CURRICULUM VITAE FOR DR ANJALI MALPANI

 

Email: malpani@vsnl.com

 

 

Dr Anjali Malpani at home in the OR

 

 

 

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

 

YEAR              EXAMINATION        BOARD          INSTITUTION

 

   1982             MBBS                         BOMBAY                   SETH G.S.  

                                                            UNIVERSITY     MEDICAL COLLEGE

                                                  AND

                                             K.E.M. HOSPITAL,

     1986           D.G.O.                         COLLEGE OF            BOMBAY.

                      PHYSICIANS AND                                          

                       SURGEONS

 

     1986           M.D.                BOMBAY   UNIVERSITY   

                        

                                       

 

 

EDUCATIONAL DISTINCTIONS, HONOURS, PRIZES

        

Secured Distinctions and Honours Prizes consistently  throughout school; always first in class.

 

Secured a Rank in the Merit List in the Secondary   School Certificate Examination in Maharashtra  State, 1976.

 

Awarded a National Scholarship from the Ministry of Educational and Social Welfare, Govt of India, 1977.

 

Secured a Rank in the Merit List in the Higher Secondary Certificate Examination in Maharashtra, 1978.

 

Awarded Open Merit Scholarship by the Maharashtra Board for 1976, 1977, 1978.

 

Secured Distinction in Human Anatomy in First M.B.,B.S. Exam, Bombay University, 1979.      

 

Secured Distinction in Community Medicine in Second M.B.,B.S. Exam, Bombay University, 1981.

Won Second Prize in the Leprosy Essay Competition in Bombay, organised by the Ackworth Leprosy Society, 1982.

 

Won the Awabai Ratanshaw Dadabhoy Scholarship for standing first in Obstetrics and Gynecology in the College Competitive Examination, 1982.

 

Awarded the Dr Menino de Souza & Medical Welfare Trust Prize  for  the  Best All-round Student  of  Seth  G.S.  Medical  College, 1983.  

    

Awarded the Ramabai Nowrungay Travelling Fellowship by the Bombay University in 1989, for further specialised  training abroad in Gynecology . Was a fellow at the IVF Dept of the King's College Hospital, London, UK

 

 

RESEARCH WORK

 

Did my M.D. Thesis on the use of Nifedipine, the calcium channel blocker, as an antihypertensive in patients with pregnancy-induced hypertension under the guidance of Dr S N Daftary, Hon Prof of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wadia Maternity Hospital, Bombay. 

 

 

PUBLICATIONS

 

 

The effect of calcium anatagonists on uterine contractions. The Journal of Obstetrics and  Gynecology of India. Vol 38, pp 15-17. 1988.

 

New technique for managing second trimester intrauterine fetal death. Int J Gynaecol Obstet (1989 Mar) 28(3):295-7

 

Microinjection using Testicular Sperm - A new Treatment Option for treating Azoospermic men. Indian Journal of Urology. ( Sept 1997) 14: 45-47.

 

TIME - Tubal Insertion of Microinjected Eggs. Human Reproduction on the Internet - Webtrack.

 

Testicular  sperm  extraction  with  ICSI  as   rescue treatment for severe male infertility. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology of India.

 

Second trimester abortion with ethacridine lactate plus carboprost-- which is the best time to  administer the carboprost? Adv Contracept (1988 Jun) 4(2):151-7

 

A  comparison  of  two  prostaglandin   analogues   in combination    with  ethacridine  lactate  for  second  trimester  abortion.  Journal of Obstetrics and  Gynecology  of  India.

 

Ethacridine lactate plus sulprostone for second trimester  abortions- an intrauterine pressure monitoring study. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology of India.

 

TSEICSI - The end of male infertility ? Internet Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. http://www.obgyn.net.

 

Sperm Cryobanking for Therapeutic Insemination by Donor.  Bombay Hospital Journal, 32: 76-79, 1990.

 

Office Techniques for Sperm Processing to Enhance Male Fertility. Bombay Hospital Journal. Aug 1990.

 

Simplifying Assisted Conception Techniques to make them Universally available - a view from India. Human Reproduction. Vol 7, N 2 ( 1992)  pp 49-50.

 

Invited  as  a Guest Editor to  edit  Special  Issue  on Infertility of the Bombay Hospital Journal. April 1993.

 

Sperm Cryobanking for AID. Invited article. Biomed.  Oct-Nov 1993. pp 42-45.

 

A New Technique to End Male Infertility. Invited article. Biomed. Jul-Aug 1996.pp 68-69.

   

Sperm  Cryopreservation for Sperm  Banking. Invited to author this Chapter in the book, Infertility Update, published by the  Federation of Obstetric and Gynecologic Societies of  India, Dec 1994.

 

Making IVF Affordable. Medicine Digest. October 1993.  Published in the UK.

  

How the Family Physician can Help the Infertile Couple.  Integrral Physician's Digest. April-May 1994. pp 29-35.

 

Active  Management  of  Infertility.  Bombay   Hospital Journal. Vol 35 Number 2. April 1993. pp 11-12.

 

Ultrasound guided procedures for treating infertility.  Bombay  Hospital  Journal.  Vol  35  Number  2.  April  1993.  pp  67-70.

 

How  the  GP  can help  the  infertile  couple.  Bombay Hospital Journal. Vol 35 Number 2. April 1993. pp 164-165.

 

 

FOREIGN EXPERIENCE

 

 For  six months of my final year in  medical  college,  I studied  in  leading hospitals in USA, as  an  extern  doing elective clerkships. These hospitals were the Johns Hopkins Hospital and  the Harvard Medical School Hospitals.

 

Spent 4 months in 1989 with Dr John Parsons at the King's  College Hospital, London, learning about IVF,  GIFT, and  techniques of assisted human conception.

 

 

INVITED LECTURES

 

Invited by the Obstetrics and Gynecologic Societies of Indore and Gwalior in Oct 1991 to lecture to them on  Infertility.     

 

Invited by the Obstetrics and Gynecologic Society of  Surat in May 1992 to lecture to them on Infertility.

     

Invited by the Amravati Indian Medical Association in April 1992 to give a talk on the Sperm Bank.

 

Have given a number of lectures on Infertility and Sperm Banking to Rotary Clubs in Bombay; Amravati; and the American Alumni Association.

 

 

PRESENT POSITION

 

Am  presently  in  private practise along with my  husband  ,  Dr Aniruddha Malpani, as consultant infertility specialists, with  a practise which is restricted to infertility patients only.

 

Am a member of the American Fertility Society, USA - a  specialty professional organisation for infertility specialists.

 

Have  been interviewed by a number of newspapers and magazines  (  Times  of India, Indian Express, Femina,  Savvy,  Chitralekha, Dharmayug,  Grahashobha)  about infertility. Appeared  for  a  TV Interview  on the Sperm Bank, for New Generation; on  the  Manasi and  Ghar  Aana  Zindagi programs on Zee TV,  as  an  infertility specialist;  and  on  the Doordarshan  science  program,  Turning Point.

 

Have authored a book , How to Get the Best Medical Care – A Guide for the Intelligent Patient.

 

THE HEALTH EDUCATION LIBRARY FOR PEOPLE

 

Have  founded  the Health Education Library for  People,  India's first  Consumer  Health Education Resource Center , in  order  to empower people by providing them with the information they need to promote  their  health  ,  and  prevent  and  treat  their medical problems in partnership with their doctor.

 

We offer the following facilities:

 

1.  Airconditioned reading rooms, with a seating capacity for 20-25 persons

2.   An upto date collection of over 5000 consumer health  books, 10000 pamphlets, and many magazines and newsletters

3. Audiovisual educational media, including over 500 video tapes. Videos can be viewed in privacy in the library

4.  Computer software , including CD-ROMs

5. Photocopying facilities, at Re 1 per page

 

We   have   access to information on every  health  and   medical topic  under   the   sun   -  explained  in  terms   which    the layperson  can understand.

 

We   have   an  Internet connection so   that  we   can   provide information  on  the latest medical research from  all  over  the world.  In fact, we  have  pioneered online   searching  of   the Medline    database   for  the  first  time  in     India,     in collaboration  with PaperChase, a non-profit service of the  Beth Israel Hospital of Harvard University, USA.

 

We are a public library - everyone  is  welcome ! We  charge  a nominal amount of Rs 5  only per visit.

 

Our library catalog is computerised. Our Online Public Access Catalog is now available on the Internet  at http://www. healthlibrary.com, so that readers can "browse" through our catalog from  home ! This allows us to extend our outreach  services,  by providing consumer health information to internet users from  all over the world !

 

For  those  unable  to come personally to the  library,  we  also answer   questions  by post or e-mail. We are open Monday through Saturday, from 10 am to 7 pm.

 

At  present,  all our materials are in English, and  we  plan  to translate  our educational materials into regional  languages  in the future.

 

We regularly contribute health educational articles to many newspapers and magazines, including: Your Own Doctor; My Doctor; Free Press Journal; and New Woman, to help to educate the public about recent advances in medicine.

 

What are our Goals ?

 

1.  To  create  and provide access to a  reliable  and  upto-date collection   of  consumer health materials, so  that  people  can become  better informed about their own health. We  believe  that the best prescription is knowledge !

 

2.   To  encourage a healthy doctor-patient  relationship,  since the best patient is a well-informed one

 

3.  To provide resources which doctors  can  adapt to  their  own practise, to  use  for  educating their patients

 

4.  To be a useful resource  for  writers and journalists  ,  and thus  improve the quality and accuracy of reporting  for  medical topics in the lay press

 

5. To act as a stimulus for patients  with  a  particular disease to get together and form self-help support groups, to help   each other cope with their disease.

 

6. To prevent health fraud and quackery by educating the consumer about health and illness

 

7.  Ultimately,  we  hope that  well   informed   patients   will demand   the  best   treatment available  internationally  -  and that  this  will act as an  incentive  for  doctors   to   update their skills, and for  hospitals  to  improve their facilities.