Vision & Mission
The Pharmacology is a Para-clinical subject taught during second year of M.B.B.S course. The Department is situated on the 4th floor of the Symbiosis Medical College for Women at the Lavale Hill-base Campus.
We believe that a good physician has to be a good pharmacologist too. Our goal is to make capable Indian medical graduates; we all strive for it.
The Department is committed to train undergraduate, postgraduate students and impart knowledge about:
- General principles of drug action and handling of drugs by the body.
- Choose and prescribe suitable drugs according as per the needs of the patient to prevent, diagnose and treat common ailments.
- Anticipate, recognise, avert and manage adverse drug effects.
- Avoid concurrent use of drugs leading to harmful drug interactions.
- Judiciously use rational drug combinations in the best interest of the patient.
- Understand the involvement of both drug and non-drug influences in the result of treatment.
- Thoughtfully use “over the counter” drugs and be mindful of ill effects of social use of intoxicants.
- Know about the essential drug concept and render it in terms of drug requirements for a given community.
- Maintain thoughtfulness in prescribing drugs expected to cause dependence and be cognizant of the treatment approaches for drug dependence.
- Implement the drug treatment guidelines laid prescribed for diseases covered under National Health Programmes.
- Know, expect and avoid probable adverse effects of drugs on the foetus while treating pregnant woman.
- Comprehend the age related factors while prescribing medicines in infants, children and geriatric patients.
- Know about the diverse categories of bio-medical waste, their possible hazards and their management.
- Update the new drugs which have been approved for marketing.
Vision
To prepare and train undergraduate students in rational drug prescribing in agreement to patients’ requirement for treatment, prevention and diagnosis of common diseases with importance, also on Adverse Drug Reaction (ADR’s), pharmacovigilance and drug prescription in children, elderly and pregnancy.
In this era of globalization, India is emerging as a hub for clinical research and drug trials. Therefore, we plan to establish well equipped Clinical Pharmacology Unit to carry out Phase I studies, Phase II and III studies.
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Bioavailability and bioequivalence study unit that can house 24 volunteers as per D.C.G.I. requirements.
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Collaboration with other institutes/ industries, to facilitate clinical research on various drugs.
Mission
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Prepare the students with adequate knowledge for rational drug prescription
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Equip the students to spot, assess, prevent and treat adverse drug reactions
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Enable the students to appreciate the essential and orphan drug concepts and their implication in the community
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To stress the significance of Pharmacoeconomics
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To generate cognizance regarding the harmful actions of drugs in pregnancy, children and elderly among them
- To gain skill in pharmacotherapeutics
- To train them about correct prescription writing and its medico-legal importance
- To orient students for research & developments.
- To inculcate and encourage research aptitude in undergraduate students and helps them to undertake short term studentship research projects.
The Pharmacology is a Para-clinical subject taught during second year of M.B.B.S course. The Department is situated on the 4th floor of the Symbiosis Medical College for Women at the Lavale Hill-base Campus.
We believe that a good physician has to be a good pharmacologist too. Our goal is to make capable Indian medical graduates; we all strive for it.
The Department is committed to train undergraduate, postgraduate students and impart knowledge about:
- General principles of drug action and handling of drugs by the body.
- Choose and prescribe suitable drugs according as per the needs of the patient to prevent, diagnose and treat common ailments.
- Anticipate, recognise, avert and manage adverse drug effects.
- Avoid concurrent use of drugs leading to harmful drug interactions.
- Judiciously use rational drug combinations in the best interest of the patient.
- Understand the involvement of both drug and non-drug influences in the result of treatment.
- Thoughtfully use “over the counter” drugs and be mindful of ill effects of social use of intoxicants.
- Know about the essential drug concept and render it in terms of drug requirements for a given community.
- Maintain thoughtfulness in prescribing drugs expected to cause dependence and be cognizant of the treatment approaches for drug dependence.
- Implement the drug treatment guidelines laid prescribed for diseases covered under National Health Programmes.
- Know, expect and avoid probable adverse effects of drugs on the foetus while treating pregnant woman.
- Comprehend the age related factors while prescribing medicines in infants, children and geriatric patients.
- Know about the diverse categories of bio-medical waste, their possible hazards and their management.
- Update the new drugs which have been approved for marketing.
Vision
To prepare and train undergraduate students in rational drug prescribing in agreement to patients’ requirement for treatment, prevention and diagnosis of common diseases with importance, also on Adverse Drug Reaction (ADR’s), pharmacovigilance and drug prescription in children, elderly and pregnancy.
In this era of globalization, India is emerging as a hub for clinical research and drug trials. Therefore, we plan to establish well equipped Clinical Pharmacology Unit to carry out Phase I studies, Phase II and III studies.
- Bioavailability and bioequivalence study unit that can house 24 volunteers as per D.C.G.I. requirements.
- Collaboration with other institutes/ industries, to facilitate clinical research on various drugs.
Mission
- Prepare the students with adequate knowledge for rational drug prescription
- Equip the students to spot, assess, prevent and treat adverse drug reactions
- Enable the students to appreciate the essential and orphan drug concepts and their implication in the community
- To stress the significance of Pharmacoeconomics
- To generate cognizance regarding the harmful actions of drugs in pregnancy, children and elderly among them
- To gain skill in pharmacotherapeutics
- To train them about correct prescription writing and its medico-legal importance
- To orient students for research & developments.
- To inculcate and encourage research aptitude in undergraduate students and helps them to undertake short term studentship research projects.
HOD Profile
Name:- Dr. Shraddha Nikhil Yadav
M.B.B.S, MD Pharmacology
Dr. Shraddha Yadav is an accomplished Pharmacologist with over 14 years of teaching and research experience. Currently serving as the Professor and Head of the Department of Pharmacology at Symbiosis Medical College for Women, Pune. she has made significant contributions in both the academic and administrative realms of medical education. Her expertise spans across undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, curriculum development, and clinical pharmacology, with a particular focus on pharmacovigilance and drug safety.
Achievements:
Name:- Dr. Shraddha Nikhil Yadav
M.B.B.S, MD Pharmacology
Dr. Shraddha Yadav is an accomplished Pharmacologist with over 14 years of teaching and research experience. Currently serving as the Professor and Head of the Department of Pharmacology at Symbiosis Medical College for Women, Pune. she has made significant contributions in both the academic and administrative realms of medical education. Her expertise spans across undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, curriculum development, and clinical pharmacology, with a particular focus on pharmacovigilance and drug safety.
In addition to her academic role, Dr. Yadav has been actively involved in research, with a robust portfolio of publications, including ten peer-reviewed articles and a book chapter. As a mentor, she has guided numerous students in their research endeavors, fostering a passion for scientific inquiry and evidence-based practice.
Dr. Yadav also excels in leadership, serving on various institutional committees as member of such as the Institutional Ethics Committee of couple of renowned hospitals of the city. She has served as a Certified internal auditor for ISO 9001:2015. Also Successfully completed the Advanced Course in Medical Education(ACME) (KEM, Mumbai), Basic course in biomedical research and Basic workshop in medical education as well as Curriculum Implementation Support Programme III. In addition, completed multiple certifications, including Ethic Review in Healthcare Research, Scientific Writing in Healthcare Research. She also serves as a resource faculty for several faculty development Programme.
Publications:
Dr. Yadav's scholarly contributions include 10 research publications, a textbook chapter, and numerous paper/poster presentations at national and international conferences. Dr. Yadav has been actively involved in research, with a robust portfolio of publications, her research interests include wound healing, adverse drug reactions, Drug safety, Pharmacovigilance, pharmacological evaluation of various drugs on experimental models, and medical education.
Infrastructure facilities
Department has well equipped experimental Pharmacology laboratory with facilities for computer assisted learning modules through computer and animal experiment software, well established Clinical Pharmacology laboratory equipped with mannequins, insulin pump, pupillometer etc. for teaching and learning various subjective skills, Research laboratory equipped with various advanced instruments for research purpose.
The Department also hosts Departmental library with numerous books and journals of the subject and domain.
Seminar Room with audio-visual aids where Seminars, Journal Clubs and Microteaching are carried out. These are presented as PowerPoint Presentations Group discussions.
Museum of the department displays prototype drugs, formulations, drug delivery systems along with drug catalogue. It has a section on history of medicine, adverse drug reaction etc. It also has charts and models depicting information on various drugs acting on different systems. It has charts of Pharmacologist and Nobel prize winning scientists.
The demonstration room of the department is well equipped with audio-visual aids for the purpose of demonstration of practicals and tutorials in the subject.
Department also has Adverse Drug Monitoring Centre (AMC). It involves monitoring, reporting and communication of Individual Case Safety Reports (ICSRs) associated with drugs, medical devices and vaccines with strict standard operating procedures to follow. The Causality Assessment Committee (CAC) evaluates the ADR report, makes recommendations and reports the ADR to the FDA and the drug manufacturer through web-based application called Vigiflow.
Experimental Pharmacology Laboratory
Clinical Pharmacology laboratory
Research Laboratory
Department Library
Seminar Room
Museum
Demonstration Room
Services
The department has Adverse Drug Monitoring Centre which runs under aegis of National Pharmacovigilance Programme of India. Department is also involved in Prescription Audit of hospital. Department also provides training to faculties, pharmacists, nurses for medication error, Pharmacovigilance and drug updates.
Research Publications
All the faculty members are regularly involved in research and have a total of 57 publications to their credit in various National and International journals.
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2019 |
Rahul Bhalsinge, Satkar Rajbhoj, Anita Barde, Shraddha Yadav, Nimish Narkar, A.V Tilak. Evaluation of antidepressant action of inhaled nicotine in rats. IJPT. 2019; 9 (2): 61-64. |
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2019 |
Ritika Vaid, Suresh Dange, Shraddha Yadav*, Vishwadeep Madrewar, Vishwanath Kulkarni. Experimental evaluation of analgesic activity of flupirtine using hot plate method. International journal of current medical and pharmaceutical research. 2019;5(01A): 3988-3990. |
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2019 |
Siddhi Raveendran, A. V. Tilak, Shraddha Yadav*, Sayan Das, Vishwadeep Madrewar, Vishwanath Kulkarni. A study to evaluate the analgesic activity of Origanum vulgare in mice using hot plate method. International Journal of Basic & Clinical Pharmacology.2019;8(7)1563-1566. |
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2017 |
Anita Barde, Shraddha Yadav*, Pratibha Worlikar, Abhijeet Tilak, Harsh Kumar, Siddhi Raveendran. Study of immunomodulatory effect of Sitopaladi churna in mice. IJBAMR. 2017;7(1):181-192. |
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2017 |
Anita Barde, Shraddha Yadav*, Pratibha Worlikar, Abhijeet Tilak, Harsh Kumar, Siddhi Raveendran. Evaluation of immunomodulatory action of atorvastatin calcium in mice. The Pharma Innovation 2017;6(2): 181-192. |
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2017 |
Rahul Bhalsinge, Rajbhoj Satkar, Sayan Das, Shraddha Yadav, Shah AS, PS Worlikar. Role of Nicotine in Depression Through Dopaminergic Mechanism International Journal of Basic & Clinical Pharmacology 2017; 6(4):864 |
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Dr. Ramanand Patil |
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2018 |
Gaikwad M, Patil R, Padole V, Tampi P. To Study the Clinical Profile of Pulmonary Hypertension. Scholars Journal of Applied Medical Sciences (SJAMS). 2018; 6 (4): 1760-1770. |
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2015 |
Patil R, Patel S, Joshi A, Gaikwad M. Evaluation of the Anticonvulsant Activity of Omeprazole in Comparison with Valproate in Albino Rats. International Journal of Pharmacology & Toxicology. 2015; 5 (1): 47-52. |
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2015 |
Patil R, Patel S, Joshi A, Gaikwad M. Evaluation of the Anticonvulsant Activity of Omeprazole in Comparison with Phenytoin in Albino Rats. International Journal of Experimental Pharmacology. 2015; 5 (1): 18-23. |
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2014 |
Mutha A, Mutha S, Baghel P, Patil R, Bhagat S, Patel S, et al. A Knowledge, Attitude and Practices Survey regarding Sex, Contraception and Sexuality Transmitted Diseases among Commerce College students in Mumbai. Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research. 2014; 8 (8): 14-18. |
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2013 |
Jain M, Kokate M, Kamble S, Patil R. A Questionnaire Based Study to Evaluate Performance of A CME Programme by The Participants. Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences. 2013; 2 (8): 860-864. |
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Dr. Viraj Shinde |
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2018 |
Ganesh Dakhale, Latesh raghute, Avinash Turankar, Sonali Pimpalkhute, Viraj Shinde and Piyush Nama (2018) 'Adverse drug Reaction Profile At Radiotherapy, Paediatrics and ear, Nose and Throat Department of A Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital: A descriptive Cross Sectional Study', International Journal of Current Advanced Research, 07(8), pp. 15082-15087. |
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2017 |
Shinde VA, Kalikar M, Jagtap S, Dakhale GN, Bankar M, Bajait CS, et al. Comparison of efficacy and safety of oral diclofenac versus transdermal diclofenac patch in chronic musculoskeletal pain: A randomized, open‑label trial. J Pharmacol Pharmacother 2017;8 |
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2016 |
Smita Sontakke, Viraj Shinde , V.M. Motghare , Sonali Pimpalkhute , Chaitali Bajait , Kavita Jaiswal, Complementary and alternative medicine use in children with haematological disorders, World J Pharm Sci 2016 ;4(10):43-49 |
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Mrs. Prachitee Borkar |
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2013 |
Vasudha Devi, Prachitee Upadhye, Pradhum Ram, Ritesh G Menezes Development of a teaching module for parenteral drug administration and objective structured practical examination stations in pharmacology. Indian Journal of Pharmacology. 2013. 45 (6); 587-592. |
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Ms. Madhura Bhosale. |
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2019 |
Bhosale MS, Dawane JS, Pandit VA and Khatavkar PS: Evaluation of effect of Ayurvedic preparations on nephropathy in diabetic Wistar rats. Int J Pharm Sci & Res 2019; 10(8): 3755-62. doi: 10.13040/IJPSR.0975-8232.10(8).3755-62. |
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2019 |
Khatavkar, P., Dawane, J., Bhosale, M., Pandit, V. and Padalkar, P., 2019. Evaluation of the effect of Nishamalaki on cataract in diabetic rats. National Journal of Physiology, Pharmacy and Pharmacology, 9(7), p.1. |
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2017 |
Dawane, j., pandit, v., khatavkar, p. And bhosale, m., 2017. Evaluation of prophylactic effect of herbal formulation in streptozotocin and HFHF diet induced Diabetes and its complication. International Journal of pharma and Bio Sciences, 8(4). |
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2016 |
Dawane JS, Pandit VA, Bhosale MS, Khatavkar PS. Evaluation of Effect of Nishamalaki on STZ and HFHF Diet Induced Diabetic Neuropathy in Wistar Rats. J Clin Diagn Res. 2016;10(10): FF01-FF05. doi:10.7860/JCDR/2016/21011.8752 |
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