Educational Qualifications

• MBBS (IPGME&R Kolkata) (2004 – 2010)

• DNB (PMR) at Sambhunath Pandit Hospital, Kolkata (2012-2015)

• Certificate course in management of Diabetes, Med varsity (2013-2014)

• FIPM (fellowship in pain management), Daradia Pain Clinic, Kolkata, 2014

• USG Training at Health Care Diagnostic Centre (May 2015 - October 2015)

Work experience

Consultant physiatrist APOKOS (Joint venture between Apollo Hospitals India and KOS Italy) Rehabilitation Hospital Hyderabad (2016 – present)

• Assessment of patients and setting of rehabilitation goals (short, medium and long term) keeping family members of patients in the loop and planning individualized rehabilitation programs with communication to primary consultants in the form of a care plan.

• Management of comorbidities, prevention and management of complications like UTI, RTI, DVT, Pressure sores, dyselectrolytemia, sleep disorders. Patient and caregiver education.

• Regular review of the status of the ongoing rehabilitation program with an emphasis on functional independence and modification of goals depending on milestones achieved and factors delaying them.

• Played an active role in developing APOKOS into one of the leading inpatient rehabilitation hospitals in

• Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. Built a team of rehab professionals from 7 therapists to about 25 therapists.

• Led a team of about 25 therapists (physiotherapists, occupational therapists, speech and swallow therapists, respiratory therapists, psychologists), nurses, doctors and nutritionists in providing comprehensive rehabilitation for stroke, traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, neurodegenerative disorders, cardiopulmonary conditions, rheumatological diseases, developmental disorders using updated medical knowledge, technology and first-of-its-kind robotic equipment (ERIGO, ARMEO POWER, EKSO, BALANCE MASTER).

• Diagnosis and management of pain conditions with medications, modalities, orthosis, physical therapy and interventions (like suprascapular nerve block, median nerve block, intercostals nerve block, adhesive capsulitis, tennis and golfers elbow, Prolotherapy for knee Osteoarthritis etc.)

• Developed guidelines for the rehabilitation of different disabilities and disorders.

• Active participation in developing good practices and improving the quality of nursing care and operations in inpatient rehabilitation setup.

• Planning and implementation of various OPD packages for ambulatory patients

• Starting Post COVID rehabilitation program during the covid pandemic.

Senior Registrar (PM&R) Kothari Medical Centre ( 8/15- 6/16)

• Developed a Department of Physical medicine and rehabilitation

• Regular review, planning and monitoring of the progress of neurological inpatients

Research

• DNB-Thesis on ‘Role of Stellate ganglion block in managing CRPS in stroke patients

• Study to assess the role of peripheral exercise in the rehabilitation of COPD patients Chirania Anirudh1, Biswas M M2, Saha Jayanta 3, Sen M4, Pramanik R IJPMR 2013 Jan; Volume 24 (Supplement), IAPMRCON 2013.

• Study to compare the result of different exercise regimens in COPD Rehabilitation

• Assessment of joint function in adhesive capsulitis of the shoulder before & after rehabilitation. Singh Yesh Veer, Sen M, Biswas M.M., Saha Jayant, Charania Anirudh; Abstract on ‘’Conservative management of a neglected case of Post-Polio Residual Paralysis’’; IJPMR, Vol.;24, Supple Jan. 2013:S18.