Profile Summary

Qualification & Experience:

•  MD – Sir J J Group of Hospitals, Grant Medical College, Mumbai (1974)
• DVD – Mumbai University (1970) •
• DDV – College of Physicians and Surgeons, Mumbai (1970)
•  MBBS - Sir J J Group of Hospitals, Grant Medical College, Mumbai (1969) 

 

Area of expertise
Clinical care of HIV patients with multiple complications, Sequencing antiretroviral therapy in patients failing first line or second line treatment, Early recognition of complications after starting antiretroviral therapy and appropriate management, Assisted pregnancy promoting especially for HIV positive discordant couples, Focus on challenges in Adolescent HIV management ( cohort of 160 adolescents ) 

Awards & Publications:

• Life Time Achievement Award – Outstanding contribution to HIV Medicine”, HIV Congress, Mumbai - March 2008
• Honorary Fellow award”, College of Venereologists of Sri Lanka - October 2004
•  Award for “Pioneering work in field of HIV/AIDS” by ATG (AIDS Treatment Group, India) - January 2002
•  Awarded “Honorary Member” - The Latvian Association of Dermatology-Venereology, Latvia, Riga - September 21, 2000
• Visiting Professor in Dermatovenereology & AIDS Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) at Galveston, USA - March 2001
•  Awarded “Dr. Ambady Oration Award” for outstanding achievement, 29th National Conference of IADVL, Agra - February 2001
• National Consultant for Control of STDs & AIDS for West Bengal Sexual Health Project - Appointed by British Deputy High Commission- DFID
•  Appointed as Chief Physician in team organizing guidelines for “Management of Clinical HIV/AIDS Medicine” for National AIDS Control Organization, Union Ministry of Health, Government of India
•  Silver Jubilee Oration Award”, Institute of Venereology, Chennai, India (instituted by Indian Association of STD & AIDS)
•  Secured top rank in MD Dermatology-Venereology, University of Mumbai – May 1974
• Recipient of Honorary International STDs/AIDS Diploma [Dip STDs/AIDS (Bangkok)]: Consortium of Thai Training Institutes for Sexually Transmitted Diseases and AIDS (COTTISA) – May 2010.
•  Dr. J.C. Patel- Dr. B. C. Mehta, JAPI Award 2008, Category : Best Case Report, Titled : Primary HIV-1 infection – A “Window of Opportunity “for Health Care Providers, J. Assoc. Physicians India 2008; 56(08): 628-632.