Department of Medicine - Kem Research

Advancing Knowledge For Healthier Lives

The Department of Medicine at Pune’s KEM Hospital was started in the early 1970s by Dr. V. R. Pai, Dr. F. F. Wadia, and Dr. K.M. Gangwal. Among the stalwarts in various specialities who helped develop it were Dr. B.B. Gokhale (dermatology), Dr. M. K. Kale (pulmonology) and Dr.

S. C. Pant (psychiatry). The Department expanded by leaps and bounds in the 1980s with many more consultants joining in internal medicine, as well as super specialties like cardiology, nephrology, neurology, gastro-enterology, endocrinology, and intensive care. The Department of Medicine has been involved in several clinical trials on drugs related to various disease/conditions, such as, Parkinson’s Disease, Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, etc.

Researchers Team

Dr. F. F. Wadia
Dr. Valentine Lobo
Dr. Pradeep D’Costa
Dr. P.G. Khatavkar

Sr.No.	Study Title	PI Name	Status
01	Pulmonary rehabilitation delivered in low resource settings for people with chronic respiratory disease: a 3-arm assessor-blind randomised implementation trial	Dr. Parag Khatavkar	Ongoing
02	A prospective, multicentre, randomised, active-controlled, observer-blind, Phase II study seamlessly followed by a Phase III study to evaluate the safety, tolerability and immunogenicity of the candidate HGCO19 (COVID-19 vaccine) in healthy subjects	Dr. Pradeep D'Costa	Closed
03	A randomised trial to determine the effect of vitamin D and zinc supplementation for improving treatment outcomes among COVID-19 patients in India	Dr. Pradeep D'Costa	Closed