Professional Experience:
2015 till date Partner & Administrative Head Dr Muralidhar Eye Hospital,Bhubaneswar, Odisha India.
NABH Coordinator and Patient Quality & safety Officer
Secretary,Institutional Ethics Committee
Trustee and Secretary Muralidhar Education and Health Foundation. Community Ophthalmology work involves organizing camps for screening eye diseases like common refraction errors, cataract, glaucoma and diabetic Retinopathy. Collaborating with Regional Medical Research center ,Bhubaneswar for GIS mapping of DR and documentation of eye parameters.
Media management: writing articles in popular News papers about eye care
Times Health Icon award to Medical director.
Hospital participated in 2023in healthsurvey and was adjudged 4th in Bhubaneswar .
Many proposals for collaborative work with the state govt. lined up
articipated in Phase IV trials ofAnti-VEGF(Ranibizumab &Aflibercept) ?
NABH ( National Accreditation Board for Hospitals) Coordinator ?
Initiated collaboration with Nephrology department, SCB Medical college ?Cuttack for starting AI ( Artificial Intelligence) in Diabetic Retinopathy. ?
Initiating ROP (Retinopathy of Prematurity) screening of newborn babies in ?all the districts of Odisha. ?
Published articles in National and local newspapers for prevention and control ?of eye diseases. ?
Consultant/Malaria Support Specialist (2008-2012) For the World Bank Assisted Malaria Control program (2008-2013) of Odisha Health Sector Reforms ?
As Malaria Support Specialist to the Vector Borne Disease Control program of the Orissa Govt. and as part of overall health sector reforms under Orissa Health Sector Plan, provided support to overcome the specific constraints in program implementation. ?
Master trainer for Odisha and Madhya Pradesh for Monitoring and Evaluation of malaria control Program. ?
Initiated efforts and carried out large scale survey for piloting rapid population based survey method LQAS (Lot Quality Assurance Sampling) with technical collaboration with Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, UK. ?
Member of malaria task force helping to develop an integrated system combining malaria control, antenatal care, maternal health and nutrition, providing research evidence from other countries how the three are linked. ?
Carried out awareness through consultations, of policy changes in the districts, disseminated information, coordinated effective communication between medical colleges, research Institutions and Vector Borne Disease Department. ?
Analyzed state’s surveillance data to help the dept. direct its efforts in the right ?
direction.
Conceptualized and wrote (adapting) projects/ reports/ training manuals etc. ?Documented best practices. ?
Trainer and moderator for training activities related to malaria control ?program. ?
Provided support to prepare district action plans and the state action plan. ?Project Associate (Oct 2006- May 2007), UNDP & Xavier Institute of Business Management, Bhubaneswar ?Part of the team for training people living with HIV/AIDS in Managerial Skills. Prepared study modules, session plans for the management course. Co-ordinated activities between UNDP, XIMB ,Govt of India and NGOs. Wrote reports etc. ?