Institutional Ethics Committee is an independent body constituted of medical, non-medical, scientific and non-scientific members whose responsibility is to ensure the protection of the rights, safety and well-being of human subjects involved in the trial by, among other things, reviewing, approving and providing continuing review of trial protocols and amendments.
Timely reviews and safeguarding of high ethical standards formed the basis of the IEC review process which are essential for clinical research including student research, investigator initiated research and multi-centric multinational research.
KDAH-IEC became functional in Sept-2009. KDAH-IEC is registered with Drug Controller General of India. This is periodically renewed as per regulations.
Ethics Committee Re-Registration Number: ECR/141/Inst/MH/2013/RR-19
IEC is accreditated with NABH (National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Healthcare providers) with Certificate Number = EC-CT-2017-0003.
INSTITUTIONAL ETHICS COMMITTEE MEMBERS LIST |
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| No. | Name | Member Details | IEC Designation | Affiliation to Institution |
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| 1 | Dr. Renuka Munshi | Qualification : M.B.B.S., M.D. (Pharmacology) | Chairperson | No |
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Expertise: Clinical Pharmacology |
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| 2 | Dr. Varsha Vadera | Qualification: MD (Pathology) | Co-Member Secretary Basic Medical Scientist | Yes |
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Expertise: Pathology |
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| 3 | Dr. N. R. Shetty | Qualification:M. B. B. S., MD (Medicine) | Clinician | Yes |
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Expertise: Infections Rheumatology Geriatrics |
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| 4 | Dr. Pooja Thakkar | Qualification:M.B.B.S., MD (Microbiology), DNB (Clinical Microbiology) | Basic Medical Scientist | Yes |
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Expertise: Clinical Microbiology, Quality Management System, NABL – Internal Auditor |
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| 5 | Mr. Ravindra Dalal | Qualification: B.com. | Lay Person | No |
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Expertise: Ethics |
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| 6 | Mrs. Kshama D. Mankar | Qualification: B.A., L.L.B. | Legal Person | No |
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Expertise: Lawyer |
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| 6 | Dr. Manohar S. Kamath | Qualification: M.B.B.S. (Bom), LL.M. (Bom) | Legal Expert | No |
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Expertise: Lawyer |
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| 7 | Mr. Rajiv Kamlakar Patil | Qualification: M.A. | Social Scientist | No |
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Expertise: Community Development |
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| 8 | Mr. Nitin Sheth | Qualification: B.Tech (Civil) from IIT Mumbai | Lay Person | No |
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Expertise: Ethics |
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| 9 | Dr. Abhishek Srivastava | Qualification: MBBS, MD, DNB, MNAMS, PhD | Clinician | Yes |
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Expertise: Neurological Rehabilitation |
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| 10 | Dr. Sharad Maheshwari | Qualification: M.B.B.S., MD (Radio-Diagnosis) | Clinician | Yes |
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Expertise: Abdominal Imaging, Scientific Review of Research Documents |
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| 11 | Dr. Barnali Das | Qualification: M.B.B.S., MD (Biochemistry), DNB (Medical Biochemistry), CCCR (Clinical Research) | Basic Medical Scientist | Yes |
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Expertise: Scientific Review of Research Documents |
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| 12 | Mr. Rohit Khude | Qualification: B.A., Masters in Social Work | Community Development | No |
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Expertise: Community Development |
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Mailing Address IEC:
Institutional Ethics Committee
2nd Floor, Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital & Medical Research Institute,
Rao Saheb Achutrao Patwardhan Marg, Four bungalows, Andheri West, Mumbai 400 053.
Dr. Renuka Munshi
Mailing Address: In-charge, Dept of Clinical Pharmacology, 5th floor, G bldg, Dr AR Nair Road, TN Medical College & BYL Nair Charitable Hospital, Mumbai : 400 008
Mobile: +91 9820377409 E mail: renuka.munshi@gmail.com
Dr. Varsha Vadera
Consultant & Head - Laboratory Medicine and Advanced Diagnostics
Mailing Address: 7th Floor, Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital & Medical Research Institute, Rao Saheb Achutrao Patwardhan Marg, Four Bunglows, Andheri West, Mumbai 400 053.
Mobile:+91 9821097083 E-mail: varsha.vadera@kokilabenhospitals.com
Mr Kamlesh Sankpal/ Mr. Amol Rane
Email: iseb@kokilabenhospitals.com
Investigator need to submit documents to Institutional Ethics Committee (IEC) at least 10 working days prior to IEC meeting. IEC Secretariat will check the Project Application Proforma for completeness of the information and signatures of the Principal Investigator.
The Institutional Ethics Committee member will consider the following criteria when performing the review of the study protocol:
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