Dr. Saleem Akhtar

A trusted, patient focused and experienced locum doctor with a long history of serving patients by successfully diagnosing, treating, and also managing their illnesses and diseases having a rich experience of 7+ years.
Experience in diagnosing the disease and providing the best medical help.
Experience in dealing with outpatients, and ward patients in Neurology, Internal Medicine Department and acute medical emergencies in ICU.
Experienced in Intervention procedures like Intubation, Central venous catheterization , Bone marrow biopsy, Pleural tapping , Lumbar puncture
Expert in maintaining the daily report of patients.

Responsible for outpatient clinics in Neurology, Internal medicine department as well as managing ICU and hospital wards during the night shift.
Dealing sympathetically with sensitive circumstances.
Keeping up to date with the latest treatments, medicines, and medical developments.
Assisted in the cardiac catheterization laboratory during mechanical thrombectomy and digital subtraction angiography.
Worked in a pressurized environment and produce the best result.
Trained the new junior doctors about common ICU treatment protocols.
Provided help to the team during a crisis situation like code blue.

Experienced in procedures like Intubation, Central lines, Lumbar puncture, Bone marrow biopsy, Pleural tapping, and Pericardiocentesis.
Well-versed with the basic use of a computer.
Internet savvy.

Receive “Best student award” during matriculation in year 2001
Receive “Star of KG award” by Honorable Governor of Tamil Nadu for Best postgraduate.
Worked as Clinical Research Coordinate in a clinical trial to assess the efficacy and safety of TNK-TPA in Acute Ischemic Stroke.
Working as Co-Investigator in an International Double-Blinded Randomized Controlled Trial for efficacy and effectiveness of Aspirin plus Placebo Verses Aspirin plus Ticagrelor “ THALES ”.
Working as Clinical Research Coordinate for the post-marketing trial of Tenecteplase for Indian Registry of Ischemic Stroke.
Provide free medical help to many poor people in Chennai during flood camps in the year 2015.
Attended various national and state conferences and CME.

Worked as Junior Resident doctor in Casualty Department in Sanjay Gandhi memorial hospital (under the government of NCT), Delhi for one year from 7-03-2009 to 6-03-2010.
Worked as Causality Medical Officer at Ansari hospital, Sagarpur, Delhi for one year from 5-04-2010 to 2-04-2011.
Worked as Medical Officer in Causality Department at Government hospital, lakhavati, Bulandshahar under District Hospital Bulandshahar (UP) from 7-07-2011 to 31-03-2012.
Worked as Causality Medical Officer at Ansari hospital, Sagarpur from 1-04-2012 to 30-11-2012.
Worked as Junior Resident in the Department of Anesthesia from 3-12-2012 to 1-03-2013.
Working as Senior Resident in Department of Neurology, In charge of the stroke unit at KG Hospital and post-graduate institute, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. From May 2016 till date.

Passed MBBS from Chhatrapati Sahuji Maharaj medical university, Lucknow (formerly King George medical university) in year 2007 and completed Rotatory Internship of one year from Gandhi memorial & associate hospital, CSMMU Lucknow & Babubanarsi das district hospital bulandshahar, UP.
Passed MD (Internal medicine) from KG Hospital and Post Graduate Institute, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu ( Under Texila American University, Guyana ) in year 2016.
Completed Basic course in Echocardiography from madras medical mission Chennai in November 2015.
Doing fellowship in Diabetology from CMC vellore, Tamil Nadu.
Passed Intermediate from ISC board in year 2001.
Passed Matriculation from ICSC board in year 1999.

Published case report Titled “Olfactory nerve hypertrophy: clue to the presence of ipsilateral megalencephaly” in British medical journal: BMJ case rep 2017.doi10.1136/bcr-2017-222488.
Published case report “Perimesencephalic and sulcal subarachnoid hemorrhage: an interesting presentation of posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome” in British medical journal:RE;bcr-2017-222875.R1 . http://casereports.bmj.com/
Published case report Titled “Heart in Brain” in journal of case report.
Published case report Titled “Unilateral Duane Syndrome” in Indian journal of practical pediatrics, issue 2017;19(1) : 71 .
Presented poster Titled “Primary Duodenal Tuberculosis” at ISG National mid -term conference UPTODATE in HEPATOGASTROENTEROLOGY with CAPSULE CON INDIA, on 28th June, 2014.
Presented poster Titled “Non Invasive Intracranial Pressure Monitoring in a Tertiary Care Hospital” at 4th National Annual Conference of Society on Neurosonology, on 6th may 2017.