Dr Vitrag Shah

Dr Vitrag Shah

Consultant Physician & Chief Intensivist

MBBS, MD Medicine, FNB Critical Care, EDIC (UK)

Primary Speciality: Critical Care & Emergency Medicine

Years of Practice: 10+ Years

Languages Spoken: English, Hindi, Gujarati

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Biography

  • Dr Vitrag Shah is foodie, TechnoGeek, loves to explore new places and travel along with being a MedicalGeek.
  • Dr Vitrag Shah is Chief Intensivist, Physician & Critical Care Specialist surat.
  • He is bright in his studies since school days. He has always ranked within top 10 from 1st standard upto HSC. He got 8th Rank in Surat center in HSC.
  • He is very much interested and expert in diagnosing & solving rare cases. He always seeks perfection. He is well versed with latest developments in his field and remains updated. He is academically very active and has keen interest in clinical research.
  • He is one of the few MCI recognized Intensivist - ICU specialist in South Gujarat.

Vision

  • Improve the level of critical care (ICU care) in all parts of India including periphery by improving education and raising awareness about critical care.
  • Improving access to basic critical care with use of technology.
  • MBBS & MD Medicine - GMC, Surat
  • IDCCM Fellow - KEM Hospital, Pune
  • FNB Critical Care - Sir Gangaram Hospital, Delhi
  • Nominated as Best Student of the year for Employee of the year award in 2016-17 from Department of CCEM in Sir Gangaram Hospital, Delhi
  • Cleared European Diploma in Intensive Care Medicine Part I with 5th Rank in Asia center (Kolkata) & 9th Rank globally
  • Cleared European Diploma of Intensive Care Medicine Part II in London
  • First Class in PG Program in Cardiology by Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
  • Done ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) at KEM Hospital, Pune & ATLS (Advanced Trauma Life Support) at AIIMS, Delhi
  • Completed several courses in Critical Care Infectious Disease
  • Awarded the title of Clinical Specialist in Organ Donation by NOTTO
  • Completed Diabetology course PGCDM at TOTALL Diabetes Hormone Institute, Indore
  • Completed Ultrasound Life Support - Basic Level 1 Provider by WINFOCUS
  • Attended CERTAIN 2019 workshop by MAYOCLINIC, USA
  • Dr Vitrag Shah has done MBSS & MD Medicine in Government Medical Collage, Surat.
  • Thereafter he has done his advanced training in Critical Care from KEM Hospital , Pune and Sir Gangaram Hospital, Delhi - both are prestigious institutes of India.
  • He has worked as Physician and Chief Intensivist in Kiran Multi Superspeciality Hospital, Surat for more than 3.5 years. Since April-2021, He has joined Velocity Hospital as full time Physician & Chief Intensivist.
  • He is well versed with all ICU procedures (e.g. Central line insertion, Dialysis catheter insertion, Arterial line insertion, Endotracheal Intubation, Percutaneous tracheostomy, Lumber puncture, ICD insertion, Ascitic and pleural tapping etc)
  • He has experience of transporting several critically ill patients including ARDS, Septic Shock via Air Ambulance including Agricultural minister of Bihar and several other VIP patients.
  • He has experience of using ECMO, Inhaled Nitric Oxide, HFOV, APRV, High flow nasal cannula, Advanced Hemodynamic Monitoring like EV1000 etc.
  • He has successfully treated more than 10000 of COVID-19 cases in entire South Gujarat in 2020 pandemic.

Critical Care Medicine : Sepsis, Shock, Mechanical Ventilation, ARDS, Hemodynamic Monitoring, Antibiotics (MDR & XDR Infections), Fluid & electrolytes, COVID-19 Pneumonia

General Medicine : Comprehensive care of Diabetes, Hypertension, Ischemic Heart Disease , Stroke, Anemia

  • Dr Vitrag Shah has participated in various national and international conferences and workshop as delegate as well as faculty.
  • He has also organized & moderated various CMEs & workshops.
  • He is Faculty in MEM course & associate teacher for IDCCM course.
  • He is International Medical Board member of MedicalJoyWorks & also a peer reviewer of Critical Care Medicine section of ClinicalSense University.
  • He has published several case reports, review articles & chapters in indexed journals & presented several papers & posters in state and national conferences.
  • He has started conducting mock test for European Diploma in Critical Care (EDIC) - Part-1 for the first time in South Gujarat.
  • He has organized ventilator training workshop for COVID-19 preparedness for 250+ medical officers and paramedics of South Gujarat.
  • He was local Principle Investigator of HERMES study by ISCCM (2019-2020).
  • He has successfully treated more than 10000+ of COVID-19 cases in entire South Gujarat in 2020-2021 pandemic.
  • Reviewer of Several International Journals 

He is member of following societies:

  • Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine - ISCCM
  • European Society of Intensive Care Medicine - ESICM
  • American College of Physicians -ACP
  • Indian sepsis forum
  • Indian Medical Association - IMA
  • Association of Physician of Surat - APS
  • Presented several papers and posters in local & regional conferences and won awards and prize as well
  • Published a case report “Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia Purpura Refractory to Plasmapheresis Treated Successfully with Rituximab” Indian Journal of Clinical Practice, Vol. 24, No. 7, December 2013
  • Published a poster “SLE with Myelofibrosis” in Indian Journal of Rheumatology in Poster session-I, December 6, 2013
  • Published a chapter “Approach to Acid-Base Disorders” (Chapter 92) in Anaesthesia Update Book 2016 – Published in 64th ISACON 2016
  • Published a chapter “Basics of Mechanical Ventilation” (Chapter 12) in ICU Manual for Nurses (2017) under the aegis of ISCCM
  • Published a case report on “Sickle cell disease presented with splenic sequestration crisis with alloimmunization” in souvenir of 5th Gujcriticon-2017
  • Local Principle Investigator of HERMES study by ISCCM (2019-2020)
  • Published DVT Quiz in Annals of Vascular Medicine & Research in Jan-2020
  • Published review article - Extra Precautions While Caring Suspected COVID-19 Patient in ICU Beyond PPE and Hand Hygiene. Indian J Crit Care Med 2021; 25 (3):331-335.
  • Published article on “PATIENT VENTILATOR ASYNCHRONY: ETIOLOGY AND SOLUTIONS” in IJCP in Jan-2021
  • Published chapter on  “Aerosol generating procedures - How to manage ?” in Nursing Manual on COVID-19 Care in W4C (World Conference on COVID and Critical Care)
  • Published a case series on “Brain abscess caused by dematiaceous fungi in apparently immunocompetent hosts” in Medical Mycology International Journal in Sep-2022
  • Published chapter on “CARP in COVID-19” in ISCCM TEXTBOOK OF CRITICAL CARE, 2023