Profile Summary

Medical Qualification: M.B.B.S., M.S. ( general Surgery), M.S. ( Paediatric Surgery ) 

Years of experience: 46 years 

Areas of expertise:          

• Paediatric urology:   Managing children with urinary incontinence
• Ureteral reimplantation for refluxing? Obstructed megaureters 
• Bladder Augmentation ( ileocystoplasty with Mitrofanoff’s stoma) 
• Orchidopexy 

Trained as undergraduate and postgraduate at Seth G.S.Medical College & K.E.M.Hospital, Mumbai. Worked at Wadia Children’s Hospital 

On the staff at department of Paediatric surgery, Sir J.J.Group of Hospitals from 1977 to 2005, in the capacity of Reader, Associate Professor and Professor &  Head of the department of Paediatric Surgery 

Invited to Bai Jerbai Wadia Children’s Hospital as Director of Paediatric Surgery & worked there for about 2 years. 

Set up a neonatal  I.C.U. at J.J.Hospital for surgical neonates 

Set up a G.I. lab with state of the art equipment for oesophageal pH monitoring and   oesophageal as well as anorectal  manometry. 

Conducted research projects using the equipment 

Workshops Conducted : 

• Live Operative workshop on Paediatric Gastrointestinal and Padiatric Urological procedures in  December 1992 at Sir J.J.group of Hospitals  ( Foreign faculty) 
• Workshop for Rural Surgeons of India.  ( Departmental faculty 
• Live operative workshop on Paediatric Urology in November 2001 at Sir J.J.Group of Hospitals. ( Foreign faculty ) 
• Live Operative workshop on Paediatric Gastrointestinal procedures in January 2004, at Sir J.J.group of Hospitals. ( Foreign faculty ) 
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Participation as a faculty member in operative workshops : 

• Demonstrated  surgery on anorectal anomaly at MGM Medical College, Jabalpur in February 1996 
• Demonstrated paediatric Urology procedures to general surgeons at Mehsana, Gujarat in  2004 
• Faculty at a National workshop on Operative Paediatric Urology held at Sion Hospital & LTMC, Mumbai in February 2005 
• Faculty at a National workshop on Paediatric Urology  held at Sion Hospital, Mumbai in February 2007. 
• Currently running a BLADDER CLINIC jointly with Dr. Mrs. Kumud Mehta on Fridays at Jaslok Hospital. 

Awards & Honours : 

• Was awarded the British Commonwealth Fellowship for a year from 1983 to    1984 at the Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street, London, during which period was given a temporary job of locum Sr.Registrar in paediatric surgery as well as paediatric urology. 
• Delivered over 50 guest lectures including prestigious orations: 
• Delivered Basantlal Jaiswal Oration on “Gastroesophageal Reflux in Children” in Nagpur March 1992 
• Dr. D.G.Gan oration on “Acute Abdomen in Children” at the NAPICON in Dec. 2005. 
• Delivered the prestigious M.S.Ramakrishna Oration at the annual conference of India Association of Paediatric Surgeons in Septembe  2006 in Go 
• Delivered "Dr S. T. Hemani oration" on Urinary Incontinence in Children, diagnosis & management on 27th September 2015 

 

Publications :

• Eosinophilic Granuloma of the temporal bone. Journal of Postgraduate Medicine, 24(1): 50-54, 1976 
• Tumours in Infancy and Childhood. Commemorative volume of the Institute of Child Health, Sir J.J.Group of Hospitals, Bombay 1978. 
• Selective Transplenic decompression of oesophageal varices by distal splenorenal shunt. Br Soc of Gastroenterol- GUT 19: 831-837, 1978. 
• Intrapericardial Teratoma- a case report. Indian J of Pediatr 50: 333- 335,    1983 
• Megacystis- Microcolon- Intestinal Hypoperistalsis Syndrome. J of Pediatr Surg 19: 206- 208, 1984. 
• Results and Complications of Surgery for Gastro-esophageal reflux. Arch Dis in Child 60: 743-747, 1985. 
• Haematemesis and Malaena in Paediatric age group. Paediatr clin of India 20: 35- 37, 1985. 
• Biliary Atresia: Early Diagnosis through operative cholangiography. Indan J of Pediatr 53: 807-810, 1986. 
• Hair Coil Strangulation of Penis J of Pediatr Surg 29(10) 1317-1318, 1994. 
• Post-operative Care in PICU Bombay Hospital Journal 37(4): 726-728, 1995. 
• Benign Mature Teratoma of the Large Bowel- a case report. J of Pediatr Surg 31(5): 701-702, 1996. 
• Cellular Hemangioma of Caecum  in a Child. Histopathology 29(6): 585-586, 1996. 
• Approach to a Child with Recurrent Vomiting IAP J of Pract Pediatr 5(1): 23- 26, 1997. 
• Adrenogenital Syndrome. Asian J of Pediatr Practice 1: 52-57, 1997. 
• Monogram on “ Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease in Children” 2002. 
• 46XY Disorder of Sexual Differentiation in Five Generations: A Preliminary Report  in Journal of Progress in Paediatric Urology, May-Aug 2014, Vol17, Issue 2 57, pg 81 – 85 
• Contributed a chapter on Disorders of Sexual Differentiation in the IAPS Textbook of PAEDIATRIC SURGERY Jaypee Brothers medical publishers 2020 
• “A conserved NR5A1-responsive enhancer of SRY expression is required for human   testis- determination” in  Scienceadvances 2022. 

• Life member of Indian Association of Paediatric Surgeons 
• Life membership of Indian Academy of Paediatrics