Sunday, February 26, 2012

Starting my Practise Nova Specialty Surgeries


It was a very memorable 5 years at Apollo in which I have seen ups and downs in both my personal and professional life.
Before I write about the new center I need to write a few lines about the top management of Apollo Bangalore.
It is not often that you see the management folks treat its doctors with humane touch or go out of the way to make sure the specialist is taken care of at their times of need.
CEO was extremely helpful during my tenure at Apollo. During my illness I was given special rooms to make me comfortable (Room cost around Rs.10,000-25,000). I got medicines at very discounted price and also certain privileges not heard of in other Institutions even within the same group. In fact he was one of the reasons for me continuing much longer than planned at Apollo. If not for him both my recovery and financial situation would have been miserable. In fact when I put in my papers he was very upset that I did not discuss with him.
I am thankful to the CEO and the DMS for accepting my request of visiting.
I will continue to operate and consult at both Apollo and Nova but for all practical purpose my consulting time at Apollo will be limited.
Coming to my new Avatar: I will be initiating new procedures and also setting up a state of art ENT OPD at Nova Specialty Surgeries (I will be at the Koramangala Unit).
I will be I/C of Africa, Middle East clinics and will also be consulting and operating monthly once at Chennai (To be started soon).
The Africa visit is already over and the foundation laid for my return visit in end April/early May
I will be starting the Balloon Sinuplasty and spearheading the Cochlear Implantation of the group along with Laser surgeries and also head and neck surgeries. 
Added to this is the fact I will be doing routine CME's, workshops, working on a collaboration with my Alma Mater in US and many many more things which are a huge personal and professional lift.
The beauty of the place is surgeries can be done on Sundays, everyday starting at 6 AM and there is no need for an overnight stay and yet Insurance covers for all the procedures. This fits my schedule and mode of working perfectly. Added to this is the marketing, PR, web activity and what not.
All in all it is a huge personal and professional gratifying move and I hope in the long run it turns to be a right decision...