Consultant in Dermatology, in practice, from 1973.

Consultant Dermatologist in Jaslok Hospital since 1978.

Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians ( Eng)

Member of the Indian association of dermatologists, Venereologists and Leprologists

Member European Society of Dermatologists and Psychiatrists Member Psychodermatology Association of India

Fellow of the American Association of Dermatology

Fellow of the European Association of Dermatology

Awards and Achievements:

Orations `

Psychological approach in Dermatology patients` at the IADVL, Cuticon, 2020.

Oration on 'Oculoctaneous Diseases' at the Maharashtra Ophthalmology Association Conference at the Amar Gian Auditorium, Mumbai 1994

Key note address : 'My tryst with Psychodermatology' Delivered at the First National Conference of the Psychodermatology Association of India, held at Kozhikode, Jan 21,2023 Life time achievement awards At the First National Conference of the Psychodermatology Association of India at Kozhikode Jan 21 2023

Life time achievement award - 

IADVL, Maharashtra Branch , 2012 at Nanded.

Guide - The Premlata award - Best Research for HIV and Drug resistance, at the National IADVL, Pune 2020. A Jaslok Hospital research project.

Acievements -

President IADVL Maharashtra 1991-92.

Convenor HIV prevention programme IADVL, Maharashtra 1996-2008

Founder Member Pychodermatology Association of India, 2019

Research Gate Data -

41 Publications (Researchgate)

3,123 reads

94 citations

Immediate Goal

Passed my entrance exam for Phd of MUHS in 2020, waiting for a guide.

Training

Qualified as a Psychodermatologist by the EASDaP and by virtue of 5+ 3 years of 5 days/week Psychoanalysis.