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Dr. Sidhyartha Mukherjee

sidhyartha@gmail.com

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42 Years Medical Experience, Including 35 Years In Community Medicine & 23 Years In Medical Teaching. Expertise In Health Advocacy, Research, Administration and Management


Dr. Sidhyartha Mukherjee

D -1/3, ISRO Complex, Sterling City, BOPAL,

Ahmedabad – 380 058

Tel: 91 (2717) 234136 (R), Mobile: 98251-64453

E-mail: drsmukherjee@yahoo.co.uk; sidhyartha@gmail.com;  

 

BRIEF OVERVIEW

§  Experienced Graduate & PG Medical Teacher and Examiner. Developed innovative rural & research oriented syllabi in PSMC, Karamsad. Guided UG & PG medical students on community & field based research

§  Expertise in management of a 460 bedded multi-specialty hospital in Ahmedabad

§  Consultant in Community Medicine & Public Health with strong experience in managing Primary & Secondary Health Care, including community empowerment, in rural settings.

§  Managed & implemented various USAID. European Commission & Govt. of Netherlands funded projects on Reproductive & Child Health, HIV/AIDS, NCD & Mental Health

§  Member of Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC) in PSMC, Karamsad for 5 years

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

G.C.S. Medical College, Hospital & Research Centre, Ahmedabad       Nov 2011 – Oct 2012

Medical Superintendent cum Professor in Community Medicine

 

Work Profile:

 

Gujarat Adani Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhuj                                    Feb 2009 – July 2011

Dean cum Professor in Community Medicine

 

Work Profile:

 

Pramukhswami Medical College, Karamsad, Karamsad                           Mar 2007 – Jan 2009

Professor & HOD – Community Medicine

 

Work Profile:

 

Kesar SAL Medical College & Research Institute, Ahmedabad               Jan 2005 – Mar 2007

Professor & HOD – Community Medicine

 

Work Profile:

 

Aga Khan Health Service, India (International NGO)

Senior Manager – Programs                                                                June 2001 – December 2004

 

Work Profile:

§  Heading Community Health Division & Management of Rural Health Services

§  Development & empowerment of the un-reached & under-served rural community

§  Establishing Health Centers for Primary Health Care, RCH & Mental Health care

§  Designing & Implementing a pilot on Community based Mental Health Care

§  Ensuring Quality, Access & Sustainability of Community Based Health Initiatives

§  Dealing and networking with the Govt. PHCs & Programmes / other NGOs.

§  Team management of a task force of 130 Employees in three different parts of Gujarat, documentation & reporting according to prescribed formats

§  Organizing & providing trainings on various Health Issues, including Mental Health for the staff as well as the community volunteers.

§  Ensuring community participation and empowerment through CBO strengthening.

§  Policy advocacy & management of USAID, EC & Govt. of Netherlands funded projects

§  Activity based field research - designing & implementation

§  Conceptualization, preparation, writing & submission of project proposals on Mental Health, Adolescent Sexual & Reproductive Health & HIV/AIDS and NCDs

§  Behaviour Change Communication for creating awareness on overall health issues, incl. MH

§  Monitoring and presenting various cost analyses/recovery/data collection processes.     

 

Pramukhswami Medical College, Karamsad

Professor & Head – Community Medicine                                                   Jun 1998 – May 2001

Work Profile:

 

Indian Air Force                                              (A period of 28˝ yrs on different posts)

 

Commanding Officer, Air Force Hospital, Hasimara (WB)                             Jan 1998 – Jun 1998
 
Dy. Director General Medical Services for Air Force                                      Jan 1997 – Jan 1998

 

Dy. Director – Air Staff Inspection                          Jul 1985 – May 1987 & Aug 1995 – Jan 1997

§  Medical and Organizational Audit, including war preparedness, for entire Air Force

§  Evaluation of Medical & Hospital Services in Air Force bases.

 

Armed Forces Medical College, Pune

Reader (Associate Professor) – P & SM                                                         Jan 1990 – Aug 1995

 

Community Health Officer (Specialist in Community Medicine)    

Air Force Station, Jamnagar (Gujarat)                                                            May1987 – Jan 1990

Air Force Station, Jalahalli (Bangalore)                                                           Oct 1982 – Jun 1985      &                            

Air Force Station, Hasimara (WB)                                                                 Jan 1979 – Feb 1980

§  Responsible for fieldwork and provision of Preventive, Promotive and Primary Health Care, including curative & emergency medical care, to community at the grassroots level

 

Dy. Principal Medical Officer (P & SM), Eastern Air Command, Shillong    - Mar1980 – Sep 1982

 

Unit Medical Officer

Air Force Station, Jorhat (Assam)                                                                  Oct 1973 – Dec 1976

Air Force Station, Hindan, Ghaziabad (UP)                                                  Jan 1971 – Sep 1973

 

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

Armed Forces Medical College, Pune   & Poona University                                                                 

 

Doctor of Medicine (MD) – Preventive & Social Medicine     - 1978             

PG Diploma in Public Health (DPH)                                        - 1977

PG Diploma in Industrial Health          (DIH)*                                                - 1992

PG Diploma in TB & Chest Diseases (DCD)                           - 1976                         

MBBS – Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery                       - 1969

 

* Stood first in University in the DIH examination

 

§  Medical teaching experience includes :

o   Post Graduate Teacher of Poona University & Sardar Patel University 

o   PG Guide for PG students of MD (Preventive & Social Medicine) of Poona & Sardar Patel Universities

o   Examiner for MD (PSM), DPH & DIH at Poona, South Gujarat, Sardar Patel, Saurashtra & Mahadji Sayajirao (MS) Universities

o   Examiner for MBBS at Delhi, Bombay, Poona, BHU, Saurashtra & S. P. Universities

 

§  Faculty & Examiner for Master of Industrial Hygiene course of Sardar Patel University

 

§  Undergone the following service courses in the Armed Forces :

%  Medical Officers Basic Course

%  Course in Introductory Aviation Medicine

%  Course in Primary Aviation Medicine (Awarded ‘The Chief of Air Staff

Silver Medal’ for securing highest rank out of 4 courses held at Institute of Aerospace Medicine, Bangalore in 1973)

%  Medical Officers Junior Commander Course

%  Advanced Preventive & Social Medicine Course (Awarded ‘The Northern Command (Army)Silver Medal’ for standing first in final grading examination held at AFMC, Pune)

%  Senior Medical Officers Administrative Course (Stood Second)

 

§  Undergone the following courses in Civilian Institutes:

§      Malaria Entomology course at National Institute of Communicable Diseases, Delhi

§      Plague & Leptospirosis Surveillance & Control at Plague Surveillance Unit of NICD.

§      Leadership for Excellence in Health Care at Indian Society of Health Administrators, Bangalore

§      Prevention of Breast Cancer at Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai

§      Health Management from National Institute of Health & Family Welfare, New Delhi

§      Attended an Indo-British workshop on Health Care for HIV +ve at the Municipal Hospital, Mumbai

§      Attended a national workshop on HIV/AIDS conducted by the Indian Society of Health Administrators, Bangalore

 

§  Papers Read in Conferences / Published :

o   Epidemiological investigation of two outbreaks of viral Hepatitis at a Major Air Force Base, paper read at Indian Association of Aerospace Medicine, conference

o   Food Poisoning Outbreak - A system for Early reporting & Control, paper read at Indian Association of Aerospace Medicine, conference

o   A predictive surveillance for plague and scrub typhus in Defence establishments in and around Pune city, as part of research work done in Dept of P & SM

o   Study on the bio-efficacy of Bacillus Thuringiensis var Israelensis (BTI) for Biological Control of mosquitoes in field conditions, at AFMC

o   Determination of trace elements like cadmium, chromium copper, iron & zinc in water/ body fluids as aid in clinical diagnosis/treatment, research work in Dept. of PSM, AFMC

o   Estimation of relative risk for developing Ischaemic Heart diseases among Armed Forces personnel: A computerized multivariate analysis, at AFMC

o   Survey for Coronary Risk Factors amongst Army Personnel in Pune, at AFMC

o   Retrospective cross sectional study of prevalence of Hypertension & CHD among Air Force personnel in Indian Air Force, at AFMC

o   Process Evaluation of School Health Programme of Govt. of Gujarat During 1998

o   Baseline KABP survey for prevalence of Tobacco habit and Cancers among general population of Kheda District of Gujarat, research done at Karamsad Medical College.

o   Baseline KABP survey for prevalence of Tobacco habit and Cancers among School & College Students in Kheda District of Gujarat, research done at Karamsad Medical College.

o   Interventional Study on Nutrition Education & Supplementation in 350 malnourished children with Grade II & III Malnutrition, in Sidhpur Taluka, research done in AKHS,I

o   Read a paper on Health Management Information System, at the Health Development Forum Conference, held at Dubai in 2001

o   ‘Participatory Rural Appraisal / Participatory Learning through Action among community, in seven villages of Junagadh district of Gujarat’. Paper read during Health Development Forum Conference, held at Dubai in 2002

o   Read paper on, \"The Role of ‘Lay Counselors’ in amelioration of Common Mental Disorders in the rural community,” at the 3rd International Conference of Psychologists.

§  Attended International Workshop on environmental sanitation in ‘Built Environments in Aga Khan Developmental Network’ held at Mombasa, Kenya

§  Conducted ‘Participatory Rural Appraisal / Participatory Learning through Action’ (PRA/PLA), among community, in 58 villages in Junagadh, Patan & Kutch districts of Gujarat

§  Participated as Occupational Physician & Epidemiologist in a project funded & conducted by University of Cincinnati, USA, on Monitoring Soil Samples to ascertain Health Hazard to Farmers due to Agricultural Pesticides usage, in Anand District, Gujarat.

§  Organized / hosted an International Continuing Medical Education on HIV/AIDS in March 2000, in association with Universities of Westminster and Greenwich, London

§  Trained peer group leaders of 30 hostels (25000 students) of S. P. University on awareness and high risk behavior change, in relation to Sexually Transmitted Diseases & HIV/AIDS

§  Organized and conducted multi-diagnostic and Cancer early detection camps in rural areas, of Kheda & Anand Districts of Gujarat.

§  Trained Village Health Workers in Cancer Awareness Education and Early Detection amongst rural community, in Kheda & Anand Districts of Gujarat.

§  Read a paper on, \"Governance in Community Based Mental Health Care” during Silver Jubilee celebration of Institute for Rural Management, Anand, on December 17th, 2004.

§  Conducted workshop on, \"Community Empowerment & Development of Lay Counselors among the rural community,” at the Sampurna Montfort College, Bangalore.

§  Undertaken evaluation of the PPTCT program in Andhra Pradesh & Karnataka states, on behalf of the UNICEF, Hyderabad field office, in June, 2008 & September 2008

§  Represented Gujarat state on the Operations Research Committee of Zonal Task Force, Western Region, under Revised National Tuberculosis Control Program, in 2008 & 2009

 

§  Received the following honors and awards :

o       Commendation by the Chief of Air Staff, 1996

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