Professional Experience

• Medical School. M.B.B.S.: (1994) Grant Medical College & Sir J.J. Group of Hospitals, University of Mumbai, affiliated to Medical Council of India.
• Post-graduation Master of Surgery, M.S.Branch: General Surgery:(1998) Seth G.S.Medical College, King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, University of Mumbai, India.
• Super-specialization Master of Chirurgie, M.Ch. Branch: Genito Urinary Surgery:(2003) Grant Medical College and Sir J.J.Group of Hospitals, University of Mumbai, India.
• Diploma -Laparoscopy Diploma in Laparoscopic Urology Surgery, European Institute of Telesurgery, IRCAD, Strasbourg IRCAD, Strasbourg, France – 2005

Experience in the United Kingdom

Worked with Mr. David J. Sherlock, Consultant North Manchester General Hospital, U.K. -1999

Clinical Profile – 14 years experience in Dubai, U.A.E

Experience in Mediclinic Welcare Hospital, Dubai: Dec 2010 to till present

Mediclinic Welcare Hospital is a part of the Mediclinic International group of private hospitals ( South Africa, Switzerland, and the U.A.E.) it is a modem, multi-specialty, 127-bed private Hospital in Dubai which has ISO 9001-2000 certification and Joint Commission International Accreditation ( JCIA) As an independent Consultant Urologist over the last seven years, my clinical practice includes:

• Outpatient services, emergency admissions, referrals from allied departments, elective admissions, and day care unit.
• Perform major and minor endourological & open surgeries, as elective and emergency cases.
• Experience with ultrasound, laser, urodynamics, ESWL
• Presentation in various symposiums and conferences in U.A.E.
• Inter-disciplinary committee member in Hospital
• Electronic Medical Record-keen interest in implementation and development
• Quality control and Optimal Utilization of resources- special interest

Experience in Dubai Hospital, Dubai: Jan 2004 to Nov 2010

Dubai Health Authority (DHA) is the only regularity institute of health services in Dubai and I worked for almost 7 years, from 2004 to 2010, in the Urology Department at Dubai Hospital, which in one of the three government tertiary hospitals accredited by JCIA. It caters to a population of around two million residing in Dubai and the Northern Emirates.

• In-charge of the Urology Department of Dubai Hospital 2009-2010
• Managing Urological services including emergency urology cases from three hospitals: Dubai Hospital, Rashid hospital- trauma centre, and Al Wasl Hospital-obstetric / gynecology and pediatric hospital
• Supervision urological procedures done by Specialist and Registers
• Administrative duties include bringing the department to JCIA standards and establishing and maintaining quality control and adherence to their standards.
• Committee member for licensing professional Urologist for private practice in Dubai Health Authority
• Panel member for medico-legal investigation in the Central Governance unit of Dubai Health Authority
• Panel member for investigation in Central Morality and Morbidity committee in Dubai Health Authority
• Panel member of medico-legal investigation in Dubai Courts
• Senior Lecturer in Urology for the Dubai Medical College for Girls

Special Interests

• Endourology – upper and lower tract
• Urolithiasis & Prostate diseases
• Men’s Health & Andrology
• Quality Control – maintenance and adherence to standards, Electronic Medical Record systems, Optimal Hospital Resource Utilization- survey and application.

Affiliations

• Urological Society of India
• Mumbai Urological Society, India
• American Urology Association
• European Association of Urology
• Emirates Urology Society

Research / Publications

Publications

• West Zone Urology Society of India Conference, Jabalpur, November 2001:
• Endourological management of nephrolithiasis in compromised renal function Post PCNL Pseudo Aneurysm – A case report
• Urology Society of India Annual Conference, Jaipur, January 2002: Posterior Urethral Strictures – Efficiency of different modalities of management
• West Zone Urology Society of India Conference, Nadiad, October 2002: Speaker in the Symposium or Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia, natural history and epidemiology of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia-Indian Perspective
• International Conference in Recent Advances of Clinical Oncology, Al Ain, Feb 2007: Prostatic Lymphoma – presenting as a common urinary symptom
• Combined Anesthesia and Urology Department Symposium on Prostatic Surgery: Transurethral prostatic surgery & anesthesia: October 2009, Dubai