Dr. Anand Shah

Doctors / Zydus Hospitals Ahmedabad
Consultant - Microbiology
MBBS, MD Microbiology
Industry Experience
8 years & counting
Expertise & Specialties
  • Antimicrobial resistance and Antimicrobial Stewardship
  • Rapid point of care tests in Clinical and Diagnostic Microbiology
  • Infections in immunocompromised patients.
  • Hospital Infection Control
  • Invasive fungal infections diagnosis and management
  • Drug sensitive as well as drug resistant TB diagnosis and management
Professional Bio
Dr Anand Shah is currently working as Consultant Microbiologist & Hospital Infection control officer at Zydus Hospitals, Ahmedabad. He has gained his skills and experience by previously working at one of the most prestigious and reputed centers in India, namely Lilavati Hospital & Research Centre, Mumbai & PD Hinduja Hospital & MRC, Mumbai.

He has taken additional trainings as below:

  • ‘Certificate course on Hospital infection control’ at Sankara Nethralaya Hospital, Chennai, 2016
  • One Year Observership in Infectious Disease under Dr. Rajeev Soman, P D Hinduja National Hospital & MRC, Mumbai. 2017-2018.
  • Trained for Quality Management Systems and Internal Audit in Medical Laboratories as per ISO 15189:2012.
  • ‘Role of Diagnostics in Antimicrobial Resistance’, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine affiliation.
  • He has special interest in Antimicrobial resistance and antimicrobial stewardship, invasive fungal infection diagnosis and management as well as infections in transplant and immunocompromised patients.
Memberships
  • European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID)
  • Fungal Infections Society Forum (FISF)
  • Life member of Indian Academy of Tropical Parasitology (IATP)
  • International Society of Infectious Diseases. (ISID)
Career Highlights
Scholarship grants from McGill Summer Institute, Montreal, Canada for
  • Advanced TB Diagnostics
  • AntiMicrobial Resistance
  • Global Health Diagnostics
Author of various book chapters and papers in reputed national as well as international journals.