Dr. Renuka Upadhyaya

Education

• 1997 – 2003: MBBS, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, India
• 2006 – 2009: PG Microbiology, Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi, India

Professional Experience

• Nov 2014: Consultant Microbiologist and Infection Control In-Charge, Santosh Hospital – Som Healthcare and Diagnostic Centre, India
• 2014: Clinical Associate, BLK Superspeciality Hospital, India
• 2011 – 2014: Microbiologist, Janakpuri Superspeciality Hospital, India
• Research Associate, Indraprashta Apollo Hospital, India

Languages Spoken

• English
• Hindi

Publications

Dr. Renuka has published various research findings in reputed international journals and presented them in conferences.

1. Mehndiratta Manmohan,  Mehndiratta Prachi,   Pande Renuka. Poliomyelitis: Historical facts, Epidemiology And Current Challenges in Eradication. The Neurohospitalist journal. Oct 2014. Vol 4,No.4; 223-229.
2. Pande Renuka, Burman Purabi, Sengupta Sharmila. Ralstonia pickettii bacteremia- J Infect Dis Ther 2:179,
3. Pande Renuka, Wadhwa Ridhima et al, Nosocomial Infection by Non-Fermenting Gram Negative bacilli in tertiary care hospital: screening and cure.Int J Pharm Pharm Sci, Vol 8, Issue 3,274 – 277.
4. Pande Renuka, Burman Purabi, Sengupta Sharmila. ‘Saccharomyces cerevisiae fungemia: First case report from India.’ (submitted for  Publication, in the review process. Reference number  for this manuscript is “IJMM_14_357

As of 2017, she has joined the reputed Journal Of Patient Safety And Infection Control as an expert reviewer.

Associations and Awards

Associations

• Member of the Indian Association of Medical Microbiologists (IAMM)
• Member of Hospital Infection Society of India (HISI)
• Member of Emerging Antimicrobial Resistance Society (EARS)

Awards

• Best Post-graduate student Award
• Doctor of the Year Award: For initiating safe and clean hospital program and a hand hygiene initiative