Anaesthesia & Pain Management

Ankit A. Gupta

Dr. Ankit A. Gupta

Consultant Anaesthesiologist and Head of Hepatobiliary Anaesthesia Services
Department
Anaesthesia & Pain Management
Qualification

M.B.B.S., D.N.B. (Anaesthesiology)

Fellowship
  • Liver Transplant Anaesthesia and Critical Care (Medanta-The Medicity, Gurugram)
Experience

More than 11 years of experience in Anaesthesia

Bio:

Dr. Ankit Gupta is a Consultant at the Department of Anaesthesia and Pain Management, Sir H.N. Reliance Foundation Hospital and Research Centre.

Prior to his association with the Reliance Foundation Hospital, Dr. Gupta was working as a Junior Consultant Anaesthesiologist in the Liver Transplant team at Global Hospitals, Mumbai.

Dr. Gupta completed his Fellowship in Liver Transplant Anaesthesia and Critical Care from Medanta - The Medicity, Gurugram. During his Fellowship, Dr. Gupta gained experience in adult as well as paediatric liver transplants, hepatobiliary anaesthesia, and perioperative care of liver disease patients. He has undergone certified training from Charite University, Berlin (Germany) for the perioperative management of patients undergoing cytoreductive and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) surgery.

Dr. Gupta’s vast experience of more than 10 years in the field of Anaesthesia involved the management of critically ill patients of all age groups and providing anaesthesia in different surgical domains, i.e., oncosurgery, thoracic surgery, gynaecology (obstetrics surgery and labour analgesia), neurosurgery, and hepatobiliary surgery. Dr. Gupta has also been a part of the surgical team in more than 350 liver transplant cases.

Cardiac Surgery

Aniruddh Trivedi

Dr. Aniruddh Trivedi

Consultant
Department
Cardiac Surgery
Qualification

M.B.B.S., M.S. (General Surgery), M.Ch. (Thoracic Surgery)

Experience

36 years

Bio:

Dr. Trivedi graduated from MGM Medical College and M.Y. Hospital, Indore, in 1980. He was a demonstrator and Resident Surgical Officer (Department of Surgery) at the same institute until 1983. After receiving his MS (General Surgery) and MCh (Thoracic Surgery), he worked as a Registrar (CVTS) at BYL Nair Hospital, Bombay for 2 years. He has also worked as a Senior Clinical Consultant at the Bombay Hospital and Medical Research Centre and was appointed as Honorary Assistant Cardiovascular Surgeon in 1992 and Honorary Associate Cardiovascular Surgeon (1995–99). In addition to his association with our hospital, Dr. Trivedi is a Consultant Cardiovascular Coronary Surgeon at Bombay Hospital and Research Centre.

Dr. Trivedi has been a recipient of the Government of India’s National Merit Scholarship. He was a co-investigator in a research project, ‘Follow-up of Edwards Duramedics Valve’, with Dr. G. S. Kobinia, Chief Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Klagenfurt, Austria.

Areas of Expertise & Special Interest:

  • Total arterial beating heart surgery (MICAS) using LIMA and RIMA.
  • Surgery for acute infarct and its complications
  • Surgery for diffuse triple vessel disease with severe LV dysfunction (15–25%)
  • Re-do beating heart surgery (Re-do MICAS)
  • Adult valvular surgeries
  • Aortic and peripheral vascular surgeries

Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery

Anil Tibrewala

Dr. Anil Tibrewala

Consultant
Department
Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
Qualification

 M.Ch. (Plastic Surgery), M.S. (General Surgery)

Fellowship

Fellowship in Cosmetic Surgery and Reconstructive Surgery from Paris, France

Experience

37 Years

Bio:

Dr. Anil Tibrewala completed his M.Ch. (Plastic Surgery) after completing his M.S. (General Surgery) from the University of Bombay. This was followed by a Fellowship in Cosmetic Surgery and Reconstructive Surgery from Paris, France. Dr. Tibrewala has several years of working experience. Besides his association with Sir. H. N. Reliance Foundation Hospital & Research Centre, he has had a private practice since 1988 and is also associated with Hinduja, Breach Candy, Saifee, and Habib Hospitals.

He has extensive experience in repairing congenital deformities (cleft lip, cleft palate, hypospadias, etc.), treating a wide variety of acute trauma cases (like head, face, neck, chest and abdomen and complex injuries to extremities, burns etc.), performing microsurgeries, independent management of post-cancer and post-traumatic reconstruction, bedsore reconstructions etc., performing cosmetic surgery procedures, including rhinoplasty, blepharoplasty, dermabrasion, and otoplasty. Moreover, he is known for his abilities with facial aesthetic surgical procedures, such as Facelift and other facial rejuvenation procedures, breast surgery (augmentation, reduction, mastopexy or reconstruction), liposuction and other body contouring procedures, autologous fat injection, abdominoplasty, hair transplantation, and post-bariatric-surgery body contouring.

Dr. Tibrewala is proficient in the use of lasers, especially the Coherent Diode Laser (‘Light Sheer’), for hair removal.

Areas of Expertise & Special Interest:

  • Cosmetic Surgery

Neuro Surgery

Anil Karapurkar

Dr. Anil Karapurkar

Consultant
Department
Neuro Surgery
Qualification

M.B.B.S., M.S. (General Surgery), M.Ch. (Neurosurgery)

Experience

Illustrious career spanning 40 years in the field of Neurosurgery

Bio:

Dr. Anil Karapurkar is a Consultant Interventional Neuroradiologist at Sir H. N. Reliance Foundation Hospital and Research Centre.

He is a teacher at Bombay University and an Examiner for Master of Chirurgiae (M.Ch.) and Diplomate of National Board (D.N.B.) in Neurosurgery. Additionally, he is a visiting Professor at Kasturba Medical College, Manipal and Madurai Medical College, Madurai, Tamil Nadu.

Earlier, Dr. Karapurkar was the President of Asian Australasian Federation of Interventional & Therapeutic Neuroradiology (AAFITN) and the President of Cerebrovascular Society of India. He is also the Advisor of Technical Standards and Ethics for World Federation of Interventional & Therapeutic Neuroradiology (WFITN). Dr. Karapurkar is a member of many professional Indian societies such as Neurological Society of India (NSI), Neurological Surgeons Society of India (NSSI), Indian Academy of Neurosciences (IAN), Indian Society of Anesthesiology (ISA), Neurotrauma Society, International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (ISPN), and International societies including AAFITN, WFITN and Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS).

He has delivered numerous key note addresses and orations. He has also authored chapters in books and published several articles in peer-reviewed journals of repute.

Areas of Expertise & Special Interest:

  • Aneurysms
  • Brain and Spinal Cord AVMs
  • Acute Stroke
  • Prevention of Stroke
  • Stenting Intracranial and Extracranial Arteries of Cerebral Circulation
  • Embolisation of Intracranial and Juxtacranial tumours
  • Spinal tumours
  • Vertebroplasty

Orthopaedics & Joint Replacement

Anant Joshi

Dr. Anant Joshi

Consultant
Department
Orthopaedics & Joint Replacement
Qualification

M.B.B.S., M.S. (Orthopaedics), Master of Sports Sciences

Contact details
Experience

More than 30 years of rich experience as an orthopaedic surgeon

Bio:

Dr. Anant Shah is a Consultant in the Department of Orthopaedics at Sir H. N. Reliance Foundation Hospital and Research Centre.

Dr. Anant has an MD (Orthopaedics) with a post-graduate degree in sports medicine. He was awarded the Best All-Rounder Student at Grant Medical College, Mumbai in 1978. He received international training in arthroscopic procedures such as arthroscopic ACL/PCL reconstruction training from the USA, Germany, and Australia and underwent shoulder arthroscopy training at the Southern California Orthopaedic Institute, USA. He has co-authored eight publications and conducted several arthroscopy workshops.

Dr. Joshi specialises in correction procedures for spinal and bone deformities in adults and children. He is also a stem cell transplant surgeon and has extensive experience in knee replacement surgeries. He is a consultant to the Board of Control for Cricket in India and was the Medical Director at the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011.

Well Women Centre

Anahita Darius Pandole

Dr. Anahita Darius Pandole

Consultant
Department
Well Women Centre
Sub-Speciality
Pelvic endoscopy, High-risk obstetrics, Infertility
Qualification

M.B.B.S., M.D. (Obstetrics and Gynaecology)

Experience

27 years

Bio:

Dr. Anahita Darius Pandole is a highly qualified obstetrician and gynaecologist with over 27 years of experience in the field. She completed her MBBS in 1990 and her MD in obstetrics and gynaecology in 1994 from the Topiwala National Medical College & BYL Nair Charitable Hospital. Currently, she serves as a consultant at the Well Women Centre of the Sir H. N. Reliance Foundation Hospital. Dr. Pandole is known for her expertise in high-risk obstetrics, pelvic endoscopy, and infertility. She is actively involved with the Jio Parsi program and the Parsi Panchayat and has authored various papers.

ENT

Anagha A. Joshi

Dr. Anagha A. Joshi

Consultant
Department
ENT
Qualification

M.B.B.S., M.S. (ENT), D.N.B., D.O.R.L., F.I.C.S.

Contact details
Fellowship

Visiting Scholar in Laryngology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston & UCSF, San Francisco, U.S.A. (2015)

Experience

More than 25 years of clinical experience

Bio:

Dr. Anagha A. Joshi is a consultant at the ENT Department of Sir H.N. Reliance Foundation Hospital and Research Centre. She achieved a university-wide 2nd position in her M.S. (ENT, Mumbai University) and a distinction in PMS during her M.B.B.S. She completed her D.O.R.L in 1995 from K.E.M. Hospital, followed by a D.N.B.

Dr. Joshi was the lead of the Laryngology and Voice Programme of the ENT Department at Lokmanya Tilak Municipal General (L.T.M.G.) Hospital. She is experienced in performing a variety of specialised surgeries and procedures for voice restoration—phonomicrosurgery, laryngeal framework surgeries, endoscopic laser laryngeal surgeries, injection laryngoplasty and intralaryngeal Botox for spasmodic dysphonia—and treating laryngotracheal stenosis, such as endoscopic sinus surgery and its extended applications.

As an Associate Professor at the Department of ENT, L.T.M.G. Hospital, Dr. Joshi has been guiding residents on routine ENT surgeries for the last 8 years and has been actively involved in both undergraduate and postgraduate teaching for the past two decades. She has also been invited as a faculty member to many workshops.

Dr. Joshi has published 8 international and 19 national articles. She has authored several books as a subject expert and delivered many talks on voice-related disorders.

Memberships:

  • Life member of The Association of Otolaryngologists of India
  • Executive member of the Association of Phonosurgeons of India

Radiation Oncology

Amol Kakade

Dr. Amol Kakade

Consultant
Department
Radiation Oncology
Qualification

M.B.B.S., M.D. (Radiation Oncology)

Contact details
Experience

9 years

Bio:

Dr. Amol Kakade is a consultant Radiation oncologist at Sir H.N. Reliance Foundation Hospital and Research Center, Mumbai. He received his degree from the Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai. He has a vast experience in the treatment of cancers affecting adults in the head and neck region, brain tumours, breast and thoracic cancers, as well as gynaecological cancers.

Dr. Amol Kakade is highly experienced with the most advanced radiation techniques, such as IMRT, IGRT, SRS, SBRT, VMAT and adaptive radiotherapy.

Dr. Amol Kakade has a special interest in brachytherapy, a form of highly specialized radiotherapy technique mainly used in gynaecological cancers and soft tissue sarcomas. He is passionate about caring for children with cancer and runs one of a kind Paediatric Radiation Oncology clinic in India, at Sir H N Reliance Foundation Hospital.

Dr. Amol Kakade is actively involved in creating awareness about cancer, its prevention, and treatment. He is an active member of Association of Radiation Oncologists of India and participates in academic events.

Psychiatry

Amita Shah

Dr. Amita Shah

Consultant
Department
Psychiatry
Qualification

M.B.B.S., M.D. (Psychiatry Medicine), D.N.B. (Psychiatry Medicine)

Contact details
Experience

More than 20 years of experience in the field of Medical Psychiatry

Bio:

Dr. Amita Shah is a Consultant in the Department of Psychiatry at Sir H. N. Reliance Foundation Hospital and Research Centre.

After completing her MBBS and MD from the University of Mumbai in 1997 and 2002, respectively, Dr. Shah pursued a DNB (Psychiatry Medicine) under the National Board of Examination, Delhi. Her interests include mood and anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD) and other children and women related psychiatric disorders.

Dr. Shah has gained rich clinical experience by working at various hospitals across the city and is actively involved in clinical research.

She has co-authored four research publications and holds memberships in the Indian Psychiatric Society, Bombay Psychiatric Society and General Practitioners Association.

Cardiology

Amit Vora

Dr. Amit Vora

Consultant
Department
Cardiology
Sub-Speciality
Cardiology, Cardiac Electrophysiology and Arrhythmia
Qualification

M.B.B.S., M.D. (Medicine), D.M. (Cardiology), D.N.B. (Cardiology)

Contact details
Fellowship

Cardiac Electrophysiology (Ottawa Heart Institute, Canada, and Sinai Samaritan Medical Center and Aurora Saint Luke’s Medical Center, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA).

Experience

25+ years

Bio:

Dr. Vora graduated from King Edward Memorial Hospital and Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College, Mumbai and received his MD (Medicine), DM (Cardiology), DNB (Cardiology). He has also received further training in cardiac electrophysiology from prestigious institutes in Canada and USA.

Dr. Vora was an Associate Professor in the Department of Cardiology, at KEM Hospital, Mumbai. He has implanted 1000+ ICDs and 500+ bi-ventricular pacemakers and 2000 single-chamber and 4000 dual-chamber permanent pacemakers.

Dr. Vora was a 1st rank holder in the MD (Internal Medicine) and All-India Super Specialty entrance exams.

Dr. Vora is the Vice-president of the Indian Society of Electrocardiology and the Indian Heart Rhythm Society and a member of the Association of Physicians of India and the Cardiological Society of India.

Areas of Expertise & Special Interest:

  • Treatment of heart beat problems (arrhythmias) and heart failure
  • Radiofrequency ablations
  • Device implantations
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