Dr Abdul Ghafur | Apollo Hospitals Greams Road Chennai

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About Dr Abdul Ghafur

EXPERIENCE YEARS: 16 Yrs+
Expert In: Infectious Diseases Specialist
Qualification: MD(Med), MRCP(UK), FRCPATH(UK)
Clinic: Apollo Hospitals Greams Road Chennai

Working hours

MON-SAT | MON-SAT
(04:00 PM-05:00 PM | 08:00 AM-09:00 AM)

Location

Apollo Hospitals Greams Road Chennai
Apollo Hospitals 21, Greams Lane, Off Greams Road Chennai 600 006 Ph:044-28290200/3333
Timing MON- SAT | MON- SAT (04:00 PM-05:00 PM | 08:00 AM-09:00 AM)

Work EXPERIENCE YEARS

  • Dr Abdul Ghafur CURRENT ARRANGEMENTS Consultant in Infectious Diseases, Infection Control, and Clinical Microbiology; Adjunct Associate Professor in Infectious Diseases, Apollo Hospitals, Chennai, India. EXPERIENCE YEARS WITH PREVIOUS APPOINTMENTS 21/06/04 – 30/04/08: Specialist Registrar in Clinical Microbiology, Infection Control, and Chronic Infection Services, Division of Infection, Royal Free Hospital, London 2003–2004:
  • Dr Abdul Ghafur Senior Clinical Fellow (Registrar) in Respiratory and HIV Medicine at the Royal Free Hospital in London from March 2000 to July 2003: Medical specialist in the Sharjah Ministry of Health in the United Arab Emirates from August 1999 to March 2000:
  • June 1996–June 1999: Consultant Physician, EMS Hospital, Kerala, India.
  • 1995-1996: Postgraduate student in medicine at Kasturba Medical College in Mangalore, India.
  • Dr Abdul Ghafur International invited lectures Chennai declaration: International pathology day; Royal College of Pathologists, London, 5th November 2014.
  • Euroscience open forum, June 2014; Copenhagen Chennai Declaration; ECCMID preconference workshop, Barcelona, April 2014.
  • Declaration of Chennai, Graduate Hospital, Geneva, March 2014
  • Dr Abdul Ghafur Combating antibiotic resistance from an Indian perspective—Royal Free Hospital, London, October 2013-10-10 Antibiotic resistance and the Chennai declaration: Public Health England, Colindale, London, October 2013.
  • Dr Abdul Ghafur Overcoming behavioral change barriers-Antimicrobial resistance: Incentivizing change toward a global solution:
  • October 2013, Chatham House (Hospital of International Affairs, London). “Chennai Declaration”—An Indian initiative to combat antimicrobial resistance, ICAAC, Denver, USA, September 2013. Introduce yourself to the professor: September 2013 ICAAC
  • Dr Abdul Ghafur Along with Dr Otto automobiles, Laura Piddock, and Dr Antony So Meet the specialist tasked with establishing infection control in resource-constrained environments. ICPIC 2013-Geneva Hyperendemic Gram negatives-Scenario in India-ICPIC 2013, June 2013
  • Geneva Chennai Declaration-A Historic Initiative-June 2013-ICPIC-Geneva Indian Perspective on Combating Resistance-June 2013-ICPIC-Geneva Chennai Declaration-A Historic Initiative-June 2013-ICPIC-Geneva Indian Perspective on Combating Resistance-June 2013-ICPIC Indian perspective on overcoming resistance in Geneva-June 2013.
  • Dr Abdul Ghafur Third World HAI Meeting, Annecey, France April 2013 Management of NDM producers-ECCMID Berlin
  • Gram negative resistance in India, combined meeting of the Australian infectious diseases society and the CDC, March 2013, Canberra, Australia Advocating for political will to combat antimicrobial resistance,
  • Combined meeting of the Australian infectious diseases society and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, March 2013, Canberra, Australia. Community-based ESBL transmission-ISAAR Kulalalampur March 2013 ISAAR Kualalampur March 2013 ESBL UTI Management
  • Dr Abdul Ghafur Pan-resistant Gram-Negative Bacteria—An Indian Perspective HAI symposium on “Living in an Antibiotic-Free World” Annecy,France. 26-29 June 2011
  • “Chennai declaration”: International Congress on Patient Safety, Hyderabad, September 2013
  • Conférences nationales et autres conférences d’invitation Declaration of Chennai; IAMM Jaipur, September 2014 IAMM, September 2014, Fungal infections in oncology patients.
  • Antibiotic stewardship in Inida: September 2014 infection control meeting in Hyderabad. Proclamation of Chennai: Phocon, Chennai, September 2014.
  • Antibiotic stewardship; PUO, Fortis conference, April 2014; Theni medical college conference, June 2014 Pyrexia of unknown origin; December 2013 GAMICON
  • Antimicrobial resistance in Mumbai; GERICON, December 2013.
  • Chennai Is there a future for antibiotic resistance? 2013 PCCON
  • Antibiotic stewardship- JPIMER Pondichery, November 2013
  • Antimicrobial resistance-CME by the Indian Medical Association of Karnataka, Bangalore: October 2013 Invasive fungal infections- CME by the Indian Medical Association of Karnataka, Bangalore: October 2013.
  • Chennai Declaration-International Congress on Patient Safety, Hyderabad, September 2013. Plenary lecture; Declaration of Chennai, CRTICARE 2013
  • APICON 2013, COIMBATORE, JANUARY 2013 Gram positive infections-APICON 2012, Calcutta-2012 Antibiotics in ICU-APICON Jan 2011
  • Ahmadabad Tackling antimicrobial resistance, February 2013 state microbiology conference, Bangalore Mucormycosis: CIDSCON 2012,
  • August 2012, Chennai Antibiotic combination therapy, APCC meeting in Delhi, November 2011 How India can combat resistance, APCC conference in Delhi, November 2011 Fungal infections of the lungs-Respicon 2011
  • Managing fungal infections in May-Calicut—AIDC,Chennai,Dec 2011
  • Fungal pneumonias, talk presented at the Microcon 2009, Mysore’s national microbiology conference. “Meet the professor session” on oncology infections during the ICON convention in Mumbai. 2009 Managing fungal infections in the intensive care unit, Criticare 2010, Hyderabad February 2010. “Management of fungal infection in the intensive care unit,” Criticon 2010, February 2010. Mumbai Management of Urinary Tract Infections at Jeslok Hospital-Apollo Infectious Diseases Forum-June 2013.
  • Chennai Declaration—The Way Forward—June 2013 gathering of phramacists in Chennai
  • Declaration of Chennai-SRM medical college, April 2013
  • The Chennai Declaration, a road map for the future,
  • AIFIC, January 2013, Chennai, Fungal infections and pulmonologists, Respiratory update, Hinduja hospital, Mumbai, December 2012.
  • Antibiotics: An obituary: City ENT meet, MMC, Chennai, September 2012. Gram Positive Infections: To Calicut-based intensivists; September 2012 Indian resistance crisis: It’s time to bolster practical answers, All India web conference, July 2012
  • “Birds and Bucks”
  • CME held in Dubai in April 2012 Management of multidrug-resistant Gram negative bacteria—international symposium, Chennai, March 2012 Management of multidrug resistant Gram negative bacteria-Chennai, March 2012
  • Lymphadenopathy surgical course, March 2002, Apollo Infections caused by fungi-Critical care society-Coimbatore-Feb 2012 Management of fungal infections-Vyzag care hospital. February 2012
  • Infections caused by fungi for intensivists-January 2012-Hyderabad Infections caused by fungi – Indian scenario-February 2012-Chennai Candida albicans, does she cause fever? Ahamadabad, CIMSCON, January 2012
  • Managing Gram negative infections that are difficult to cure in an Indian intensive care unit
  • -Jan2012-Hyderabad Managing Gram negative infections that are difficult to treat in an Indian intensive care unit-Chennai-Jan2012
  • Prophylaxis, either preventative or empirical…
  • December 2011 – Jaslok, Mumbai Conclave of Gram-positive bacteria, Chennai, November 2011 Managing severe fungal infections, November 2011, Bangalore
  • Managing a severe infection in a patient undergoing a liver transplant, Global hospital, October 2011 Unknown cause of pyrexia, Hinduja hospital, September 2011 Treatment of infections in pregnant women, MGIMS Pondicherry, September 2011
  • Management of fungal infections, Chennai, September 2011
  • Fungal infections in intensive care units, Bangalore, September 2011 How is India going to address the resistance crisis? August 2011: Webinar to many locations. Confronting resistance—a case study from India—Cross-border meeting at Kualalampur, July 2011 A novel strategy to fungal infection management—Chennai, July 2011 Infections with Gram positive bacteria—Chennai, July 2011
  • Infections caused by fungi – An Indian situation – Mumbai, April 2011 Antibiotic resistance in India: a case study, Chennai, April 2011 “Antibiotics in the Intensive Care Unit”-meeting in Chennai, May 2011-an international speaker forum
  • No drugs—Bad bugs—Calicut state pediatrics meeting, April 2011 Appropriate antibiotic use—MIMS Calicut—April 2011 Jaslok Infection meeting, April 2011 in Mumbai
  • March 2011 Fungal meeting at Madras University Recent advancements in laboratory diagnosis—ramachandra Medical college February 2011 Pulmonary fungal infections, Hinduja Hospital, Mumbai, December 2010
  • Antifungal prophylaxis in Neutropenics, KPC medical college, Kolkata, CME on fungal infections.
  • October 2010 Bangalore, November 2010: Fungal infections and antifungals
  • Controversy and issues in the management of infection in the intensive care unit, November 2010, Cochin Selecting the appropriate antifungal, October 2010, Chennai Bacteriologic diagnosis in a short period of time. Update on infection control in critical care, Hyderabad, October 2010
  • Is the third world the locus of antibiotic resistance? Critical care infection update, October 2010, Hyderabad Combination therapy for Gram negative infections, Critical care infection update, October 2010, Hyderabad
  • Tackling resistance, Critical care infection update, Hyderabad, October 2010 Antibiotics in community acquired pneumonia, MGMCRI, Pondichery, October 2010.
  • Candida infections in the intensive care unit (ICU), Sanjay Gandhi Hospital, September 2010.
  • Lucknow. Panelist on infection control in intensive care units, worldwide speaker forum, Chennai, September 2010
  • Resistance management: theory and practice, MIMS hospital, Calicut, September 2010. Management of fungal infections in intensive care units, worldwide speaker forum, Chennai, September 2010
  • Infections caused by fungi and antifungals, Chennai, September 2010. Infections in intensive care units, International speaker forum, Chennai, August 2010.
  • Management of bacterial infections that are resistant to antibiotics.
  • August 2010, Chennai Sepsis management: a new paradigm, railway hospital, Chennai, August 2010.
  • Antibiotics must be saved!! June 2010, Dubai. Fungal infections in intensive care units, DUBAI, June 2010. Candida infections in intensive care units, June 2010, Vijayavada. Antimicrobial resistance management, Vijayavada, June 2010
  • Treatment of fungal infections in intensive care units, Vijayavada, June 2010. Sriramachandra Medical College, April 2010; “New Horizons in the Diagnosis of Sepsis.” Antibiotic use in a rational manner, MIMS hospital, Calicut April,2010
  • Management of Gram-positive Infections” lecture and panel discussion, Criticare 2010, Hyderabad, February 2010 “Future of Antifungals” criticicare 2010, Hyderabad, February 2010
  • Implant infection for intensivists”, Jeslok hospital, Mumbai, February 2010. ‘”Fungal infection management in oncology patients,” National Haematology Conference, January 2010, Mumbay
  • Is it true that all Echinocandins are identical? In December 2009, Delhi hosted the Asia Pacific Critical Care Conference. Management of severe Gram positive infections, Nov 2009, presentation gave to an audience of intensivists and physicians
  • Chennai. Participated in the Posoconazole expert meeting in Nov 2009 in Singapore. Candida in the ICU, lecture gave to South Indian intensivists in Chennai, October 2009
  • Pregnancy with swine flu September 2009, talk delivered at the Hospital of Obstetrics in Chennai. “How to debug the oncology superbug danger” Mumbai ICON meeting 2009 September
  • International Panel Discussion on “Management of Resistant Gram Positive Infections, Bangalore, August 2009” Panelist
  • Infections caused by bacteria and fungi in solid and nonsolid organ transplant recipients, Sepsis 2009 meeting, New Delhi, August 2009.
  • “Management of invasive fungal infections,” Critical Care Society, Mangalore, 2009; “Management of soft tissue infections, old bugs with new weapons,” Sepsis 2009;
  • August 2009, New Delhi. ootty July 2009, ” How to pick antibiotics to treat VAP ” “Asian guidelines on HAP” On 30 June, at the Marriot HoPhone in Chennai, I delivered a talk to intensivists. “Complex skin and soft tissue infections: management” 12th June 2009, Railway hospital, Chennai 2009 National Symposium on Invasive Fungal Infections
  • on Saturday, February 7th, and Sunday, February 8th, 2009, at the HoPhone Intercontinental Lalit in Goa.
  • “Mucormycosis in Haemato-Oncology Patients” “Management of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia” Delivered a presentation at the Critical Care Forum in Calicut in May 2009.
  • “Management of Gram-positive Resistant Infections”
  • ICU meet in Pondichery, May 2009, “Invasive Fungal Infections” Trivandrum, 2009.
  • “Fungal Infections That Are Highly Invasive” “Management of Gram-negative Infections” Cochin 2009 “Management of Gram negative infections” Mangalore 2008 “Management of Invasive Fungal Infections” Coimbatore 2008 2008 Coimbatore

Biodata

  • Dr Abdul Ghafur practices Internal Medicine in Chennai’s Greams Road neighborhood. Dr Abdul Ghafur has 26 EXPERIENCE YEARS YEARS in this Expert In. Dr Abdul Ghafur is affiliated with Apollo Hospitals in Greams Road and Teynampet, Chennai. Dr Abdul Ghafur received his MBBS from the University of Calicut in Kerala in 1995, Dr Abdul Ghafur his MD – General Medicine from the Manipal Academy Of Higher Qualification in Manipal, India in 1999, and Dr Abdul Ghafur his FRCPath from the Royal College of Pathology in London in 2008.
  • Dr Abdul Ghafur is an Indian Medical Association member (IMA). The doctor provides a variety of services, including ringworm treatment, chickenpox treatment, and HIV treatment.

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Chamber Name & Address: Apollo Hospital Chennai, Greams Lane, 21, Greams Rd, Thousand Lights, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600006, India.

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