Vision & Mission
The Department of Medicine in Symbiosis Medical College for Women, Pune established in July 2019. Department is committed to give excellence in education, innovation and research. It aspires to become leaders for change in health outcomes in the general population. The staff is committed to updating their own knowledge and skill to an international standard and remain comparable with the best.
Vision
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We envisage the department to be recognized as a cost effective and empathetic branch of hospital of high repute and a centre of excellence in teaching, research and innovation in medical field.
Mission
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To provide basic and advanced health care services to remote inaccessible populations of Pune city, and establish as a global landmark of excellence and innovation in education, research and clinical care among the national and international fraternity.
The Department of Medicine in Symbiosis Medical College for Women, Pune established in July 2019. Department is committed to give excellence in education, innovation and research. It aspires to become leaders for change in health outcomes in the general population. The staff is committed to updating their own knowledge and skill to an international standard and remain comparable with the best.
Vision
- We envisage the department to be recognized as a cost effective and empathetic branch of hospital of high repute and a centre of excellence in teaching, research and innovation in medical field.
Mission
- To provide basic and advanced health care services to remote inaccessible populations of Pune city, and establish as a global landmark of excellence and innovation in education, research and clinical care among the national and international fraternity.
HOD Profile
Name:-Dr. Rajesh Karekar
Qualifications:-MBBS, MD, PGDGM diploma in geriatrics
Name:-Dr. Rajesh Karekar
Qualifications:-MBBS, MD, PGDGM diploma in geriatrics
Dr. Rajesh Karekar has obtained his MBBS degree from Government Medical College, Miraj, Maharashtra. he has obtained his MD General Medicine degree from the Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Karad. Presently he is serving as the Professor and Head of the Department of General Medicine at Symbiosis Medical College for Women at Pune.
Experience:
He has over 15 years of experience in academics, teaching, research activities, healthcare services.
Achievements:-
He has served as an examiner in several universities for both Undergraduate and Post Graduate Medical, Dental, Nursing, Physiotherapy, and other allied branches. He has guided several post graduate students in their research work.
His field of interests are cardiology, neurology, critical care, 2D echo cardiography and Doppler studies metabolic disorders, obesity etc.
He is heading various committees like clinical audit, NAAC, NABH etc.
Paper publications:-
He has presented various research papers in national and international journals.
He Presented Research Paper in Conference held at Dubai in 2019 Organized by American College of Cardiology.
Outreach activities:-
Health camps conducted by SMCW in the field of cardiovascular diseases and neurological disorders.
Infrastructure facilities
1. OPD Complex:
It includes Computerized reception desk, patient seating area with LED screen, 4 patient examination rooms, X-ray viewing box and HMIS facility. Fully equipped dressing rooms one each for males and females. Clinical demonstration room with seating arrangement for 25 students, whiteboard and examination bed.
2. Inpatient Department:
2 spacious and well ventilated wards for male medical patients with bed strength of 24 each and 1 ward for female medical patients with bed strength of 24 with attached examination and procedure rooms for each ward with patient examination bed and dressing trolley.
- Attached clinical demonstration room and duty doctor room for each ward
- 2 nursing desks with computerized HMIS
- Procedure cum Injection Room 1 Attached pantry
3. Casualty:
- Holding area for patients with oxygen beds
- Computerized nursing desk with ABG machine
- Duty doctor's room
Photos of Infrastructure and Facilities:
Faculty rooms
Non-teaching room
SR & JR seating
Medicine OPD
Department Library
Medicine Wards
Services
Services provided by the General Medicine department of SMCW
- OPD services
- IPD services
- Emergency Room duties
- ICU services
- COVID ward Duty rooms.
- COVID HDU services
- Speciality Clinics available in OPD - Neurology, Cardiology, Nephrology, Gastroenterology, Endocrinology.
- Research projects - 3 ongoing
- International Day celebrations like diabetes and hypertension days.
- Various disease detection camps like Diabetes detection, thyroid, anaemia, osteoporosis, hypertension camps etc.
- Health awareness lectures to patients (in OPDs), nurses, faculty and the future students.
- Teaching and curricular programs for MBBS students.
- FDPs (Faculty development programmes on relevant medical topics)
COVID Pandemic Patients
COVID Pandemic Patients
COVID patient counselling
COVID Wards
Research Publications
Ongoing articles sent for publication
- Case series report - Atypical Patterns of illness in COVID Health Care Personnel; Dr Madhu Bansode *, Dr Pankaj Bansode
- Original article - Clinical, socioeconomic, and psychosocial profile of COVID 19 patients at a tertiary COVID designated hospital in Pune, India. Dr Madhu Bansode *, Dr Pankaj Bansode, Dr Manasi Nagarkar.
- Review article - The Paradox of Happy Hypoxia in COVID 19 - Dr Madhu Bansode *, Dr Pankaj Bansode
- Review article - Melatonin as a novel supplement to COVID 19 therapy Authors - Dr Madhu Bansode, Dr Pankaj Bansode *
Original Articles
| Dr. Rajesh Karekar (Professor & HOD) | ||
| 1 | 2022 | Dr. Rajesh Karekar, Dr.Shubham Patle, KOUNIS SYNDROME(ALLERGIC ANGINA):An Elusive Diagnosis, Indian Journal of Applied Research, June 2022,Vol-12 Issue6 |
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Dr. Amit Aggarwal (Professor) |
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| 1 | 2022 | Dr.Mandar Gokate, Dr.Nitin Gadkari, Dr.Amit Aggarwal, Can uric acid be used as a surrogate for urinary albumin in Type-2 Diabetes? A prospective observational study, Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development, Vol-14 issue-03, Dec-2022 (Letter of Acceptance) |
| 2 | 2022 | Dr. Deepak Bhosale, Dr.Amit Aggarwal, Haematological profile in chronic liver disease patients in geriatric population: An observational study, Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Vol no17 issue no 2 April-June 2023 (Letter of Acceptance) |
| 3 | 2021 | Dr.Amit Aggarwal, Dr.Nitin Hiraman Suryawanshi, A Transthoracic Echocardiography(TTE) Profile of Pre-Operative patients admitted in a Tertiary Care Hospital and Evaluation of Adherence in indications to international guidelines, Indian Journal of Applied Research, June-2021, Vol-11, Issue 6 |
| 4 | 2021 | Dr.Nitin Hiraman Suryawanshi, Dr.Amit Aggarwal, Dr.Abhijit Kadam, Clinical Profile of patients of young stroke, Indian Journal of Applied Research, Feb-2021, Vol-11, Issue-2 |
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Dr. Satyanand Kadloor (Professor) |
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| 1 | 2021 | Prasita Kshirsagar, Rita Saxena , Sanjay G. Deshpande, Kadloor Satyanand, Saurabh Hadke, Simmi Dube, Sudarshini Subramaniam,Surabhi Madan, Swapnali Kadam,Tanu Anand, Kathiresan Jeyashree, Manickam Ponnaiah, Manish Rana, Manoj V.Murhekar, DCS Reddy,Determinants of severity among hospitalised Covid-19 patients: Hospital- based case control study, PLos ONE, December 29, 2021Prasita Kshirsagar, Rita Saxena , Sanjay G. Deshpande, Kadloor Satyanand, Saurabh Hadke, Simmi Dube, Sudarshini Subramaniam,Surabhi Madan, Swapnali Kadam,Tanu Anand, Kathiresan Jeyashree, Manickam Ponnaiah, Manish Rana, Manoj V.Murhekar, DCS Reddy,Determinants of severity among hospitalised Covid-19 patients: Hospital- based case control study, PLos ONE, December 29, 2021 |
| 2 | 2020 | Sanjay P. Zopey, Himanshu Negandhi , Vineet Kumar Kamal,Tarun Bhatnagar , Parsuraman Ganeshkumar,Arvind Athavale,Amiruddin Kadri,Amit Patel, A. Bhagayalaxmi, Deepak Khismatrao, E. Theranirajan, Getrude Banumati, Krishna Singh, P.Parmeshwari |
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Dr. Girish Kumthekar (Associate Professor) |
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| 1 | 2022 | Dr. Girish Kumthekar, Dr. Suhas Dilip Mondhe, Santosh Hedau, Shanthi Naidu, Rajsekara Chakravarthi, Reverse Epidemiology for Lipid Disorders in Hemodialysis-Dependent Patients: Role of Dilutional Hypolipidemia, Indian Journal of Nephrology, March-April 2022, Vol 32/ Issue 2 |
| 2 | 2022 | Patients with chronic kidney disease: A single center experience; Book Chapter Issues and developments in medicine and medical research; BP International, 2022 |
| 3 | 2021 | Jyothsna Guttikonda, Rajsekara Raj Chakravarthi, Girish Kumthekar, Renal Replacement Therapy in Intensive Care Unit: 10 Commandments; Renown Clinical Services, 2021, Academia letters |
| 4 | 2020 | Raj Chakravarthi, Girish Kumthekar, Immunomodulation in sepsis: commentary on cytokine removal, Indian Journal of Transplantation 2020, 15:73-5 |
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Dr. Veena Purandare (Associate Professor) |
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| 1 | 2023 | Dr. Veena Purandhare:-Rhabdomyolysis-Induced Acute Kidney Injury Treated with Medium Cut-Off Membrane: A case Report |
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Dr. Nitin Wathore:- (Associate Professor) |
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| 1 | 2023 | Study of prevalence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease among pre-diabetic and diabetic patients |
| 2 | 2022 | Study of tuberculosis in post COVID19 patients at tertiary center |
| 3 | 2021 | Study of Gastrointestinal symptoms associated with COVID-19 infection at a tertiary hospital |
| 4 | 2021 | Study of correlation between ECG, 2D echo and coronary angiographic features in patients with Type 2 Diabetes mellitus with ischemic heart disease |
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Dr. Manasi Nagarkar (Assistant Professor) |
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| 1 | 2021 | Madhu Bansode, Pankaj Bansode, Manasi Nagarkar, Clinical, Socio- economic & psycho-social profile of COVID 19 patients at a Territory COVID Designated Hospital in Pune,India,2021 |
Key Focus Areas
Department will have thrust on management of following cases:
- Diabetes
- Hypertension
- Kidney Diseases
- Obesity disorders.
- Infectious Diseases
- Rheumatology & Connective Tissue Disorders
- Geriatrics
- Adult Immunization
Steps to achieve this will be:
- Maintaining Records of each thrust area.
- Patient Health Education on Prevention, Identification & early treatment of these diseases.
- Disease Awareness camps & Lectures to public in OPDs.
- Community outreach activities.
- Disease specific International Day Celebration.
- Taking Help & Guidance of experts in & outside the city in their fields.
