TRANSFUSION MEDICINE    DR. SPRUHA KASHYAP DHOLAKIYA    ASSISTANT PROFESSOR    MBBS, MD (IHBT)

 

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS:

1. Dholakiya SK, Bharadva S, Vachhani JH, Upadhyay BS. Red cell alloimmunization among antenatal women attending tertiary care center in Jamnagar, Gujarat, India. Asian Journal of Transfusion Science. 2021 Jan;15(1):52.

2. Dholakiya S, Nandani S, Vachhani N. Donor notification and response rate in a stand-alone blood center in Western India. Global Journal of Transfusion Medicine. 2022 Jul 1;7(2):159.

3. Kanani AN, Vachhani JH, Dholakiya SK, Upadhyay SB. Analysis on discard of blood and its products with suggested possible strategies to reduce its occurrence in a blood bank of tertiary care hospital in Western India. Global Journal of Transfusion Medicine. 2017 Jul 1;2(2):130.

4. Kanani AN, Vachhani JH, Upadhyay SB, Dholakiya SK. A study on knowledge and awareness about blood donation amongst government medical, para-medical and nursing undergraduate students in Jamnagar, Gujarat. Global Journal of Transfusion Medicine. 2018 Jan 1;3(1):46.

5. Bharadva S, Vachhani J, Dholakiya S. ABO and Rh association to transfusion transmitted infections among healthy blood donors in Jamnagar, Gujarat, India. JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCE. 2016 Jan 1;4(1):58-62.

 

PRIZES, MEDALS, SCHOLARSHIPS ETC. AWARDED:

1. Best video presentation for Apheresis procedure in virtual CME by AIIMS, New Delhi regarding “Current practices in Blood Donor Management” held on 26th march, 2022
2. Poster presentation in 3rd annual conference of ISTM, TRANSMEDCON, 2014, Ahmedabad on “Transfusion of Blood and Blood Products in Obstetrics Emergencies”
3. Poster presentation in 4th annual conference of ISTM, TRANSMEDCON, 2015, Kolkata on “Hemovigilance: A step towards managing safe blood transfusion at G.G. Hospital, Jamnagar”
4. Poster presentation in 9th annual conference of ISTM, TRANSMEDCON, 2021, Guwahati (virtual mode) on “Donor notification: Double edged sword: What to do and what not to do”
5. Poster presentation in The 37th international Congress of the ISBT - A 5-day virtual Congress hosted online from 4th - 8th June (virtual mode) on “Prevalence of irregular red blood cell antibodies among healthy blood donors in Western India: A survey from a standalone regional transfusion Centre”

SPECIAL AREAS OF INTEREST:

1. Apheresis
2. Peripheral Blood Stem Cell transplant
3. Antibody Identification

MAJOR INTERESTS/HOBBIEs/EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

1. Hosted CME on patient Blood Management in June 2022 as Master of the Ceremony.
2. Hosted ISBTI Gujarat chapter state conference as Master of Ceremony on 03-04th September-2022
3. A Kathak Dancer with a degree of BA (ARTS-VISHARAD) in dancing.

 

MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL/ACADEMIC/ RESEARCH BODIES

1. INDIAN SOCIETY OF TRANSFUSION MEDICINE (ISTM)

2. ASIAN ASSOCIATION OF TRANSFUSION MEDICINE (AATM)

3. INDIAN SOCIETY OF BLOOD TRANSFUSION & IMMUNHEMATOLOGY (ISBTI-Gujarat Chapter)

4. INDIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (IMA-Gujarat)