Dr vaishali

 Pathology 

Dr. Vaishali D. Bhankhodia

Assistant Professor

MD Pathology

 

 

Job Profile and Academic Qualifications:

Working as Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Rajkot, from 17 December 2024 till date.

 

Qualification

Passing Year

Institute

University

M.B.B.S.

2012

P.D.U. Medical College, Rajkot

Saurashtra

MD Pathology

2016

P.D.U. Medical College, Rajkot

Saurashtra

 

 

Areas of Interest: -

Cytopathology- Specially in PAP smear examination, Fine Nidel Aspiration Cytology.

Histopathology- Breast, GI and Genitourinary Pathology, Special Stains and Recent ancillary techniques.

Clinical Pathology

Medical Education

 

Membership:

1.Indian Medical Association (IMA)
2. Indian Association of Pathologist & Microbiologists (IAPM)
3. The Cytometry Society of India

4. Molecular Pathology Association of India (MPAI)

5. Rajkot Association of Pathologist & Microbiologists (RAPM)

Additional training (Certificate courses and Workshop):
 
  1. Lymphoma Pathology Course, conducted by Mendel Academy, year 2024.

  2. Breast Histopathology Course, conducted by MEUINDIA, year 2024.

  3. Gastro-pathology Course conducted by Institute of Gastro & Hepato-pathology, year 2023.                                             
  4.  Hepato-Pathology Course conducted by Institute of Gastro & Hepato-pathology, year 2023.  

  5. Workshop on Immunofluorescence for Autoimmune Diagnostics, held by Zydus Hospital,    Ahmedabad, 2016.

   6. Hands on slides workshops on Surgical Pathology, held by Department of Pathology, M.P. Shah Medical College, Jamnagar, 2015.

    7. Histopathology Teaching Slide seminar, conducted by Dr. Anita Borges at Karamsad, 2015.

    8. Attended NABL Awareness Programme on ISO 15189 Accreditation for Medical accreditation for Medical Laboratories, Conducted by NABL, at AIIMS Rajkot, on 18/12/2024.

   9. Hands on workshop on managing references with End note and Zotero, held by AIIMS Rajkot, on 24/03/2025.

  10. Completed Basic course in Biomedical Research by ICMR, held on October 2021.

 

 

Presentation:

  • Poster presentation on Pleomorphic Sarcoma: Cytopathology- Histopathology Co-relation, in the ‘Update in Laboratory Medicine, organized by Department of Pathology, B.J. Medical College, Ahmedabad, August 2014.
  • Poster presentation on Cutaneous Metastasis of Infiltarting Lobular Carcinoma of Breast (Signet cell Variant)- a rare case, in 38th Annual Conference of GAPM, 2014, Ahmedabad, November 2014 

 

Publications:

     

  1. Anandani G, Bhankhodia V, Dholariya S. Variations in Complete Blood Counts in Patients With Non-hematological Malignancies: Insights From a Retrospective Hospital-Based Study. Cureus. 2025; 17(3): e81257. doi:10.7759/cureus.81257

 

  1. Bhankhodia V, Gandhi S, Purohit M,Purohit T, Dhruva G. Histopathological diagnosis and comparative incidence of ovarian tumor. BJKines-NJBAS.2018;10(1):1-8.
  2. Dhruva G, Agravat A, Bhankhodia. Comparison of conventional TUBE agglutination method versus ERYCARDTM 2.0 for the ABO blood grouping system. Int J Res Med.2015;4(1);59-61