Dr. Apurva is an accomplished Consultant in Emergency Medicine with a specialization in critical care. Her extensive expertise encompasses a broad spectrum of medical emergencies, including airway management, chronic pain control, lung protective ventilation, polytrauma care, obstetric analgesia, as well as the treatment of burns, poisoning, and medicolegal cases.
Dr. Apurva’s profound knowledge of these intricate conditions enables her to deliver prompt and effective interventions. Her adeptness in swift and precise patient assessment, coupled with her proficiency in diverse treatment modalities, guarantees the highest standard of care. Whether addressing life-threatening emergencies or managing long-term pain, Dr. Apurva’s exceptional skills and empathetic approach make her an invaluable asset to the medical community.
Education and Training
- ECFMG certification- USA
- DNB Anesthesiology and Critical Care National Board, New Delhi
- MBBS from Government Medical College, Nagpur
Gold medalist in Medicine – Maharashtra University of Health Sciences
Professional Experience
- Medical Officer – Chatrapati Pramila Raje and government medical college, Kolhapur
- Senior resident – ESIC Bibvewadi, Pune MS
- Associate Consultant Critical Care- Ruby Hall Clinic, Pune
- Consultant Anesthesiologist- Athaayu Hospital MS
- Senior specialist – Caritas Hospital Kottayam
Area of Expertise
- Adult, pediatric and Neonatal airway emergencies
- Chronic Pain management including detailed pain assessment, diagnosis,
pharmacology, and regional nerve blocks and l interventional pain management under C-
arm/Ultrasonography. - Expert lung protective ventilatory management for all age groups
- Polytrauma especially unstable fractures and hemodynamic resuscitation with invasive lines
- Obstetric analgesia – labour epidural
- Management of burns, poisoning and various medicolegal cases.
Memberships
ISA
ASA
Research and Publication
- Assessment of Effectiveness of Clinical Method of Endotracheal Tube Cuff Inflation and
Its Association with Postoperative Throat Complaints: Preliminary Study in a Teaching
Hospital in India. ASA Annual Meeting 2018. - Urgent Anesthetic Management of a 65 years Old Male with Life Threatening
Decompensation, Low
Cardiac Output and A Large Embolus. Case Presentation ASA Annual Meeting 2018. - Child survival status in India AIMDR.
- Study of hypothyroidism in patients with type2 Diabetes Mellitus. ICMR, New Delhi,
India [Reference
ID: 2012-01366]. - Review: Lithium Use and adverse effects in Pregnancy, Lactation and Childbearing age
and Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram, Frontiers in Pharmacology. - Review: Carbamazepine and Teratogenicity, Frontiers in Pharmacology.
- PATENT: Measurement of head circumference of children 0-5 years using KN Tape.
Patent No:TEMP/E-1/17911/2015-DEL. - Comparison between Dexamethasone with Dexmedetomidine as an additive to 0.25%
Bupivacaine in adductor canal block, in providing postoperative analgesia in patients
undergoing Unilateral Total Knee Arthroplasty.
