Professional Experience

QUALIFICATION

• M.B.B.S., M.S. (General Surgery); MCh. (Urology); Diplomate National Board (Urology)

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

• Association of Surgeons of India.
• Urological Society of India.
• Bombay Urological Society, India.
• West Zone Chapter of the Urological Society of India.
• Indian Society of Organ Transplantation.
• Endourology Society.
• Aging, Gender, Andrology & Sexual (Science) of India (AGASSI)
• American Society of Andrology.
• S.M.S.T. (International Society for Medical Shockwave Treatment).

SPECIAL INTERESTS

• Renal transplantation (Govt. Recognized Transplant Surgeon).
• Urologic Reconstructive Surgery.
• Male & Female Sexual Dysfunctions.
• Pioneered Low- Intensity Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy in India and established the first ESWT facility in the country.

EXPERIENCE

• Renal Transplantation and Vascular Access Surgery – from 1979 till date.
• Extensive Experience in Renal Transplantation, Multiple Vascular Anastomosis, Pediatric Renal Transplantation, Vascular Access for Hemodialysis viz. Vascular Grafts (venous, artificial grafts), Transposition of Vessels.
• Urological – from 1979 till date.
• Training in Robotic Surgery at Roswell Park, Buffalo, NY – 2012.
• Shockwaves in Medicine – from 2010 till date.
• Clinical Research Fellow at Tata Memorial Hospital in Uro – Oncology.
• Microsurgery training at Kasturba Medical College, Manipal.

Research & Publications

Use of Thiotepa installations in superficial bladder tumors (Dr. J.N. Kulkarni, Dr. R.L. Juvekar, Dr. M.R. Kamat). Indian Journal of Cancer, vol. 18, 3 September 1981.

PRESENTATIONS

• Lecture on ESWT in Wound Healing at Storz Distributor Meeting, Bangkok, Thailand; in November 2013.
• Lecture on ESWT in Wound Healing at Medical conference in Nigeria, February 2013.
• Presentation on Shockwaves in Diabetic wounds presented at the German ESWT Society in 2013.
• Shockwaves in Medicine (Diabetic foot & Orthopaedics) presented in Nigeria at a 2013 International Conference.
• Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy – presented to Ministry of Health Oman, 12^th February 2012.
• Shockwaves in Medicine – presented to the Ministry of Health South Africa, 8^th November 2011.
• Shockwave Therapy in Revascularisation – Indian Medical Association GP Forum, February 2011.
• The evolving role of the Family Physician – Indian Medical Association 2010.
• Urodynamics – 12^th September 1986, lecture delivered at postgraduate training curse” the Bombay Obstetric & Gynecological Society.
• Retrocaval ureter associated with renal malignancy Dr. R.L. Juvekar, Dr. Mohan Suvarna, Dr. P. Venugopal. Paper presented at the 43^rd Annual A.S.I. Conference urology section, Madras, 1983.
• Urinary flow profile in outflow obstruction Dr. R.L. Juvekar, Dr. K.L. Achrekar, Dr. P. Venugopal. Paper presented at 8^th annual urological conference, Calcutta, September 1984.
• The complication of surgery of hydronephrosis: Dr. R.L. Juvekar, Symposium on hydronephrosis, 3^rd conference, Kerala Urological Association, 8^th January 1984.
• Antero – medium incision of the bladder neck, 16 cases, Dr.F.P. Soonawala, Dr. S.S. Lal, Dr. R.L. Juvekar. Paper presented at the Urology conference. Trivandrum, 1979.
• Importance of liver scan in the diagnosis of upper abdominal masses (Thesis for M.S. General Surgery).