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Dr Bimal Mody - Plastic Surgeon

Qualifications

• 1977- M. B. B. S. From the Seth G. S. Medical College and K.E.M. Hospital, Parel Bombay
• 1981- M. S. General Surgery Seth G.S. Medical College and K.E.M Hospital, Parel Bombay
• 1984 - M. Ch. Plastic Surgery Seth G.S. Medical College and K.E.M Hospital, Parel Bombay
• Trained in Microvascular ,Cosmetic and Craniofacial Surgery at the Juntendo University Tokyo Japan under Professor Tange from Feb. - June. 1986
• Attended AO Course for Maxillo Facial Bony Fixation in Delhi 1996

Experience

• Currently Honorary Plastic Surgeon and Chief of Plastic Surgery at P.D. Hinduja National Hospital, Bombay
• Part of the team that performed the first successful 4 fingers re-implant in India May 1983
• Part of the team that performed the first successful ovarian transplant, in the world, in 2002
• All posts held at the K. E. M. Hospital Parel. Bombay
  • House Surgeon- General Surgery - 1979
  • House Surgeon- Orthopedics - 1980
  • House Surgeon- Plastic Surgery - 1980
  • Registrar- General Surgery - 1981
  • Registrar- Plastic Surgery - 1983
• Instructor and Demonstrator in Microsurgery for both Basic and Advanced Courses in Microsurgery at the IV WORLD CONGRESS on HUMAN REPRODUCTION held at the Wadia Hospital, Nov. 1983. Bombay.
• Demonstrator in Microsurgery at the Indian Microsurgery Society basic and Advanced courses in Bombay 1991.
• Personal experience of 43 Microvascular Re- Implantation's with a overall success rate of 89%.
• Over 85 free Microvascular flaps done for a variety of Indications
• Demonstrator and Faculty in the Indian Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery workshop at the Ehicon Institute for Surgical Education from 1996 to 2004. Trained over 300 Micro surgeons from all over India.
• Nominated by the Association of Plastic Surgeons of India ETHICON Microsurgery Professor 2005

Teaching Positions

• Mumbai Port Trust Hospital - College of Physicians & Surgeons Teacher for the DMRE Course of the CPS (College of Physicians & Suregons)
• Mumbai University - Govt Dental College,Teacher for Dental Radiology for the MDS course

Awards & Affiliations

• P. T. Patel Scholarship for the 3 rd Highest Marks in Science Subjects at the Inter. Science exams in 1973-74. Bombay University
• Member of
  • Indian Medical Association
  • Association of Surgeons of India
  • Association of Plastic Surgeons of India
  • Hand Society of India
  • Secretary of the Indian Microsurgery Society
  • Association of Medical Consultants.
  • Indian Society for Surgery of the Hand
  • Member of the (Indian Hand & Microsurgery Society.
  • Indian Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery
  • Member Cosmetology Society of India
  • Member of the Aesthetic Surgeons of India
  • Honorary Surgeon at the Sarvodaya hospital, Ghatkopar (W) Bombay from 1984 to 1989
  • Visiting Reconstructive Surgeon at the Vimla Dermatological Center, Lokhandwala Complex, Andheri 1984 to 88
  • Visiting Plastic Surgeon at the Talwada Rotary Eye Hospital
• Held Operative and Diagnostic Medical Camps at Aurangabad, Pune and Botad.
• Held Plastic Surgery operative camps at Malegoan and Nagpur.

Papers, Presentation & Research

• Attended the CME and National Conference of the Association of Plastic Surgeons of India at Abu 1987.
• Attended the National Conference and CME of the A P S I in Pune 1990.
• Attended the National Conference and CME of the A P S I in Mumbai 1992.
• Attended the CME on External Fixation of Bombay Orthopedic Society 1991.
• Attended the First Combined Meeting of the Indian & British Society for Surgery of the Hand in Goa 1991 and presented a paper.
• Member of the Faculty of the Bombay Orthopedic Society and conducted CME on Skin Cover in Orthopedics in 1992 and 1993
• Attended CME on External Fixation and Chaired a session, KEM 1991
• Chaired a session in September 1992 APSICON 1992
• Conducted CME on Re- Implantation for the IMA Aurangabad in 1992
• Conducted CME on Ptosis for the Aurangabad Ophthalmic Society in May 1994
• Attended the Indian Society for the Hand Annual Conference and CME in 1994 and presented papers
• Faculty of Cadaveric Flap dissection workshop , ISRM August 1996
• Attended ISRM conference August 1996
• Attended Course on Laser Surgery Conducted by the Tata Memorial Hospital Bombay.1997
• Attended the BAICON 1997 Mumbai
• Attended the National Update on clefts, conference NUCC 1998
• Elected Treasurer Association of Plastic surgeons of India in, Goa 1999
• Conducted CME at the Ghatkopat IMA on Cosmetic Surgery in the new millennium
• Attended course on facial rejuvenation IAAPS, Delhi Dec 2000
• Conducted CME on soft tissue cover at ASSICON Jan 2000 Mumbai
• Attended the ISSH conference 2001 Mumbai
• Chaired a session at the Indian Association of Aesthetic Plastic surgeons, Dec. 2000 Delhi.
• Chaired a session at the ISRM Conference 2002. Mumbai
• Attended the Cleft lip and Cranio- facial anomalies Workshop. March 2002.
• Conducted CME for the Mulund IMA on Eyelid injuries and their management. Nov. 2002
• Attended Facial Rejuvenation course Jan 2003
• Attended the First national Workshop on free flap harvest Hyderabad, June 2003
• Attended the Breast Conservation workshop at Tata Memorial Hospital, Oct. 2003.
• Conducted CME at the Indian Society of Critical Care medicine, Feb 2004
• Chaired a Session of breast reconstruction at VIII National Conference of the Breast cancer Foundation, March 2004.
• Conducted lectures and CME for ALTS on Burns management from 1999 till date
• Chaired sessions at consecutive APSICON's from 1999 till 2004.
• Re Elected treasurer APSI in 2002
• Faculty of PG Instructional Course on Office Dematosurgery at Bombay Hospital, March 2004
• Selected Ethicon Microsurgery Professor for the year 2004-05, at APSICON 2004, Jaipur.
• Chaired a Symposium "How I do It" at Jalgaon, MAPSICON, Jan 2005.
• Faculty on "Wound Care" Symposium at Nanded, MASICON Feb5th 2005.
• Faculty for International Conference on Multi Disciplinary approach to patient care 20th Feb. 2005 Mumbai.
• Conducted CME for Derma Club 27th Feb 2005, on Cosmetic Surgery in Mumbai.
• Faculty for Genital reconstruction at KGMS Lucknow April 2005.
• Chaired a session on Microsurgery at APSICON 2005.
• Guest faculty Workshop on Surgery of the breast Nov.6th 2005 New Delhi.
• Attended Update on Cosmetic surgery at Bombay Hospital Feb 2006.
• Attended intensive 5 days laser workshop in Pune conducted by Dr S Pandit May 2006.

Publications

• Management of Hepatocellular Carcinoma - a study of 30 cases. Quarterly Journal of Surgery. DEC 1982
• Multicentric Glomus tumour of the Stomach. Journal of Post Graduate Medicine April 1982.
• Evaluation of Centbucridine as a Local Anesthetic. Anaesthesia Analgesia 1983 62: 109-11.
• Publications of Diagnostic Charts of a variety of surgical topics like Burns etc. for Unichem Laboratories.
• Scar revision is an useless operation, IJPS 2004

Papers Read:

• Augmentation Auroplasty. At the APSICON 1992.
• Liposuction for the closure of Medial thigh defects APSICON 1992.
• Re-implantation for Avulsed Digits a t the First Combined Meeting of the Indian and British Society for Surgery of the Hand. 1991. Goa India.
• Our Microsurgery Experience at the St. Jude Hospital, Wassanar, Amsterdam 1997.
• Surgical Correction of Ptosis at the Aurangabad Ophthalmic Association
• Acute Push back of the Premaxilla APSICON 2002
• Difficult and Delayed Reimplantation IRSM Feb. 2002

Courses Organised and Conducted

• CME for Skin cover in Orthopedics for the Bombay Orthopedic Society 1992 and 1993
• Cadaveric Flap Dissections for the Indian Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery 1996
• Microsurgery "Hands On" 5 days Workshop at the Johnson and Johnson Institute for Microsurgery 1996 till date- over 300 surgeons trained
• Organizing Secretary Indian Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery Conference Bombay 1996
• Hon. Secretary Indian Microsurgery Society 1993 to 1996
• Organizing Secretary APSICON 99 Goa.
• Treasurer 9th Asian Pacific Congress of the IPRAS , Mumbai March 2005