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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.
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.
She has over 22 years of experience in academics, teaching, research and hospital infection control activities.
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.
She has published more than 34 papers in various National and International journals.
The Department of Microbiology is well-equipped with modern infrastructure to support teaching, learning, research, and diagnostic services. The department functions as an integral part of the institution’s academic and clinical ecosystem, ensuring excellence in medical education and quality healthcare delivery.
The department is located in a dedicated area with adequate space as per NMC norms, ensuring smooth functioning of academic and laboratory activities. The layout includes:
Well-furnished cabins for Professors, Associate Professors, and Assistant Professors with ICT (Information and Communication Technology) facilities.
One demonstration room (seating capacity of 90 students), equipped with audio-visual aids such as LCD projectors, smart boards, and microscopes for group teaching.
For departmental meetings, seminars, and journal clubs, equipped with multimedia facilities.
A library with standard textbooks, recent journals.
A spacious laboratory accommodating 90–100 students at a time, equipped with compound microscopes, adequate work benches with sinks and gas connections. The lab facilitates practical sessions in bacteriology, parasitology, virology, mycology, and immunology.
A well-equipped advanced laboratory with biosafety cabinets, ELISA readers, centrifuges, PCR workstation, and incubators to support postgraduate training and research.
Separate rooms for media preparation, washing, and sterilization with autoclaves, hot air ovens, and media storage facilities.
The department extends comprehensive clinical microbiology diagnostic services to hospital departments through the following sections
Equipped for culture, identification, and antimicrobial susceptibility testing (manual and automated systems).
For isolation and identification of fungal pathogens.
For serological and molecular diagnosis of viral infections.
Microscopic examination of stool, blood, and body fluids for parasitic infections.
Performing ELISA, latex agglutination, rapid tests, and other immunodiagnostic assays.
PCR-based detection of pathogens and molecular epidemiological studies.
The department is equipped with
MBBS, MD ( Microbiology)
Professor & HOD
kalpana.angadi@smcw.siu.edu.in
MBBS,MD,PGDIPC,PGDQMHHO ( Microbiology)
Professor
ketki.pathak@smcw.siu.edu.in
MD ( Microbiology)
neetu.gupta@smcw.siu.edu.in
Associate Professor
shital.gogale@smcw.siu.edu.in
PhD (Structural Biology and Biophysics)
soni.Kaundal@smcw.siu.in
Assistant Professor
sumit.chavan@smcw.siu.edu.in
MBBS,MD Clinical ( Microbiology)
apurva.datey@smcw.siu.edu.in
sayali.pande@smcw.siu.edu.in
MSc( Med. Microbiology)
Tutor
parveezakhtar.bidikar@smcw.siu.edu.in
MBBS
chaitanya.madkar@smcw.siu.edu.in
deepak.ghalme@smcw.siu.edu.in
Sandeep.ghodke@smcw.siu.edu.in
nadia.khan@smcw.siu.edu.in
rutuja.burde@smcw.siu.edu.in
kadammansi35@gmail.com
All the faculty members are regularly involved in research and have a total of 83 publications to their credit in various National and International journals.
Supports infection surveillance, antimicrobial resistance monitoring, and hospital hygiene activities.
Coordination with clinicians for rational antibiotic use and antibiogram preparation
Adherence to biomedical waste segregation and disposal as per regulatory guidelines.
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