
Abhay Patel
PHARMACOVIGILANCE PHYSICIAN | MEDICAL REVIEW | DRUG SAFETY
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MBBS-qualified Pharmacovigilance Physician with hands-on experience in primary and secondary medical review, retrospective quality review, case assessment, aggregate medical review, and signal detection. Experienced in assessing seriousness, listedness/labeling, causality, adverse-event coding and narratives while working to defined quality, productivity, compliance SLAs and KPIs. Additional experience in clinical medicine, healthcare claims evaluation, medical coding, AI-enabled healthcare workflows, and healthcare compliance.
Experience
Medical Consultant - XpertDox
(2025-09)
- Review and validate medical documentation and healthcare claims for accuracy, consistency and compliance.
- Provide clinical subject-matter expertise to AI engineers and data scientists supporting automation of employee health claims.
- Conduct research on medical practices, insurance guidelines and regulatory requirements and translate findings into operational requirements.
- Apply expertise in clinical terminology, treatments, medical documentation and medical coding standards.
- Support healthcare data analysis and compliance-focused quality improvement.
Pharmacovigilance Physician - Fortrea Development India
(2023-12 - 2024-12)
- Performed primary medical review of safety cases, including assessment of seriousness, listedness/labeling, causality, adverse-event coding and narrative quality.
- Maintained case-feedback and daily case data in appropriate trackers/tools to support workflow management.
- Owned assigned deliverables against defined quality, compliance, productivity SLAs and KPIs.
- Provided medical training and guidance to case-processing teams on clinical aspects of case processing.
- Performed secondary medical review/QC and retrospective QA review to measure deliverable quality, identify error trends and training needs, and drive improvement.
- Performed aggregate medical review and signal detection/analysis activities as required.
- Participated in process-improvement activities and supported client relationship and customer-service objectives.
Junior Resident Doctor - National Cancer Institute (NCI)
(2022-02 - 2022-09)
- Provided patient assessment, diagnosis, investigation review and treatment under time-sensitive clinical conditions.
- Prescribed medications and counselled patients regarding dosing, side effects and potential adverse reactions.
- Collaborated with multidisciplinary medical teams to determine appropriate treatment plans.
- Conducted patient interviews and comprehensive physical examinations and supported clinical decision-making.
Medical Officer - Government of Maharashtra
(2021-05 - 2021-11)
- Implemented quality processes across the healthcare facility and supported clinical service delivery.
- Delivered emergency care for acute conditions and provided appropriate initial management.
- Provided long-term care for chronic conditions including diabetes, asthma and hypertension.
- Delivered antenatal and postnatal clinical services.
- Assisted with development of clinical care and treatment plans and coordinated patient management.
- Maintained confidentiality and collaborated with physicians and healthcare staff; supported onboarding and training of newly hired staff.
Internship - Indira Gandhi Government Medical College
- Assisted in medical research and collaborated with doctors and specialists in patient care.
Education
MBBS - Medicine - Maharashtra University of Health Sciences, Nashik (2021)
12th - English - CISCE (ICSE/ISC) (2013)
10th - English - CISCE (ICSE/ISC) (2011)

