... Forensic Medicine: Staff & Achievements


Staff:

Name Designation Email Telephone Nos.
Office:
23081490		 Residence Mobile
Dr. Walter Vaz Professor & Head wallyglo@indiatimes.com Ext.: 156 24914441 9820784439
Dr. S.C. Mohite Associate Professor - Ext.: 157 24918254 9819036050
Dr. R.B. Sukhadeve Lecturer - Ext.: 156 55841243 9224405505
Dr. S.K. Meshram Lecturer - Ext.: 157 55843884 -


Services Offered:

I. ACADEMIC:

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    		•  Undergraduate Teaching to Students of the II MB,BS Course: (recognised by Medical Council of India / Maharashtra University of Health Sciences) according to syllabus & scheme of examinations prescribed by those bodies.
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    		•  Postgraduate Teaching to Students of the MD (Forensic Medicine) & Diploma in Forensic Medicine Courses: (recognised by University of Mumbai) according to syllabus & scheme of examinations prescribed by that body.
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    		•  Biannual Orientation to Medicolegal Aspects of Hospital Practice: for new batches of Junior residents in February & July of each year.

    II. MEDICOLEGAL:

    [A] Clinical:
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    		•  Estimation of age for civil purposes (admission to school, conforming to limits for tournaments at school & junior levels, employment, senior citizenship, etc) and in criminal cases ( abduction / kidnapping, sexual offences, criminal responsibility, etc).
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    		•  Medicolegal examinations in cases of trauma, victims & assailants in child & adult sexual offences, mechanical asphyxiation and poisoning.
    [B] Autopsy Services:
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    		•  In cases of sudden, unexpected, unattended or unexplained death from natural causes, unnatural deaths, and deaths occurring in circumstances suggestive of foul play.
    [C] Other Services:
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    		•  Visits to scenes of incidents when requested by the police.
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    		•  Expert opinion on cases referred by the police & other investigating agencies / private individuals or agencies.
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    		•  Examination of skeletal material.
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    		•  Expert evidence in courts of law.


    Research Activities:

    Recently Concluded:
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    		•  A retrospective - prospective study of patterns of blunt cranio-cerebral trauma.
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    		•  Estimation of age of male municipal employees in the age group of 25 to 45 years by physical and radiological examination.

    Ongoing:
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    		•  Bedside diagnosis of poisoning by commonly used insecticides.
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    		•  Estimation of age of female municipal employees in the age group of 25 to 45 years by physical and radiological examination.


    Previous Publications & Presentations, Achievements & Awards of Current Members of Teaching Staff:

    PROF. DR. WALTER VAZ:

    [A] Recent Publications:

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    		•  Vaz WF. Last Will and Testament: In "Proceedings of the 1st Medicolegal Seminar on The Ageing Brain", Bandra Holy Family Hospital Research Society, Mumbai, 1998.
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    		•  Vaz WF. Medical and Ethical Aspects of Proxy Decision-Making, Durable (Enduring) Power of Attorney and the Living Will: In "Proceedings of the 2nd Medicolegal Seminar on The Ageing Brain", Bandra Holy Family Hospital Research Society, Mumbai, 1999.
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    		•  Vaideeswar P., Sivaraman A., Deshpande J.R. & Vaz W.F. Traumatic Rupture of the Mitral Valve Apparatus: Ind Heart J 51, pp 553-554, 1999.
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    		•  Vaz W.F.:
    (a) Chapter 16: Impotence, Frigidity and Sterility
    (b) Chapter 17: Virginity, Pregnancy and Delivery
    (c) Chapter 18: Abortion in -
         (i)    "Krishnan's Handbook of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology",
                12 Ed. Pillay, VV (ed), Paras Publishing, Hyderabad, 2001.
         (ii)   "Handbook of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology",
                13 Ed. Pillay VV (ed), Paras Publishing, Hyderabad, 2003.
         (iii)  "Textbook of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology",
                14 Ed. Pillay VV (ed), Paras Publishing, Hyderabad, 2004.
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    		•  Vaz W.F. Topic 5: Identification and Assessment of Cases, and Topic 6: Case Management - Evidentiary: In "Training Manual for Health Care Providers in a MultiSystem Approach to Child Protection, Child Abuse and Sexual Exploitation," 1 Ed. UNICEF Maharashtra & TN Medical College / BYL Nair Charitable Hospital, Mumbai, June 2005.


    [B] Recent Presentations:

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    		•  At the Third IndoPacific Congress on Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences: Madras, 08 to 12 Sept 1989:
    - Recent Advances in the Estimation of the Postmortem Interval
    - Trends in Homicide in Varanasi District
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    		•  At the XII Annual Conference of the Indian Academy of Forensic Medicine: New Delhi, 19 to 21 Jan 1990:
    - Estimation of the Postmortem Interval from Rigor Mortis in Varanasi District
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    		•  At the XIV Annual Conference of the Indian Academy of Forensic Medicine: Calcutta, 10 to 12 Jan 1992:
    - An Unusual Case of Stab Injury
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    		•  At the International Conference on "Emergencies in Clinical Practice": Bangalore, 21 to 23 Dec 1995:
    - The Medicolegal Aspects of Trauma (Guest Lecture)
    - The Ethical & Legal Aspects of Emergencies in Clinical Practice
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    		•  At the 1st Medicolegal Seminar on "The Ageing Brain": Mumbai, 5 & 6 Apr 1997:
    - Last Will and Testament
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    		•  At the 2nd Medicolegal Seminar on "The Ageing Brain": Mumbai, 19 & 20 Sept 1998:
    - Medical and Ethical Aspects of Proxy Decsion-Making, Power of Attorney,
       Durable (Enduring) Power of Attorney and the Living Will
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    		•  At the Conference of the Medicolegal Association of Maharashtra, Mumbai, 2002, and
    the     Symposium of the State Sectoral Alliance on Protection of Women's and Children's Rights:     Mumbai, 17 & 18 March 2005:
    - Difficulties in the Collection, Preservation & Despatch of Material Evidence of Sexual Abuse.



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