Medical Qualification
Special Interests and Expertise
Hospital associated infections, healthcare epidemiology, infection prevention & control, antimicrobial resistance and bacteriology
Certifications
- Certification in Infection Control from Health Protection Agency (HPA), Colindale, London
- Fellowship in Healthcare Epidemiology & Infection Control from Society of Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) CDC, USA
- Fellowship in Occupational Safety in Healthcare – University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville VA, USA
- Effective Management & Leadership in Healthcare – Administrative Staff College of India, Hyderabad
Awards
- 1st International Ambassador to represent India in Society of Healthcare Epidemiology of America (2009)
- Fulbright-Nehru Fellow to Johns Hopkins Institute of Medicine, Baltimore, USA in Healthcare Epidemiology (2015)
- Technical Expert to WHO Guidelines Committee for Control of Multidrug resistant Gram-Negative Pathogens (2017)
- Expert Faculty for Infection Prevention & Control & antimicrobial Stewardship courses conducted by Government of Philippines & Healthcare Core (2020-2022)
- Expert Faculty for Infection Prevention & Control & antimicrobial Stewardship courses conducted by Society for Quality in Healthcare in Nigeria along with QAI, India (2022)
Publications
43 national & international publications in indexed journals. Chapter author in Book on Principles & Practice in Infection Control (India) -Jaypee Publications
