PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS:

• Hon. Assistant Professor in Medicine, NHL Municipal Medical College & KM School of Postgraduate medical studies & research. Ahmedabad, India, February. ’94 – September 2000
• Full time Assistant Professor in Medicine, BJ Medical College & Civil Hospital. Ahmedabad. November ’92 – January ‘94
• Visiting Assistant Prof. in Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL. USA, From 2007- July 2019
• Visiting Associate Prof. in Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Morsani Collage of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL. USA, from August 2019 onwards

CERTIFICATIONS:

• MD General medicine, Gujarat University, 1992
• M.B., B.S., Gujarat University, 1987
• AAHIVS, Americal Academy of HIV Medicine, 2008 & 2010
• FIDSA, Infectious diseases society of America conferred fellow in Infectious Diseases Society of America in 2014

MEMBERSHIP:

• Member of International AIDS Society
• Member of Infectious Diseases Society of America
• Life member of Association of Physicians of India
• Life member of Society for Indian Human and Animal Mycologists (SIHAM)
• Member of International Society for Human and Animal Mycology (ISHAM)
• Member of Scientific Research Advisory committee. Sheth V S Medical Research Foundation Trust.
• Life member of Indian Medical Association
• Working member: Asian Fungal working Group: www.afwgonline.com
• Fungal Infections Study Forum, India. www.fisftrust.org

AWARDS:

• “Approach to Patients with PUO” - Rotating Lectureship Award for year 2002 at 24th Annual conference of Association of Physicians of Gujarat, 4-5th Jan 2003, Surat.
• Ahmedabad Medical Association awarded for Outstanding Achievement in medical field for the year 2003 on 31/8/03
• Dr. Nathubhai H. Patel Oration trophy for “HIV –Past, Present and Future” for the year 2005 at Annual conference of Association of Physicians of Gujarat December. Ahmedabad
• P.R Trivedi oration Trophy for the Year 2005-2006 for “HIV- A Chronic Manageable Infection” at Annual IMA Gujarat State branch Conference at Surat, 25November 2006
• Infectious Diseases Society of America awarded “ Fellow of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (FIDSA)” in September 2014
• Dr. B N Mehta Oration in 119th Annual day of Ahmedabad Medical Association, “ Invasive Fungal Infections” 5th Sept 2021