Dr. Rinku Prajapati

AREA(S) OF INTEREST:

• Regional anesthesia
• On arrival blocks
• Perioperative care
• Anaesthesia for Arthroscopy and Joint replacement surgeries
• General Anaesthesia
• Anaesthesia for acute trauma surgeries
• Labour analgesia
• Anaesthesia for breast cancer surgeries.

PROCEDURES PERFORMED:

Ultrasound-guided advanced blocks for various surgeries

NAME OF INSTITUTE(S):

• MBBS from NHL MEDICAL COLLEGE, AHMEDABAD, GUJARAT
• MD FROM B.J. MEDICAL COLLEGE, AHMEDABAD, GUJARAT

FELLOWSHIPS:

FELLOWSHIP IN ADVANCED REGIONAL AND TRAUMA ANAESTHESIA From Ganga Medical Centre and Hospitals, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu.

• Senior registrar for 2 years in BJMC Hospital, Ahmedabad, Gujarat
• Worked as a consultant anesthesiologist in Sanjivani hospital AND CIIMS Hospitals, Ahmedabad, Gujarat
• Worked as a Senior clinical associate in Global hospital, Parel, Mumbai

• Faculty speaker in 2nd YUVAMAHACON-Maharashtra state chapter by ISA.
• Letter to Editor Ultrasound-guided PICS (pleural instillation, intercostal nerve, and serratus anterior plane) block for uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery in a high-risk patientin INDIAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ANESTHESIA Indian J ClinAnaesth 2022;9(4):1-3.
• Presented a regional anesthesia videoin 39thESRA Congress at GREECE,2022
• Attended regional anesthesia international conference in 39th ESRA Congress at GREECE,2022
• An abnormal variation in the femoral nerve: Sonographic evaluation and a successful nerve block- Journal of Clinical Anesthesia. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinane.2021.110353)
• An abnormal variation in the femoral nerve: Sonographic evaluation and a successful nerve block- Journal of Clinical Anesthesia.Presented as E-POSTER IN AORA CONFERENCE APRIL-2021
• ANAESTHETIC MANAGEMENT OF KNOWN CASE OF PERIPARTUM CARDIOMYOPATHY POSTED FOR EMERGENCY CAESAREAN SECTION Published in International Journal of Current Pharmaceutical & Clinical Research(Vol-5/Issue1/2015/17-20.)
• CRITICAL TRACHEAL STENOSIS-AN ANAESTHESIOLOGIST’S NIGHTMARE Published in Scholars, Journal of Medical Case Reports 2015;3(8)720-723
• Presented a paper titled " ANAESTHETIC MANAGEMENT OF A CASE OF RIGHT SIDED LUNG EMPYEMA IN PEDIATRIC PATIENT" at GISACON 2015.
• Presented a poster on "ANAESTHETIC MANAGEMENT OF A CASE OF PREGNANT WOMAN HAVING PREECLAMPSIA PRESENTING WITH HELLP SYNDROME FOR EMERGENCY CAESERIAN SECTION” at AMCON 2016.
• EFFECT OF ADDING DEXMEDETOMIDINE TO LEVOBUPIVACAINE IN AXILLARY BRACHIAL PLEXUS BLOCK”published in scholar journal of applied medical sciences2019:07(1):174-182.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

• Academy of regional anesthesia of India (AORA) Member
• Indian Society of Anesthesia (ISA) member
• Europian Society of Regional Anesthesia (ESRA)member