Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Research and publications
Poster and Paper presentation
Affiliations
Teaching and education
Accomplishments
Certification
Referees
Declaration
Timeline

Dr Gaurav Sharma

8 Yarral Ave, East Tamworth,NSW

Summary

I am an Intensive Care Specialist and Anaesthetist from India and have over nine years of experience in critical care. I completed my Fellowship in Critical Care Medicine in India, as well as an MD in Anesthesiology and the European Diploma in Intensive care (EDIC). I have just commenced on the Specialist International Medical Graduate (SIMG) pathway with the College of Intensive Care Medicine of Australia and New Zealand (CICM). My career objective is to obtain my fellowship with CICM while also devoting time towards teaching and research.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

ICU Registrar

Tamworth Rural Referral Hospital
Tamworth, NSW
02.2021 - Current
  • First on call for retrieval patients and phone consults from Armidale hospital ED/HDU during night shifts.

ICU Registrar

Westmead Hospital
Sydney, NSW
03.2019 - 02.2021
  • Active participation in academic activities of Department of Critical Care Medicine.
  • Recruiting patients for various research projects for which Intensive Care Unit is participating in.
  • Managing postoperative patients in Westmead's cardiothoracic Intensive Care unit.

Associate Consultant

Apollo Hospitals, Greams Road
Chennai, Tamilnadu, India
04.2018 - 02.2019
  • First on call
  • Extracorporeal life support (ECMO)
  • Transplant and neurocritical care
  • Supervise trainees and nursing staff.
  • Active participation in academic activities of Department of Critical Care Medicine.
  • Involvement in clinical audit and research projects and supervise data collection for same.

Junior Consultant/Fellow

Apollo Hospitals, Greams Road
Chennai, Tamilnadu, India
04.2016 - 04.2018
  • First on call during nights
  • Manage patients in Critical Care Unit, Apollo Hospitals.
  • To provide competent and compassionate care based on current evidence.
  • Team leader in cardiac arrest scenarios.
  • Inform patient status to families, thereby helping them make decisions with regards to patient care and end of life care.

ICU Registrar

CIMS Hospital
Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
06.2013 - 04.2016
  • Inserting central venous access, arterial and cardiac output monitoring including hemodynamic resuscitation, intercostal drain insertion.
  • Post-operative management of adult and pediatric patients who have undergone complex onco-surgeries, including thoracotomies, neurosurgeries, GI and Uro-surgeries.
  • Management of patients with critical illness including neutropenic sepsis, neuro-oncological emergencies and tumor lysis syndrome in adults and children, management of patients requiring massive blood transfusion.
  • Retrieval of patients by ambulance form various hospitals as well as from other hospitals in different cities.

Anaesthesia Registrar

B J Medical College
Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
06.2010 - 06.2013
  • Pre-operative assessment of patients scheduled for surgery.
  • Anesthesia for various Surgeries including, Head and neck surgery, gynecology Surgeries, Orthopedic, pediatric, transplant and cardio thoracic surgeries.
  • Postoperative ICU management of complex surgeries.
  • Team leader for MET calls in hospital.
  • Acute and chronic pain management for cancer patients with use of central neuraxial blocks and regional anesthesia – use of Ultrasound guided nerve blocks as part of multimodal analgesia

Junior Medical Officer

Nidhinagar Hospital
Udhampur, Jammu And Kashmir, India
12.2009 - 06.2010
  • Pre-operative workup, risk assessment of patients and working toward goal of administration of safe anesthesia.
  • Management of patients in Post-anesthetic care unit.

Intern

Topiwala National Medical College
Mumbai, Maharashtra India
02.2008 - 02.2009

Education

AMC -

Australian Medical Council, Certificate No :22285
02.2022

(after completion of Work Based Assessment).

Applied for General Registration

European Diploma in Intensive Care (EDIC) -

European Society of Intensive Care Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic.
11.2018

Fellowship of National Board (FNB) - Critical Care Medicine

National Board of Examinations, New Delhi, INDIA, Apollo Main Hospital, Chennai, INDIA
04.2018

M.D. - Anaesthesiology

Gujarat University, B.J. Medical College, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
06.2013

M.B.B.S -

Maharashtra University of Health Sciences, Nasik, , Topiwala National Medical College, Mumbai, INDIA
02.2009

Skills

  • BLS- Competent
  • ACLS -Competent
  • Thoracentesis- Competent
  • Paracentesis- Competent
  • Pericardiocentesis- Observed
  • Insertion of Central Venous Catheter/ Dialysis catheter- Competent
  • Pulmonary artery catheters Competent
  • Spinal Tap- Competent
  • Arterial lines- Competent
  • Hemo and Peritoneal Dialysis- Observed
  • Ventilation Management- Competent
  • Naso-Gastric Tube Insertion- Competent
  • Endotracheal Intubation- Competent
  • Chest Tubes- Competent
  • Bronchoscopy- Observed
  • Trans tracheal needle aspiration- Competent
  • Percutaneous Tracheostomy- Competent
  • Transvenous pacemaker insertion- Observed
  • Balloon tamponade of bleeding esophageal varices-Competent
  • Difficult airway Management- Competent
  • Prone Ventilation- Competent
  • Critical Care Ultrasound and Echocardiography- Competent
  • ECMO- Observed
  • Sedation and Analgesia- Competent

Research and publications

  • “Nutrition therapy in patients requiring non invasive ventilation in the intensive care unit : feasibility, tolerance and complications” Indian J Respir Care 2021;10:289-93


  • "A comparison of Propofol induction dose requirement for induction in patients with supratentorial brain tumor and patients without intracranial tumor” International Journal of Advance Research (2015), Vol 3, Issue 2, 599-603


  • “Propofol and Thiopentone sodium Admixture-Effect on Pain on injection, pulse, blood pressure and recovery” Asian Archives of Anaesthesiology and Resuscitation. 2011 Jul; 73(1): 2092-2095


  • "Anesthetic Management for Tracheal Tumor Resection and Reconstruction." Gujarat Cancer Research Journal. 2012 Oct; 14(2): 34-36.

Poster and Paper presentation

  • “Nutritional status and nutritional therapy in patients requiring non-invasive ventilation in the icu” Poster presentation at Varanasi criticon 2018


  • “Anaesthetic Management for Tracheal Tumor Resection and Reconstruction.” Oral Presentation presented at: 44th GISACON 2011; Jamnagar, India.


  • “A Randomised controlled trail to Compare Pregabalin with Gabapentin for Postoperative pain in patient undergoing Modified Radical Mastectomy.” Oral Presentation presented at: 60th Annual National Conference of Indian Society of Anesthesiologists; Indore, India.

Affiliations

  • AHPRA :Medical Board of Australia Medical Practitioner with limited, postgraduate training or supervised practice registration.

Registration Number-MED0002264584

Form 3/3/2019 till date

Applied for General Registration- Application in process with AHPRA


  • Medical Council of India. (Gujarat Medical Council)

Registration number- G- 29511

From 12/12/2012 till date


  • Indian Society of Anesthesiology

March 2013-till date

Teaching and education

  • May 2022- Faculty, Basic Assessment and support in Intensive Care (BASIC) Course, Tamworth.


  • Nov 2018- Faculty, Teaching -Critical care Nursing workshop at Apollo Hospitals by Indian society of critical care medicine. (ISCCM)


  • Sep 2018- Faculty, Teaching -Critical care care ultrasound workshop conducted by Indian society of critical care medicine. (ISCCM) Chennai Chapter

Accomplishments

  • Best trainee award for year 2017 at “Apollo hospital's Annual critical conference”.
  • USMLE STEP 1, 2 AND CS.-ECFMG certified
  • Rank 1st in the Hospital in MD Anesthesiology University exams.
  • J.R.D. Tata Scholarship three years in a row for excellent performance in the Academic years 2004-2005-2006, during medical school.

Certification

  • Oct 2019- Cardiac surgery advance life support (CALS)
  • Jun 2019- Advanced life support, Westmead hospital
  • Aug 2018- Advanced Critical Care Conference -2018 Think out the box
  • Mar 2018- Criticare 2018, Annual Conference of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine
  • Feb 2018- Neurocritical care workshop, ISCCM Chennai branch.
  • Nov 2017- Annual Critical Care Refresher Course by Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine
  • Oct 2017- Infectious Disease Conference (CME)
  • Oct 2017- International Conference on Shock, Hemodynamic monitoring and Therapy by ISCCM Chennai Branch
  • Jun 2017- AKI and CRRT in ICU
  • Aug2016- Advanced Critical Care Conference -2016, Neuro Critical Care by Apollo Institute of Critical Care Medicine
  • Sept 2011- Workshop on Central Venous Catheterization at GISACON
  • Sep 2011- Workshop on Monitoring in ICU at 3rd Gujarat Critical Care Conference.
  • Oct 2010- CME about Ultrasound guided regional blocks

Referees

Dr Guyon Scott

Consultant Staff Specialist

Director Intensive Care Unit

Tamworth Rural Referral Hospital

E: guyon.scott@health.nsw.gov.au

M: 0421327073


Dr Marie Scott

Consultant Staff Specialist

Director of Clinical Training(SOT)-ICU

Tamworth Rural Referral Hospital

E: marie.scott@health.nsw.gov.au

M: 0401935590


Dr Kalpana Sharma

Consultant Staff Specialist

Tamworth Rural Referral Hospital- ICU

E: kalpana.sharma@health.nsw.gov.au

M: 0413049686


Declaration

I hereby declare that the details furnished in my curriculum vitae is true and correct to the best of my knowledge as on 10/04/2022




Dr Gaurav Sharma

Timeline

ICU Registrar - Tamworth Rural Referral Hospital
02.2021 - Current
ICU Registrar - Westmead Hospital
03.2019 - 02.2021
Associate Consultant - Apollo Hospitals, Greams Road
04.2018 - 02.2019
Junior Consultant/Fellow - Apollo Hospitals, Greams Road
04.2016 - 04.2018
ICU Registrar - CIMS Hospital
06.2013 - 04.2016
Anaesthesia Registrar - B J Medical College
06.2010 - 06.2013
Junior Medical Officer - Nidhinagar Hospital
12.2009 - 06.2010
Intern - Topiwala National Medical College
02.2008 - 02.2009
Australian Medical Council - AMC,
European Society of Intensive Care Medicine - European Diploma in Intensive Care (EDIC),
National Board of Examinations, New Delhi, INDIA - Fellowship of National Board (FNB), Critical Care Medicine
Gujarat University - M.D., Anaesthesiology
Maharashtra University of Health Sciences, Nasik, - M.B.B.S,

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