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About Dr. Raj Harjani

Dr. Raj Harjani, Consultant Infectious Diseases (HIV/AIDS specialist) comes with a rich experience of over 40 years in Infectious Diseases. After completing his MBBS (1977) in Topiwala National Municipal Medical College and B.Y.L. Nair Hospital Mumbai and D.V&D (1979) from Seth G.S. Medical College and K.E.M. Hospital Mumbai, he then visited overseas to complete his MIAS (Switzerland).

He underwent specialized training in AIDS at ARCON (AIDS Research & Control Centre) which is a collaborative program of Government of Maharashtra and The University of Texas, Houston, USA.

He also visited Sir J.J. Group of Hospitals (1994-1997), John Hopkins Medical Institute JHMI, MD; USA (2005,2006,2008) and Helen Joseph Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa (2013).

He also holds honourable position at Rajiv Gandhi Medical College and Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Hospital.Kalwa,Thane M.S.India.

He has visited various departments like HIV Medicine, HIV Resistance and Public Health Department a number of times at The Johns Hopkins Medical Institute, Baltimore, Maryland, USA and exchanged his views with the faculty there.

He has attended International AIDS Conferences and Conferences conducted by International AIDS Society (IAS) several times as a delegate and/or as a speaker.

Conferences attended :

IAS-AIDS Conferences at Barcelona, Spain in 2002
Bangkok, Thailand in 2004
Toronto, Canada in 2006
Sydney, Australia in 2007
Mexico City, Mexico in 2008.
Austria (vienna) 2010
Rome, Italy 2011
Washington DC (USA) 2012
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2013
Melbourne Australia 2014
Durban South Africa 2016
Glasgow, Scotland, UK 2016
Amsterdam, Netherland 2018
Montreal, Canada 2022

• Detected and presented 1st case of HIV-1 Group O from Mumbai, India
• Presented “Discordant couples can have a HIV Negative child without infecting the mother when father is HIV positive and mother is HIV Negative”.
• Presented “Art of ART” (Anti-Retroviral Therapy)
• Conducted post graduate lecture series on HIV at Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and Hospital, Sion, Mumbai, M.S., India
• Conducted post graduate lectures on HIV at , Mumbai, M.S., India
• Presented as a poster “Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome (IRIS)” at DERMACON in the year 2009
• Audio Visual presentation on “Care of face - Befriend your Skin for students, women and beauticians organized by Young Concepts, India.
• Authored few chapters on Opportunistic Infections O.I.s and Anti-retroviral Therapy in AIDS, Reference guide for medical practitioners.
• Contributor for Quality Improvement (Q.I.) self assessment tool for private sector providers in HIV Medicine conducted by F.H.I. (Family Health International) and PSP One.
• Invited by USAIDS/ AVERT Society to conduct lectures for general practitioners.

He has a Cosmetology and Cosmetic Dermatology clinic for skin, plastic surgery and aesthetic surgery. Microderma-abrasion, Chemical peels, Botox, Fillers and Lasers are used for facial problems like acne (pimples), acne scars, hyper pigmentation, wrinkles, unwanted hair growth and facial rejuvenation.

25th Silver Jubilee Year of Ashirwad Hospital