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6 years of teaching experience at B.Y.L. Nair Charitable Hospital and Topiwala National Medical College from 1995 to 2001. Carried out teaching programmes for undergraduate and postgraduate students.

Worked as a lecturer at B.Y. L Nair Charitable Hospital from 8.5.95 to 5.7.2001.

Worked with Dr. Prafulla. B. Desai (Onco Surgeon and Ex Director of Tata Memorial Hospital) from 2001 till date.

Taken special training in surgeries for breast and gastrointestinal cancers

Trained at M.D Anderson Cancer Centre, Houston (USA) in breast surgical services – 2004.

Trained at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre in Breast and  Gynaecological cancers – 2012.

Area Of Interest

• Breast surgeries: benign & malignant diseases.
• Proctology: surgeries for fissure in ano, piles, fistula in ano, abscesses.
• Gastrointestinal & general surgery work.

• Samaj Ratna Award 2020, for my contribution to society as a female surgeon.
• Best Performer in Healthcare awarded on International Women’s Day “I’M A STORY” for Consistent Performance and Outstanding Achievement in the medical field – March 2021

• Bilioma Secondary  to Choledocholithiasis.  Ratna  Parikh , M K Sanjana. Indian Journal of Gastroenterology, January 1998.
• Bochdalek Hernia of Diaphragm in an adult. Ratna S Parikh , V. Upsane. Bombay Hospital Journal, April: 1999.
• Intussusception in Adults. Ratna S. Parikh , S K Mathur. Bombay Hospital, Journal: 1999.
• Self-Adhesive drape (Opsite) for management of leaking abdominal wounds . Ratna Parikh , Vivek Upasane . Indian Journal of Gastroenterology, October: 2000.
• Tuberculous Ileovesical Fistula. Ratna. Parikh , Satnam Singh. Indian Journal of Urology, March: 2001.
• Recurrent Paget Disease of the Breast – A Rare and Unusual Presentaion.  Ratna Parikh, Suryakant Choudhary, Jyoti Prasad Medhi, Kumkum Khadalia, Praful Desai. Bombay Hospital Journal, 2016    
• Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumour of the Colon. Ratna  Parikh, Jyoti Prasad Medhi, Suryakant Choudhary, Praful Desai, Keyuri Patel. Bombay hospital Journal 2017
• Experiences in Breast Cancer Facilities in Rural India. Ratna Parikh, Praful Desai. International Journal of Cancer Research and Therapy 2018, vol 3 issue 2, 1-3.
• The Importance of Tumour Morphology in Predicting Chemoradiotherapy (C-RT) Responses for Rectal Cancers. Ratna Parikh, Praful Desai. Arch Cancer Res 2018, volume 6.
•  Snapshot Quiz 18/12, Parikh R, Parikh A, Desai P. British Journal of Surgery 2018; 105: 1244-1253.