Parekh, Harshal
Present Mailing Address
A 52 Harmony apts Ram Nagar Borivli west
Mumbai, IND
Preferred Phone: 919930686333
Alternate Phone:
Mobile Phone:
harshaljparekh@gmail.com
Permanent Mailing Address
A 52 Harmony apts Ram Nagar Borivli west
Mumbai, IND
Medical Education
Mahatma Gandhi Mission's Medical College, Navi Mumbai, India
07/2001 - 09/2007
M.B.,B.S., 09/2007
Work Experience
07/2013 - till date
Working as ICCU registrar in Cardiac ICU
08/2010 - 07/2013
Dr Balabhai Nanavati Hospital, India
Internal Medicine Resident
My pursuit for Internal Medicine residency got me admission into a residency program in General
Medicine (Internal Medicine) at Dr Balabhai Nanavati Hospital , Mumbai.It is a state of art Tertiary care
center. working there as a resident really enriched my knowledge .Being a part of residency program
helped me take part in various academic activities.I have seen a wide spectrum of patients and have
managed them effectively independently as well as under guidance of the faculty at of our General
Medicine program.
11/2009 - 12/2009
Georgetown University Hospital, District of Columbia
Extern
Training under Dr Feola was an enriching experience.apart from Medicine he taught me the ways to
interact with patients and also he kept himself updated about recent trends. I would like to give credit to
him for making me realize the importance of being updated about medical knowledge.
08/2009 - 09/2009
Emory Crawford Long Hospital, Georgia
Extern,
During my rotations at Emory Crawford Long hospital , under Dr Gary Richter I worked as an extern.We
attend colonoscopies and upper GI endoscopy. As extern our duty includes taking history and physical
examination of patients in the office and the patients admitted under him in the floors and ICU.
01/2008 - 05/2009
Karuna hospital, India
ICCU Registrar,
Karuna Hospitral has a 20 bed intensive care unit.I was part of the team headed by Intensivist,which
managed patients admitted in the ICCU. We used to take decisions regarding the management of the
patients admitted that includes ventilator care, emergency procedures including intubation, central line
insertions and percutaneous tracheostomy
Research Experience
06/2011 - 06/2012
Dr Balabhai Nanavati Hospital, India
First Author, Dr Nitin Rathod
The topic was " Risk factors for noscomial infections caused by extended spectrum Beta lactamase
producing microbes in a private Tertiary care Hospital" It was my Dissertation submitted to my university
as a thesis topic for my residency
05/2007
Vyas Surgery clinic, India
Research Co ordinator, Dr Dipak Vyas
A Multi centre, randomised , open comparative clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of fixed
dose combination of Rabeprazole 20mg + Itopride sustained release 150mg and rabeprazole 20mg in
patients of gastroesophageal reflux disease( GERD)
Current/Prior Training
08/2010 - 07/2013
DNB ( General Medicine)
Dr Balabhai Nanavati Hospital, Mumbai, India
General Internal Medicine
Dr Mohan Desai
Dr Nitin Rathod
Publications
Peer Reviewed Journal Articles/Abstracts(Other than Published)
Dr Parekh H . J.. Risk factors for nosocomial infections caused by extended spectrum Beta lactamase
producing microbes in a tertiary care center. Journal of International Medical Science Association. 2013
Jul; Publication Status: Submitted.
Membership and Honorary/Professional Societies
1)American College of Physicians
2)Association of Physicians of India
3)International Medical Science Academy.
Hobbies & Interests
Hiking , Mountain Biking
Language Fluency
English (Advanced)
Gujarati (Advanced)
Hindi (Advanced)
Marathi (Good)
Other Awards/Accomplishments
1) Best presentation award for my presentation on "Calcium Disorders".
2)Presented a case of "Stiff Person Syndrome" at Bombay Neurological association meet at Bombay
Hopital on 28/08/2011.
3)Presentation on" Community Acquired Pneumonia " at Dr Balabhai Nanavati Hospital on 15th Jan 2011.
4)I gave a Web Cast on "Hemorrhagic strokes" which was relayed across 31 African Countries
5)Presentation on "Recurrent Hemiparesis in case of Hypoglycemia" at Bombay Neurological Association,
Mumbai.