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Present Position: Consultant, Anaesthesiology & ICU, NU Hospitals
Department of Specialisation: Anaesthesiology
Educational Qualifications: MBBS, MD (Anaesthesiology)
No. of Years of Experience in Anaesthesiology: Dr. Alka has around 11 years of experience in anaesthesiology with leading hospitals such as Bombay Hospital, Mumbai, Jehangir Apollo Hospital, Pune and NU Hospitals, Bangalore. Apart from this, she also has had the experience of an independent private practice across obstetrics & gynaecology, neonatal surgery, orthopaedics, general surgery, urology, ophthalmic surgery, ENT, laparoscopic surgery, neurosurgery and intensive care.
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Academic Profile : Dr. Alka obtained her MBBS in December 1990 at MGM Medical College, which is affiliated to Indore University - also known as Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya - located at Indore, Madhya Pradesh. She later obtained her MD (Anaesthesiology) in December 1994 from the same college and university.
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Work Profile
Dr. Alka was a Senior Resident Anaesthetist at Bombay Hospital, Mumbai from February 1995 to July 1996. From August 1996 to September 1996, she was a Clinical Assistant at the same hospital.
She was the Registrar, Department of Anaesthesiology at MGM Medical College, Indore from October 1996 to April 1997. From May 1997 to April 2003, she had a private practice in Indore.
She also had a private practice with an honorary attachment in the 60-bedded Charitable Trust Hospital, Indore from June 1998 to April 2003 as well as an attachment in the Family Planning Association of India, Indore from September 1999 to April 2003.
She has worked as Lecturer - Anaesthesiology at Jehangir Apollo Hospital in Pune, from February 2004 to November 2004.
At NU Hospitals, Dr. Alka is Consultant - Anaesthesiology & ICU. She has been with us from June 2005 till date.
During this time, her focus has been on renal transplantation surgeries (with 20 transplant surgeries at NU Hospitals till date), paediatric urology, laparoscopic urological surgeries, high-risk nephro-urology cases, intensive care management and post-operative pain management.
She has also conducted a paediatric urology workshop ('Bladder Augmentation & Ureteric Reimplant Surgery') at NU Hospitals.
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Workshops Conducted
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Conducted a paediatric urology workshop ('Bladder Augmentation & Ureteric Reimplant Surgery') at NU Hospitals on October 25-26, 2005.
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Conducted a rhinoplasty workshop at Noble Hospital in Indore in 2002.
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Conducted a cleft-lip palate workshop at Roberts Hospitals in 2002.
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Conducted a gynaecological laparoscopic surgery workshop at Bombay Hospital.
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Dr. Alka says that building a rapport with the patient and providing information to them (such as what kind of anaesthesia would be administered to them, what they could expect during the surgery and the post-operative period, what could be the possible complications based upon their condition, and so on) helps in making sure patients receive effective and compassionate care.
To establish a rapport with the patients, she ensures that a relationship with a patient is built up by meeting and interacting with him or her regularly.
She says anaesthesiologists now treat anaesthesiology as a perioperative procedure ('peri' means 'all around') - with pre-op, inter-op and post-op periods. The anaesthesiologist meets and interacts with the patient regularly during most of these three periods.
To ensure that patients are well-informed, Dr. Alka provides patients with NU Hospitals' Public Information Brochures(PIBs) on anaesthesia. These information resources provide important, useful information about anaesthesia and anaesthesiology. She also tells them about what they can expect during the surgery and also after the surgery (during the post-operative period), what kind of anaesthesia will be administered during the surgery and so on.
These measures, she says, can contribute in providing medical care that is effective and compassionate. | |
