Dr Laxman Jessani

Infectious disease

FNB - Infectious Disease, DNB - General Medicine, MBBS

12 yrs experience Navi Mumbai

2clinics

About Dr Laxman Jessani

Board certified Consultant Infectious Diseases Physician and Infection Control specialist including : Undiagnosed fever, Community acquired infections eg, dengue, malaria, hepatitis etc, TB (MDR/XDR), HIV/AIDS, Vaccination & Adult immunization, Swine flu, H1N1, Travel medicine, Complicated sepsis including urinary tract infections, pneumonia etc, Multi drug resistant organisms, Infective endocarditis, Invasive fungal infections, Transplant related infections, Hospital acquired infections, Sexually transmitted diseases etc

Expertise

Services offered

Dengue Fever Treatment (dengue infection management) Infectious Disease Treatment (Treatment for infectious illnesses) Tuberculosis Diagnostic Services (TB testing services) HIV Treatment (HIV infection treatment) Malaria Treatment (Malaria infection treatment) Typhoid Fever Treatment (treatment for typhoid infection) Undiagnosed fever, Community acquired infections eg, dengue, malaria, hepatitis etc, TB (MDR/XDR), HIV/AIDS, Vaccination & Adult immunization, Swine flu, H1N1, Travel medicine, Complicated sepsis including urinary tract infections, pneumonia etc, Multidrug Resistant Infections (infection resistant to multiple drugs) Infective Endocarditis (Heart valve infection disease) Travel Vaccination (travel vaccine service)

Credentials & experience

Education

FNB - Infectious DiseaseApollo Hospital, Chennai, none

FRSPH (UK)Royal School of Public Health, London, none

DNB - General MedicineApollo Specialty Hospital, none

CCEBDMApollo Specialty Hospital, none

MNAMSMember Of National Academy Of Medical Sciences, none

MBBSGrant Medical College and Sir JJ Hospital, Mumbai, none

Work & experience

Infectious Diseases Physician and Infection Control specialist — Apollo Hospital, Navi MumbaiThanesar Haryana
2016 – 2017

Infectious Diseases Physician and Infection Control specialist — Private practiceThanesar Haryana
2016 – 2016

Infectious Diseases Physician and Infection Control specialist — Apollo Hospital, ChennaiThanesar Haryana
2014 – 2016

Registrations & certifications

Life-time Member of Association of Physicians’of IndiaLife-time Member of Association of Physicians’of India

Design and format editor of monthly CIDS newsletter for Clinical Infectious Disease Society of India since June 2014 till dateDesign and format editor of monthly CIDS newsletter for Clinical Infectious Disease Society of India since June 2014 till date

Member of Clinical Infectious Disease Society of IndiaMember of Clinical Infectious Disease Society of India

Member of Infectious Disease Society of America(IDSA)Member of Infectious Disease Society of America(IDSA)

Reviewer for Australasian Medical Journal (AMJ)Reviewer for Australasian Medical Journal (AMJ)

Reviewer for Open Journal of Clinical and Medical Case reports.Reviewer for Open Journal of Clinical and Medical Case reports.

Awards & recognitions

Recipient of prestigious “Infectious Diseases Fellow” grant and selection in International Infectious Disease Fellow group at international infectious disease conference Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), San Diego, Award

Honored with presentation in “poster walk” titled “Challenges in Infectious Diseases: Potential and Existing Solutions” at international infectious disease conference Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), San Diego, 201Award

Recipient of Sir Dorabji Tata Trust travel grant for observership in Infectious Diseases at Detroit Medical Center, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan in October 2015.Award

Recipient of travel grant by Clinical Infectious Disease Society at national level infectious disease conference CIDSCON 2015, New DelhiAward

Won All India Best Thesis Award: Dr Vithalrao Nadgouda Award in APICON (Association of Physicians, India), Ludhiana, Feb 2014Award

Won Best Poster award in Pulmonology in National level conference- APICON 2013, Coimbatore (Association of Physicians of India)Award

Won Best Paper award in Neurology in State level conference- KNACON 2012, Mysore (Karnataka Neurosciences Academy)Award

Won Best Paper award in Pulmonology in State level conference- KAPICON 2012, Hassan (Karnataka Association of Physicians)Award

Won Best Essay Contest for PG students titled “ Is it useful to learn the history of medicine” published in MYAPI newsletter, API Mysore Chapter in May-July 2012, Vol 3 issue 4Award

Won 2nd prize in Critical Care Quiz in Critical Care Conference at CMC Vellore in January 2013.Award

Won 2nd prize in “COPD Quiz” held on world COPD day at Apollo BGS Hospital, Mysore in November 2012Award

Won “Best Employee of the year 2012” in Apollo BGS Hospital, Mysore in 2012Award

Awarded Short Term Research Studentship on “Down’s syndrome” conducted by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), New Delhi in May 2003.Award

1 st prize in “Debate contest” on Infection Control in GAPP-ICCP 2016 conference at Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi in February 2016Award

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