GMC registered physician with 15 years of experience as Medical Doctor, including 5 years of clinical drug development in Pharma and CRO as Investigator, Senior Research Physician and Independent Consultant, in addition to 10 years of experience as General and Vascular Surgeon.

Broad experience in different stages of drug development  in diversity of therapeutic areas including, but not limited to, Respiratory, Cardiovascular, Diabetes, Urology, Oncology, Vaccines and Neurosciences.

 

A detailed CV can be provided upon request

 

Qualifications:

 

MSc in Clinical Research Administration (2011) - Universtiy of Liverpool, UK

Thesis:  “Hypertension Trials - Safety Reporting”

Diploma in Pharmaceutical Medicine (2011) - Royal College of Physicians of London, UK

Postgraduate Course in Pharmaceutical Medicine - Cardiff Univeristy - 2009-10.

Certificate of Completion of Basic Surgical Training - Royal College of Surgeons, UK.

MRCS (2006) - Diploma in General Surgery, Royal College of Surgeons, UK

MBBS/MD (1999) - University of Mumbai, India

 

Experience:

 

Global Medical Specialist, Respiratory Portfolio, Novartis

Senior Research Physician  MEDINOVA, London a specialised CRO

Senior Research Physician  MAC UK Neurosciences,  a specialised CRO

Clinical Research Physician  Synexus,  a global CRO

Research Physician, Gateshead University Hospital

10 years of clinical practice experience at Academic and District Hospitals as General and Vascular Surgeon

 

Publications

 

Bagul NB, Kirkham JJ. The reporting of harms in randomized controlled trials of hypertension using the CONSORT criteria for harm reporting. Clinical and Experimental Hypertension. 2012; 34(8):548-54

Binkley N et.al. A phase 3 trial of the efficacy and safety of oral recombinant calcitonin: the Oral Calcitonin in Postmenopausal Osteoporosis (ORACAL) trial. J Bone Miner Res. 2012 Aug; 27(8):1821-9.

Ralston et.al. Randomized trial of alendronate plus vitamin D3 versus standard care in osteoporotic postmenopausal women with vitamin D insufficiency. Calcified Tissue Int. 2011 Jun; 88(6):485-94.