SPECIALIZATION

Consulting General Physician | Cardiologist | Intensivist | Diabetologist

Other Areas of Expertise

• ICCU (Intensive Cardiac Care Unit)

• MICU (Medical Intensive Care Unit)

• AKD (Artificial Kidney Dialysis Department)

• Critical Care Medicine

• Non-Invasive Cardiology

• HIV & AIDS

• Stress Management & Diet Therapy

PRESENT POSITION & ATTACHMENTS

• Professor & Unit Head
  Grant Medical College & Sir J.J. Group of Hospitals, Mumbai

• Consultant Physician
  Bombay Hospital & Research Center, Mumbai

• Consultant Physician
  Dr. Gupta’s Clinic, 33/581 Adarsh Nagar, Worli, Mumbai – 25

• Visiting Physician
  Breach Candy Hospital & Cumballa Hill Hospital, Kemps Corner, Mumbai

• Examiner
  Undergraduate & Postgraduate Medical Courses
  (MBBS, MD [Medicine], FCPS Medicine, DNB Medicine)

PREVIOUS PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Intensivist, Department of Medicine
  K.J. Somaiya College & Hospital, Mumbai

• Chief Intensivist / ICCU & SICU In-Charge
  Lilavati Hospital, Bandra (East), Mumbai

(Over 3 years of intensive experience in critical care and internal medicine)

RESEARCH & THESIS WORK

• Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) with Nephritis

• Role of Highly Sensitive CRP in Acute Coronary Syndrome

• Renal Biopsy Analysis in Young Patients with Medical Renal Diseases

• Bone Marrow Analysis of >100 Retroviral Disease Patients (Irrespective of CD4 Count)

• Comparative Study: Amphotericin-B + Fluconazole vs Conventional Amphotericin-B in Retroviral Patients with Cryptococcal Meningitis

• Role of CD20 Analysis in Patients Presenting with Fever in ICCU Settings

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

• Multicentric Evidence of Immunological and Clinical Improvement with Low-Cost Immunomodulatory Indigenous Medicine in HIV
  6th International Conference of AIDS in Asia & Pacific
  Melbourne, Australia | October 2001

• Zenker Degeneration in Typhoid – A Rare Presentation
  MAPICON 2011 – Best Poster Award

• Young Onset Parkinsonism & ProDAT Scan – A New Diagnostic Tool
  Innovation 2014, GMC Mumbai (MUHS Nashik)

• Pulmonary Hypertension with Thyrotoxicosis – A Rare Association
  Innovation 2014, GMC Mumbai

• Prostate Abscess – Case Report & Literature Review
  Innovation 2014, GMC Mumbai

• Opercular Syndrome (Foix–Chavany–Marie Syndrome)
  Innovation 2014, GMC Mumbai

• First Use of Insulin Pump in a Young Female at J.J. Hospital
  Innovation 2014, GMC Mumbai

• Autoimmune Hepatitis with Hemochromatosis – Dual Diagnosis
  Innovation 2014, GMC Mumbai

• Dengue Encephalitis – A Rare Case Report
  Innovation 2014, GMC Mumbai

• Central Diabetes Insipidus with Hyponatremia & Periventricular Ischemia
  Innovation 2014, GMC Mumbai

PUBLICATIONS

International Publications

• Rhodotorula glutinis Meningitis – Case Report & Review, Mycoses Journal, 2014

• Bone Marrow Fibrosis with Metastatic Prostate Adenocarcinoma, BMJ Case Reports, 2012

• Central Diabetes Insipidus with Hyponatremia & Periventricular Ischemia, Asian Journal of Health & Medical Sciences

• Immunomodulatory Indigenous Medicine in HIV, 6th International AIDS Congress, Melbourne

• Low Molecular Weight Heparin and Mortality in Acutely Ill Medical Patients, NEJM, Dec 2011

National Publications

• Giant Cell Arteritis with Bi-temporal Scalp & Tongue Necrosis, Indian Journal of Dermatology, 2013

• Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis – A Great Masquerader, Bombay Hospital Journal, 2011

• Polycythemia Vera Causing Cerebral Venous Thrombosis, BHJ, 2010

• Mercurial Encephalopathy – A Rare Case, BHJ, 2011

• Adult Onset Still’s Disease, BHJ, 2012

AWARDS & HONORS

• Best Doctor Award – Grant Medical College & J.J. Group of Hospitals
  26 January 2014

• University Rank Holder, Bombay University
  MD (Medicine), July 1999

• Best Paper Presentation Award
  RSSDI Nashik Conference 2014

• Best Poster – First Prize
  Pulmonary Hypertension with Thyrotoxicosis, Innovation 2014

• Best Poster Award
  Zenker Degeneration in Typhoid, MAPICON 2011

WORKSHOPS & TRAINING PROGRAMS

• Good Clinical Practice (GCP) – Hyderabad, 2001

• Medical Teaching Technology Workshop – Somaiya Hospital, 2002

• ADA Postgraduate Course in Diabetology – Hyderabad, 2002

• Clinical Research Workshop – JJ Hospital, Mumbai, 2005

• Advanced CPR – ISCCM National Conference, 2007

• Pharmacovigilance Workshop – GMC & JJ Hospital, 2012

• Joslin Diabetes Center Workshop – Boston, USA, 2012

• Leadership Through Public Speaking – MMC School of Management

• Transformational Leadership for Healthcare Management – ISB