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Sunday, October 6, 2019

Dr. Deepak Kumar Bandari, PharmD : Short Profile

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Dr. Deepak Kumar Bandari, PharmD, (PhD) (Europe)
Research Scientist, ICMR-NICPR, Noida.

Current Position: National
1) Project Research Scientist - Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) - National Institute of Cancer Prevention and Research (NICPR), Noida and Delhi. 
Project: AccEEND TB, India.
2) Board of Studies Member - Master’s in Clinical Research and Experimental Medicine, School of Allied and Health Sciences, Malla Reddy University, Hyderabad.
3) Book reviewer - BSP Publications, Pharma Med Press and Kakatiya Publications.

Current Position: International

PhD Researcher and Early Stage Researcher participant
Project: FIP 7 programme of EuroAgeism H2020 project, involving 13 European and Non-European countries.
Early-Stage Researcher (ESR) Participant, Euro Ageism H2020, Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové, Charles University, Europe.
Thesis: Polypharmacy and comparison of differences in potentially inappropriate prescribing in India, Ethiopia, and European countries.
Projects and Grants handled: 
  • Project: FIP 7 programme of EuroAgeism H2020 project, involving 13 European and Non-European countries.
Grant: European Commission, FIP7 program Euro Ageism H2020-764632-MSCA-ITN supported by the scientific group “Ageing and Changes in the Therapeutic Values of Drugs in the Aged”, Charles University, Progress Programme Q42, SVV program 260 417.
Total Finance - 232 422,48 EU (Detailed budget - not disclosed)
EU Consortium: Israel, Czech Republic (CZ), UK, Poland, Netherlands, Sweden, Finland, Belgium.
Participating countries: Czech Republic, Serbia, Croatia, Bulgaria, Estonia, Turkey, Spain, Ireland, Belgium, India, Ethiopia.
Collaborating Institutions: Alliance Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland (AL), EMDA – The Alzheimer’s Association Israel (AAI), European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research (Euro Centre), National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG), United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and World Health Organization (WHO).
  • Project No. START/MED/093
Thesis: Rational geriatric pharmacotherapy, medication errors and clinical pharmacy services in long-term care.
Total Finance - 2,299,968 CZK (Personal cost-1,353,600; Mentor remuneration-40,000; Travel costs-361,000; Training costs- 120,000; Costs of non-investment equipment, materials etc. - 80,000; Overhead costs - 345,368)
Grant: Charles University, Research Unit “Ageing, Polypharmacy and Changes in the Therapeutic Value of Drugs in the AgeD”, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe and World Health Organization, University of Zagreb, Croatia, University of Belgrade.

Previous Positions: National
1)Project Technical Support - III (Field Investigator) - Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) - National Institute of Nutrition (NIN), Hyderabad, India. 
Project: Strengthening the Monitoring of Tuberculosis Elimination in India - District Level Sentenial Survey (DLSS), India.
2) Associate Consultant (Epidemiology and Outcomes Research) - Bridge Medical Consulting Pvt. Ltd, New Delhi. 
3) Team Leader - Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) – National Institute of Nutrition (NIN), Hyderabad, India.
Project: National Sero-surveillance to monitor the trend of SARS-CoV-2 infection transmission in India.
4) Investigator (Field) - Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) – National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis (NIRT), Chennai, India.
Project: National survey for the state-wise prevalence of microbiologically confirmed pulmonary tuberculosis in India.
5) Assistant Professor and Clinical Preceptor: Vaagdevi Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Warangal, India. 
No. of Research Publications: 18
Cumulative Impact Factor: 153
Number of Citations: 3000+
h-index: 14; i-10 index: 15 
Awarded grants: Total 7 (International: 6, National: 1)
Achievements: Total 9 (International: 5, National: 4)
My Interviews in Magazines and Newsletters: 3 (International: 2, National: 1)
Scientific presentations: (International: 11, National: 8)
Book reviews: 9 (International: 2, National: 7)
Guest Lectures: Total 3 (International: 1, National: 2)
Editorial member and reviewer: 8
Certification courses: Total 10 (2 - Stanford University, 8 - National and International Organizations)
Countries affiliated: USA, Italy, Poland, Slovak Republic, The Czech Republic, Germany, Hong Kong and 10 other European countries.


International collaborative research: Early Stage Researcher participant in the FIP 7 programme of EuroAgeism H2020 project under Marie-Curie Innovative Network and EU COST Action IS1402 network aimed at describing main prescribing problems in rational geriatric pharmacotherapy in 13 European and Non- European countries (including India and Ethiopia). 
Collaborating Institutions: Alliance: Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland (AL), EMDA – The Alzheimer’s Association Israel (AAI), European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research (EuroCentre), National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG), United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and World Health Organization (WHO).

Remarkable Achievements:
    1. Award and Position: Early Stage Researcher (ESR) participant in the network of FIP7 EuroAgeism H2020 – ITN project, European Commission.
    2. Reviewer: Acknowledged in Davidson’s Principles and Practice of Medicine textbook, 23rd Edition, 2018; Elsevier publishers ISBN: 9780702070280.
    3. Personal interview: “I expect the 8-star Pharmacist Concept of World Health Organization will come true in India in the Future” published in an International Magazine “Lekarnicke Listy”, March 2018, Bratislava, Slovak Republic.
    4. Best reviewer award: Textbook of Hutchison’s Clinical Methods 23rd International Edition by Michael Glynn &William Drake. Saunders Publishers, UK ISBN: 978-0-7020-4091
    5. ERASMUS+ Student Mobility: Internship in various European countries.
A few other Achievements:

1. Award and Interview: Winner of “Ideathon” First Nobel Prize Series in India, Department of Biotechnology, India. Interview entitled “Pharmacist Nobel Prize Series: Science Impacts Lives – The Pride of India”, Indian Pharmaceutical Association – Community Pharmacy Division (IPA - CPD) e-Times 6 (2), March – April 2017.
2. Story of Success (2017): Published by Elsevier, as a part of the budding Medicos National contest.
3. Elsevier Student Ambassador (ESA) and Mentor’ for South Asia from July 2014 to June 2016.
4. Felicitation and award: Special Faculty Achievement Award at Viswambhara Educational Society Silver Jubilee Celebrations, March 2018, Warangal, India.
5. Award: Pharmacy Practice contribution award on World Pharmacist’s Day, 25th September 2017 for the successful delivery of an invited lecture on the Prescriptive role of Clinical Pharmacist in Ambulatory Care at Deccan School of Pharmacy, Hyderabad, India.

Acknowledgement: 
  • I thank Prof. Daniela Fialova, PharmD, PhD, BCCP; Chair of the Horizon 2020 EuroAgeism FIP7 program; Head of the University Centre of Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Charles University; Department of Social and Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Charles University, Department of Geriatrics and Gerontology,1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Czech Republic.
  • Dr Akshaya Srikanth Bhagavathula, PharmD, PhD; Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Department of Public Health, North Dakota State University, United States of America. 
  • Prof. Yamsani Madhusudan Rao, M.Pharm, PhD; Director, Vaagdevi group of Pharmacy Colleges, Warangal, India for their valuable guidance and support throughout my career.



Sunday, May 17, 2015

Dream to Foreign Land : A Glimpse on Present situation

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Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D) is the most sophisticated and professional doctoral degree in pharmacy and pharmacists ranks as the most trusted healthcare professionals in today's society. This clinical degree has a main objective of serving the healthcare system for better patient care through evidence based medicine. Pharmacists play a major role in health promotion and manages the resources of health care system in co-operation with the health care team and delivers the health and family welfare services in existing socio-economic, political and cultural environment.

It will be a dream for any pharmacy student to practice in highly developed countries like US, Canada, UK and Australia etc.; as they stands out in providing dignity and an handsome remuneration to the services offered. Pharmacy services are offered in diverse areas like Clinical pharmacy practice, Community pharmacy, Geriatric pharmacy, Governmental agencies, Home health care, Hospital pharmacy, Managed care, Pharmacoeconomics, Pharmacy education, Consulting, legal practice and drug information. Continuously, as the responsibility of the pharmacists is increasing this led to the new era of pharmacy profession, where the pharmacists are involved in rendering their services through various specializations like (only 20 are listed below out of 114)
  1. Allergy and Immunology
  2. Ambulatory medicine
  3. Anaesthetics
  4. Child and adolescent psychiatry and psychotherapy
  5. Critical care medicine
  6. Emergency and family Medicine
  7. Health informatics
  8. Interventional cardiology
  9. Nephrology
  10. Nuclear medicine
  11. Occupational health
  12. Oncology
  13. Pediatrics
  14. Physical and rehabilitation medicine
  15. Public Health
  16. Preventive medicine
  17. Palliative care
  18. Pharmacoeconomics
  19. Pharmacogenomics
  20. Pharmacy education and Health promotion
However, getting through the registration process is a laborious which requires tremendous efforts, sound knowledge on academics, relevant skills and financial support. The registration process is different for different countries.

Short view of registration process for US:

In case of United States, once the candidate meets the eligibility criteria required by the NABP, he/she needs to select a state where he/she desires to a registered pharmacist; and an application is to be drafted for FPGEE, which has to be qualified for FPGEC certification program. After application of FPGEE and Educational Credential Evaluation (ECE) evaluation is done, the NABP board scrutinizes all the documents submitted earlier and makes a decision in writing regarding the status of application. Then the candidate has to apply for the visa, followed by examination.  It takes 2-3 months for the results and the internship of at least 1500 hours is required. This also requires a Test of Spoken English (TSE) depending on the state. Then the NABP in accordance with the state pharmacy board issues an authorization to take NAPLEX.

Below is the list of licensure examinations for different countries in a quick view.


List of Abbreviations

Glimpse at present situation: It is known from private sources that 67 Pharm.D students from India have registered for FPGEE examination in the United States till now, out of which very few of them got qualified and none of them cleared NAPLEX to become a registered pharmacist. This may be due to the Pharm.D educational standards in India as they do not meet the standards of foreign pharmacy education. It is evident that many Indian M.Pharmacy and Ph.D candidates had cleared NAPLEX earlier and now practicing in respective countries. But the Pharm.D status always remained exclaimed.

" Right now the US is producing enough number of pharmacists to meet their healthcare demands in hospitals and retail pharmacies. There is unemployment for American Pharm D holders in the states of New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Maryland. Job opportunities are not that good in other 45 states also. after undergoing all the laborious process mentioned above  then the candidate will receive the pharmacist license. Then, it is his turn to compete in the open market to get jobs. It is too difficult to get jobs in hospitals in the US because they prefer their own graduates who are properly trained for therapeutic drug monitoring. Not only from India, but also from other countries the pharmacists come to US in search of jobs and compete with the local graduates. There are very few clinical and hospital pharmacy jobs for Indian Pharm D graduates in the US hospitals in the next 20 years,” - Says an Intern from American Speciality  Pharmacy, Texas, USA.




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Regards,

Deepak Kumar Bandari,
Pharm.D Intern,
Vaagdevi College of Pharmacy - India
Elsevier Student Ambassador - South Asia

Thursday, November 27, 2014

Scope for Pharm.D in India

Presenting a specimen regarding the Various specializations, Scientific databases, Central Organizations, Digital Library projects and Public Health Issues in India and its importance for a Pharm.D student.

The Public health issues and Scientific databases focusing on the Evidence Based Medicine incorporates its importance in all the available specializations that would lead a better path to the upcoming Pharma Doctors.
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