Apollo Hospitals Bangalore
Location
Bangalore, India
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Dr. Geetha N Gowdar
Apollo Hospitals Bangalore
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Speciality
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Transfusion Medicine |
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Languages
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English
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Education
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- MBBS, M.S. Ramaiah Medical College.
- P.G.D, Clinical Pathology, Bangalore Medical College. |
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Professional Experience
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- Senior Consultant and Head, Department of Transfusion Medicine, Apollo Hospitals Bangalore.
- Having gained proficiency from working in reputed hospitals of India, she has more than 15 years of experience.
- She also heads the Blood bank at Apollo Hospitals Bangalore, where she is currently employed.
- Dr. Geetha plays a vital role in transfusion safety.
- She is responsible for regular blood donation camps which are conducted to provide for a steady inventory. All the units collected are subjected to NAT (Nucliec acid testing).
- She started her career with P.D. Hinduja Sindhi Hospital, Bangalore as a junior pathologist.
-She was nominated as a Technical Manager for overall pathology, under the new clinical guidelines.
- She was with the Wockhardt Hospitals (now Fortis) for 13 years as a Blood bank Medical Officer and Pathologist.
- She gained teaching experience when she was a faculty member for B.Sc MLT course to teach Pathology.
- She has done a NABH Assessor training course that was held in Kolkata.
- She was present in various workshops. Notable among them are:
IAPM Golden jubilee workshop on blood banking, Workshop on blood bank procedures and safe blood and International workshop on Hemophilia care.
- She has undergone Six Sigma training and has obtained a certificate in OT utilization.
- She was empanelled as an NABH Assessor for blood bank which carried out assessment of blood banks against NABH Accreditation standards. |
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Memberships
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- ISBTI and IAP & M Karnataka Chapter. |
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