Specialist Physiatrist
King Saud Medical City
Total years of experience :12 years, 4 Months
KEY SKILLS :
1. Adept in the design and delivery of comprehensive, individualized rehabilitation programmes from the initial feasibility analysis to the mobilization & utilization of resources, patient & caregiver education & training, and organization of community and vocational support for resettlement.
2. Qualified in all facets of Medical rehabilitation, including the Diagnosis (by Clinical, Laboratory, Radiological & Electrophysiological means), Pharmacotherapy (drug prescription to interventions like intra-articular & soft-tissue injections, imaging-guided spinal injections, chronic wound debridement & dressing, Nerve blocks & Botulinum Toxin injections) and non-pharmacological measures like prescription of Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech therapy, Orthoses & Prostheses.
3. Enhanced skills in the implementation of the formulated Rehabilitation plan & documentation of the initial status, outcome measures, goals set, progress & targets achieved on a temporal scale.
4. Proven ability to drive focused teams towards performance excellence through leadership and developed teaching & communication skills.
5. Superior strategic aptitude and visionary with a clear sense of purpose & urgency, with an ability to motivate and harness the maximum out of personnel.
Currently supervising the acute rehabilitation of patients admitted to the 140-bedded ICU of the JCI_certified King Saud Medical City, Riyadh, apart from managing patients in the P.M.&R. Outpatient Clinic and participating in Departmental Seminars, Case-presentations & Clinical Meetings.
26th March 2014 : Inducted into the Board of editors of the St John's Handbook of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, being published by the Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at St John's Medical College, Bengaluru, India.
Education: May 2009: Completed Diplomate in National Board (D.N.B.) in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation from India (equivalent of Board-Certified in P.M.&R.) October 2007 : Certified by ECFMG (USA) August 2003 : Completed 1-year Rotating Internship from Calcutta Medical College. August 2002 : Passed MBBS Examinations from Calcutta Medical College, under the University of Calcutta (Kolkata). Dissertation : “ A Clinico – Pathological Study on the effects of Comprehensive Rehabilitation in uncomplicated post-Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting patients” – submitted in October 2006. Academic Distinctions : • Recipient of “Dadhichi Award” for Best overall Speaker in the Annual Conference of the Indian Association of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation ( IAPMRCON ) 2007 at Patna, India. • Best Speaker at the Interdisciplinary Seminar on “Low Back Pain” organized by the Post-Graduate Academic Council at I.P.G.M.E.&R., Kolkata in November, 2005. • Honours in Ophthalmology and Community Medicine in the Third Professional M.B.B.S. Examinations(Part – I) , 2001 . • Recipient of National Talent Search ( N.T.S.) Scholarship, 2005 . Publications : 1. A Comparative Study on the Effects of Comprehensive Rehabilitation in Uncomplicated Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Patients from Rural and Urban India ( !st Author ) - IJPMR October 2007; 18 (2): 34-40. 2. A Low Cost Pulmonary Rehabilitation Programme for COPD patients: Is it any Good ( 2nd Author) – IJPMR October 2006; 17 (2): 26-32. 3. A Comparative Study between Total Contact Casting and conventional dressings in the non-surgical management of Diabetic Plantar Foot Ulcers (2nd Author) – J Indian Med Assoc 2008; 106: 240-2. 4. Rehabilitation of a Patient with Alkaptonuric (Ochronotic) Arthritis – IJPMR October 2007; 18 (2): 54-57 5. Cognitive Rehabilitation in Stroke Cases (Co-Author) – IJPMR 2009;20(1):19-22
• Secured Honours ( 75 % and above) marks in Ophthalmology and Community Medicine in the Third Professional M.B.B.S. Examinations(Part – I) , 2001 . • Secured the highest marks in the University for Community Medicine in the Third Professional M.B.B.S. Examinations(Part – I) , 2001 . * Was ranked 20th out of approx. 35,000 candidates in the West Bengal State Joint Entrance (Medical) Examinations, 1997 for admission to Medical School.
1997: Passed I.S.C. (Class XII) Examination from Calcutta Boys' School. 1995 : Recipient of National Talent Search Scholarship (given yearly to 1000 school students all over India).