Special Interests :
Although I practice all aspects of Urology my special interests are Endourology including Flexible scopies, LASERs in Urology, stone disease, Laparoscopy & transplant.
Professional Experience :
Associate professor, Department of Urology, T.N.M.C. & B.Y.L. Nair Charitable Hospital, Mumbai from 8th March 2006 till 18th Nov 2011
Lecturer, Department of Urology, T.N.M.C. & B.Y.L. Nair Charitable Hospital, Mumbai from Feb 1999 till 8th March 2006
Senior resident Urology at LTMMC and LTMGH, Sion Mumbai from 11/7/95 to 10/7/98 and as Post Qualification 4th yr Resident from 11/7/98 to 10/1/99.
Lecturer in Gen. Surgery, Government Medical College & Hospital (GMCH), Nagpur from 17/1/95 to 30/6/95
Registrar in General Surgery(including Burns) at GMCH Nagpur from 8/10/92 to 15/1/95
House officer in General Surgery at GMCH, Nagpur from 7/9/91 to 21/2/92
Junior Resident in Orthopedics at GMCH, Nagpur from 11/2/91 to 6/9/91
Internship Rotating in all clinical branches at Govt. Medical College and Hospital, Nagpur from 1/1/90 to 31/12/90
Training Abroad :
I worked as a clinical fellow at Changi General Hospital, Singapore on the Singapore Urology Association and Societe International D’ Urologir’ (SIU) fellowship from Feb 8th to March 18th, 2004. Attended specialist outpatient clinics every week with HO Siew Hong. I learned and performed TRUS with prostate biopsies in the Clinical Measurement Unit(CMU). I also learned to perform flexible scopies in daycare surgeries. I also attended operations at Changi General Hospital and at Singapore General Hospital to see a Robotic Lap Radical Prostatectomy by Christopher Cheng.
I attended the Institute of Urology and Nephrology, University College of London on clinical attachment between the dates 1st July to 19th July 2002, for learning reconstructive urology by Mr. A.R. Mundy, Mr. C. Woodhouse, Mr. P. Cuckow, et al. I also interacted with Dr. M.J. Kellet, Mr. Simon Choong, and Mr. Peter Philip to learn endourology. I attended Urology and Radiology sessions and PCNL also at Great Ormond Street Children Hospital with Dr. Kellet and Mr. P. Duffy till 23rd July 2002.
I visited Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis, U.S.A., from June 11 to 17th 2001; for training in the new procedure; Holmium laser nucleation of the prostate(HOLEP) by Dr. James E. Lingemen.
I worked at The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, a section of Laparoscopic and minimally invasive surgery in the Urological Institute, U.S.A. From June 17th to July 7th, 2001, for training in Laparoscopic urology by Dr. Inderbir Gill.
I worked at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Department of Urological Surgery at Nashville in the state of Tennessee, U.S.A. to learn uro-oncology from 9th July to 29th July 2001. I learned different techniques of neobladder after radical cystectomy for bladder cancer, inguinal lymphadenectomy for penile cancer, retroperitoneal lymph node dissection for testicular cancer, and radical prostatectomies from Dr. Joseph A. Smith Jr.
I attended Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Department of Urology, New York, US.A. from 28th July to 24th August 2001 for training in endourology such as percutaneous nephrolithotomy for renal stones, treatment of stones at various locations by flexible ureteroscopies, applications of Holmium Laser and treatment of transitional cell carcinoma of the kidney by percutaneous method from Dr. Arthur Smith. I interacted with Dr. Gopal Badlani to learn video urodynamics, surgery for stress urinary incontinence and prolapse in females, artificial urinary sphincter, etc.
M.B.B.S., M.S.(Gen.Surgery), M.Ch.(Urology), D.N.B.(Genitourinary Surgery)