Dr. Falguni Parikh Internal Medicine Specialist in Mumbai

Dr. Falguni Parikh

Internal Medicine Specialist, Mumbai

MBBS, MD, DNBMBBS, M.D. (Medicine), DNB (Medicine), FICP (Fellow of Indian College of Physicians), MNAMS (Member of National Academy of Medical Sciences)

  • 1 Hospital

About

  • Dr. Falguni is a senior and experienced doctor with over 16 years of experience
  • Dr. Falguni was a faculty (Assistant Professor followed by Associate Professor) for Fifteen years at the prestigious B Y L Nair hospital and Topiwala National Medical College which is a 1500 bedded multispecialty tertiary care hospital with a medical college situated in south Mumbai
  • Dr Falguni was attached to Tropical Medicine Clinic and Hypertension Clinic at Nair Hospital right from their inception in 1993
  • Sixteen years of teaching experience
  • University examiner for 3rd year MBBS students
  • Languages : Hindi, English, Marathi, Gujarati

Specialities

  • Internal Medicine

  • Infectious Diseases

Expertise

  • Amoebiasis
  • Tropical eosinophilia
  • Filariasis besides rare bacterial
  • Viral infections like Brucellosis, Ebstein Barr Virus infections
  • Critical illness in Pregnancy
  • Tropical medicine
  • Infectious diseases
  • Hypertension

Education

  • MBBS, MD (Medicine), DNB (Medicine), FICP (Fellow of Indian College of Physicians), MNAMS (Member of National Academy of Medical Sciences)

Practice Information

Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital & Medical Research Institute, Mumbai

Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital & Medical Research Institute, Mumbai

Rao Saheb Achutrao Patwardhan Marg, Four Bunglows, Andheri (W), Mumbai, Maharashtra - 400053

Achievements & Contributions

  • Conducted clinical trials in malaria, catheter related blood stream infections, nosocomial pneumonias, Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcaus Aureus (MRSA) infections, Menigococcal vaccine
  • Awarded M J Shah Memorial Award in Tropical Medicine by Association of Physicians of India in 2003 for paper on ‘Changing Spectrum of Leptospirosis’
  • Awarded prestigious Hargobind Medical Foundation Fellowship for Advanced Training in Departments of Critical Care Medicine and Infectious Disease at University of Pittsburgh Medical Centre, PA, USA in 2004
  • Certificate course in Infectious Diseases organised by Hinduja Hospital in association with Henry Ford Hospitals USA in 2007
  • Management representative for the Medical Intensive Care Unit of Nair Hospital which was the first public hospital ICU in India to be ISO 9001:2000 certified in December 2005
  • Awarded Certificate of Appreciation by the Govt. of Maharashtra for Management of Patients with Monsoon Related Illnesses Post Deluge (26/7/2006)
  • Awarded prize in the senior staff category by Staff Society Nair Hospital for paper on ‘Critical Illness In Pregnancy - MICU Experience’ in 2007
  • Organising secretary of first international conference on Hypertension, Obesity, Lipids, Diabetes (HOLD) held at Mumbai in October 2008
  • Scientific co coordinator for 6th National Conference of Diabetes in Pregnancy Study Group India, February 2011, Mumbai
  • Parikh Falguni; Typhoid Fever Management in 2012; Medicine Update; Vol 22, 2012 (editor SAKamath)
  • Parikh Falguni; Experience from Influenza A (H1N1) Pandemic 2009 - Is Prevention Better Than Cure?; Journal of Association of Physicians of India; Vol.59 2011; p 11-12
  • Parikh Falguni ’Status of Antibiotic Use In India; Supplement to JAPI Special Issue on Antibiotic Resistance; Vol 58; Dec 2010, p 7
  • Parikh Falguni, Kapoor Dheeraj; Homocysteine, Insulin Sensitivity and Cardiovascular Disease – Is There A Link?; Journal of Association of Physicians of India (JAPI); June 2009; Vol. 57, p 437-38
  • Parikh Falguni; Rational Use of Antibiotics; Medical Image (Indian Medical Association Bulletin); Dec.2009; Vol 34, Issue 9
  • Parikh Falguni; Changing Trends In Poisoning; Journal of Association of Physicians of India; November 2009; Vol 57, p 739
  • Parikh Falguni; Steroids and Vasopressors In ICU; Medicine Update 2011
  • Medical Philately – (Medicine through stamps) - Monthly Feature in Journal of Association of Physicians of India
  • Chapters in books
  • Mumps API textbook of Medicine (9th Edition 2012, Editor Dr Y P Munjal)
  • Pulmonary Eosinophilia - Textbook of Pulmonary Medicine 2009 (editor Dr. JM Joshi)
  • Anemia in Tropical Parasitic Diseases in 'Anemia in Tropics' Monograph by Indian College of Physicians 2009 (editor Dr Nandini Mukherjee)
  • Hypertension - An International Monograph 2007 (editor Dr Paul Anand) - Hypertension in Pregnancy, Commentary on Atenelol Trials
  • Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome in API textbook Of Medicine (7th Revised Edition 2006, editor Dr. Siddharth Shah)
  • Food Borne Toxic Diseases (7th Edition 2003, editor Dr. Siddharth Shah)
  • Conference presentationsPresented papers, chaired sessions, conducted clinical case discussions and organized clinical quiz at various national conferences in Medicine, Hypertension, Infectious diseases and critical care.
  • Recent Conference Presentations‘HIV and Cancers – Kokilaben Hospital Experience’ presented at HIV Congress 2012 held at Mumbai March 2012
  • ‘Management of Typhoid in 2012’ at Annual Conference of Association of Physicians of India held at Kolkata, January 2012
  • ‘Hypertension in Pregnancy - Pathophysiology and Management’ at Hypertension International Conclave II jointly organized by American Society of Hypertension and Hypertension Society of India in Pune, November 2011
  • Association of Physicians of India
  • Infectious Diseases Society of India
  • Hypertension Society of India
  • Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine
  • Indian Medical Association
  • Joint secretary of Indian College of Physicians-Academic Wing of Association of Physicians Of India (1998-2009)
  • Executive Committee Member of Hypertension Society of India
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