Speaker :

Dr. Prem James Charles
MBBS, MS (Orthopaedics), Specialist Orthopaedic Surgeon and Medical Director at Aster Specialist Clinic for Orthopaedics & Physiotherapy, Dubai, UAE

Bio:

Dr. Prem James Charles, MBBS, MS (Orthopaedics), is a Specialist Orthopaedic Surgeon and Medical Director at Aster Specialist Clinic for Orthopaedics & Physiotherapy, Dubai, UAE. He has more than 9 years of experience in the Surgical and Medical line of Orthopedics. He is an active surgeon and trained in Advanced Trauma, Arthroscopy, and Arthroplasty. He has been doing many knee and shoulder Arthroscopy procedures in Dubai, along with Hip and knee replacement surgeries. He is presently doing all kinds of surgeries in 3 hospitals, Aster Hospitals (in Mankool & Qusais) and Medcare Hospital, Dubai.

Dr. Charles Completed his MBBS in VMMC, Karaikal in 2004. Following which he underwent training in Accident and Emergency Medicine in CMC, Vellore for 2 years. Post which, he attained his MS (Orthopaedics) in VMMC, Karaikal in 2010 with a Gold medal and University 1st rank holder.

He has Fellowships in Accident and Emergency Medicine (CMC, Vellore), Arthroscopic Surgery (World Laparoscopy Hospital, New Delhi), Arthroplasty (Switzerland), and Arthroscopy and Sports Medicine (CHUV Hospital, Switzerland).

Speaker :

Dr. Ravindra Karanjekar

CEO of Kiran Hospital ( Surat – India)

Bio:

Dr. Ravindra Karanjekar has severed in the healthcare sector for decades in senior management level and has led several world class hospitals throughout his career
Currently working as the CEO of Kiran Hospitals- Surat, he has held Chief Executive and Directorial positions in several of India’s top hospitals such as Jupiter Hospital – Thane, Seven Hills Hospital – Mumbai, Wockhardt Hospitals and Fortis Health Ltd to name a few.

Dr. Karanjekar is the Chairperson of National Accreditation Board for Hospitals (NABH) in Quality Council of India which is an apex body for quality in the country. He is also an Assessor at NABH and Member of management council at Maharashtra Medical University.

Previously he has been the President of several national and international associations such as Association of Healthcare Providers (AHPI), Indian Association of Occupational Health and Federation of Hospital Association.

Speaker :

Dr. Ajith Jose

Specialist Orthopaedics, Aster Hospital, Al Qusais, Dubai , UAE

Speaker :

Dr. Maan Tabbaa Taba

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon , Medcare Orthopaedics & Spine Hospital , Dubai , UAE .

Speaker :

Dr. Bishnu Panigrahi

Group Head – Medical Strategy and Operations – “Fortis Healthcare”

Bio:

Dr. Bishnu Panigrahi, has served the healthcare sector for over 30 years with subject matter expertise in Anesthesiology, medical strategy & operations and patient safety and is a part of several national and internationals associations including American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA), Indian Association of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiologists (IACTA), Society of Critical Care Anesthesiologists (SOCC) and European Association of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiologists (EACTA).

Through out his career he has held multiple key positions as Chairman of Anesthesiology, HOD of Infection Control Committee, Head of Medical Strategy and spearheaded several projects that has been rolled out on a nationwide level.

Dr. Panigrahi has also been an educator for 8 years and has imparted lectures in multiple key institutions in India and have published number research papers in the filed of Anesthesiology.

Speakers :

Col Dr SKM Rao
CEO GCS (Gujarat Cancer Society, India)

Bio: 

32 years of Managerial experience in Hospitals and healthcare industry consisting of Army hospitals and hospitals in private sector.

Dynamic Hospital Administrator with qualitative experience in managing hospitals of all types. Proficient at handling activities pertaining to Hospital Operations, Business development, Hospital Planning and Accreditation of Hospitals.

Currently serving as CEO Gujrat Cancer Society Ahmedabad which runs GCSMC medical college and GCRI a cancer research institute and a community oncology Center at Vasna Ahmedabad,Gujrat.

Previously served as Group COO and Group Medical Director of Sahyadri hospitals biggest hospital chain of western Maharashtra, Pune.

Previously served as Senior Vice President Operations South(Regional Manager) comprising of 6 hospitals of repute of Columbia Asia Hospitals Private Limited since 2016.

Previously General Manager of Columbia Asia Referral Hospital Yeshwanthpur Bangalore and Columbia Asia Kharadi Pune since 2010.

Speaker :

Prof. S N Sarbadhikari

MBBS, PhD, Expert, Roster for Digital Health, WHO Health Informatics Educationist Independent Consultant for Digital Health Standards, Founder Member, HL7 FHIR Foundation

Bio:

A physician and health informatics educationist, regarded as a pioneer in spreading awareness of health informatics in India.

Having a wide and varied experience in government, healthcare and technology academia, in India and abroad.

Having numerous awards and international scholarly publications, including books.

Expert, Roster for Digital Health, WHO [2019-]; IMA Honorary Professor [2017-20]; Distinguished Fellow, HITLAB [2018-]; Member, BOG, Commonwealth University College of Medicine, Saint Lucia; International Expert, eLearning Advisory Group, SNOMED International [2015-18]; Founder Member, HL7 FHIR Foundation, Fellow [2007-09] and Faculty [2010-], PSG-FAIMER Regional Institute.

Speakers :

Dr. Lallu Joseph
Quality Manager & Associate General Superintendent, CMC Vellore

Bio:

Dr. Lallu Joseph is the Quality Manager and Accreditation Co-ordinator of Christian Medical College, Vellore, which is the largest hospital in the country to be accredited by National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Healthcare Providers (NABH). Prior to joining healthcare, she was the vice president of a software company and was a teaching assistant at Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto. A Mechanical Engineer by profession, she went on to complete her masters and doctorate in business administration and a diploma in CQI from the Canadian Healthcare Administration. A keen learner, she completed the one year Executive General Management Program (EGMP) of IIM, Bangalore in 2016.

She has many book chapters and publications to her credit and was part of developing the entry level guidelines of NABH standards, a joint initiative of NABH and world bank. She was involved in overseeing the implementation of QMS in selected Government Hospitals of Karnataka through Consortium of Accredited Healthcare Organizations (CAHO) as part of a world bank funded project and a part of the task force of Karnataka Knowledge Commission Implementation on procedural costing. She developed the Basic and advance Certified Professionals for Quality Implementation in Hospitals (CPQIH) programs for CAHO, which are well sought after and also 7 one day programs of CAHO

A passionate teacher and trainer, she is involved in training quality implementation across the country through NABH,CAHO, AHPI and also the faculty of many hospital administration programs. She is the principal assessor of NABH and a trainer for NABH. She is the Secretary General of the CAHO

The best out going student of VIT Business school in 2000, she has won many awards and is the proud recipient of the young quality achiever award of 2016 and the Dr. M.S. Ashraf Award, Indian Medical Association, TN State for 2018.

Speakers :

Dr Thuppil Venkatesh, Ph.D, FACBI, FABMS.
Lead Man of India, National Chairman for InSLAR and National Director NRCLPI

Bio:

Dr Thuppil Venkatesh, more popularly known as Lead Man of India, is Professor Emeritus at St John’s Medical College Bangalore, is an adviser to Association of Health Care Providers of India (AHPI), adviser to Consortium of Accredited Health Care Organizations (CAHO) National Chairman of the Indian Society for Lead Awareness and Research (InSLAR), President of the International Society for Chronic Hypoxia ( ISCH, LaPaz Bolivia) National Director to NRCLPI (National Referral Centre for Lead Projects in India), Chairman of the Accreditation body in Nepal (AERSSC), GDG member of WHO in developing treatment protocol for lead poisoning and Visiting professor of Zubeita University Bolivia. Past president of The Association of Clinical Biochemists of India (ACBI). Faculty for over 10 years at DAC/EIAC

Dr Thuppil has been serving NABL as lead assessor for ISO 15189, ISO/IEC 17043 for over 15 years and serving NABH in the capacity of Principal assessor for over 8 years and Accreditation committee member of Emirates International Accreditation committee (EIAC) UAE, apart from teaching medical students and guiding MD and PhD candidates for over 40 years. Has served in UNIDO and EU.

Has published over 350 scientific papers and has contributed to many text books

Dr Thuppil is the first Asian to receive International science Truth and Honor award in 2010. Is a recipient of Arya Bhatta Award and life time achievement award to name few.

Speaker :

Dr. Dhawal N Bakhda

Specialist Orthopedic Surgeon, Aster DM Healthcare, Dubai

Bio:

Dr Dhawal N Bakhda is a Specialist Orthopedic Surgeon with an extensive experience of 10 years in Orthopaedic Surgery and Consulting and expertise in Knee & Hip Replacement & Knee Arthroscopy presently working with Aster DM Healthcare,Dubai.

He graduated from J.N Medical College,Belgaum(India) and gained his basic training in Orthopaedics from the prestigious M.S.Ramaiah Medical College, Bangalore(India), and advanced training from Sundaram Medical Foundation; Chennai following which he was awarded Master Degree in Orthopaedic Surgery by National Board Of Examinations, New Delhi.

He has received specialized training in Knee and Hip Surgery from Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, and Netcare Linksfield Knee Clinic, Johannesburg.

He is AOTrauma member and AOTrauma Table Instructor and holds membership National and International Orthopaedic Societies namely – IAS(Indian Arthroscopy Society),ISKSAA (International Society for Knowledge for Surgeons on Arthroplasty and Arthroscopy) and IOA(Indian Orthopaedic Society).

He is an active speaker with Multiple presentation in National and International Orthopaedic Conference and has been faculty in Indian Orthopaedic Conferences and Post Graduate Teaching program.

He is a fitness enthusiast with interest in strength training, running and trekking