Transfusion Medicine
Introduction
Transfusion Medicine is a multidisciplinary area concerned with use of blood and blood components in the treatment of human diseases. Blood transfusion constitutes an important part of various treatment protocols. It is a life saving treatment in cases of massive blood loss, patients undergoing major surgeries, aplastic anemia, and leukemia undergoing chemotherapy and also in genetic conditions like thalassaemia major which are transfusion dependent. It is one of the most important emergency service departments which also plays important role in disaster management.
History
The Department of Transfusion Medicine ( originally The Bombay Municipal Blood Centre – Shantilal Mathuradas Blood Centre) of Seth G.S. Medical College and K.E.M. Hospital came into existence on 1st January 2009, ( First Medical College to start Department of Transfusion Medicine in the State, among all the Medical Colleges under DMER, Maharashtra ) with the main objective of starting Postgraduate course in Transfusion Medicine, and also providing quality medical care to patients by dispensing safe blood and blood components , performing therapeutic procedures, advanced apheresis procedures , keeping pace with the recent developments and advances in Transfusion Medicine and discharging its responsibility to voluntary blood donors. The postgraduate course (M.D. Transfusion Medicine) started in the year 2010. This is the First Medical College among all the State Government and Corporation Medical Colleges in Maharashtra to start MD Transfusion Medicine Course with an annual intake of 2 students per year since July 2010. It is MCI/NMC Recognized Course. At the time of establishment of the department following were the faculty :
Dr Jayashree Sharma: Professor and Head
Dr Charusmita Dr Modi: Associate Professor
Dr. Swarupa Bhagwat: Assistant Professor
Then 2 more Faculty joined in the year 2016 and 2023
So now the Faculty position is :
Dr Jayashree Sharma : Professor and Head
Dr Charusmita Modi : Associate Professor
Dr Swarupa Bhagwat : Associate Professor
Dr Parag Fulzele : Assistant Professor
Dr Darshan Adulkar : Assistant Professor
This has widened the horizons of “blood banking” from a mere support service to an academic department keeping pace with the ever-expanding field of transfusion medicine.
Our blood bank is the largest blood bank in Mumbai and one of the largest blood centres in Asia. More than 36,000 units of blood are collected annually and separated into components: Red Cell Concentrates, Plasma, Platelet Concentrates and Cryoprecipitate. It is associated with the National Plasma Fractionation Centre (NPFC), an autonomous institute located in K.E.M. Hospital, which manufactures plasma products like albumin, immunoglobulins and coagulation factor concentrates.
Faculty
Dr. Jayashree Sharma : Professor and Head
Dr. Charusmita Modi : Associate Professor
Dr. Swarupa Bhagwat : Associate Professor
Dr Darshan Adulkar : Assistant Professor
Dr Parag Fulzele : Assistant Professor
Vision
Striving to be exemplary in the field of Transfusion Medicine by:-
- Providing safest blood and blood components to needy patients
- Imparting the most updated knowledge of Transfusion Medicine to the students
- Promoting research in the field of Transfusion Medicine
We shall be the most efficient Department of Transfusion Medicine in India, operating as a centre of excellent services adhering to the highest standards of Good Manufacturing Practices, serving the needy patients and the common man.
Location
Department of Transfusion Medicine,
Ground floor,
Blood Bank Building,
Next to the multistoreyed building,
KEM Hospital, Parel, Mumbai-400012
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