Ahemdabad Surgeons’ Association (1990-92)
Gujarat State Surgeons’ Association (1995-96)
Rotary Club of Ahemdabad ,South (1997-98)

Ahmedabad Surgeons’ Association & Association of Surgeons of India, Gujarat
State Branch, National Bio-Medical Engineering Society

Gujarat Medical Journal

1981

After his early education at St. Xaviers College Ahemdabad , he completed his M.B.B.S. From N.H.L Municipal Medical College, Ahemdabad.

He did his M.S. in General Surgery from K.M. School of Postgraduate Medicine & Research, Gujarat University.

Soon after his post graduation he joined the Anatomy department of N.H.L. Municipal Medical College as an Assistant Professor and served for nearly 1 ½ years.

Dr. Munshi was selected as a Faculty member in the department of Surgery ; since the then he has served the K.M. School of post graduate Medicine & Research – V.S. Hospital as Associate Professor of Surgery and later as a Professor of Surgery.

He was the first Doctor , Surgeon, in the last 65 years to get a Ph.D. degree in a clinical subject ‘Cryobiology of Piles’ from Gujarat University and has enthused many younger surgeons to take up Ph.D. in clinical subjects .

He rose to become Deputy Director of V.S. Medical Research Foundation Trust, a very prestigious position.

• Dr.M.D. Desai gold medal for the best performance in academic and extra curricular activities.
• Dr. H.D. joshi trophy for donating blood for the highest number of times.
• Best paper award from International College of Surgeons for research work on Prostatic abscess.
• Best Research Paper award at Gujarat State Surgeons ‘ conference 1982 for Cryoprobe.
• Best paper award ICS Conference for ‘ Splenorrhaphy ’.
• Rorary International President ‘ s citation.
• National Pulse-Polio Committee of Rotary International Award.
• District Governor ‘s President ‘s Appreciation Award.
  Awarded Ph.D degree for Cryo Biology in the treatment of piles from Gujarat University.
• Best Paper Award : Infra Red Coagulation in piles : 2001.

• President Ahemdabad Surgeons ‘ Association 1990-92.
  President Gujarat State Surgeons “ Asssociation 1995-96.
• President-elect Gujarat Gastroenterology Society 1998
• Vice President International College of Surgeons.
• Gujarat State Chapter President Indian Association for Advancement of Medical Education 1998.
• Celebrated Annual Week during the tenure of Vice Presidentship of Ahmedabad Medical Association.
• Honorary Secretary Ahmedabad Surgeons ‘ Association
• Honorary Secretary of Association of Surgeons of India, Gujarat State Branch.
• Honorary Secretary National Biomedical Engineering Society.
• Jt. Secretary, Ahmedabad Medical Association (1981)
  Organising Secretary III West Zone Conference jointly with XIII Annual Conference of Gujarat State Chapter ASI 1986.
• Chairman Scientific Committee State Medical Conference 1984-1989 at Ahmedabad.
• Vice-chairman – ASICON-98 at Ahmedabad
• Vice-president : National Board of Examination New Delhi.
• Member Advisory Committee : India Journal of Surgery Medical Council Inspector for last 10 Yrs
• Co-Chairman Scientific committee Gujarat State Medical Conference 1995.
• Organising Chairman National Week for Surgical Update-1997 International College of Surgeons, Ahmedabad .
• Chaired several scientific sessions at All India Surgeons ‘, All India Gastroenterology and State Surgeons ‘ conferences.
• Member Board of Directors of Rotary club of Ahmedabad-South.
• Served on panels of examiners at Gujarat University, M.S. University Baroda, South Gujarat , Surat , Jamnagar and Bombay University and Rajasthan University as an under graduate and post-graduate examiner.
• Editor Gujarat Medical journal ( one of the five medical journals of india having more than fifteen thousand copies), for Sixteen years.
• Join Editor Gujarat Medical Journal 1984-1993.
• Member of the Editorial Board for 15 years
• Convener Scientific Committee Gujarat State Medical Conference : Ahmedabad 1985.
• Zonal representative for continuing Surgical Education Programme Committee – All India Surgeons ‘ Association – Madras.
• Govering Council Member Association of Surgeons of india for six years.

• Chairman : Symposium on ‘Consumer Protection Act and surgeons’ ASICO-97 Bangalore.
• Panel Member : Symposium of ASICON at Lucknow.
• Panel Member : Symposium of International College of Surgeons at Ranchi.
• Panel Member : Symposium in Gastroenterology section ASICON-98 Ahmedabad.

• For National Doctors’ Meet at Gyan Sarovar Mount Abu : Invited by Brahmakumaris to talk on Meditation.
• Role of Medical Libraries in Medical Eduation for Medical Graduates at Physical Research laboratory (PRL) on Library Day 1997.
• At Annual Gujarat Science Academy Conference – PATAN on recent Advances in medical field.

Organised a community oriented surgical exhibition in regional language with the help of posters, specimens, models, video films, video slides, robot and computers which was first of its kind in India , Ahmedabad 1986.

SUBJECT EXPERT AND COMMENTATOR FOR FOLLOWING FILMS ON SURGERY :

• A film “Surgery – An introduction “ prepared by Education media research center (E.M.R.C) Gujarat University, Telecast in the open University Programme of the University Grants commission (first of its kind ) 1987.
• A film on surgery and its various specialities and operations dubbed in Gujarati-First of its kind in a regional language in india 1987.

• All India Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy :
• Indian Society of Gastroenterology and Surgical Gastroenterology.
• Indian Society of Occupational Health.
• National Biomedical Engineering Society.
• Gujarat State Surgeons’ Association.
• Ahmedabad Surgeons ‘ Association.
• Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis.
• All India Surgeons’ Association.
• Gujarat Cancer society.
• All India Urology Society.
• Member of Indian Science Congress.
• Follow : Indian Cryogenic Council
• The Best citizens of India award : The International Publishing House,New Delhi.
• Selected for ‘2000 outstanding scientists of 20th and 21st century‘ : International Biographical Center Cambridge, U.K.
• Council member Gujarat Science congress 2003-04.

He has to his credit largest number of riot victims treated in the city of Ahmedabad during 1979, 1980,1984,1985,1989, 1990 and 1991-1992,1993,1994 disturbances, at V.S . Hospital. (more than 1600 operation, maximum 21 operations in a day in 1994). This data was found useful by the central Home ministry.