Professional Summary and Publications

Public health professional with over 10 years of experience in coordinating and managing large-scale healthcare Capacity building programs for Primary Care Physicians (PCPs). Extensive expertise in non-communicable disease (NCD) programs including diabetes, cardiovascular disease, hypertension, thyroid disorders, obesity prevention, mental health, obesity management, disaster management and occupational health. Strong experience working with government stakeholders, academic institutions, national and international subject experts, and global health organizations including WHO. Proven ability to manage program operations, field monitoring, quality assurance, documentation, and reporting while ensuring timely and compliant delivery of multi-stakeholder public health initiatives including programs presented at international scientific conferences. Progressively entrusted with higher responsibility based on consistent delivery, reliability, and effective coordination in multi-stakeholder environments.

Oral Presentations (presented or selected for presentation)

1. Soni T, Bhalla S, Monga D, Bagre V, Koundal A, Kumar P, Prabhakaran D, Deshpande SR, Bhatt A, Unnikrishnan AG. Implementation Experiences from an Innovative Pan India Certificate Course: Capacity Building of Primary Care Physicians in Management of Thyroid Disorders. International Diabetes Summit; 2017 10th- 12th March; Pune, India.

Poster Presentations: (presented or selected for presentation)

1. Soni T, Bhalla S, Monga D, Gaurang A, Bagre V, Koundal A, Unnikrishnan AG, Deshpande S, Bhatt A, Prabhakaran D. Capacity building of primary care physicians in management of thyroid disorders: implementation experiences from a pan India certificate course. The 39th Annual Meeting of European Thyroid Associations Conference; 2016 3rd to 6th Sep 2016, Copenhagen, Denmark.
2. Koundal A, Monga D, Gaurang A, Bagre V, Soni T, Deshpande S, Bhatt A, Bhalla S, Kumar P, Prabhakaran D, Unnikrishnan A.G. Quality assurance of capacity building program for primary care physicians (PCPs) in management of thyroid disorders. The 12th Asia and Oceania Thyroid Association Congress in conjunction with the KTA annual meeting; 2017 16th-19th March; Busan, Republic of Korea.
3. Kumar P, Bhalla S, Monga D, Soni T, Bagre V, Koundal A, Deshpande S, Bhatt A, Tandon N, Prabhakaran D, Unnikrishnan A.G., Evaluation and Quality Assurance of Effectiveness of an AOTA recognized Thyroid Training Program for Primary Care Physicians in India. 87th Annual Meeting of the American Thyroid Association in Victoria, BC, Canada on October 19, 2017.
4. Bhalla S, Monga D, Soni T, Kumar P, Koundal A, Deshpande S, Bhatt A, Tandon N, Prabhakaran D, Unnikrishnan A.G Need for capacity building in Thyroid sector for Primary Care Physicians in India -88th Annual Meeting of the American Thyroid Association in Washington, DC from October 3 -7, 2018
5. Koundal A, Monga D, Bagre V, Soni T, Deshpande S, Bhatt A, Bhalla S, Kumar P, Prabhakaran D, Unnikrishnan A.G.- Quality Assurance of capacity building program for PCPs in management of thyroid disorders- – 6th Annual conference of Endocrine Society of Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry- 7th and 8th July 2018