User:Chetan Lokhande

Chetan Lokhande, MBBS
Contact: drchetanpl@wikidoc.org drchetanpl@gmail.com

Current Position

• Postdoc Research Fellow at PERFUSE Study Group, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School
• Associate Editor-In-Chief for WikiDoc.org

Education

• Medical Doctor M.B.B.S. degree from MUHS - India
  

Work Experience

• Research scholar at Harvard medical school.
• Resident Doctor, Lifeline Hospital, India (2011-2013).
• Physician observer under David Lardizabal, M.D, Program director of Epilepsy fellowship ,Department of Neurology, University of Missouri (2013).
• Physician observer under Dr.Radheshyam Agrawal, M.D, Program director of Gastro-enterology fellowship, Department of Gastro-enterology, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh (2013).
• Research volunteer under David Lardizabal, M.D, Program director of Epilepsy fellowship, Department of Neurology, University of Missouri (2013).
• Research volunteer under Dr.Radheshyam Agrawal, M.D, Program director of Gastro-enterology fellowship, Department of Gastro-enterology, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh (2013).
• Volunteer for Associate of Medical Consultant, Mumbai, India; Lions Club, India, participating in health awareness campaigns, free clinics.
• Participation in Pulse Polio Campaign of WHO (2010).
• American Heart Association (BLS and ACLS) (As Per AHA Guidelines 2010).
• Urbanization & Health: Urban Health Matters. Presentation to medical students, residents and doctors as part of “1000 Cities 1000 lives” World Health Organization Campaign for World Health Day, Mumbai, April 2010.
• Protecting Health Against Climate Change. Presentation to medical students, residents and doctors as part of a Public Awareness Program for World Health Day, Mumbai, April 2008.
• Volunteered as a general practitioner for several medical camps organized by the Lions Club of Juhu, Mumbai, 2009-2012.
• Volunteered as a general practitioner for several medical camps organized by the Life Insurance Corporation of India, Mumbai, 2009-2012.
• Participated as a General Practitioner in “Mumbai Blood Donors”, a comprehensive database of voluntary blood donors. Administered and implemented the promotion of this non-profit initiative.
• Organized an eye donation camp, supervised its promotion at inter-collegiate festivals, and recruited a large number of donors.
• Arranged health check-ups for the aged by coordinating with doctors and dentists at an old age home.

Skills

• Gained skills in project direction
• Research designing
• Medical Errors and Safety in Behavioral Health
• Program evaluation
• Data management,
• Project planning

Interests

• Cardiology
• Infectious diseases
• Clinical Research
• Randomized Control Trials
• Neuropsychiatry

Languages

• English: Fluent in speaking and writing
• Marathi: Fluent in speaking and writing
• Hindi: Fluent in speaking and writing