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Dr. Jigar Shrimali, MD DM Nephro (Gold Medalist), is working as a consultant nephrologist and transplant physician in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. Apart from being actively interested in live-related and cadaveric kidney transplant programs, he is keen on academic programs in which he conducts lectures for resident doctors and physicians and workshops for dialysis technicians, in which he has discussed over 30 topics for dialysis therapies alone. During these lectures, he realized the requirements of clinicians and technicians in

During these lectures, he realized the requirements of clinicians and technicians in terms of practical as well as medical knowledge of dialysis therapy in detailed but simpler way. This resulted in offering these solutions in The Textbook of Dialysis.

He has experience of more than 1200 kidney transplantations at I.K.D.R.C. Ahmedabad. He has done more than 50 kidney transplantations at Shalby hospitals in duration of 2 years only. He is also running cadavoric transplant program and kidney paired donation program at Shalby Hospital Ahmedabad. Here he has done first cadavoric dual kidney transplantation that was first time in any private hospitals of Gujarat.

He is also expert in various procedures related to kidney problems like percutaneous CAPD catheter insertion, Permcath insertion, Percutaneous kidney biopsy (native/graft). He is expert in doing very complicated transplants.

He is conducting dialysis training program periodically. Till date more than 5 workshops are done. He has also participated in various conferences outside India.

As a transplant physician he is actively involved in various public awareness programincluding awareness program for kidney diseases andcadavoric transplant program.

QUALIFICATION AND TRAINING:

Dr.Jigar Shrimali did his M.B.B.S. from BJ Medical College, Ahmedabad (Gujarat) from September 2001 to March 2007.

He then went on to do M.D. (General Medicine) from N.H.L. Municipal Medical College, Ahmedabad (Gujarat) from May 2007 to April 2010.

He did his DM (Nephrology) - Gold Medallist – from IKDRC – ITS, BJ Medical College, Ahmedabad (Gujarat) from June 2011 to July 2014

WORK EXPERIENCE:
1. One year Compulsory Rotatory Internship from March 2006 to March 2007 (Including 3 Months Rural/Health Training).

2. Three year Postgraduate Training In Medicine Department from May 2007 to April 2010 at N.H.L. Municipal Medical college, Ahmedabad (Gujarat).

3. Worked as senior resident in Nephrology post graduation, Kidney Hospital, IKDRC-ITS, BJMC, Ahmedabad.

CLINICAL EXPERIENCE :
1. As a postgraduate, Dr. Jigar Shrimali is trained in critical care units, ventilator management. He is also trained in minor procedures like endotracheal intubation, pericardiocentesis, pleurocentesis, lumbar puncture, bone marrow biopsy and liver biopsy.

2. Dr. Shrimali is skillful in doing emergency USG(FAST), Renal USG and Renal Doppler.

WORK DURING D.M. RESIDENCY:

Actively participated in about 1,200 renal transplant performed during 2 years

Done 150 renal transplant graft biopsy

More than 700 native kidney biopsy

Handled 14 bedded nephrology ICU for 3 Years

Done more than 30 Percutaneous CAPD catheter insertion

Done 70 Permcath insertion

More than 2,000 Double Lumen Catheter insertions

Femoral dialysis catheter insertion- more than 1,200

PUBLICATIONS :

Ceftriaxone induced immune hemolytic anemia with disseminated intravascular coagulation
Jigar D. Shrimali, Himanshu V. Patel, Manoj R. Gumber, Vivek B. Kute, Pankaj R. Shah, Aruna V. Vanikar, Hargovind L. Trivedi
Indian J Crit Care Med. 2013 Nov-Dec; 17(6): 394–395. doi: 10.4103/0972-5229.123465 PMCID: PMC3902580

Loss of dialysis catheter guide-wire: How to prevent?
Vivek B. Kute, Mohan P. Patel, Jigar D. Shrimali, Manoj R. Gumber, Pankaj R. Shah, Himanshu V. Patel, Aruna V. Vanikar, Hargovind L. Trivedi
Indian J Crit Care Med. 2012 Apr-Jun; 16(2): 114–116. doi: 10.4103/0972-5229.99141PMCID: PMC3439776

Chronic type B aortic dissection in association with Hemolyticuremic syndrome in a child
D. N. Gera, P. P. Ghuge, S. Gandhi, A. V. Vanikar, J. D. Shrimali, V. B. Kute, H. L. Trivedi
Indian J Nephrol. 2013 Nov-Dec; 23(6): 456–459. doi: 10.4103/0971-4065.120346 PMCID: PMC3841517

Nephrotic syndrome after thymectomy for myasthenia gravis
V. B. Kute, P. R. Shah, J. D. Shrimali, M. R. Gumber, H. V. Patel, A. V. Vanikar, H. L. Trivedi
Indian J Nephrol. 2013 Jan-Feb; 23(1): 75–76. doi: 10.4103/0971-4065.107218 PMCID: PMC3621248

Lead nephropathy due to Sindoor in India.
Kute VB, shrimali JD, Balwani MR, Godhani UR, Vanikar AV, Shah PR, Gumber MR, Patel HV, Trivedi HL.
Ren Fail. 2013 Jul;35(6):885-7. doi: 10.3109/0886022X.2013.801301. Epub 2013 Jun 5.PMID:23738589

Postrenal transplant Plasmodium vivax malaria: neglected and not benign.
Kute VB, Vanikar AV, Shah PR, Shrimali JD, Gumber MR, Patel HV, Modi PR, Trivedi HL.
Parasitol Res. 2013 Apr;112(4):1791-3. doi: 10.1007/s00436-012-3225-y. Epub 2012 Dec 13. PMID:23239093

Bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia (BOOP) after renal transplantation.
Kute VB, Patel MP, Patil SB, Shah PR, Vanikar AV, Gumber MR, Patel HV, Shrimali JD, Trivedi HL.
Int UrolNephrol. 2013 Oct;45(5):1517-21. doi: 10.1007/s11255-012-0182-4. Epub 2012 May 1.PMID:22547135

PRESENTATIONS AND POSTERS :

1. PRESENTATION : At Hyatt Regency Dar es Salaam, The Kilimanjaro

2. TRANSPLANTATION UPDATE, AHMEDABAD, INDIA 2013
Poster : Post transplant tacrolimus induced cholestesis

3. ISN WEST ZONE, RAJKOT 2013
Oral - Long term outcome of deceased donor renal transplantation in pediatric recipients: a single-center experience

CONFERENCES ATTENDED :

APEX Board Review Course 2011, MUMBAI, INDIA

Conference On Nephrology and Newer and Emerging Concepts in Nephrology (CONNECT 2012) in HYDERABAD, INDIA

Transplantation Update 2012, AHMEDABAD, INDIA

ISNCON, AHMEDABAD, INDIA 2012

ISN-MPUH NEPHRO-PATHOLOGY WORKSHOP, NADIAD, INDIA 2013

INDIAN SOCIETY OF CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE (AHMEDABAD CHAPTER)

CRITICAL CARE NEPHROLOGY- APRIL 2013

29TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF ISN, WEST ZONE CHAPTER- SEPTEMBER 2013

TRANSPALNTATION UPDATE 2013

44TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE INDIAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY (ISNCON)- DEC 2013

MPUH NEPHRO-PATHOLOGY WORKSHOP- JAN 2014

SCHOLARS’ CONNECT – NEPHROLOGY PPG COURSE 2014

Licensure : Gujarat Medical Council, Ahmedabad- G-39204

Certification :
Doctor of Medicine MD-Internal Medicine, 2010
Doctorate of Medicine DM- Nephrology, 2014