Patient Feedback

1. Bull Injury patients feedback

“We are from Nepal. My wife was attacked by a bull 4 years ago, and was operated on and left with a tube inside, which caused food to come out. The local doctors were not able to treat her, that is when we came to KEM hospital in mumbai. She was operated on and is now recovering very well”
·Patient Education

1. Ostomy care education in stoma clinic
2. Self breast examination (SBE) in Breast Cancer Screening OPD

1. MS General Surgery

The department holds 21 seats for MS General Surgery from the National and State quota combined. Registered candidates are provided with residential quarters and have residency postings for 3 years. Senior residency posts are advertised and applications are available at the Hospital office, K E M Hospital, Parel, Mumbai 400012 in the months of January and July.
The residents are rotated to various units in the departments. During the third post they rotate in distric residency programme for 3 months.

1. Fellowship in Breast Surgery

The department also offers two MUHS recognized seats per year for fellowship in breast related conditions (benign and cancer). This course is for one year.

1. Fellowship in AWR (Currently applied for MUHS fellowship)

The department has applied to MUHS for Abdominal wall reconstruction and hernia fellowship for one year.

1. Department is in the process of getting MUHS recognised BPMT courses in Emergency medicine.

1. Other Academic Activities
2. Monthly Morbidity and Mortality meeting
3. UG teaching lectures
4. Journal Club-once a month
5. PG students regular case presentations- 6 sessions a month
6. Departmental review board for dissertation of PG students is conducted twice a month for discussion of project protocols
7. ICMR projects
8. Basic surgical skills workshop - knotting, suturing, stapler, stoma management and basic surgical procedures, basics ventilatory care

Teaching schedule/ Academic calendar As per the departmental curriculum based teaching programme
Theory lectures

1. For II year MBBS students: once a week lecture at 12.45-1.45 or 1.45-2.45 pm
2. For III/I MBBS students: once a week lecture on every Tuesday 8-9 am
3. For III/II MBBS students: lectures on every Tuesday and Fridays 8-9 am and weekly 3-4 lectures in the afternoon session

Workshop/CME:

1. AWR workshop
2. SJROP – Orientation program for freshly joined First year Surgery Residents.
3. PGCME – Post graduate CME – MS exam preparation
4. PGSS CME – Post graduate super speciality entrance preparation
5. Undergraduate teaching – Lectures and Bedside clinics
6. Nursing teaching
7. Occupational and Physiotherapy students lectures and practical examination
8. CPCR training workshop
9. Bioethics Grand rounds
10. Basic laparoscopy workshop
11. Communication workshops
12. Cadaver Course workshop for organ retrieval
13. Workshop on critically ill surgical patients
14. Laser in Surgery workshop

National Surgical Conference (ASICON 2022)

1. Dr Adesh Solanki  (Senior Resident ) =  1st prize Best Free Paper “To study the impact of COVID 19 on the acute abdominal emergencies”
2.  Dr Smruti Shrinivasan (Senior Resident ) = first prize for presenting a paper on “Study of association between surgical delay and post-operative outcome in patients with perforation peritonitis “ under the guidance of Dr V.M. Kulkarni
3. Dr Shwetambari Ingawale (Third year Resident ) = 2nd prize Poster Presentation “Presentation of ruptured GIST as hemoperitoneum”
4. Dr Shwetambari Ingawale (Third year Resident) = 2nd prize Dr C Palanivelu Best PG paper “Evaluation of management of various grades of acute cholecystitis at a tertiary care center during index admission”
5. Dr Snehal Deotale (Senior Resident) =1st prize Best Free Paper “E-TEP with limited dissection for umbilical hernia-Our initial experience”
6. Dr Pramod S (Third year Resident)= 1st Poster Presentation “Chylous Ascites and Chylothorax -rare complications post LSCS and Diagnostic Laparoscopy”
7. Dr Aniruddh Dhar (Second year Resident) = 3rd prize Poster Presentation ​“Gallstone ileus-A dilemma in a case of recurrent intestinal obstruction”
8. Dr Devashree Sane (Senior Resident ) = 2nd prize Dr C. Palanivelu Best Faculty Video “Double diaphragmatic hernia-Simultaneous occurrence of Morgagni and Paraesophageal Hernia”
9. Dr Rahul Uikey (Third year Resident) = 2nd prize  Best Free Paper “Prevalence of sarcopenia in Gastrointestinal malignancies”
10. Dr Ria Nirhali (Third year Resident) 1st prize Dr C. Palanivelu Best PG Paper “Surgical management of cholangiocarcinoma: liver resection vs liver transplantation,A systematic review”
11. Interns received first prize for the state level surgical quiz “Dr Indrajeet Mitra Memorial”organised by ASI Nagpur

Institutional Award

Dr Dhaval Vasa won the Dr Daniel S.C. Devadhar award for the Best Dissertation in Surgery  under P.G. guide Dr Varsha Kulkarni 2022

Dr Smruti Srinivasn won the Dr Daniel S.C. Devadhar award for the Best Dissertation in Surgery  under P.G. guide Dr Varsha Kulkarni 2023

1. Dr Varsha Kulkarni-
1. A retrospective study of pancreatic trauma in a tertiary care center
2. A prospective study of microbiology of perforative peritonitis & its effect on outcome.
3. A prospective study of microbiology of perforative peritonitis & its effect on outcome.
2. Dr Shambhavi Chowdhary-Surgical audit of surgical site occurrence (SSO) in patients with ventral hernia repair.
3. Dr Anirudh Dhar-Prospective observational study on the correlation of fraility and outcomes of emergency laparotomy in elderly patients.

Completed projects

1. Dr Varsha Kulkarni- Impact of Orientation program on New Surgery Residents
2. Dr Rajesha K- Does delay in onset of symptoms to surgery cause poor outcomes in a case of necrotizing fasciitis?
3. Dr Vikas Singh Rana- Retrospective study to predict difficult laparoscopic cholecystectomy based on clinical scoring system.
4. Dr Ria Nirhali-Mode of injuries and their outcomes in trauma patients in a tertiary care setting
5. Dr Janhavi Thakare-A audit of emergency surgical COVID-19 admissions in department of General Surgery in tertiary care in three different waves.
6. Dr Pramod S-Short outcomes of midline laparotomy closure with slowly absorbable suture(polydioxanone) versus nonabsorbable (polyamide) suture- A comperative observational study.
7. Dr. Ashish Chaudhary-Outcomes of Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in patients with choledocholithiasis with Cholelithiasis without Common Bile Duct Stenting post clearance: A Prospective Observational Study
8. Dr Omkar Joshi-A retrospective study of postoperative paralytic ileus in elective ventral hernia repair
9. Dr Rahul Uikey-To assess prevalence of secondary sarcopenia in a patient of chronic pancreatitis using hand grip strength, gait speed and skeletal mass index.
10. Dr Kiran Poul-A Prospective comparative study of monofilament suture and steristrips in the management of skin closure of contused lacerated wound over joints
11. Dr Anju Rajani-A Prospective observational study comparing transabdominal preperitoneal and totally extraperitoneal techniques of laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair
12. Dr. Raviteja Annabathina-Role of Omega 3 fatty acids on immunomodulation in acute pancreatitis
13. Dr Shubham Bansod-Factors affecting mortality in an operated case of ischemic bowel disease in tertiary care centre: a Retrospective observational study.
14. Dr Shwetambari Ingawale-Evaluation of operative difficulties faced during delayed laparoscopic cholecystectomy post ERCP in comparison to the historic data of early laparoscopic cholecystectomy post ERCP: retrospective study
15. Dr Aman Chowdhary-Retrospective study of retroperitoneal approach to laparoscopic adrenalectomy in terms of surgical outcomes
16. Dr Vaibhav Diwewar-Retrospective study of clinical profile of patients with Fournier's gangrene and utility of Fournier gangrene severity index in predicting the outcome
17. Dr Pallavi Kulkarni-Knowledge attitude and practice regarding Ca Breast screening among hospital employees and residents doctors working in tertiary care centre.

1. Outreach Breast Screening clinics
2. Support in Blood Doantion Drives
3. Support in Major public gatherings and public events