Mission and Vision:

• Educating and Training Students and health care workers in the Field of clinical Microbiology .

• Best Diagnostics Care for Patients.

• Quality control and Quality assurance systems for all the tests employed in our lab

• To Lead in Antibiotic policy and Antibiotic Stewardship Programs.

• Academic Research for Students and Faculty Members .

• Education and sensitization of medical and paramedical staff for hospital infection control, HIV and STIs.

• Surveillance of hospital acquired infections

Awards and Achievements:

• Training Certificate in Molecular detection of MDR TB by PCR based line prove assay from National Tuberculosis Institute – Pune, India

• Certificate course on The Global challenge of Vector Borne Diseases and how to control them - London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

• Certificate course on Challenges in Antibiotics Resistance : Gram Negative Bacteria - BSAC approved by : Royal College of Pathologists

• Certificate course on Introduction to practical Microbiology- BSAC approved by: Royal College of Pathologists.

• Certificate of achievement in Genomic Technologies in clinical Diagnostics: Next Generation Sequencing- St Georges, University of London.

• Certificate of achievement in Managing COVID-19 in Primary Care- St Georges, University of London.

• Certificate of achievement in Protecting children during infectious disease outbreaks- The Alliance for child protection in Humanitarian action.

• Life Member Indian Association of Medical Microbiology (IAMM)

• Life Member Hospital Infection Society India (HISI)

Research Publications and Presentations:

• Microbiological profile and the antimicrobial susceptibility pattern in endotracheal tube tip culture/endotracheal aspirates of mechanically ventilated patients a tertiary care hospital in Kashmir valley - a cross sectional study : Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research

• COMPARISON OF PERCENT POSITIVITY OF TWO DISTRICTS OF KASHMIR DURING THE 3RD COVID WAVE : Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research

• Early Detection of Multi-drug Resistant Tuberculosis and Mutations in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates using Line Probe Assay from a Tertiary Care Centre in Northern India : Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research

• A STUDY OF BIOFILM PRODUCTION OF VARIOUS CANDIDA SPECIES ISOLATED IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL IN INDIA: JK practioner - International journal of current Medical Science and Practice

• Prevalence of SARS-COV-2 infection among asymptomatic health care workers in a designated COVID -19 Hospital in Kashmir valley : International Journal of Medical Microbiology and Tropical Diseases

• MANNHEIM PERITONITIS INDEX AS A PROGNOSTIC INDICATOR IN PATIENTS WITH PERITONITIS : INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CREATIVE RESEARCH THOUGHTS – IJCRT

• Microbiological Profile and Clinical Outcome of Ventilator -Associated Pneumonia Patients in an Intensive Care Unit at a Tertiary Care Institute of North India. : International Journal of Research and Review

• Poster Presentation on Segregation of Biomedical Wastes. Conference on Swatch Bharat - GMC Srinagar

• Listeriosis: a cause for concern : International journal of current Medical and Pharmaceutical Research

Publications:

• Clinico-radiological profile of COVID-19 in Kashmiri population: A descriptive study. Shahnawaz M, Wani AH, Upadhyay S, Pattnaik S, Mustafa H, Azad AM,et al. 2021; J Family Med Prim Care

• Nipah Virus: Outbreaks, Diagnosis and Prevention, Wani S, Farhana A, Nasir R, Pattnaik S, Fazli T and Zahoor D (2019) 9: 60-64 Journal of Research and Development.

• Seroprevalence of Herpes simplex virus 1 & 2 in high risk behavior individuals in a tertiary care centre. Wani, S., Farhana, A., Pattnaik, S., Nasir, R., Fazli, T., Zahoor, D., Mohiuddin, Z. and Rashid, K.,2019 24(3-4), p.23. JK-Practitioner