Professional Experience

• Presently, Head, Department of Medicine at P.D. Hinduja National Hospital & Medical Research Centre, Mumbai since 2004 actively managing all sections of Internal Medicine
• Head Oncology atP.D. Hinduja National Hospital & Medical Research Centre Developed state-of-the-art oncology department from its inception to full fledged cancer care with radiation, surgical oncology and medical oncology sections atP.D. Hinduja National Hospital & Medical Research Centre
• Consultant Medical & Pediatric Oncologist at P.D. Hinduja National Hospital & Medical Research Centre
• Consulting Physician in Oncology / Hematology / Immunology, Mumbai 1980 – Sir H.N. Hospital and Bai Jerbai Wadia Hospital for Children, Mumbai.
• Assistant Attending Pediatric Oncologist, Hematologist, Immunologist, Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied diseases, New York, 1978 – 1980.Research, plan, program and develop protocols for cancer and immunodeficiency patients; teaching fellows and Residents
• Research Associate, Sloan-Kettering Cancer Institute, New York, 1978 – 1980.
• Field of Research: Relation of splenectomy, iron load and immunological changes in Thalassemia patients; Ontogeny of Leukocyte migration inhibitory factor etc
• Research Fellow in Immunology, Sloan-Kettering Cancer Institute, New York, 1976–1978.
• Field of Research: Immunoregulatory T lymphocytes in patients with primary immunodeficiency disorders; Herpes simplex infection and complement system; etc
• Fellow in immunology, Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied diseases, New York, 1976 – 1978.
• Participant of Bone marrow, fetal liver and thymus transplantation programs; Management of Immunodeficiency diseases
• Fellow in Hematology, New York Hospital, New York 1977.
• Patient care in Thalassemia transfusion, Hemophilia and Pediatric Hematology clinics
• Chief Resident, Senior Resident, Pediatric Oncology, Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied diseases, New York, 1974 – 1976
• Fellow in Pediatrics, New York Hospital – Cornell Medical School, New York, 1974 – 1976
• Pediatric Resident, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, 1972 – 1974
• Rotating Internship, The Norwalk Hospital, Norwalk, Connecticut 1971 – 1972
• Pediatric House Surgeon, Rotating Internship, K.E.M. Hospital, Mumbai, 1970 – 1971