HAEMATOLOGY DEPARTMENT

Dr. Venkatesh Ekbote

MD General Medicine. DM Clinical Hematology (CMC VELLORE), FRCP (Leukmia-BMT) British Columbia, Canada.

Consultant Hematologist, Hemato-Oncologist,Director of Stem Cell Transplant Program Kamalnayan Bajaj Hospital, Aurangabad, Maharashtra.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE IN DETAIL:

Vancouver General Hospital,BC, Canada September 2014 – September 2015

Fellowship in Leukemia and Stem Cell Transplantation Christian Medical College, Vellore, India March 2008-February 2010 and September 2011 – August 2014

Senior Registrar, Department of Clinical Hematology

Conducted a comprehensive review of the literature on Immune thrombocytopenic Purpura.

Responsible for daily in-patient care along with a team of Registrars and Nursing staff for patients undergoing treatment for the entire spectrum of benign and malignant hematologic conditions.

Dedicated posting in the stem cell transplantation unit and post-transplantation outpatient clinic.

Presented lectures to students of Nursing and Medical Laboratory Technicians regarding Hematology laboratory practices.
Christian Medical College, Vellore, India February 2010-March 2011

Demonstrator, Department of Clinical Pathology

Responsible for working with a team of Technologists and clerical staff of the Blood Bank twice a week.

Worked as a Blood Bank duty doctor approximately 5 days a month.

Six months experience in the coagulation laboratory for investigation of coagulation and thrombotic disorders.

Daily reporting of peripheral blood and bone marrow slides along with CSF cytology.

Governement Medical College, Aurangabad, India July 2004- July 2007 Medical Resident

Responsible for daily management of about 30 inpatients along with Intensive care therapy and Dialysis on a weekly basis.

Worked in a weekly, 150-patient outpatient clinic with a team of Junior Residents and Interns

Conducted a monthly audit for inpatients, regarding the overall number and type of admissions and their outcomes which led to an about 50% improvement in the clinical outcome of patients.

Conducted an audit of organophosphate poisoning of 20 patients and their outcomes Trained to perform procedures such as insertion of central lines, cardiac pacing, pleural aspiration, chest tube insertion, kidney and liver biopsy

Supervised the training of Medical students, Interns and Nursing students and taught common medical conditions and emergencies and investigative and treatment procedures

Examiner for Govt. Medical College, for end-of-posting assessment of medical students.