Dr. Om J Lakhani

Qualifications

Years of industry experience

Expertise & Specialties

• Type 2 Diabetes
• Type 1 Diabetes
• PCOS/PCOD
• Obesity
• Hypothyroidism
• Hyperthyroidism
• Pituitary disorders
• Insulin Pump therapy
• Adrenal disorders
• Osteoporosis
• Thyroid cancer and Parathyroid disorders

Professional Bio

Dr. Om J Lakhani is a Consultant Endocrinologist working at Zydus Hospitals, Ahmedabad. He is a National board certified Endocrinologist and his qualifications include DNB Endocrinology from Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in New Delhi and MD and MBBS from Maharaja Sayajirao University, Baroda. He has an outstanding academic record with four gold medals in MBBS, two gold medals in MD Medicine examination and the President, NBE Gold Medal in DNB Endocrinology. He also holds a ‘Specialty Certificate in Endocrinology & Diabetes’ from Royal College of Physicians, UK.

Dr. Lakhani is considered one of the top Endocrinologist by the Endocrinology community of India. He was the winner of the celebrated Endocrine society of India – Young scholar award (ESI-TYSA) and has also won the coveted ‘AV Gandhi Award for excellence in Endocrinology research’ during his training career. He is also the winner of DR. VITHALRAO NADGOUDA for best thesis in MD Medicine conferred by the Association of physicians of India. Dr. Lakhani is also the developer of the app “Notes in Endocrinology” and the website www.endocrinology.co.in

His areas of expertise include Diabetes mellitus, Thyrotoxicosis, Pituitary disorders, Endocrine oncology, and Pediatric Endocrinology with special interest in the use of new technology in management of diabetes mellitus.

Academic Details:

Career Highlights (awards, publications & achievements)

National Honors and Awards:

• DR. YOGENDRA DIVANJI AND MRS. DAMYANTI DIVANJI GOLD MEDAL for excellence in MBBS
• DR. MANILAL LALLUBHAI PARKIH GOLD MEDAL for excellence in MBBS
• DR. INDUMATI THAKORBHAI PATEL MEMORIAL GOLD MEDAL for excellence in MBBS
• Medical Examination Board Gold Medal for the FIRST RANK amongst 12 students who appeared for MD MEDICINE in Maharaja Sayajirao university in 2011.
• Received the ‘Garima Nirmal Ojha Memorial Medal’ for excellence in MD Medicine at the 60th Annual convocation of The Maharaja Sayajirao university
• Dr. R.B. Udwadia Gold Medal in ENT in 2008.
• Was awarded a GOLD MEDAL by INDIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION GUJARAT STATE BRANCH FOR STANDING FIRST IN MBBS in the year 2006-2007
• “Babinski sign and plantar equivalnce – A clinical study with special referance to rarely described but not uncommon toe up sign” Paper presented at the 29th APGCON at Karamsad, Gujarat- WON THE FIRST PRIZE IN THE PAPER PRESENTATION COMPETITION FOR THIS PAPER
• MD thesis dissertation chosen as best thesis amongst all thesis in India and awarded the 1st prize in the prestigious “DR. VITHALRAO NADGOUDA BEST ALL INDIA ANNUAL THESIS AWARD - 2012” to be presented at APICON in 2013.
• Awarded the 5th Annual IJEM Award for Excellence in Endocrine writing at the 45th Annual ESICON in December 2015
• Winner of National ‘Torrent Young Scholar award’ in 2016 conducted by the Endocrine society of India. He stood first amongst all the endocrinology residents in India.
• Second runner up in ESI AV Gandhi Award for excellence in Endocrine research in 2018
• Awarded the President, NBE Gold Medal in Endocrinology at the 19th Convocation of National Board of Examinations on 24th September 2018.

RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS (Peer Reviewed Publications):

• Mathur, S., O. J. Lakhani, et al. (2008). "Acute colonic pseudo-obstruction (Ogilvie syndrome) with Chilaiditi syndrome." Med J Aust 189(1): 42.
• Prakash, S., O. Lakhani, et al. (2010). "The prevalence of headache may be related with the latitude: a possible role of Vitamin D insufficiency?" J Headache Pain 11(4): 301-307.
• Lakhani OJ, Lakhani JD. Kumbhakarna : Did he suffer from the disorder of the hypothalamus?. Indian J Endocr Metab 2015;19:433-4
• Lakhani SJ, Lakhani OJ, Raval RC. A study of endocrine profile in premenopausal women with hirsutism. The Journal of Integrated Health Sciences2014 December 2014;II(II):5.
• Lakhani OJ, Desai M. A Case of Hypothalamic Obesity. J Obes Metab Res 2015;2:1179
• Lakhani OJ, Tripathi S, Indu K C, Desai M. Levothyroxine replacement before glucocorticoid replacement leading to adrenal crisis in a case of autoimmune polyendocrine syndrome type II (Schmidt syndrome). Thyroid Res Pract 2015;12:116-8
• Lakhani OJ, Lakhani RO, Desai M, Tripathi S. Management of prolactinoma during pregnancy and postpartum. The Journal of Integrated Health Sciences. [Review article]. 2015 June 2015;III(I):3-7.
• Lakhani SJ, Lakhani OJ. Short stature with congenital ichthyosis. BMJ Case Reports. 2015 December 9, 2015;2015.
• Khan U, Lakhani OJ. Management of primary adrenal insufficiency: Review of current clinical practice in a developed and a developing country. Indian J Endocr Metab [serial online] 2017 [cited 2017 Sep 16];21:781-3. Available from: http://www.ijem.in/text.asp?2017/21/5/781/214780
• Lakhani OJ, Kumar S, Tripathi S, Desai M, Seth C. Comparison of two protocols in the management of glucocorticoid-induced hyperglycemia among hospitalized patients. Indian J Endocr Metab [serial online] 2017 [cited 2017 Nov 27];21:836-44. Available from: http://www.ijem.in/text.asp?2017/21/6/836/219325
• Shaikh A, Lakhani OJ. Interpretation of Thyroid function tests. J Indian Med Assoc. 2018;116(4):35–8.
• Lakhani OJ, Pramanick S. Subacute Thyroiditis- A Review. J Indian Med Assoc. 2018;116(5):40–3.
• Lakhani OJ, Patel S. Successful management of a glucocorticoid-induced hyperglycemia in hospitalized patient with use of novel protocol. Int J Diabetes Dev Ctries [Internet]. 2018 Jun 2 [cited 2018 Jun 3];1–5. Available from: http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s13410-018-0649-7
• Lakhani OJ, Kumar S, Tripathi S, Desai MA, Seth C. Correlation between basal insulin glargine dose required in achieving target fasting blood glucose and various clinical and laboratory parameters in hospitalized noncritical patients. Indian J Endocr Metab 2018;22:469-72
• Lakhani OJ, Shaikh A. The sweet “truth” of Gujarat – Gujarati diet & lifestyle and diabetogenesis. J Soc Heal Diabetes. 2018;6(1):22–6.
• Shaikh A, Rastogi A, Lakhani OJ. NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE AND DIABETES MELLITUS A TALE OF TWO SINS. Eur J Pharm Med Res [Internet].; Available from: http://www.ejpmr.com/admin/assets/article_issue/1530260735.pdf
• Lakhani OJ, Kotecha H. Insulin use in Transplant patient. J Indian Med Assoc. 2018;116(8):31–4.
• Lakhani O, Patil M. Trimester-specific reference interval for thyroid function test in pregnancy: A review of data from Asia and Africa. Thyroid Res Pract [Internet]. 2018 [cited 2019 Jan 3];15(3):103. Available from: http://www.thetrp.net/text.asp?2018/15/3/103/245557
• Lakhani OJ. Management of new onset diabetes after transplantation (NODAT) with use of novel algorithm. Int J Diabetes Dev Ctries [Internet]. 2019; Available from: http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s13410-019-00741-2
• Khan U, Mehta R, Arif M, Lakhani O. Pandemics of the past: A Narrative Review. Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association 2020:1. https://doi.org/10.5455/jpma.11
• Lakhani OJ, Kumar S. The Achilles heel of chronic disorders – Medication adherence. Current Medicine Research and Practice 2020;10:39–40. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmrp.2020.03.010
• Lakhani OJ, Lathia T, Bhattacharya S, Shaikh A. “Telethyroidology”: Managing thyroid disorders through telemedicine. Thyroid Res Pract 2020;17:56-61
• Bhattacharya S, Nagendra L, Krishnamurthy A, Lakhani OJ, Kapoor N, Kalra B, Kalra S. Early Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: Diagnostic Strategies and Clinical Implications. Medical Sciences. 2021; 9(4):59. https://doi.org/10.3390/medsci9040059
• Kalra S, Lakhani OJ, Chaudhary S. Takotsubo Endocrinopathy. European Endocrinology. 2020 Oct;16(2):97.
• Lakhani OJ, Lakhani JD. Endocrinology and “Humpty-Dumpty”. Indian journal of endocrinology and metabolism. 2020 Nov;24(6):509.
• Modi HN, Shreshtha U, Lakhani O. Hypokalemic Paraparesis Progressing to Quadriparesis in a Case of Intradural Spinal Tumor. Journal of Orthopaedic Case Reports. 2020 Dec;10(9):47.

LETTER TO EDITOR

• Lakhani OJ, Lakhani JD. Sulfonylureas: Asset or liability? Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism2015;19(4):532-3.
• Chawla H, Lakhani OJ, Swayamsidha M, Ellareddy C, Mallikarjun V J. Endocrine Society of India Fun Research Workshop 2015: The participants perspective. Indian J Endocr Metab 2015;19:692-3
• Prakash, S. and O. Lakhani (2010). "Coexisting trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias and hemicrania continua." Headache 50(7): 1216-1217; author reply 1218-1219.

BOOK CHAPTERS

• Lakhani O. Carbohydrate and Diabetes. 1st ed. Kakkar A, Nandy S, editors. New Delhi: Elsevier; 2016.
• Lakhani O. Alcohol Intake and Diabetes. 1st ed. Kakkar A, Nandy S, editors. New Delhi: Elsevier; 2016.
• Lakhani O. Weight loss in Type 2 Diabetes. 1st ed. Kakkar A, Nandy S, editors. New Delhi: Elsevier; 2016.
• Lakhani O. Male Sex Hormone and Aging. 1st ed. Kakkar A, Nandy S, editors. New Delhi: Elsevier; 2016.
• Lakhani OJ, Kumar S. New Genes for Type 2 Diabetes: Indian Scenario. In: Chopra H, Joshi S, Wander G, editors. Cardiodiabetes Update: A Textbook of Cardiology. 1st ed. Delhi: Jaypee Publishers; 2018. p. 20–25.
• Pramanik S, Lakhani OJ. Dyslipidemia as a Risk Factor for Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease in Endocrinology. In: Priya G, Kalra S, editors. Lipocrinology. First. Delhi: Jaypee Publishers; 2019. p. 60–73.
• Lakhani OJ, Pramanik S. Lipid-lowering Drugs in the Management of Endocrinopathy. In: Priya G, Kalra S, editors. Lipocrinology. First. Delhi: Jaypee Publishers; 2019. p. 137–46.
• Lakhani O, Sheikh K. Glucocrinology of Reproductive system: Male. In: Priya G, Kalra S, editors. Glucocrinology: The relationship between Glucose and Endocrine function. 1st ed. New Delhi: Jaypee Publishers; 2020. p. 97–107.
• Lakhani OJ. Post-transplant Diabetes Mellitus Regimen. In: Aggrawal S, Kalra S, editors. Insulin Manual. 1st ed. New Delhi: Evangel; 2020. p. 194–202.
• Sheikh A, Lakhani OJ. Insulin and Selected National Guidelines. In: Aggarwal S, Kalra S, editors. Insulin Manual. 1st ed. New Delhi: Evangel; 2020. p. 38–43.
• Lakhani OJ. Social Marketing and Insulin. In: Aggrawal S, Kalra S, editors. Insulin Manual. 1st ed. New Delhi: Evangel; 2020. p. 359–68.
• Lakhani OJ, Goyal R. Use of aspirin to reduce risk of initial vascular events in patients at moderate risk of cardiovascular disease (ARRIVE): Indian Standpoint. In: Landmark Trials in Diabetes The Indian Perspective. First Edit. New Delhi: Jaypee Publishers; 2020. p. 130–3.
• Lakhani OJ, Goyal R. Effect of Aspirin on All-Cause Mortality in the Healthy Elderly: Indian Standpoint. In: Landmark Trials in Diabetes The Indian Perspective. First Edit. New Delhi: Jaypee Publishers; 2020. p. 126–9.
• Lakhani OJ, Goyal R. Effects of Aspirin for Primary Prevention in Persons with Diabetes Mellitus: The Indian Perspective. In: Landmark Trials in Diabetes The Indian Perspective. First Edit. New Delhi: Jaypee Publishers; 2020. p. 134–8.

REVIEWER FOR THE FOLLOWING JOURNALS

• Thyroid research and Practice
• Current Medicine Research and Practice
• Journal of Diabetes Research
• Diabetic Medicine
• Journal of Pakistan Medical association
• Springer Nature Diabetes Therapy