Community Medicine
Community Medicine focuses on promoting health and preventing diseases within communities. It emphasizes preventive healthcare, health education, and addressing social determinants of health to improve the well-being of populations and reduce health disparities.
| Sr. No. | Topic | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Name of Department | Community Medicine |
| 2 | Name and Designation of Faculty | 1) Dr. Yogita Bavaskar Asso. Professor and HOD 2) Dr. Vilas Malkar. Asst. Professor 3) Dr. Jitendra Surwade. Asst. Professor. 4) Dr. Daniel Saji. Asst. Professor |
| 3 | Name of Resident Doctors and Designation | 1) Dr. Ashlesh Rupani. Sr. Resident 2) Dr. Dipak Wani. Jr. Resident 3) Dr. Anwesh Sahu. Jr. Resident 4) Dr. Ahemad Akbani. Jr. Resident 5) Dr. Shahid Hamid. Jr. Resident 6) Dr. Ashwini Jevrikar. Jr. Resident |
| 4 | Services Offered | 1) Immunization and preventive clinic 2) Urban Health Training Center (Chetandas Memorial Hospital Jalgoan) 3) Rural Health Training Center (Rural Hospital Erandol Jalgaon) |
| 5 | Achievements | 1) State nodal Center for Indian Council of Medical Research Multi-centric Studies for
Evaluation of Sudden deaths among adults aged 18 to 45 years in India. 2) Sub-national Certification of Tuberculosis. 3)Evaluation of National Program for Non Communicable diseases in Nandurbar district (2022) |
| 6 | Publications | 1)Lokhande, Ganesh Shrihari; Bavaskar, Yogita Gopal; Malkar, Vilas Raghunath; Ramanand,
Jaiprakash; Surwade, Jitendra Bhaskar; Saji, Daniel Arun; Suryawanshi, Sandeep. Mucormycosis in
patients with COVID-19: A descriptive study at a tertiary care hospital in North Maharashtra.
MGM Journal of Medical Sciences 9(1):p 72-76, Jan–Mar 2022. |
DOI: 10.4103/mgmj.mgmj_65_21 2)First and second wave of COVID-19: A comparative study of tertiary care hospitalized patients in Jalgaon, Maharashtra - Yogita G Bavaskar, Daniel A Saji, Ganesh S Lokhande, Vilas R Malkar, Jitendra B Surwade5,Sandip P Suryawanshi6, Satish K Suralkar(https://doi.org/10.26611/10111931) 3)Bavaskar Y, et al Sudden Adult Deaths Study Group. Factors associated with unexplained sudden deaths among adults aged 18-45 years in India - A multicentric matched case-control study. Indian J Med Res. 2023 Oct 1;158(4):351-362. doi: 10.4103/ijmr.ijmr_2105_23. Epub 2023 Sep 25. PMID: 37988028; PMCID: PMC10793826. 4)Admission Profile and Treatment Outcome of Neonates Admitted in Special Newborn care Unit in Maharashtra: A 7-Year Study.-Medical Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil Vidyapeeth Published by Wolters Kluwer-Medknow-2022 ; Bavaskar, Yogita Gopal; Malkar, Vilas Raghunath; Lokhande, Ganesh Shrihari Surwade, Jitendra Bhaskar; Bina Kuril; 5)Internet addiction and its association with psychological distress among undergraduate medical students of northern Maharashtra-MedPulse International Journal of Community Medicine, Print ISSN;2579-0862,Online ISSN: 2636-4743, Volume 19, Issue 2, August 2021 pp 17-22-202-. Bavaskar, Yogita Gopal; Malkar, Vilas Raghunath; Ramanand, Jaiprakash; Surwade, Jitendra Bhaskar; Lokhande, Ganesh Shrihari; Shriram Gosavi;Ramesh Devidas Pawar. 6)An Assessment of 7 Years’ mortality pattern of Neonates Admitted in Special Newborn Care Unit (SNCU) of Jalgaon, Maharashtra- MedPulse International Journal of Community Medicine-2021- Bavaskar, Yogita Gopal; Malkar, Vilas Raghunath; Surwade, Jitendra Bhaskar; Lokhande, Ganesh Shrihari; Daniel A Saji; Suryawanshi, Sandeep. |
| 7 | Any other important relevant information | 1) The department actively participated as a state nodal center for IAPSM World Health Day quiz
2024 which secured a National record for largest number of MBBS students participated in the
nationwide quiz(OMG book of records) 2) State level IPHA quiz second prize 3) CME with credit points conducted for TB/ plant based Nutrition/Electives. 4) On-going research projects funded by ICMR 5) STS Projects conducted- a)‘‘Effect of Intensive lifestyle modification program in the pre-diabetic undergraduate medical students in north Maharashtra: A Randomized control trial.” b)‘‘Risk assessment of diabetes among undergraduate students of Northern Maharashtra using Indian diabetes risk score and its correlation with fasting blood glucose.” |
Department Of Community Medicine
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR & HOD
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY MEDICINE
GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE JALGAON