| REPORT OF ACADEMIC & RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
2004 to 2006 |
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| Year 2004 |
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| RESEARCH |
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- Study of `off label' drug use in Paediatric outpatient department of a teaching hospital by Dr. Dhaval Panchal. PG Teacher- Dr. V. J. Patel.
- Comparative Study of central nervous system effects of some clinically employed antihistaminics (H 1-Antagonists) by Dr. Bhavesh Vyas under the guidance of Dr. A. S. Dhattiwala Dr. S M Mansuri and Dr. V. J. Patel.
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| PUBLICATIONS |
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- Dr. Kamlesh Patel, Dr. V. J.Patel "Thalidomide : Rediscovered" in Academy Journal of Applied-Basic Medical Sciences vol. 6, September 2004.
- Dr. V. J. Patel, Dr. R. V. Solanki, Dr. B. Vyas, Dr. D. Panchal published an article on "New Drugs" in Academy Journal of Applied-Basic Medical Sciences vol. 6, September 2004.
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| WORKSHOPS & CONFERENCES |
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- Dr. K. P. Patel attended workshop on Microteaching in Medical Education at National Institute of Health & Family Welfare, New Delhi , December 2004
- Dr. Kartik Shah attended workshop on ``Rational Drug Therapy" organized by MERU at NHL MMC on 20th February 2004.
- Dr. Bhavesh and Dr. Dhaval attended GCP workshop in Lambda Therapeutic Research Centre.
- Dr. Supriya Malhotra, Dr. Shikha Sood, Dr.Kartik Shah, Dr.Dhaval Panchal and Dr.Bhavesh Vyas. Participated in the Joint International conference on Cardiology from 31 St December 2004 to 2nd January 2005 at Citypulse Gandhinagar.
- XVIII Annual Conference of IPS at Anand in February was attended by Dr. S. M. Mansuri, Dr. K.P.Patel, Dr. Kartik Shah.
- CHAIRPERSON-Dr V. J. Patel and. S. M. Mansuri as chairperson at Joint International Conference on Cardiology
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| GUEST LECTURE |
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- A Dr. V. J. Patel delivered a guest Lecture at a workshop on GCP organized by Lambda Therapeutic Research Centre - October 2004
- Dr. V. J. Patel delivered a lecture on " Drug Combinations" at the Rational Drug Therapy Workshop held by SEWA at SCLGH in January 2004.
- Dr. Falguni Majmudar presented a lecture on " Adverse Drug Reaction Monitoring" at the Rational Drug Therapy Workshop held by SEWA at SCLGH in January 2004.
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| EXECUTIVE MEMBER |
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- Dr. K. P. Patel elected as executive member - Indian Pharmacological Society¬Ahmedabad Branch for the year 2002 to 2004.
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| OTHERS |
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- Horizons 2004- Souvenir - Editorial Team - Dr. V. J. Pate(, Dr. Falguni Majmudar, Dr. Dhaval Panchal
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| Year 2005 |
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| RESEARCH |
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Dr.Hemant Zaveri , 2nd year resident, PG teacher-Dr. S.M.Mansuri
Topic- Drug use in elderly : A prospective study in Medicine out patient department of tertiary care teaching hospital" , April 2005 |
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| PUBLICATION |
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| Dr. Kartik Shah, Dr. Varsha. J. Patel, published an article on "Herb-Drug Interaction" in Academy Journal of Applied-Basic Medical Sciences vol. 7, September 2005. ARTICLE IN NEWSPAPER -Dr. V. J. Patel article on "Banned Drug " in Divya Bhaskar"¬gujarati news paper. |
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| WORKSHOPS & CONFERENCES |
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| (1) V Annual conference of society of Pharmacovigilance, India at Ahmedabad
on 12th and 13th November 2005 |
- Dr. V.J. Patel as Chairperson of Scientific Committee of this conference.
- Dr. S. M. Mansuri as Chairperson in Symposium : ADR - The clinical Scenario.
- Dr. Falguni Majmudar as Chairperson at oral paper presentation session in this
workshop. She was also co-chairperson in souvenier sub-committee of this
conference.
- Dr.Supriya Malhotra as co-chairperson of the scientific sub-committee in this conference and workshop.
- Best Paper Prize
Research paper by Dr. Dhaval Panchal & Dr V J Patel won Uppsala Prize for the best paper presentation "Drug Utilization in paediatric outpatient department of a teaching hospital at Ahmedabad" at National Pharmacovigilance Conference.
- Paper Presentation
Dr.Supriya Malhotra presented a paper titled " Banned and restricted Drugs- What do the practitioners know? "at National Pharmacovigilance Conference
- International Workshop on Adverse Drug Reaction Monitoring was attended by Dr.Shikha Sood ,Dr.Kartik Shah , Dr.Dhaval Panchal , Dr.Bhavesh Vyas
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| (2) Dr. Kartik Shah attended workshop on " Principles and Practice of education Technology in Medical Education" held from 15th to 17th February 2005 at NHL. |
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| (3) Dr. Kartik Shah attended 3`d annual state conference of APPI on 6th February 2005 at BJMC and also attended symposium on electrophysiology of heart. |
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CME
CME on Clinical Trials, MERU , NHLMMC attended by Dr. Mansuri, Dr. K. P. Patel, Dr.Supriya, Dr. Shikha, Dr. Dumara, Dr. N. M. Jadav , Dr.Kartik shah on 7th October 2005. |
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| GUEST LECTURE |
- CME - Clinical Trials on 7th October- Dr. V. J. Patel delivered a guest lecture on `Role of Ethics Committee' and Dr. A. J. Singh delivered a guest lecture on `Clinical Trials Methodology'.
- Dr. Falguni Majmudar presented a session on " Instructional Aids" at the workshop on Education Technology Principles and Practice in Medical Education in February 2005.
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| Year 2006 |
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| RESEARCH |
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- A Questionnaire based survey on "Use of Placebo among doctors"- by Dr. Kartik Shah, Dr. Bhavesh Vyas, Dr. Dhaval Panchal. Under the guidance of Dr. V. J. Patel.
- Dr. Falguni Majmudar as a unblinded team monitor of a double blinded, randomized, International clinical trial of an antifungal drug from Jan 2003 to April 2006.
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ARTICLE - PUBLICATION
Dr. K. P. Patel, Dr. V J Patel , published an article on " Probiotics, Prebiotics, Synbiotics" in Academy Journal of Applied-Basic Medical Sciences vol. 8, September 2006. |
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| WORKSHOPS & CONFERENCES |
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| (1) Dr. K. P. Patel attended XXIV National Workshop on Clinical Pharmacolgy at PGIMER, Chandigarh from 20 to 25th February 2006. |
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| ( 2) Dr. Kartik Shah attended Teachers' workshop on Human Genetics held at Pune on 16th to 21st January 2006. |
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| (3) 25th Annual conference of Indian Pharmacological Society Gujarat Chapter - SILVERCON 2006 at Ahmedabad in October 2006. |
- CHAIRPERSON : Dr.Mansuri as Chairperson in a guest lecture - " Pharmacogenetics and Medical Safety " by Dr.C. Adithan.
- PAPER PRESENTATION : Dr. Kartik Shah presented a paper "Study of effects of Benzodiazepines on anticonvulsant activity of Sodium Valproate in mice"
- This conference was attended by Dr. V. J. Patel, Dr. K. P. Patel, Dr.Supriya Malhotra , Dr. Shikha Sood , Dr. G. H. Dumra , Dr. N. M. Jadav , Dr. Falguni Majmudar, Dr. Kartik Shah, Dr. Dhaval Panchal, Dr.Bhavesh Vyas , Dr. Chetan Parmar.
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| GUEST LECTURE |
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| Dr. A. J. Singh delivered a guest lecture on Communication skills in teaching medical students at PSMC, Karamsad in December 2006. |
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| Year 2007 |
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| ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Dr. V. J. Patel as Associate editor -`Indian Journal of Pharmacology'
Dr. V. J. Patel as Associate editor `Journal of Pharmacovigilance and Drug Safety ` and from year 2007 |
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| RESEARCH |
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- Dr. Jigar Katwala , 1 St year resident , PG teacher- Dr. A.J.Singh Topic- Drug utilization in NICU at tertiary care hospital - a prospective study", June 2006
- Dr. Aksha Memon, l St year resident, PG teacher - Dr. S.M.Mansuri Topic- Pattern of use of antidepressant agents in paediatric and adolescent patients- A prospective study at a tertiary care hospital. June 2006.
- Dr. Ankesh Barnwal, 1 St year resident, PG teacher- Dr. V.J.Patel Topic- Metabolic effects of antipsychotics - A prospective study in Psychiatry out patient department in a tertiary care hospital. June 2006.
- Dr. Hemant, Dr. Jigar , Dr.Ankesh, Dr.Aksha - A questionnaire based survey of "Off-label prescribing among paediatricians in Ahmedabad. March 2007
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| RESEARCH ARTICLE PUBLICATION
Dr. V. J. Pate!, Dr.S. Sanghani " Medicine taking: Knowledge and Attitude in Urban Community" in Gujarat Medical Journal vol 2, issue 2 , Feb. 2007. |
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| WORKSHOP
Dr. Supriya participated in a 3 days workshop on `Biomedical communications in the cyberage' from 8th to 10th March, 2007 (ICMR sponsored). |
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| GUEST LECTURE
Dr. V. J. Patel delivered a guest lecture on `Ethical promotion of drugs' on world consumer day on 15th March 2007 at a public function organized by consumer productivity council. |
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| MEMBER OF ETHICS COMMITTEE
Dr. V. J. Patel as member of Ethics Committee in Institutional Ethics Committee¬NHLMMC, Suraksha Ethics Committee, V. S. Ethics Committee and as Chairperson in LMCP Ethics Committee: |
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| Other Departmental Activities |
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- Coordination of Medical Education & Research Unit (MERU)
- Coordination of Institutional Ethics Committee- Dr. Falguni Majmudar as a member secretary, Dr V J Patel & Dr. A J Singh as members
- Guidance in students' magazines- MUTATION and Souvenir
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