Professional Qualifications And Fellowships

Qualification	Year	Institution / University & City
M B B S	1990	University of Mysore. Mysore.
D.V.D.	1997	Karnatak University, Dharwad.

Experience Profile

year	Position	Place
Aug1992 - Sep 1993	Senior house officer- Department of Medicine	C.S.I. Holdsworth Memorial Hospital , Mysore
Feb 1998 - Aug 1998	Research assistant	Department of dermatology. St John’s medical College Hospital ,Bangalore.34 Research topic: Electron microscopy of skin pre and post phototherapy in psoriasis and vitiligo in collaboration with national institute of health and neurosciences Bangalore .
Sep 1998 - Aug 1999	Lecturer	Department of dermatology.<br /> St John’s medical College Hospital ,Bangalore.34
Dec 1999 - Sep 2008	Consultant Dermatologist	National Skin and Hair care Clinic, Bangalore.25
Feb 2004 - April 2007	Consultant Dermatologist	St Philomena’s Hospital, Bangalore

Academic Achievements and Awards

• 1987- Biochemistry- Ist class with distinction. Place
• 2001- Best paper award- Role of Er yag laser in Benign skin tumors- Bangalore dermatological society.Bangalore.
• 2001- Paper presented -“ Treatment of nevus of Ota using Q switched frequency doubled Nd Yag laser, the Indian experience” at – 14th World congress of the International society for laser surgery and Medicine, Chennai, India.
• 2002- Guest lecture- Lasers in pigmentary disorders- 12th South zone conference of Indian association of dermatologist, Venereologists and Leprologists. Bangalore.
• 2004-Guest lecture- Targeted Phototherapy- Photocon 2004, Bangalore.
• 2008-Journal of cutaneous and Aesthetic surgery- assistant editor.
• 2009-Guest lecture- Setting up a dermatosurgery practice. Dermacon 2009. 37th National conference of Indian association of dermatologists, venereologists and leprologists.
• 2009-Member- IADVL taskforce- Guidelines for setting a dermatosurgery unit