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Office
Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center, One Veterans Drive
Clinic 4D
Minneapolis, MN 55417Phone+1 612-725-2000
Summary
- I am currently serving the United States Department of Veterans Affairs in the capacity of Medical Director of the Post Deployment Clinic (PDC). I serve United States veterans from the US Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard and Space Force.
My focus is to provide Post Deployment Health Services which includes intertwining of Primary Care, Military Medicine, Tropical Medicine, Infectious Diseases and Environmental Health.
The PDC in collaboration with the Post Deployment Health Services (PDHS), Compensation and Pension Department (C&P) and the War Related Illness Injury and Study Center (WRIISC), East Orange, New Jersey coordinates the completion of 6 registry exams. They are listed below:
1. Air Borne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry (AHOBPR)
2. Depleted Uranium Follow up Program (DU)
3. Toxic Embedded Fragments Surveillance Center (TEFSC)
4. Agent Orange Registry (AOR)
5. Gulf War Registry (GWR)
6. Ionizing Radiation Registry (IRR)
In addition sub-registries completed via history taking and evaluation are:
1. Operation Tomadachi Registry
2. Qarmat Ali Water Treatment Facility Registry (Hexavalent Chromium)
3. Blue Water and Brown Water Navy
4. Veterans exposed to Chemical Warfare Agents (CWA) and Weaponized Toxic Industrial Chemicals (wTICs)
5. Camp Lejeune, North Carolina Exposures (Trichloroethylene-TCE, Perchloroethylene-PCE, Vinyl Chloride and Benzene)
6. Fort McClellan Army Installation, Alabama Exposures (Cesium-137 and Cobalt-60)
7. Per-and Polyfluroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Exposures
8. Karshi Khanabad (K-2) Air Base/Camp Stronghold Freedom, Uzbekistan Exposures
Education & Training
- Southern Illinois UniversityFellowship, Infectious Disease, 2001 - 2001
- Loyola University Medical Center/Trinity-Mercy ChicagoResidency, Internal Medicine, 1998 - 2001
- Hennepin County Medical CenterExternship in Endocrinology, Medicine, 1997 - 1997
- Institute of Public Health And HygieneDiploma, Sexual Medicine and Counseling, 1994 - 1995
- Al-Ameen Medical College Hospital & Government of the State of Karnataka District HospitalRotating internship, 1993 - 1994
- Al-Ameen Medical CollegeClass of 1994
- University of KarnatakaMBBS, 1987 - 1993
Certifications & Licensure
- CA State Medical License 2003 - Present
- AZ State Medical License 2021 - 2026
- MI State Medical License 2000 - 2026
- WI State Medical License 2000 - 2025
- SD State Medical License 2020 - 2025
- OH State Medical License 2000 - 2025
- NV State Medical License 2002 - 2025
- American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
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Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- 20 Years Service Award United States Government, 2023
- 15 Years Service Award United States Government, 2018
- 10 Years Service Award United States Government, 2013
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Publications & Presentations
Lectures
- ICRA Update.13th International AIDS Conference, Rush-Presbyterian-St Luke’s Medical Center, Chicago, IL
- Innovations in the Management of Hepatitis C, Advisory Board Meeting For Physicians Who Treat Infectious Diseases.Chicago, IL
- American College of Physicians- Midwest Internal Medicine Review.Schaumburg, IL
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Research History
- Research FellowConducted Phase 1-4 clinical trials, Clinical Research Unit, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota.1997 - 1998
Professional Memberships
- Member
- Member
- American College of Forensic ExaminersMember
- Indian Medical AssociationMember
- Ceylon National Association For The Prevention of TuberculosisMember
- American Federation of Government EmployeesMember
- Indian Public Health AssociationMember
- Center For Applied Medicine, Kathmandu, NepalMember
- Indian Red Cross SocietyMember
Other Languages
- Hindi, Urdu
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