Department of General Medicine
About Us
Est. April 1991
Goals
To educate and train students in the discipline of General Medicine and to expand the body of knowledge of this scientific field through clinical interaction and research.
Vision Mission
- Vision – To prepare caring physicians who have the capacity to practice evidence based medicine and use the emerging technologies to the best benefit of patients.
- Mission – To provide holistic, affordable, state of the art, care to patients, and to train doctors who are updated, empathetic and aware of emerging medical trends and have the capacity to adapt to the needs to the patients
Head of Department's Message
Dr.Supriya Barsode.
Professor & Head
Department of General Medicine
Welcome to the Department of General Medicine. The Department of Medicine with a dedicated faculty, continuously strives to give personalized evidence based care to the patients, and quality education to undergraduate students. It forms an important platform for all research and up gradation processes initiated in the hospital and the medical college.
It also serves as a point of co-ordination for all super-specialty services.
With periodic reviews and audits it endeavors to give the best possible results in both patient management and academics.
Courses Offered
MD Medicine
Fellowship in Diabetology FNB
Fellowship in Adult Infectious Disease
Infrastructure
- Male Medical Ward
- Female Medical Ward
- HDU
- ART OPD.
- Diabetes OPD.
Department of Medicine Rooms and facilities
Faculty Rooms
Medicine Museum room
Medicine Seminar room
Research and Publications
| Sr.No. | Title of Paper | Author(s) | Journal | Year | 40. | Brucella melitensis sacroiliitis as an unusual culprit for fever of unknown origin (FUO) | Prachee Makashir , Ujwal Shinde , Bryan Koithara , Bharat Purandare | British Medical Journal (BMJ) | 2026 |
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| 39. | A cross-sectional and analytical study to estimate the prevalence of large vessel occlusion in anteriorCirculation acute ischemic stroke using rapid Arterial occlusion evaluation (race scale) | Dr. Raj Pratapsinh Garad, Dr. Ninad Dhurvey, (Dr)Arundhati Diwan, (Dr) Dulari Gupta, Dr. (Brig) Sankar Prasad Gorthi | Journal of Contemporary Clinical Practice | 2026 |
| 38. | Forced alkaline diuresis as a therapeutic strategy for managing acute 2,4-D dimethylamine saltpoisoning | Prachee Makashir Prajakta Patil, Bryan Koithara , Samyak Nagar | British Medical Journal (BMJ) | 2026 |
| 37. | Association of Viraemic Phase Viral Load, Antibody Responses, and Immune Biomarkers With Severe Dengue | Kalichamy Alagarasu, Yogesh K. Gurav, Anisha Pulinchani, Rupali Bachal, Pradnya Bhadale, Aishwarya Telmore, Mahadeo Kakade, Susmit Sambhare, Pratiksha Sonare, Vasant Nagvekar, R. T. Borse, Ameet Dravid, Sonali Palkar, Supriya Barsode, Pravin Soni, Deepali Ambike, Harshal Pandve, Narendra Kale, Varsha Shinde, Shailaja Mane, Shubhangi Kanitkar, Prachee Makashir, Parth Shah, Sripriya Natarajan, Sheikh Minhaj Ahmed, Prasad Bagare, Joshua Birru, Rajesh Kulkarni, Shradha Salunkhe | Journal of Medical Virology | 2026 |
| 36. | Primary gastric mucormycosis presenting as upper gastrointestinal bleeding | Ajinkya Bhosale, Pramod Darole, Uma Sundar, Sana Marchant and Kamalesh Tayade | Tropical Doctor | 2026 |
| 35. | Supraventricular tachycardia as the presenting manifestation of septic shock due to necrotising pyelonephritis complicated by renal veinthrombosis | Neel Uday Shah,Prachee Makashir , Bryan Koithara,Saket Agrawal | British Medical Journal (BMJ) | 2026 |
| 34. | Suspected Sildenafil-Induced Immune Hemolytic Anemia Precipitating Acute Kidney Injury Requiring Hemodialysis | Bryan Koithara , Shashikala Sangle , Supriya Barsode , Nitin Gadkari , Aditya Jadhav | Cureus | 2025 |
| 33. | Unveiling An Unusual Organism: Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infection Due To Acinetobacter Lwoffii | Arundhati Diwan , Sujata Khatal , Rohan Kelkar , Komal Singh , Mahendra Deoker | Cureus | 2025 |
| 32. | The Many Faces Of Enteric Fever: A Case Report On Septic Shock With Tachyarrhythmias, IcterusWith Isolated Thrombocytopenia, AndEnterocolitis With Leukopenia | Sujata J. Khatal , Bryan Koithara , Aamir Khatri | Cureus | 2025 |
| 31. | Hypokalaemic Quadriparesis Due To Distal RenalTubular Acidosis Unmasking Underlying Sjögren’s Disease | Bryan Koithara , Prachee Makashir | BMJ Group | 2025 |
| 30. | Pulmonary Melioidosis Masquerading AsTuberculosis: A Case Report Presenting A RareMedical Condition From Western India | Naineesh Gaikwad , Prachee A. Makashir , Rohan Kelkar , Virendra Prasad Singh , Vrushali Thakar | Cureus | 2025 |
| 29. | Cross Cultural Adaptation And Validation Of Hindi Version Of Versus Arthritis Musculoskeletal Health Questionnaire (MSK‐HQ‐Hi) | Priyadarshi Prajjwal Raunak Ranjan Swati Chouhan Rajvardhan Singh Solanki Anish Manoj LodhaHimanshi Choudhari Kavita Krishna Sandeep Kansurkar | Musculoskeletal Care, | 2025 |
| 28. | Unveiling The Status Of Foot Self-Care Among Patients With Type 2 Diabetes In Western India:A Cross-Sectional Study | Sanjana Maniktalla , Prachee A. Makashir , Jayashree Gothankar | Cureus | 2025 |
| 27. | Lacunar Syndromes: Investigating The Role Of Proximal Embolic Sources In Stroke Etiology—An Observational Study | Ajinkya Bhosale1, Kamalesh Tayade2 , Pramod Darole1 And Uma Sundar1 | Journal Of Stroke Medicine | 2025 |
| 26. | Association Between Low Ankle-Brachial Index And High Common Carotid Artery Intima-Media Thickness In Ischemic Stroke | Rohan Kelkar , Shivashankar K N , Prakashini K , Raveena Kelkar , Nishad A. Barve | Cureus | 2025 |
| 25. | Anemia In Chronic Liver Disease: ChangingTrends | Nihal Shah , Deepak Bhosle , Sonali Sawarthia | Cureus | 2025 |
| 24. | Prevalence Of Cognitive Impairment In Patients With Heart Failure | Dr. Naineesh Gaikwad, Dr.Nitin Gadkari,Dr.Sukanya Dasgupta, Dr.Supriya,Dr.Srijan Ghosh | International Journal Of Scientific Research | 2025 |
| 23. | Validation Of The Prognostic Cerebral Venous ThrombosisgradingScale In Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis Patients | Dr.Chaitra Kannadka, Dr.Sukanya Dasgupta,Dr.Akhilesh Batch, Dr.Samyak Naga, Dr.Supriya Barsode | International Journal Of Scientific Research | 2025 |
| 22. | Prospective Assessment Of Health-Related Quality Of Life In Stroke Survivors At A Tertiary Care Centre | Sukanya Swapankumar Dasgupta, Chaitra Kannadka, Akhilesh Batchu, Samyak Jitendra Nagar, Supriya Salil Barsode, Meghana Arun Nadagoudar | Panacea Journal Of Medical Sciences | 2025 |
| 21. | A Study Of The Etiology And Bleeding Manifestations In Patients OfAcute Fever With Thrombocytopenia | Sukriti Joshi, Prajakta Prakash Patil, Supriya Barsode | Journal Of The Indian Medical Association | 2025 |
| 20. | Validation Of Age-Adjusted Shock Indices For Predicting In-Hospital Outcomes In Percutaneously Revascularized ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction - ASPIRE-STEMI Study | Bryan Jacob Koithara , Ravi Kalra , Shashikala Sangle , Supriya Barsode ,Shrikant Deshmukh | Indian Heart Journal | 2025 |
| 19. | Dengue in Pune city, India (2017–2019): a comprehensive analysis | Vidya Arankalle Shubham Shrivastava , Ruta KulkarniRahul Patil , Divya Tiraki , Sanjay Mankar , Rohini Mahesh Taru ,Raj Lavange, Arundhati Diwan, Sanjay Lalwani andAkhilesh Chandra Mishra | Frontiers in public health | 2024 |
| 18. | A Cross‐Sectional Study of Correlation of Fragmented QRS Complex and the ClinicalOutcomes in a Patient with Non‐ST ElevationMyocardial Infarction | Arpit Gupta Shilpa Sule and Vaibhav B. Patil | Research Journal of Medical Sciences | 2024 |
| 17. | Platelet derived exosomesdisrupt endothelial cellmonolayer integrity andenhance vascular inflammationin dengue patients | Sayali Vedpathak , Archana Sharma, Sonali Palkar,Varsha R. Bhatt, Vishwanath Chandrashekhar Patil,Arjun L. Kakrani, Akhilesh Chandra Mishra,Deepak Bhosle, Vidya A. Arankalleand Shubham Shrivastava | Frontier In Immunology | 2024 |
| 16. | Cross-Sectional Study to Assess Correlation of Waist-Calf Ratio with Carotid Atherosclerosis in patients with Ischemic Stroke and Transient Ischemic Attack. | Homesh Bhole, Sujata Khatal, S P Gorthi | Afr. J. Biomed. Res | 2024 |
| 15. | Significance of Correlation of Shear Wave Elastography With Fibrosis-4 in a Cohort of Patients With Diabetes and Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease | Rohan Kelkar , Uday Phadke , Raveena Kelkar , Shalmi Khanapurkar , Nishad A. Barve | Cureus | 2024 |
| 14. | Comparison of glucagon-likepeptide-1 receptor agonists vs.placebo on any cardiovascularevents in overweight or obesenon-diabetic patients: a systematicreview and meta-analysis | Raveena Kelkar , Nishad A. Barve , Rohan Kelkar ,Sanjeev Kharel , Shalmi Khanapurka and Rukesh Yadav | Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine | 2024 |
| 13. | Unusual presentations of the usual Typhoid Fever: A case series | Purwa Doke, Prachee Makashir,Arundhati Diwan,Naineesh Gaikwad | Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice | 2024 |
| 12. | Norfloxacin versus rifaximin for spontaneous bacterial peritonitis prophylaxis: A randomized controlled trial | Sanbanki Pala, Purwa Doke , Dadasaheb Maindad | Journal of Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences University | 2024 |
| 11. | Not all those who had fever had COVID: A case report of Anorexia Nervosa subjected to cognitive bias during the COVID-19 pandemic | Arundhati G Diwan , Aditya AGodbole , Aarohi YDoshi , Anita TAnokar , Jyoti VShetty | BHARATI VIDYAPEETH MEDICAL JOURNAL (BVMJ) | 2024 |
| 10. | Triple Trouble | Arundhati Diwan,Supriya Barsode | Journal of the Association of Physicians of India, | 2024 |
| 9. | Association ofmicroalbuminuria withleft ventricular diastolic dysfunction intype 2 diabetes mellitus | MeghanaNadagoudar V.P.Singh, RaviKalra PiyushLodha, KaranSingh | International Journal of Diabetes in Developing Countries | 2024 |
| 8. | Incidentally Detected Anaemia in Elderly: A Cross-sectional Study from a Tertiary Care Hospital, Pune, Maharashtra, India | Ajinkyaraj PandhareShilpa Sule, Sujata Khatal | Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research | July 2023 |
| 7. | Study of anemia in non-luminal solid tumors | Nupoor Dandavate, Nitin Gadkari, Ashwin Rajbhoj Mayur Patil, Naineesh Gaikwad, Ashwin Bankar | International Journal of Advances in Medicine | July 2023 |
| 6. | Association of microalbuminuria with retinopathy and neuropathy in type-2 diabetic patients | Dr. Ashwin S Banakar,Dr. Nitin Gadkari, Dr. Piyush Lodha, Dr. Nupoor Dandavate, Dr. Rigveda Burungale, Dr. Hitesh Prajapat | International Journal of Medical Science and Advanced Clinical Research | May 2023 |
| 5. | Electrocardiogram with measurement of Serum Potassium : Better Clinical Assessment | Shantanu Kanitkar, Arundhati Diwan, Gauri Oka, Neela Vaidya | WIM JOURNAL | 2023 |
| 4. | Assessment Of Lipid Profile And 2D Echo In ESRD Patients | Dr. Ujwal Kumar Akula Dr. Prachee Makashir | International Journal of Medical Science and Current Research | 2023 |
| 3. | Predictors of Length of Hospital Stay in Patients with COVID-19: A Retrospective Study | Sujata Jayant Khatal, Shilpa Shaunak Sule, Ajinkya Jayaji Pandhare, Yashodeep Ashokrao Girwalkar | Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research. | 2023 |
| 2. | Stroke Thrombolysis: Beating the Clock | Aviral Shah, Arundhati Diwan | Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine | 2023 |
| 1. | Efficacy of Salivary Creatinine and Urea and their Association with Serum Creatinine and Urea Levels in Severe Chronic Kidney Disease Patients | Meghana Khandu Padwal, Abdulrahaman Abubakar Momin, Arundhati Diwan Vrushabh Phade | Indian Journal of Medical Biochemistry | 2023 |
Research
- ICMR, STS- ‘’Correlation of ECG and 2D Echo finding with serum ferritin levels in critically ill Intensive Care Unit admitted dengue patients” Name of Student-Safana Fatima Shakeel Shaikh Name of the Faculty-Dr.Prachee Makashir
- ICMR Dept- Cross sectional community –based study for the estimation of prevalence of microvascular complications in prediabetes- Dr.Shashikala Sangle, Dr. Sujata Khatal ,Dr. Shilpa Sule,Dr. Swati Chouhan
ICMR National/International
Adult Vaccination Trials
- Protocol Title: A Phase 2/3 Observer-Blind, Randomized, Controlled Study To Determine The Safety And Immunogenicity of COVI SHIELD (Covid-19 Vaccine) In Healthy Indian Adults- Dr.Purwa Doke, Dr.Supriya Barsode
- Protocol title: A Phase II/III Multicentric Randomized Single Blind Study to Compare the Immunogenicity and Safety of HBI Inactivated Hepatitis-A Vaccine with Havrix® Vaccine when Administered to Two Age Groups of Healthy Subjects –Dr.Arundhati Diwan ,Dr. SupriyaBarsode
- Protocol Title: A Prospective, Multicenter, Randomized, Active-controlled, Observer-blind, Phase II study seamlessly followed by a Phase III study to evaluate the Safety, Tolerability and Immunogenicity of the candidate GEMCOVAC-19 (COVID-19 vaccine) in healthy subjects.-Dr.Rishi Patel
- Protocol Title: A Phase-II/III, Partially Double-blind, Randomized, Active-controlled, Multicentric Study to Assess the Immunogenicity and Safety of SIIPL’s qHPV Vaccine Administered Intramuscularly in Healthy Volunteers According to a Two-dose Schedule to Cohort 1 (Girls and Boys Aged 9-14 years) and a Three-dose Schedule to Cohort 2 (Women and Men Aged 15-26 years) as Compared to Merck’s HPV6/11/16/18 vaccine (Gardasil®).-Dr.Supriya Barsode ,Dr.Rishi Patel
- Protocol title: A Seamless Phase II/III, Observer-blind, Multi-center, Randomized Clinical Trial to Evaluate Immunogenicity and Safety of BBV87, an Inactivated Chikungunya Virus Vaccine in Healthy Subjects 12-65 Years of Age.-Dr.Rishi Patel
- Protocol Title: A Prospective, Multicenter, Randomized, Active-controlled, Observer-blind, Phase II study seamlessly followed by a Phase III study to evaluate the Safety, Tolerability and Immunogenicity of the candidate GEMCOVAC-19 (COVID-19 vaccine) in healthy subjects.-Dr.Rishi Patel
- Protocol Title: A Phase-IV, single-arm, multicentric study to assess the safety of SIIPL’s qHPV vaccine (CERVAVAC®) when administered in a two-dose schedule to girls and boys aged 9-14 years and in a three-dose schedule to women and men aged 15-26 years-Dr.Rishi Patel
- Protocol Title: A Phase 3, Single-Arm, Multicenter Trial To Describe The Safety And Immunogenicity of A 20-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine In Pneumococcal Vaccine-Naïve Adults ≥18 Years of Age In India.-Dr.Rishi Patel
- Protocol Title: A Seamless Phase 1/2, double blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study to evaluate the safety and immunogenicity of Dengusiil in Indian adults and children ≥ 2 years of age. –Dr.Supriya Barsode Dr.Prachee Makashir
- A Phase-IV, single-arm, multicentric study to assess the safety of SIIPL’s qHPV vaccine (CERVAVAC®) when administered in a two-dose schedule to girls and boys aged 9-14 years and in a three-dose schedule to women and men aged 15-26 years- Dr.Rishi Ptel ,Dr.Supriya Barsode
- A prospective, randomized, parallel, three-arm, open-label, multicenter, phase IV clinical trial to evaluate the immunological non-interference of Typhoid Vi conjugate vaccine with Yellow fever vaccine administered to healthy subjects - Dr. Supriya Barsode
- A Phase I Single Blind Randomized Placebo Controlled Study to evaluate the Safety and Immunogenicity of Live Attenuated Tetravalent Recombinant Dengue Vaccine of HBI in Healthy Adults of 18 to 50 years of age.-Dr. Supriya Barsode
collaboration-and-consultancy
| Sr. no. | Name of the co-ordinator from institute | Title of the collaborative activity | Name of the collaborating agency with contact details | Date of initiation of project / course |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prema S. Kadam | Data Access for Research project | Bract’s Vishwakarma Institute of Information Technology Pune-48 | 17-Mar-26 |
Innovative Teaching Learning
Innovative teaching learning activity
OSCE
Skill Lab
Case Scenario
AETCOM
- Well organized Inter Collegiate Stroke Symposium and Quiz on Occasion of World Stroke Day by Department of Medicine in Collaboration with Neurology Department for undergraduate students Undergraduate and postgraduate innovative teaching methods like OSCE Skill Lab, Case Scenario and AETCOM are regularly taken. Remedial teaching Undergraduates remedial teaching in the form of clinics and lectures are taken and some important topics discussed. Advance learners are encouraged to take part in symposiums, seminars, quiz and encouraged to submit ICME STS projects and writing case reports.
- Participation in monthly Global Grand Round Infectious Diseases case presentation Conducted by John Hopkins University USA
UG Program –
Our extensive undergraduate training programme includes didactic lectures, tutorials, bedside clinics, quizes, hands on training, simulation workshops in addition to Skill Lab training.
Stroke symposium to world Stroke day was conducted in October 2021 for UG students.
Students from various medical college from Pune participated in event
LABS-
Simulation Lab – Demonstration and Hands on Training for Undergraduate and Post Graduate students
UG training in Medicine Department Seminar Room
PG Program-
After getting recognized for post graduate Course in MD General Medicine from 1998 till now more than 169 students have completed MD (General Medicine) from our Institute. Many of them have completed superspeciality training in arious specialties. At present annual intake are 19 Postgraduate students. In addition to postgraduate training, lectures, Journal Club presentation, bedside case presentation, Lecture series, Guest Lecture ,Rheumatology quiz.
Dr.Vinay Thorat - Topic “Non Alcoholic Steato Hepatitis (NASH).
Dr.Vaishali Deshmukh -Topic :- Overview of newer oral anti diabetic agents
Dr.Aneesh Dhorepatil (Consultant Cardiologist)Topic :- Approach to Cardiogenic Shock
HIV Series-
HIV week was celebrated in month of December 2021. HIV pathophysiology, clinical manifestations one in various forms like dermatology, pulmonary etc. Complications and treatment were covered by specialist faculty.
Extension Activities
Medicine residents are participating in many outreach camps for rural and urban population, such camps were recently conducted in Saswad, Pandharpur for Warkaris
Protect Your Future: Pap Smears for Women's Health
Also part of NCD and COPD camp
World AIDS Day
World AIDS Day celebrated on 1st December 2023 . Competition of different activities including slogan , Rangoli , article , Poster presentation was held & prize distribution was done to winners.
Awards & Achievements
Faculty Awards Excellence
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Dr.(Col) V.P.Singh — Professor in Medicine had received invitation from Consulate General of India to join IHA’s 21st Convention & Poetry Symposium in the U.S.
02
Dr. Nitin Gadkari — Professor of Medicine, Bharati Vidyapeeth (Deemed University) Medical College, Pune, was conferred the Seva Gaurav Puraskar on 10 May 2026 during the 62nd Foundation Day celebrations of Bharati Vidyapeeth, Pune, in recognition of his dedicated service and outstanding contribution to the institution.
03
Dr. Prakhar Shrivastav and Dr.Pratyush Prateek — resident of Medicine received First Prize in the Quiz Competition at KAPICON 2026 on 22 February 2026.
04
Dr.Isha Gupta — got prize money in the quiz competition at API on 23 April 2026
Patient Services & Facilities
The Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology provides comprehensive, evidence-based, and compassionate healthcare services for women across all stages of life.
Patient Services & Facilities
- Bharati Hospital is a tertiary care teaching hospital geared to manage complicated medical problems. The faculty of medicine is highly qualified & experienced to handle complex medical
- Various medical super speciality i.e Neurology, Nephrology, Oncology Rheumatology, Hematology, Endocrinology, Cardiology, Infectious Diseases, Critical Care Medicine, Emergency Medicine are available to provide round the clock patient care. State of art laboratory & radiology services, critical care units ensure that the Department of Medicine can offer upto date treatment for patients requiring medical care.
- Surgical superspecialities like Neurosurgery, Urology, Onco Surgery are available round the clock. There is a regular audit scheme and quality maintenance by NABH team of the hospital. In case of any unexpected adverse event related to patient, code blue system is in place in medical wards.
- The IPD care is well co-ordinated by the faculty along with other specialties. Facilitating high quality treatment for patients needing multidisciplinary care approach.
- Faculty also caters to the medical problem of Obstetrics patients and High Risk Obstetrics patients who are admitted. With support from microbiology laboratory and Infectious Diseases services, we treat various infections and have treated a record number of patients of HINI, Dengue, and other tropical infections.
- In recent and ongoing Covid Pandemic, the Department has done all efforts to conduct flu OPD and to manage record number of Covid cases.
Out Patient Department Services
- OPD Service is provided through extensive OPD timings from 9 am to 4.30 pm with extension through emergency Services including Sundays & holidays.
- Special care is given to all diabetic and geriatric patients as they have specific needs.
In Patient Department Services
- IPD – Is of high standard & patient care is administered through a team of highly qualified and caring team of faculty of Department
Best Practices
01
Intercollegiate UG Neuro Quest
Intercollegiate UG Neuro Quest .
02
Regional Deodhar Rheumatology PG Quiz
Regional Deodhar Rheumatology PG Quiz
03
Dr.Richard Hobson- Coauthor of Diseases Davidson Book of Medicine
Dr.Richard Hobson- Coauthor of Diseases Davidson Book of Medicine
04
Global Grand PG Round Infectious
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