Dr. Atim Eknath Pajai

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  • Faculty Name: Dr. Atim Eknath Pajai
  • Qualifications:MD [General Medicine], DNB [Nephrology]
  • Designation:Associate Professor - Nephrology
  • Number of Research Publications:11
  • Telephone No.: 022 23027682, 022 23027330
  • Email ID:dratimsmail@gmail.com

1. DR. ATIM PAJAI


Contact no: 9869920356.

Permanent address: 144/ 803, Nehru Nagar Kurla East, Mumbai 400024.

Email id: dratimsmail@gmail.com

Current position: Associate Professor, Department of Nephrology, Topiwala National Medical College  & B.Y.L Nair Charitable Hospital. Mumbai 400008, from 26th August 2021

Past Experience

Associate Professor, Department of Nephrology, Seth G.S Medical College and KEM Hospital, Parel, Mumbai 400012 from 9th December 2020 to 25th August 2021.

Assistant Professor, Department of Nephrology, Seth G.S Medical College and KEM Hospital, Parel, Mumbai 400012 from 3rd March 2018 to 8th December 2020.

Ex Consultant Nephrologist, Employees State Insurance Corporation Hospital, Andheri East Mumbai from 1st September 2017 till 28th February 2018.

Ex Consultant Nephrologist, Seven Hills Hospital, Marol Mumbai from 1st July 2016 till 1st December 2017.

Ex Assistant professor [Contract basis], Department of Nephrology, Topiwala National Medical College & B.Y.L Nair Charitable Hospital. Mumbai 400008, from 04th August 2016 till 18th December 2016.

Ex Assistant professor [Regular Basis], Department of Nephrology, Topiwala National Medical College & B.Y.L Nair Charitable Hospital. Mumbai 400008, from 27th July 2015 till 8th July 2016.


Education

1 ] DNB (Diplomate of National Board, New Delhi.) Nephrology April 2012 to April 2015.

Topiwala National Medical College & B.Y.L Nair Charitable Hospital. Mumbai.
Three year superspeciality training in Renal Medicine at Topiwala National Medical College &
B.Y.L Nair Charitable Hospital, Mumbai 400008.

Founded in 1921, this medical college is amongst the foremost teaching and medical care providing institutions in India. It is a 1300 bedded hospital with more than 250 senior teaching staff members, 400 post graduate residents in 25 different medical and allied branches including 9 superspeciality courses and 120 undergraduate students admitted every year. It treats about 10 lac out-patients and 50,000 in-patients annually and provides both basic care and advanced treatment facilities in all fields of medicine and surgery.Topiwala National Medical College & B.Y.L Nair Charitable Hospital enrolled 1 student per year for the DNB Nephrology course till 2013. Since 2013 it has got permission to enroll 1 student for DM Nephrology per year. The selection is based on an All-India competitive examination.

2] SENIOR REGISTRAR: Department of Nephrology,Topiwala National Medical College & B.Y.L Nair Charitable Hospital

i i)May 2015 to July 2015.

 ii)December 2010 to April 2012.

Total working experience in Nephrology Seven Years.

This includes active management in General nephrology Opd Nephrology wards.Dialysis unit.Kidney Transplant Opd.Kidney Transplant wards.

Doing procedures like Dialysis Catheter Insertion,Tunneled Cuffed Catheter insertion, Kidney biopsies, 

Acute and chronic Peritoneal dialysis catheter insertion.

3] Advanced Certificate Course in Nephropathology completed in 2020, conducted by Indian Society of Nephrology-American Nephrologist of Indian Origin- 2020.

4] Certificate Course in Nephropathology completed in 2013, conducted by Indian Society of Nephrology-American Nephrologist of Indian Origin- 2013.


5] MD (Doctor of Medicine) - Internal Medicine May 2007- April 2010.

Indian Naval Hospital Ship Asvini, Colaba, Mumbai, India.

This is Tertiary care hospital of Western Command of Indian Defence Services catering to Defence personnel and their families as well as to general public.

6] MBBS Internship July 2003 to July 2004 at Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and Hospital.

Internship in various specialties which includes three months of training at Urban Health Center.

7] MBBS September 1998 to May 2003.Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and Hospital, Sion, Mumbai.

8] Higher Secondary Certificate examination 1998.

D.G. Ruparel Junior College of Science, Commerce and Arts, Matunga Road, Mumbai.


PUBLICATIONS

1.Mehta KS, Shirkande AK, Bhurke SP, Pajai AE, Swami RS, Jadhav SN. Pulmonary hypertension in various stages of chronic kidney disease in Indian patients. Indian J Nephrol 2019; 29:95-101

2.Long Term Evaluation of Kidney Function in Live Related Kidney Donors. Saudi J. Kidney Diseases & Transplant. 2017;28(5): 1041-1049. Authors: Dr. Kalpana Mehta, Dr. Rudramani Swami, Dr Atim Pajai, Dr. Sandip Bhurke, Dr. A. Shirkande, Dr. S. Jawle.

3. Serum Aluminium levels in Stage 4,5 & 5D Chronic Kidney Disease. International J of Medical Research Professionals. 2017; 3(4); 178-83. Authors: Dr. Sandip Bhurke, Dr. Kalpana Mehta, Dr. Rudramani Swami, Dr. Amol Bhagat, Dr. Atim Pajai.

4. Acute Kidney Injury of Infectious etiology in Monsoon season: Prospective study using AKIN Criteria. Indian Journal of Nephrology. 2018:28(2);143-152. Authors: Dr. Kalpana Mehta, Dr. Atim Pajai, Dr. Sandip Bhurke, Dr. A. Shirkande, Dr. R.D'Souza.

5. Tunneled cuffed catheters for hemodialysis, placed by Nephrologists: Success rate, Efficacy & Complications. International J of Medical Research Professionals. 2018 Nov; 4(6); 65-70. Authors: Dr. Rudramani Swami, Dr. Swapnil Jadhav, Dr. Kalpana Mehta. Dr. Gajanan Pilgulwar, Dr. Sunil Jawale, Dr. Atim Pajai.

6. Observational study to assess demographic, clinical profile and outcome of acute kidney injury due to acute gastroenteritis during monsoon season. Inj J Adv Med. 2019 Oct;6(5): 1508-1512. Authors: Dr. Atim Pajai, Dr. Kalpana Mehta, Dr. Sandip Bhurke, Dr. Abhishek Shrikande, Dr. Sham Pagar, Dr. Rohan Pradhan.

7. Correlation of inflammation and anemia in patients on hemodialysis.  International J of Health & Clinical Research. Accepted for publication in Volume 5, issue 3 of year 2022. Authors: Dr. Atim Pajai, Dr. Rohan Pradhan, Dr. Kalpana Mehta, Dr. Sayed Salman Ali, Dr. Amol Bhagat, Dr. Ruju Gala.

8. Spectrum Pregnancy related Renal Cortical Necrosis: A study from Western India. International J of Health & Clinical Research. Accepted for publication in Volume 5, issue 1 of year 2022. Authors: Dr. Ruju Gala, Dr. Aniket Malve, Dr. Salman Ali Sayed, Dr. Atim Pajai, Dr. Jyoti Bansode, Dr. Kalpana Mehta.

9. Thakare S, Gandhi C, Modi T, Bose S, Deb S, Saxena N, Katyal A, Patil A, Patil S, Pajai A, Bajpai D, & Jamale T. (2021). Safety of Remdesivir in Patients with Acute Kidney Injury or CKD. Kidney international reports,6(1), 206-210.

10. Bajpai D, Saxena N, Gandhi C, Modi T, Bose S, Deb S, Rao N, Kumar K, Katyal A, Patil A, Thakare S, Pajai AE, Haridas A, Keskar VS, Jawale SY, Sultan AG, Jamale TE. Does COVID-19 increase tacrolimus levels in kidney transplant recipients? J Clin Pharm Ther. 2021 Dec 23. doi: 10.1111/jcpt.13586. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34951043.

11. Bajpai D, Deb S, Bose S, Gandhi C, Modi T, Katyal A, Saxena N, Patil A, Thakare S, Pajai AE, Haridas A, Keskar VS, Jawale SY, Sultan AG, Jamale TE. Recovery of kidney function after AKI because of COVID-19 in kidney transplant recipients. Transpl Int. 2021 Jun;34(6):1074-1082.