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Paper Presentations (59)

As Invited Faculty (39)

• Speaker on ‘Trichoscopy and its relevance in trichology today’ at 2nd World Congress of Trichoscopy, Sorrento, Italy in May 2020
• Speaker on ‘The sulfotransferase superfamily and its causal-effect relationship with minoxidil’ at AAD 2020, Denver, USA in March 2020
• Moderator of the ‘PRP, PRFM, PPP, A-PRF, iPRF…….. Decoding the platelet lysates’ session at IADVL Dermacon, Pune, India in January 2020
• Invited Plenary Speaker on ‘Immunosuppressants in Dermatology – Old wine in a new bottle and teaching new drugs old tricks’ at 4th IADVL Cuticon Goa in November 2019
• Invited speaker and Panelist on ‘Nail Therapeutics’ alongside esteemed nail researchers Drs Robert Baran and Bernard Richert at Onychocon, Mumbai in November 2019
• Live demonstrator (PRP) at the Dermatologic and Aesthetic Surgeons’ International League (DASIL) Congress, Goa, India in November 2019.
• Speaker on ‘The role of Microneedling and its rational combinations with PRP’ at Dermatologic and Aesthetic Surgeons’ International League (DASIL) Congress, Goa, India in November 2019.
• Speaker on ‘The current concepts in PRP in facial rejuvenation and hair restoration’ at Cosmetic Dermatology Society of India (CDSI), Mumbai, India in October 2019.
• Debater(Against the Motion) on ‘The perks and perils of  Tranexamic Acid’ at Pigmentarycon, Kolkata, India in November 2019
• Panelist on ‘Surgical Management of Vitiligo – our current understanding’ at Pigmentarycon, Kolkatta, India in November 2019.
• Speaker on ‘Micropigmentation in vitiligo’ at Pigmentarycon, Kolkatta, India in November 2019.
• Chairperson with Dr Uday Khopkar for a lecture and PBQ featuring Dr Shital Poojary on ‘Facing Rejection in Scientific Writing’ at Research Methodology CME at JJ Gymkhana, Mumbai, September 2019.
• Speaker on ‘Current Concept and Role(s) of Platelet Rich Plasma in Facial Aesthetics and Hair Restoration – Where are we in 2019?’ at the 1st Indo-British Aesthetic Medicine conference, Goregaon, Mumbai in September 2019.
• Speaker on ‘Using Secukinumab to recapture recalcitrant and relapsing psoriasis – An extension of the FIXTURE trial’ at LTMMCSRS, Mumbai in September 2019.
• Speaker on ‘Platelet Rich Fibrins – Exploring the Gen Next of platelet concentrates’ at Stalwarts Of Dermatology Congress (SODC), Chandigarh, India in September 2019.
• Speaker on ‘The methodology and rationale behind using Gyerverse in premature canities’ at LTMMCSRS, Sion, Mumbai in September 2019
• Speaker on ‘The revival of Medical Tattooing and its indications in Dermatology’ at 3rd Aesthethica Asia, Gangtok, India in September 2019.
• Speaker during a two-part masterclass on ‘The Basics of Dermatolopathology’ with Dr Bhushan Madke at PGCON(West), Indore, August 2019.
• Moderator of the ‘Medical therapeutics to combat AGA (and FPHL)’ session at Middermacon, Patna, India, August 2019.
• Hands-on Demonstrator (PRP & Microneedling) at Cosmetic Dermatology Society of India, Mumbai, August 2019 with Dr Andrew Christie, France.
• Moderator for the ‘Topical Finatseride – to use or not to use’ session with the panel comprising Dr Sushil Tahiliani, Dr Sandeep Sattur, Dr Manas Chatterjee, Dr Satish Bhatia and Dr RD Kharkar at Hair Therapeutics CME, Mumbai, August 2019.
• Speaker on ‘The not-so-miniscule-role of figure legends in medical writing’ at Asia Pacific Summit of Clinical Photography, Delhi, February 2019.
• Session Moderator for ‘Medicolegal scarring in clinical dermatology’ at Asia Pacific Summit of Clinical Photography, Delhi, February 2019.
• Speaker at World Congress of Hair Research on ‘The interindividual variability of topical minoxidil – woes and blues!' at Barcelona, Spain, April 2019
• Speaker at Aesthetica Asia on ‘Micropigmentation in vitiligo’ at Sikkim, India, August 2019
• Speaker at Association of Cutaneous Surgeons of India Conference on ‘Microneedling and other systems’ at Delhi, India, 2019.
• Video demonstrator at Association of Cutaneous Surgeons of India Conference (ACSICON) on ‘Micropigmentation v/s traditional tattooing’ at Delhi, India, 2019.
• Speaker at Tricon on ‘Nuances in Trichology’ by Association of Hair Specialists Bangladesh (AHSB) at Chittagong, March 2019
• Speaker on ‘Platelet rich plasma in trichology’ at World Congress of Dermatology (WCD), Milan, Italy, June 2019
• Speaker on ‘Hair evaluation & methods’ at IADVL Dermacon 2019, Bengaluru
• Panelist for session on ‘Approach to hair loss’ at IADVL Dermacon 2019, Bengaluru
• Speaker on “Demystifying the myths surrounding transdermal drug delivery via microneedling of platelet rich plasma” at Trichology Update, Mumbai, India, December 2018.
• Speaker on “Indications of Isotretinoin in cosmetic dermatology beyond acne” at Aesthetica Asia conference, Jaipur, India, September 2018
• Faculty for the Media Session - 27th European Association of Dermatology, Venereology (EADV) conference, Paris, September 2018
• Speaker - 27th European Association of Dermatology, Venereology (EADV) conference, Paris, September 2018 on “Demystifying the human hair follicle – a dynamic mini-organ in its own right.”
• Session Chairman, invited by eminent trichologist Prof Lidia Rudnicka for Androgenetic Alopecia - 1st World Congress on Trichoscopy, Poland, March 2018, with Profs Antonella Tosti, Ramon Grimalt, Ulrike-Blume Peytavi and Adriana Rakowska.
• Speaker on “Basics and applied aspects of the hair follicle” at IADVL Dermacon 2018, Kochi, India
• Demonstrator - Scalp Micropigmentationat Trichology Update 2017,18  Mumbai, India

Award Papers: (9)

• ACSI Video presentation Award at Association of Cutaneous Surgeons of India Conference (ACSICON) on ‘Micropigmentation v/s traditional tattooing’ at Delhi, India, 2019.
• Young Dermatologist Award Session – Middermacon 2018, Nagercoil, India on “The utility of micropigmentation and its revival”
• Scholarship - Asian Society for Pigment Cell Research (ASPCR), Colombo, Sri Lanka in August 2018 on “Micropigmentation in difficult-to-treat vitiligo”
• 5-Contingent Congress, Barcelona, Spain in September 2017 on “Platelet rich plasma in androgenetic alopecia – a randomized controlled study in a hundred males.”
• 2nd Prize – Original PG Dissertation Award at IADVL Dermacon, Kochi, India in January 2018 on “A randomized controlled study delineating the role of autologous growth factors in patterned alopecia.”
• 1st Prize - AHRS Haircon Award paper, Chennai, India in February 2018 on “Alopecia and the role of autologous therapies.”
• 1st Prize - National Trichology Update Original Research Award, Mumbai, India in December 2017 on “Minoxidil monotherapy versus combination therapy with platelet rich plasma in patterned alopecia – a study.”
• IADVL Middermacon, Mumbai, India, 2017 on “The role of growth factors in patterned alopecia – a randomized, controlled study in a military establishment.”
• 2nd Prize - Dr AC Parikh Award Paper at Cuticon, Mumbai, India in December 2014 on “Livedoid Vasculopathy with Hyperhomocysteinemia responding to Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy.”

Oral Presentations: (11)

• IADVL Dermacon, Bangalore, India in January 2019 on “The revival of Medical Tattooing in acral and difficult-to-treat vitiligo”
• 27th European Association of Dermatology, Venereology (EADV) conference, Paris, September 2018 on “Demystifying the human hair follicle – a dynamic mini-organ in its own right.”
• Asian Society for Pigment Cell Research (ASPCR), Colombo, Sri Lanka in August 2018 on “The role of intradermal tranexamic acid microinjections in the treatment of Melasma”
• Association of Cutaneous Surgeons of India Conference (ACSICON), Daman, India in June 2018 on “Surgical Innovations in Ear Lobe Repair”
• 1st World Congress of Trichoscopy, Warsaw, Poland in March 2018 on “Trichoscopic evaluation of efficacy of PRP”
• Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai Staff Research Society (MCGM-SRS) Clinical Meet, Mumbai, April 2018 on “An autoimmune conundrum – Lupus v/s Hanseniasis?”
• IADVL Dermacon, Kochi, India in January 2018 on “A coalition of dermoscopic and trichoscopic findings in a study on Tinea Corporis.”
• IADVL Dermacon, Kochi, India in January 2018 on “An unusual case of facial Steatocystoma multiplex – a clinicopathologic and dermoscopic report.”
• IADVL Cuticon, Mumbai, Indian in December 2017 on “Mixed Pseudosclerodermoid Disease – a new entity?”
• IADVL Clinical Meet.Mumbai, India 2017. “Surgical pearls and innovations in Dermatosurgery.”
• World AIDS Day, Mumbai, India in December 2012 on “The psychosocial burden of HIV/AIDS in India – an overview.”

Poster Presentations (18)

International: (11)

• World Congress of Dermatology, Milan, Italy in June 2019 on "Micropigmentation in Vitiligo"
• World Congress of Dermatology, Milan, Italy in June 2019 on "PRP and other autologous platelet concentrates"
• World Congress of Dermatology, Milan, Italy in June 2019 on "Follicular Sulfotransferase – a new dimension to minoxidil therapy – inducers and inhibitors"
• World Congress of Hair Research, Barcelona in April 2019 on "A global hair-based questionnaire on common hair practises and knowledge"
• 1st World Congress of Trichoscopy, Warsaw, Poland in March 2018 on “Trichoscopic clues for the diagnosis of atypical Tinea Corporis – Brown dots and more!”
• 1st World Congress of Trichoscopy, Warsaw, Poland in March 2018 on “Microneedling in recalcitrant patterned alopecia – a portal for follicular neogenesis.”
• European Academy of Dermatology, Venereology, Geneva, Switzerland in September 2017 on “Transformation from Giant Porokeratosis of Mibelli to Squamous Cell Carcinoma – a rare case report.”
• European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology, Geneva, Switzerland in September 2017 on “Minoxidil monotherapy versus combination therapy with platelet rich plasma in patterned alopecia.”
• European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology, Geneva, Switzerland in September 2017 on “A case of Monilethrix with Keratosis Pilaris in an 8-year-old male.”
• Asia Pacific Summit on Dermoscopy at New Delhi, India in June 2017 on “A dermoscopic constellation in a basal cell carcinoma series – Can we shift the diagnostic fulcrum?”
• World Congress of Cosmetic Dermatology, Bangalore, India in May 2017 on “Review of Platelet-rich plasma in trichology.”

National: (7)

• IADVL Dermacon Mumbai, India in January 2017 on “Mixed Pseudosclerodermoid Disease?  – unilateral eosinophilic fasciitis with ipsilateral extragenital lichen sclerosus.”
• Pigmentarycon, Indore, India in November 2017 on “Idiopathic Eruptive Macular Pigmentation with Papillomatosis: a short case series with dermoscopic correlation defining this unfamiliar entity.”
• Pigmentarycon, Indore, India in November 2017 on “Bewildering Inheritance: a case series of recerché, inherited dyschromatoses.”
• IADVL Middermacon, Navi Mumbai, India in August 2017 on “Pigmented BCC through the looking glass – a dermoscopic case series.”
• IADVL Middermacon, Navi Mumbai, India in August 2017 on “A dermoscopic perspective on Perforating Dermatoses – a cases series with a new eponymous sign.”
• Marine Medicine Conference, Mumbai, India in November 2014 on “A rare case of Metastatic Malignant Melanoma.”
• IADVL Cuticon Mumbai, India in December 2017 on “Parameatal median raphe cyst: a midline developmental defect of true urogenital origin showing classical immunostaining.”