Dr Shabnam Roohi | Clinical Pathologist in Bangalore

Dr. Shabnam Roohi

Senior Consultant & Head - Laboratory Medicine

MD (Pathology)

Speciality

Department - Department of Laboratory Medicine

Dr. Shabnam Roohi is a senior consultant of Haematopathology and clinical pathology at the Sakra World hospital with more than 20 years of experience in her field. Her areas of clinical expertise include the diagnosis of haematological disorders. Dr. Roohi serves as the Head of the Department of laboratory medicine and directs the Division of Haematology and Clinical Pathology. She also plays an important role in managing the transfusion medicine services of the hospital.

She began her career as a pathologist at Apollo Hospitals, Chennai and went on to become the laboratory director at Apollo Hospitals Bannerghatta Road, Bangalore.

She has been with Sakra World Hospital from its inception and has established the laboratory as per international standards. With her dedication and perseverance she has achieved the NABL accreditation for all tests done in the laboratory making Sakra the first hospital in India to get NABL accreditation within one year of its establishment.

Dr. Roohi is one of the leaders in applying lean and six sigma quality tools in assuring the quality of laboratory reports. She has published numerous articles documenting the importance of quality assurance in accurate diagnosis. She has been a leader in standardizing the practice of laboratory medicine by implementing international standards to establish good laboratory practice. As a core member of the hospital quality team she also plays a significant role in assuring the quality of the hospital.

She has mentored the future leaders in laboratory medicine as a guide for post graduate students in pathology and conducting numerous academic sessions and workshops in the field of haematopathology, quality assurance, international standards, ethics, professional behaviour and soft skills.

Her passion for quality has led her to be an empanelled assessor for the National Accreditation Board for Testing and Medical Laboratories (NABL). As an assessor she has contributed to the establishment and continual improvement of several laboratories across the country.

Dr. Roohi is a presiding officer of the hospital’s internal complaints committee, a member of the scientific committee, ethics committee and various other internal committees of the hospital.

MD (Pathology)

Haematopathology
Quality Assurance
Laboratory management

1st prize in the International Quiz competition at the 10 th Annual Haematology CME, Mumbai; January 2004.
Best poster award for the poster “malignant placental site trophoblastic tumour” in Indian Academy of Cytologists, 28 th annual conference. Goa; 19-22 November 1998.
National merit scholarship: 1986
Numerous publications and presentations in National and International indexed journals and conferences.
Invited faculty for several national conferences.