Career Profile

 

• Joined my MBBS and MD (obstetrics and gynaecology) in B.J. Medical College and Civil Hospital, Ahmedabad in 1988.
• Civil Hospital is the largest hospital in Asia and I completed my MD in 1991 with distinction.
• I was the Vice President and Treasurer of Junior Doctors Association during residency.
• I started as consultant gynaecologist in 1992 at Bhansali Hospital and Anand Hospital, Deesa under guidance of very dynamic and senior surgeon Dr. C. K. Patel.
• From 1994-2004, I worked as a senior consultant at Patan (North Gujarat).
• I was the first in Gujarat to do Transvaginal Sonography & Color Doppler with Wipro RT 3200 among private gynaecologists.
• Operative Laparoscopy, Operative Hysteroscopy, Laparoscopic Ectopic pregnancy removal, LAVH, Laparoscopic ovarian cyst removal, Laparoscopic Myomectomy were the laparoscopic procedures routinely done at my hospital in Patan.
• I performed hysteroscopic surgeries like septal resection, polypectomy and tubal cannulation
• I was pioneer for IUI, Color Doppler, Fetal Monitoring (Oxford).
• IUI pregnancies were more than 500 at my hospital (in Patan).
• I have completed 300 non descent vaginal hysterectomies with different indications like large size fibroids, previous operative deliveries and previous sling operations.
• I had been faculty at various state level conferences and workshops.
• I have delivered lectures at different places and on different topics in all over Gujarat.
• I have worked as Secretary of Patan Gynaec Society very successfully.
• I am life member of AICOG, IMA and FOGSI.
• I have been trained for IVF at Lilavati, Bombay and for ICSI at Shivani Scientific Lab.
• I was the Director of Mayflower Women's Hospital and established IVF Department. During my 5 years in Mayflower I was an IVF & Infertility specialist, achieving 40 - 50 % pregnancy rate. I was the organizing secretary of "1st national event composed of The ART & Endoscopy Workshop and Conference (Progress & Challenges in Infertility and Endoscopy) at Ahmedabad".

National and International Conferences

• Attended special training on "Use of LASER in IVF" in Germany in January 2004.
• IFFS-International federation of fertility society in Cape Town, South Africa in 2006.
• Actively attended ESHRE at Copenhagen, Denmark, in June 2006
• ISAR, Chandigarh as faculty on "Markers of Endometrial Receptivity" in March 2008.
• Conference on 'Ovary Unravelled' at Bombay 2010 January as faculty on "treatment of thin Endometrium".
• As faculty and panelist in panel discussion on 'recurrent pregnancy loss' at ISAR Cochin in March 2010.
• As faculty, delivered lecture on 'repeated pregnancy losses at Asian congress of infertility in Singapore in April 2010.
• Actively participated in ESHRE Rome Italy in June 2010.
• Was awarded prize at ASRM, Oct 2010 in Denver, USA.
• Presented many papers in state, national and international conferences.

CLINICAL and ACADEMIC pursuits

• Trained more than 300 gynaecologists for IUI and IVF from all over India and abroad (FOGSI recognized training centre for IUI and IVF).
• More than 390 IVF babies have been delivered by me.
• More than 1800 IUI babies have been delivered by me.
• 50% to 56% success rate in IVF ART.
• Pioneer in Laser assisted hatching technique of IVF (delivered first laser assisted hatching baby of Gujarat).
• Special interest in recurrent pregnancy loss, male infertility, Colour Doppler and genetics.
• Lots of egg donation, embryo donation and surrogacy is being done at my hospital for indicated cases and with very good results.
• Facilities for Cryo preservation of Sperm and Embryo, PGD, Laser Assisted Hatching are available at Sunflower.
• Patients from all over Gujarat, neighboring states like Rajasthan, MP, Maharastra, all over India and abroad come to Sunflower for IVF cycles.

SPECIAL INTERESTS

• Eminent Rotarian, honored by Rotary club of Ahmedabad.
• I am interested in sports; cricket is a hobby and passion.
• I am voracious reader, book collector, interested in photography and affiliated with few social organizations.