Dr Chinmay Kishore Saraf
Director
Qualification: MD Pathology
Experience (In Years): 12 years
Date of Appointment to the post: Since inception
Email: chinmaysaraf@yahoo.co.uk ,
Chinmaysaraf@precisiondiagnostics.in
Mobile:9730154009
Ameet Dravid
Director
Qualification: MD Medicine
Experience (In Years): 12 years
Date of Appointment to the post: Since inception
Email: ameet.dravid@gmail.com ,
Amit.dravid@precisiondiagnostics.in
Mobile:9975619766
GeneXpert
Molecular diagnosis of Tuberculosis and identification of drug resistant tuberculosis cases
ACCESS 2
Immunoassay
Biosafety cabinet
Sample processing
ARCHITECT
Immunoassay analyzer (Thyroid and Reproductive hormonal analysis, Vitamin B12 and Vitamin D analysis etc)
Victor 2D
Double marker, triple marker analysis in pregnancy
NucliSens MiniMAG
Molecular diagnostic for HIV (Plasma HIV-1 viral load)
Deep Freezer -80oC
Cold Storage facility for clinical samples.
A15 BioSystem
Biochemistry Analyzer 9Liver and kidney function tests)
Cellfrost
Storage of reagents and samples at 2 to 8oC
FACSCount
Immunological markers e.g. CD4/CD8 count, HLA B27
Paper 1
- Dravid A, Natarajan K, Medisetty M, Gawali R, Mahajan U, Kulkarni M, Saraf C, Ghanekar C, Kore S, Rathod N, Dravid M. Incidence of tuberculosis among HIV infected individuals on long term antiretroviral therapy in private healthcare sector in Pune, Western India. BMC Infect Dis. 2019 Aug 13;19(1):714. PubMed PMID: 31409289; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6692924.
Paper 2
- Dravid AN, Natrajan K, Kulkarni MM, Saraf CK, Mahajan US, Kore SD, Rathod NM, Mahajan US, Wadia RS. Discordant CSF/plasma HIV-1 RNA in individuals on virologically suppressive antiretroviral therapy in Western India. Medicine (Baltimore). 2018 Feb;97(8):e9969. PubMed PMID: 29465595; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5841989.
Paper 3
- Dravid A, Natarajan K, Medisetty M, Thorat V, Joshi S, Mandolkar M,Nilegaonkar S, Phalgune D, Saraf C, Kulkarni M and Kulkarni P. Primary Small Cell Carcinoma of Liver in a HIV/Hepatitis B Co-Infected Patient on Virologically Suppressive Antiretroviral Therapy: Case Report and Literature Review. Oncol Cancer Case Rep 2017;3: 137.
Paper 4
- Natrajan K, Medisetty M, Gawali R, Tambolkar A, Patel D, Thorat V, Dubale N, Khirid V, Saraf C and Dravid A. Case Report: Strongyloidosis Hyperinfection Syndrome in an HIV-Infected Patient: A Rare Manifestation of Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome. Volume 2018, Article ID 6870768, 4 pages https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/6870768
Paper 5
- Joseph J, Cinque P, Colosi D, Dravid A, Ene L, Fox H, Gabuzda D, Gisslen M, Beth Joseph S, Letendre S, Mukerji SS, Nath A, Perez-Valero I, Persaud D, Price RW, Rao VR, Sacktor N, Swanstrom R, Winston A, Wojna V, Wright E, Spudich S. Highlights of the Global HIV-1 CSF Escape Consortium Meeting, 9 June 2016, Bethesda, MD, USA. J Virus Erad. 2016 Oct 5;2(4):243-250. PubMed PMID: 27781109; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5075354.
