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Curriculum Vitae

 

                        Name                      Dr.Tushar Bharatlal Parikh

                        Titles                       MBBS, DCH, DNB (Pediatrics),  DM (Neonatology),

                                                         MNAMS             

PUBLICATIONS

Abstracts

1.      Parikh TB, Nanavati RN, Udani RH. Risk factors for invasive fungal infection in VLBW babies admitted in NICU, in Saluja S, Chellani H, Soni A, Sehgal A (Eds) Silver Neocon 2005. Abstract Book, Pg 25

2.      Parakh H, Nanavati RN, Parikh Tushar B, Jijina F and Mohanti Dipika. Iron status in Babies born to mother with uteroplacental insufficiency. in Saluja S, Chellani H, Soni A, Sehgal A (Eds) Silver Neocon 2005. Abstract Book, Pg 33

3.      Udani RH, Sathe S, Parikh Tushar B., Nanavati RN, Sathpathy A. Kangaroo Mother Care in India: year 2005: Where are we ? in Saluja S, Chellani H, Soni A, Sehgal A (Eds) Silver Neocon 2005. Abstract Book, Pg 105

4.      Jani P, Sathe S, Parikh TB, Kulkarni TV, Nanavati RN, Udani RH. An innovative method of urine quantification in Newborns; in Saluja S, Chellani H, Soni A, Sehgal A (Eds) Silver Neocon 2005. Abstract Book, Pg 131

5.      Parikh TB, Nanavati RN, Patankar C, Rao SPN, Bisure K, Udani RH, Mehta PR; ‘Fluconazole prophylaxis against fungal colonization and invasive infection in Very Low Birth Weight Infants’, in Tullu MS, Gupta S, Kher A, Moralwar P, Mehta P, Agarwal R et.al.(Eds.), NCPID & EMBICON 2005 Proceedings and Abstract Book; Pg. 55

6.      Patankar C, Narain S, Kumar C, Sarathi A, Mehta P, Parikh T, Nanavati RN.”A prospective study of candideal colonization in VLBW neonates” Published in abstract book XXIX National congress of Indian Association of Medical Microbiologists (MICROCON 2005), SRMC, CHENNAI, INDIA

7.      Parikh TB, Nanavati RN, Udani RH. “Reliability of Side stream and Main stream Capnometry in Neonates on patient triggered ventilation and its correlation with lung compliance” O- 13. Abstracts NEOCON 2004. Pg 25

8.      Parikh TB, Udani RH, Nanavati RN, Rao S. “Kangaroo Mother Care Initiative in India – Where are we? P 39, Abstracts NEOCON 2004. Pg.77

9.      Parikh TB, Bajaj No, Nanavati RN, Udani RH. “Neonatal Morbidity and mortality in babies born to mothers with Pregnancy Induced hypertension.” P 38, Abstracts NEOCON 2004. Pg.76

10. Parikh TB, Kelkar SD, Bhave SA, Bavdekar AR, Pandit AN. “Rotaviral load and duration of virus shedding in acute watery diarrheas of early childhood”. Scientific abstracts. XIII th annual conference Pediatric Gastroenterology, Liver and Nutrition (PEDGASTRO) -2003; Pg 93

11. Parikh TB, Udani RH, Nanavati RN. “C- reactive protein and neonatal bacterial meningitis” Abstracts, XXIII Annual Convention of National Neonatology Forum Conference, Hyderabad Dec 2003. pg 157-58.

12. Shah Dharmesh,  Rao Suman, Mauskar A, RN Nanavati, Parikh T,  RH Udani,, “ Profile of perinatal morbidity and mortality in a tertiary care hospital.” Abstracts, XXIII Annual Convention of National Neonatology Forum Conference, Hyderabad Dec 2003. p 61

13. Parikh TB, Kelkar SD, Bhave SA, Bavdekar AR, Pandit AN. Rotaviral load in watery diarrhea of early childhood. abstracts, 9th Asian Conference on Diarrheal diseases and nutrition, New Delhi, India, 2001; Pg 50

14. Parikh TB, Bhave SA, Bavdekar AR, Pandit AN. Double blind placebo controlled evaluation of Saccharomyces boulardii in acute diarrhea of early childhood, abstracts, 9th Asian Conference on Diarrheal diseases and nutrition, New Delhi, India, 2001; Pg 31

Books

15. Parikh TB, Udani RH. “Thermoregulation“ in Mondkar JM, Pejavar R (Eds) NNF Manual of Neonatal Care, 1st edition , Prism publications for National Neonatology Forum (India), Bangalore, Oct 2004

16. Nanavati RN, Parikh TB (Eds.), ‘KEM Protocols for Neonatal Ventilation’, Published by department of Neonatology, KEM Hospital, Mumbai - 2005

17. Parikh TB. Contributor to the “Training manual for Kangaroo Mother Care – steps towards human care of low birth weight babies”  December 2004

18. Nanavati RN, Parikh TB. “Current status of Antenatal steroids – an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure”. Abstracts of 3 rd Annual CME on advanced neonatal care” held at Bombay hospital, 14th and 15th  December 2003

19. Nanavati RN, Parikh TB. Thermoregulation in Newborns. In Sheth PN, Verma R (Eds): Proceedings of Pre conference workshop on Basic Neonatal Care of International Pediatric Update 2004. MBIAP, 2004. pp 11-16

20. Parikh TB. Contributor in; Udani RH, Nanavati RN (Ed.) “Manual of Neonatal Protocols”, 3rd edition, 2003. Department of Neonatology, Seth G S Medical College & King Edward Memorial Hospital, Mumbai.

21. Parikh TB. Contributor in; "Manual of neonatal resuscitation" 2nd edition, 2003.  Department of Neonatology, Seth G S Medical College & King Edward Memorial Hospital, Mumbai.

22. Sanghavi KP, Parikh TB. “Evidence based medicine – patent ductus arteriosus”. Proceedings of  2nd International workshop on Advanced Neonatal Care - 2002. Pg. 106-110

Journals

 

23. Parikh TB, Udani RH, Nanavati RN, “Fanconi’s anemia in newborn.” Indian Pediatr. 2005 Mar 7;42(3):285-287. PMID: 15817983

24. Parikh TB, Nanavati RN, Udani RH. “Sirenomelia Apus with Vestigial Tail.” Indian J Pediatr, 2005 Apr;72(4):367. PMID: 15876775

25. Parikh TB. “Neurosensory Assesment” in Nanavati RN (Ed) Follow up of high risk NICU graduates, Pediatric Clinics of India, published by Athavale research foundation, Mumbai Pediatr Clin India. 39:2: 2004:94-115.

26. Parikh TB, Udani RH. Algorithm of Neonatal resuscitation. Pediatrics Today, 7 (6), 359 - 65

27. Parikh TB, Nanavati RN, Udani RH. ‘Reliability of Side stream and Main stream Capnometry in Neonates on patient triggered ventilation and its correlation with lung Mechanics’, submitted for publication at Indian  J Pediatrics – June 2005 

28. Parikh TB, Nanavati RN, Patankar C, Rao SPN, Bisure K, Udani RH, Mehta PR; ‘Fluconazole prophylaxis against fungal colonization and invasive infection in Very Low Birth Weight Infants’, sent for publication at Indian Pediatrics – August 2005

29. Parikh TB, Nanavati RN, Udani RH; ‘Noma Neonatorum’,  Indian J Pediatr. 2006 May;73(5):439-40. PMID: 16741334

30. Parikh TB, Jani PR, Nanavati RN; ‘Escobar Syndrome’ sent for publication at Indian J Pediatr  June – 2005

 

PRESENTATIONS

1.      “Risk factors for invasive fungal infection in VLBW babies admitted in NICU” Oral presentation at the XXVth Annual Convention of National Neonatology Forum at Indore,MP- 1st to 4th December, 2005
2.      “An innovative method of urine quantification in Newborns” Oral presentation at the XXVth Annual Convention of National Neonatology Forum at Indore,MP- 1st to 4th December, 2005
3.       “Fluconazole prophylaxis against fungal colonization and invasive infection in Very Low Birth Weight Infants” The paper won EMBICON Gold Medal – 2005 for Best Paper Presentation at the combined conferences of 8th National Conference of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and 9th Annual Conference of Mumbai and Navi Mumbai branches of Indian Academy of Pediatrics at Mumbai between 14 and 16 October, 2005,
4.       “The reliability of Main stream and Side stream Capnometry in Neonates on Patient Triggered ventilation and its Correlation with Lung Compliance.” The paper was presented for the Dr. Amrit Modi and Unichem Pharma Best Paper award at the 111th Meeting of Staff society of KEM Hospital, Mumbai. December 2004.

5.      “Kangaroo Mother Care Initiative in India – where are we? ”.Poster presentation at the XXIV th Annual Convention of National Neonatology Forum, Chandigarh – Oct 2004.

6.      “Neonatal Morbidity and Mortality in babies born to mothers with pregnancy induce hypertension ” Poster presentation at the XXIVth annual convention of National Neonatology Forum at Chandigarh – 2004.
7.       “The reliability of Main stream and Side stream Capnometry in Neonates on Patient Triggered ventilation and its Correlation with Lung Compliance. The research work was presented as an oral presentation at the XXIVth annual convention of National Neonatology Forum at Chandigarh – 2004.

8.      “Neonatal Pneumatocele” Interesting case presentation at the 4th bimonthly CME by the Mumbai Branch of National Neonatology Forum at Mumbai - 2003

9.      “C- reactive protein and neonatal bacterial meningitis” Poster presentation at the XXIII Annual Convention of National Neonatology Forum Conference, Hyderabad Dec 2003

10. Parikh TB, Kelkar SD, Bhave SA, Bavdekar AR, Pandit AN. “Rotaviral load and duration of virus shedding in acute watery diarrheas of early childhood”,  at the XIII th annual conference Pediatric Gastroenterology, Liver and Nutrition (PEDGASTRO) – Sept 2003

11. Shah Dharmesh,  Rao Suman, Mauskar A, RN Nanavati, Parikh T,  RH Udani,, “ Profile of perinatal morbidity and mortality in a tertiary care hospital.” Poster presentation at the XXIII Annual Convention of National Neonatology Forum Conference, Hyderabad, 2003.

 

PARTICIPATION IN WORKSHOPS AND CONFERENCS

  1. Delegate at the XXVth Annual Convention of National Neonatology Forum at Indore, MP- 1st to 4th December, 2005.
  2. Co-convenor at the 3rd Annual Lecture series by Mumbai Branch of National Neonatology Forum and Department of Neonatology KEM Hospital, Mumbai
  3. Delegate at the 8th National Conference of Pediatric Infectious Diseases & EMBICON 2005, Mumbai 14to 16 October, 2005
  4. Delegate at the XXIVth Annual Convention of National Neonatology Forum at Chandigarh. 27th October to 31st October, 2004.
  5. Delegate at the “JPGM Gold Con – 50 Years of Medical Writing, Editing and Publishing”. An international Conference on Journal Writing, editing and e-publishing. 23rd September to 26th September, 2004.
  6. Faculty at the three “One day Skill based awareness training program” by the Kangaroo Mother Care Project at the  KEM Hospital, Mumbai – 2004
  7. Attended “ IFCON – Infant Feeding Conference” by the Mumbai and Navi Mumbai Branch of Indian Academy of Pediatrics and Breast Feeding Promotion Network of India, 1st August, 2004
  8. Panelist at the 4th CME on Kangaroo Mother Care by National Neonatology Forum Mumbai. April 2004.
  9. Panelist at the 2nd CME by National Neonatology Forum Mumbai on ‘Birth asphyxia’ Oct 2003
  10. Delegate at the “XXIII Annual Convention of National Neonatology Forum”, Hyderabad  Dec 2003
  11. Attended workshop on “Advanced Neonatal Ventilation” at XXIII Annual Convention of National Neonatology Forum Conference, Hyderabad  Dec 2003
  12. Attended “3 rd Annual CME on Advanced Neonatal Care” by the National Neonatology Forum, Mumbai Branch, at Bombay Hospital Research Centre, Mumbai, 14th and 15th  December 2003
  13. Trained in "Breastfeeding and Lactation Management & Baby Friendly Hospital Assessment" conducted by Dept. of Neonatology and Pediatrics, Seth GS Medical college and Hospital, Mumbai, from 28th July 2003 to 31st July 2003.
  14. Attended “workshop on Research Methodology with Emphasis on Clinical Epidemiology ” held at, Seth GS medical college and KEM Hospital, Mumbai, on 4th and 5th April 2003.
  15. XXII Annual Convention of National Neonatology Forum Conference, Cochin Dec 2002.
  16. Faculty at 2nd  International Workshop on “Advanced  Neonatal Care” – 2002 at the Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai.
  17. Successfully completed the NALS training programme conducted at Armed Forces Medical College, Pune by National Neonatology Forum, Pune branch. 2001
  18. XXth Annual Convention of National Neonatology Forum, organized at Mumbai. , Maharashtra, India, in November 2000.
  19. Two workshops on Inherited Metabolic Disorders conducted by Department of Pediatrics, K.E.M.Hospital, Pune, Maharashtra, India, in May 1998 & May 2000
  20. National Pediatric Critical Care Conference, held at Nagpur, Maharashtra, India, in Feb 1999.
  21. Workshop on Neonatal Ventilation –Organised by Indian Academy of Pediatrics, Pune –March 1999

Awards and Honours

1.)    Awarded Gold Medal for the best paper presentation at the 8th National Conference on Pediatric Infectious Diseases at Mumbai, October 2005

2.)    Overall first at the DM (Neonatology) examinations conducted by the University of Mumbai – August 2005.

3.)    Nominated twice for the “Best Resident Award “ for the years 2004 and 2005 from the Department of Neonatology at the Seth GS Medical College, Mumbai.

4.)    Invited by the WHO Collaborative Centre for Newborn care to facilitate a workshop on ‘Essential Newborn Nursing' at Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India - Apr-2004

5. Executive committee member for “Kangaroo Mother Care Project” by the KEM Hospital & Seth G.S. Medical College, Mumbai. 2003-04 The Project is funded by Save Children Federation, Inc.,(US), Saving Newborn Lives Initiative.

6. Executive committee member of the 2nd International Workshop on Advanced Neonatal Care, organized by the Department of Neonatology, KEM Hospital, Mumbai. Dec - 2002

 7. Ranked Second in Maharashtra state, amongst 56 candidates appeared at the D.C.H. examinations- April 2000.

 

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

 
  1. Indian Academy of Pediatrics.
  2. National Neonatology Forum, India.
  3. National Academy of Medical Sciences (Government of India)