A paediatric anaesthetist trained in liver transplant anaesthesia & top level medical administrator.
Over four decades' experience
Conferred with title of Honorary Surgeon to the President of India
Recipient of :- Param Vishisht Seva Medal Vishisht Seva Medal Commander-in-Chief Commendation (Southern Naval Command) 1993 Commander-in-Chief Commendation (Southern Naval Command) 1996 Commander-in-Chief Commendation (Western Naval Command) 2003 Gaurav Puraskar by Maharashtra State Govt (2018) Gaurav Puraskar by Maharashtra State Govt (2023)
Post Graduate-level teacher par excellence over decades, with a vast generation of students, & examiner in MD Anaesthesiology:- Maharashtra University of Health Sciences Delhi University
A highly skilled anaesthetist & intensive care specialist
MBBS from AFMC, Poona University.
MD from INHS Asvini, Mumbai University,
2 years' post-doctoral training in paediatric anaestheisia at BJ Wadia Hospital for Children, Mumbai.
Fellowship in liver transplant anaesthesia from Queen Elizabeth Hospital & Princess Diana Hospital for Children, Birmingham, UK
• Special interests: labour analgesia, post-operative pain relief in infants, neonates
• Worked in armed forces hospitals at Mumbai, Delhi, Kochi, Visakhapatnam, Bangalore, Chennai, Lucknow, Goa, Chilka, Jabalpur & Jamnagar over many years with profound skills & vast experience using state of the art equipment
• A top-level medical administrator & leader with superlative management skills and team-building approach. First-hand experience in planning, preparation and equipping of more than 120 military hospitals nation-wide during the first & second COVID-19 waves with excellent outcome.
• A pioneer member of the 1st ever liver transplant team of the Indian Armed Forces, carrying out more than 100 liver transplants (both living donor & cadaveric donor) in adults & babies, with success rates matching international figures
• As Executive Officer & Commander Troops, INHS Asvini, Mumbai steered running & management of 825 bedded hospital
• Principal Director Medical Services (Personnel & Material) & later, Additional Director General Medical Services, Indian Navy
• Worked as Command Medical Officer, Southern Naval Command in an executive & operational role
• Tenanted appointment of Director General Hospital Services, Armed Forces as Surgeon Vice Admiral.
• As Lt General, commanded flagship hospital of Indian Army - the prestigious Army Hospital Research & Referral (R&R), New Delhi as Director & Commandant, the ultimate feather in the cap, providing medical care for highest ranking dignitaries of India, with 33 super specialty departments & 1200 beds
• As offg Director General Medical Services Army during second COVID-19 wave 2021, steered the management of Covid-19 cases with excellent results
• Joy to the world!