Profile Summary

Medical Qualification: 

• MBBS
• MD (Microbiology)

Designation: Head of Laboratory

Years of experience: 24 years

Areas of expertise:

• Microbiology
• Infection Control

Introduction:

Dr Sonar Narula is a graduate of the prestigious Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College at Sion, Mumbai and did her MD in Microbiology from Goa Medical College. With more than 2 decades of experience in Clinical Microbiology & Hospital Infection Control in major hospitals in Mumbai and Kerala, she has worked for nearly 18 years in Jaslok Hospital as Consultant and Head of the Department of Microbiology. She ushered in an era of modernization, automation, excellence and safety in Clinical Microbiology & Hospital Infection Control through changes in equipment, training of Personnel, Standard Operating Procedures and Quality Assurance programs. She successfully led the Department through successive successful NABH and SAFE – I accreditation programs, and now brings the same thoroughness of method and passion for excellence to the Department of Laboratory Medicine, which she now heads since June 2022.

Awards & Publications:

Awards & Publication:

• Speaker on "Newer Diagnostic Techniques for Bacterial Infections" at Criticon 2022 on 8th october 2022
• Speaker on "Bug Survival Strategies" at the CME, MICROCON 2019 (National Conference of IAMM) on 28th Nov 2019
• Resource Person for Workshop on "Antimicrobial Resistence" MICROCON 2019 (National Conference of IAMM) on 27th Nov 2019
• Speaker on "PCR Based Tests To Improve Infection Outcomes"  CRITICON 2019 on 16th Nov 2019
• Resource Person for Workshop on Infection Prevention at INFECON on 18th October 2019
• Speaker on "Infection - Free ICU - Is it Possible?" during "Jaslok Criticon Sepsis 2017" , Nov 2017, Trident, Mumbai
• Faculty on "National Febrile Neutropenia Guideline meeting" for 35th ICON Conference, 9th - 11th Sep 2016, Courtyard Marriot, Mumbai
• Faculty in "Jaslok Criticon Sepsis 2015" , 21st  - 22nd Nov 2015, Trident, Mumbai
• Khade A, Tandon S, Narula S. Retrospective analysis of risk factors, antibiotic susceptiblity and outcomes in patients with Elizabethkingea meningosepticum. Presentation at Criticon 2016: Critical Care CME, 7th Apr 2016, KIMS, Kochi
• Sonar Narula, Shashikala SP, Kavitha D, PM Shamshulkarim. Mycobacteremia due to M fortuitum following Cardiac Surgery in a Case of Congenital Rubella Syndrome. Presentation at 32nd Annual Congress of IAMM, 21-25 Oct 2008, AFMC Pune. 
• Narula S, Singh PN, Rodrigues S, Verenkar MP. Diagnosis of Enteric Fever using Coagglutination and Widal Test. Presentation at 23rd National Congress of IAMM, PGIMER Chandigarh, Oct 1999.

Memberships:

Memberships:

• Life Member- Indian Association of Mediacal Microbiologists.
• Member - Hospital Infection Society, Mumbai Forum