WORK EXPERIENCE:

• From 1st October 2012 till date – Consultant Nephrologist at Vikram Hospital,Mysore
• From May 2009 till 30th September 2012 – Consultant Nephrologist at Columbia Asia Hospital, Mysore
• From April 2008 till May 2009 – Consultant Nephrologist at NU Hospitals,Bangalore
• From September 2006 to February 2008 - Clinical Fellow in Adult Nephrology Program
• From August 2003 to July 2006 - Senior Resident in Nephrology
• From August 2000 to July 2003 - Resident in Internal Medicine
• From March 1998 to March 1999 - Intern towards completion of MBBS certification

MEMBERSHIPS:

• Life Member of Indian Society of Nephrology
• Life Member of Indian Society of Organ Transplantation
• Member of Peritoneal Dialysis Society of India
• Member of International Society of Nephrology

AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS:

• Certificate of Merit – Awarded by the Education Department, Government of Karnataka in recognition of high position secured among meritorious candidates qualifying for awards from Karnataka, 1991.
• Participated in 10th IAP Pediatric Quiz conducted by Indian Association of Pediatrics 1997 Divisional round – Placed first Pre-zonal round - Placed first South Zone (India) – Placed second
• Certificate of Merit – Dr. Hrishikesh Prabhu Memorial Prize for excellent performance in 10th IAP Pediatric Quiz 1998.
• Certificate of Merit – Thangamal Doraiswamy Memorial Prize for excellent performance in Obstetrics and Gynecology 1998.
• Certificate of Merit – Dr. Leelavathi Devdas Gold Medal for securing the highest number of marks among successful candidates in Obstetrics and Gynecology by the Gulbarga University 1998.
• Certificate of Merit – Late Nagashetty B. Punshetty Memorial Gold Medal for securing the highest number of marks among successful candidates in Obstetrics and Gynecology by the Gulbarga University 1998.
• Participated in Hemato-Oncology Quiz conducted as part of hematology/oncology conference in Manipal 2000 and was placed first.
• Certificate of Merit – Novo-Nordisk Gold Medal for the best out-going post-graduate student in the Department of Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal.
• Best paper award for “Tuberculosis in Chronic Kidney Disease” in monthly research meeting, Medical Research Centre, Bombay Hospital Trust, Mumbai 2006.
• Dr. Marc Goldstein award as the best outgoing Fellow in the Adult Nephrology Fellowship Program, University of Toronto for the year 2008.

PAPER PUBLICATIONS:

• UNUSUAL NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION OF TYPHOID FEVER – Calicut Medical Journal 2004; Vol 2: No 2: 4-1
• PANCREATITIS IN ENTERIC FEVER – Indian J Gastroenterology 2002; 21: 32-33