Vision & Mission
The Department of Microbiology is situated on the 3rd floor of Symbiosis Medical College for Women on the picturesque Lavale hill base campus. The department is well equipped to educate the national and international medical students in all branches of microbiology.
Vision
- To decrease the burden of infectious diseases in our country by using the latest diagnostic methods and continuous research.
Mission
- Our department gives an opportunity for hands on training in various applied aspects of the disciplines like analysis of clinical samples, isolation, identification of microorganisms, their cultivation, preservation etc.
- Equipping students with excellence in education and skills to enable them pursue a career of their choice
- To release good and dedicated doctors in community by providing them updated subject knowledge and excelling them in microbiological laboratory skills.
- To provide quality reports to clinicians for diagnostic and treatment purpose of patients.
- The mission is to become best in the field of microbiology aiming to be recognized as among the best for microbiology education and scientific research, diagnostic for better health and well being
HOD Profile
Name:- Dr. Kalpana M Angadi
MBBS, MD (Microbiology)
Name:- Dr. Kalpana M Angadi
MBBS, MD (Microbiology)
Dr. Kalpana M Angadi has obtained her MBBS degree from Mahadevappa Rampure Medical College, Gulbarga, Karnataka. She has obtained her MD Microbiology degree from the premier medical Institute of India acknowledged as a center of excellence for education and research, the Armed Forces Medical college, Pune. Presently she is serving as the officiating Head of the Department of Microbiology at Symbiosis Medical college for Women at Pune.
Experience:
She has over 22 years of experience in academics, teaching, research and hospital infection control activities
Achievements:
She has served as an examiner in several universities for both Undergraduate and Post Graduate Medical, Dental, Nursing, Physiotherapy, and other allied branches. She has guided several post graduate students in their research work.
Her field of interests are Bacteriology, Mycology and Hospital Infection control.
She is the RT PCR Laboratory Director at SMCW.
Paper Publications::
She has published more than 34 papers in various National and International journals
Infrastructure facilities
The department has a well-equipped experimental microbiology laboratory with facilities for audio visual assisted learning, well equipped with the required number of microscopes, slides required for staining purposes etc. for teaching and learning various subjective skills. The department has a research laboratory with various advanced instruments research purposes.
The department also hosts a departmental library with numerous books and journals of the subject and domain. Seminar room with audio visual aids where seminars Journal Clubs and micro teaching are carried out. Museum of the department displays charts and models depicting information on various parasitological specimens, fungal specimens etc.
The demonstration room of the department is well equipped with audio visual aids for the purpose of demonstration of practical and tutorials in the subjects.
The departmental hallway has charts of microbiologists and Nobel Prize winning scientists. The department has a well-equipped NABL accredited RT-PCR lab, research lab, immunology lab, bacteriology labs, mycology labs etc.
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Practical hall |
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Demo room |
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Seminar room |
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Departmental library |
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Research laboratory |
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RTPCR labs |
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Service lab |
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Faculty rooms |
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UG Practical Hall
Department Museum
Demonstration Room
Seminar Hall
Department Library
NABL Accredited RT-PCR Laboratory for COVID-19 testing
Service Laboratory
Services
Microscopy
- Gram Stain for Bacteria
- Ziehl-Neelsen stain for Mycobacterium
- KOH mount for Fungus
- Saline and Iodine mount for Parasites
Culture and Sensitivity
- Aerobic and Anaerobic bacterial culture and sensitivity
Mycobacteriology
- CBNAAT (GeneXpert) for detection of M. tuberculosis and Rifampicin sensitivity
Mycology
- Identification and speciation of fungus using Phenotypic tests
Parasitology
- Malaria antigen detection test- ICT
- Stool examination for Ova/cyst
Automation for Rapid diagnosis of infections
- BD Phoenix- for identification of microorganism and MIC of antibiotics
- BACTEC- For Blood Culture
BD Phoenix
BD BACTEC
Virology
- HIV - CMIA (ARCHITECT), ELFA (mini VIDAS), ICT
- HBsAg- CMIA (ARCHITECT), ELFA (Mini VIDAS), ICT
- Anti-HCV antibody- CMIA (ARCHITECT), ELFA (Mini VIDAS), ICT
- COVID 19 Rapid Antigen test- ICT
- Anti-Chikungunya antibody - ICT
BD Phoenix
BD BACTEC
[CMIA - Chemiluminescence Micro particle Immunoassay; ELFA - Enzyme linked Fluorescent assay; ICT-Immunochromatography]
ARCHITECT i1000SR
Mini Vidas
Serology
- C Reactive Protein - SIEMENS
- Procalcitonin - SIEMENS
- ASO, RA Factor- MISPA
- Widal Test
- RPR test
Dimension EXL 200
MISPA i2 SPECIFIC PROTEIN ANALYZER
RT-PCR Laboratory
- NABL Accredited and ICMR Approved RTPCR Laboratory for Covid-19 testing
Real Time PCR Thermocycler
Automated Nucleic Acid Extractor
Biosafety cabinet type 2A
Surveillance
- Aerobic & Anaerobic organism surveillance for Operation Theatres
- MRSA surveillance of Medical & Paramedical staff.
- CAUTI, VAP, CLABSI, SSI HAI rates
Research Publications
Dr. Kalpana Angadi (HOD & Professor)
| 1 | 2024 | Neetu Gupta, Kalpana Angadi, Urvi Shukla, Ketaki Pathak, Uday Zende, Meenakshi Bhakare A case report of Pulmonary Nocardiosis causd by Noacrdia otitidiscaviarum Journal of Krishna Institute of Medical sciences University |
| 2 | 2024 | Sumit Sonaba Chavan, Kalpana Mohan Angadi, Rajal Pranav Dave Occurrence and types of carbapenamase enzymes amongst Enterobacterales and Pseudomonas spp. Using automated Phenotypic method IP International Journal of Medical Microbiology and Tropical diseases. June 2024 10(2):138-144 |
| 3 | 2023 | Saloni Bhagia, Neetu Gupta, Ketaki Pathak, Shital Ghogale, Parveezakhtar Bidikar, Kalpana Angadi, Savita Jadhav. Prevalence of Intestinal Parasitic Infections Among Health Care Assistants of a Tertiary Care Hospital. Teikyo Medical Journal, Volume 46, Issue 02, February, 2023 |
Dr. Neetu Gupta (Professor)
| 1 | 2024 | Neetu Gupta, Kalpana Angadi, Urvi Shukla, Ketaki Pathak, Uday Zende, Meenakshi Bhakare A case report of Pulmonary Nocardiosis causd by Noacrdia otitidiscaviarum Journal of Krishna Institute of Medical sciences University |
Dr. Ketaki Pathak (Professor)
| 1 | 2024 | Ketaki Pathak and Shital Ghogale Microbiological Profile and Susceptibility Pattern of Bacterial Blood Culture Isolates in COVID-19 Patients with Septicemia from a Designated COVID Hospital in Pune. J Pure Appl Microbiol. 2024;18(2):987-994. |
| 2 | 2024 | Ketaki Niranjan Pathak , Niranjan P Pathak, Shital Shrikant Ghogale.Savita Jadhav Bloodstream infection profile of COVID-19 patients in intensive care unit of a tertiary care hospital in Western India. IP International Journal of Medical Microbiology and Tropical Diseases. 2024;10(4):1–7 |
| 3 | 2024 | Ujjayni Saha, Savita V Jadhav, Ketaki N Pathak3, Sunil D Saroj . Screening of Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates reveals the spread of strong biofilm formers and class 1 integrons J Appl Microbiol. 2024 Nov 4;135(11). |
Dr. Shital Ghogale (Assistant Professor)
| 1 | 2024 | Ketaki Pathak and Shital Ghogale Microbiological Profile and Susceptibility Pattern of Bacterial Blood Culture Isolates in COVID-19 Patients with Septicemia from a Designated COVID Hospital in Pune. J Pure Appl Microbiol. 2024;18(2):987-994. |
| 2 | 2024 | Ketaki Niranjan Pathak , Niranjan P Pathak, Shital Shrikant Ghogale.Savita Jadhav Bloodstream infection profile of COVID-19 patients in intensive care unit of a tertiary care hospital in Western India. IP International Journal of Medical Microbiology and Tropical Diseases. 2024;10(4):1–7 |
Dr. Sumit Sonaba Chavan
| 1 | 2022 | Chavan SS, Kagal AS, Bharadwaj RR. The spectrum of opportunistic fungal infections in relation with ART in HIV patients. World Journal of Biology Pharmacy and Health Sciences, July2022, 11(01), 062–068. |
| 2 | 2022 | Chavan SS, Kagal AS, Bharadwaj RR. Antifungal susceptibility testing of Candida isolates from PLHIV patients. World Journal of Biology Pharmacy and Health Sciences, July2023, 15(01), 023–029 |
| 3 | 2022 | Karekar M, Chavan S, Dave R et al. Screening of Phytochemicals against Multiple Drug Resistant Bacteria from Clinical Isolates; International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences. ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 11 Number 08 (2022). |
| 4 | 2024 | Sumit Sonaba Chavan, Kalpana Mohan Angadi, Rajal Pranav Dave Occurrence and types of carbapenamase enzymes amongst Enterobacterales and Pseudomonas spp. Using automated Phenotypic method IP International Journal of Medical Microbiology and Tropical diseases. |
Key Focus Areas
- NABL Accreditation of Laboratory
- To start the Post-Graduation Degree in Microbiology Department
- To start the research projects in collaboration with other departments and institutes.
- To apply and get funding for National and International research projects
- To become Referral Centre of RNTCP
- Hospital Infection Control
- Development of modern museum
- Training of the trainers
- Professional microbiology slide making
- Regular assessment to improve learning
