Honors/Awards
Late Dr. G.B. Mankad Gold Medal in M.D. General Medicine, Gujarat University, April 2011
Dr. C.H. Naik Memorial award, Ahmedabad Medical Association, June 2011
Gujarat University 5th Rank in Final M.B.B.S., January 2007
Second prize, State level HIV quiz, AIDS Control Society, 2006
Second prize, City level Pediatric quiz, Indian Academy of Pediatrics, 2006
Gujarat University Bronze Medal for Anatomy in First M.B.B.S., August 2003
Other professional achievements
• Published a review paper titled “The blood brain barrier and the cerebral blood flow: From basics to the bedside”, highlighting current and future implications of blood brain barrier on diagnosis and management in International Journal - EC Neurology (February 2016)
• Published an original clinical study on “Stent-assisted coiling of wide-necked intracranial aneurysms using the Solitaire AB stent” in an International journal - Journal of Neurology in Rural Practice (JNRP) (Jul 2014)
• Published a case-report (in press) on “Recurrent hypokalemic paralysis – Missing the Period” in national journal – Neurology India (In press, 2016)
• Published a case-report on “Late onset reversible cortical blindness following electrocution” in an International Journal - Clinical Neurology & Neurosurgery (CNN) (Dec 2015)
• Published a case-report on “Mechanical Thrombectomy Using Solitaire in a 6-Year-Old Child” in an International journal - Journal of Vascular & Interventional Neurology (Apr 2015)
• Published a case-report on “Bright Splenium of a Psychotic Mind” in national journal - Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology (Jan 2015)
• Published multiple articles in Remedy Social (an online healthcare platform) and PlexusMD (an online medical professional networking platform), on various patient and physician awareness subjects such as sleep, depression & gait disorders (Jan 2015 onwards)
• Reviewer for submitted manuscripts in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) Case Reports
• Presented nine posters and educational sessions
o “Audit of electroclinical, EEG, etiology and prognostic outcome of patients with spindle coma”: Poster, International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE), International annual conference at Istanbul, Turkey (September 2015)
o “Audit of cerebral venous sinus thrombosis patients and experience of endovascular treatment”: Poster, World Stroke Congress (WSC), International annual conference at Hyderabad, India (Accepted, to be presented, October 2016)
o “Crossover balloon technique for vertebral artery thrombus - A novel neurointervention method”: Poster, Karnataka Neurology Conference (KNACON), State annual conference at Bangalore, India (June 2013)
o “Postpartum polymyositis and CVT – A rare association”: Poster, Karnataka Neurology Conference (KNACON), State annual conference at Bangalore, India (June 2013)
o “Pulmonary assessment in patients with connective tissue disorders”: Poster, Gujarat Physician Association annual conference (APGCON) at Ahmedabad, India (Dec 2011)
o “Diabetic Neuropathy”: Speaker, Web seminar and teaching program, Pan African Educational Meet, an International initiative by Government of India for CME and clinical teaching of African doctors (October 2015)
o “Interesting cases in Interventional Neurology”: Speaker, 3 educational sessions in InStroke, International conference on Stroke and Interventional Neurology at Bangalore, India (January 2015)
o “Interesting case of postpartum psychosis”: Speaker, Educational session in Bangalore Neurology Society CME (October 2014)
o “Difficult procedures in Interventional Neurology – Patient series”: Speaker, Educational session in Bangalore Neurology Society CME (October 2013)