, dentistry, physiotherapy and rehabilitation in coordination with respective dept. head/consultant(s)
  • To guide Quality Assurance (QA) dept. to develop hospital policies/procedures and supervise their operations.
  • To facilitate development of medical (non-cardiac) departments in consultation with board of directors at CIMS
  • To prepare MoUs for tie up or collaboration with various external agencies for services related to patient care/management.
  • To manage site operations (SMO) for clinical trials
  • To participate various committee meetings as member/chairperson and supervise its functioning
  • To guide Human Resource (HR) dept. to develop various HR policies
  • To supervise and manage pharmacy operations in coordination with senior pharmacists and purchase dept.
  • To explore new opportunities or value added services for CIMS and facilitate for implementation at CIMS
  • To guide and/or coordinate with other departments like hospitality/administration, communications, IT dept. etc for various inter departmental issues/ processes.
  • To assist finance department for various packages/charges for hospital services.
  • Member of medical executive committee

PUBLICATIONS:

  • Autonomic dysfunction in Bronchial Asthma; Indian Journal of Apllied Research, Sept. 2013
  • Continuous, non-invasive measurement of the hemodynamics response to submaximal exercise in patients with diabetes mellitus. Evidence of impaired cardiac reserve and peripheral vascular response - acknowledgement for contribution; Heart, BMJ, Oct 2009

MEMBERSHIP:

  • Registered with Gujarat branch of Indian Medical Council. (G12720)
  • Life Member of Indian Medical Association (IMA).
  • Life member of Ahmedabad Physician Association (APA)
  • Life member of Indian society of critical care medicine (ISCCM)
  • Life member of Indian society of Gastroenterology (ISG)
  • Member, American College of Physicians (ACP)

SOFT SKILLS:

  • Language Proficiency: English- Scored 7 bands in” IELTS” [International English Language Testing System] Examination.
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Excellent analytical and strategic skills
  • Excellent people management skills