Chetan Shirvankar | Ph.D. Researcher & Medical Doctor

Academic Background

2027 (Expected)

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

McGill Univeristy

2023

Masters in Medical Science and Technology

IIT Kharagpur

2020

M.B.B.S (Doctor of Medicine)

Seth G.S. Medical College & KEM Hospital

Professional Experience

Research

Mitacs Globalink Research Intern

2022 - 2023 | McGill University

Led research on AI in cardiovascular disease prevention (First Author).
Won Best Presenter Award ($500) at CMDO Symposium.

Research Assistant (Med. Imaging)

2022 - 2023 | IIT Kharagpur

Developed Augmented Reality solutions for intraoperative tumour margins.
Primary contribution (91-100%) to study design and analysis.

Research Internship

2022 | Novartis Healthcare

Analyzed hypertensive clinical trial data using ML clustering.
Prototyped non-invasive leprosy diagnosis methods.

Clinical

Medical Officer

May 2023 - July 2023 | Municipal Corp. Mumbai

Provided clinical services in a novel digital public health initiative.

Medical Doctor (ER & Covid)

Aug 2021 - Apr 2022 | B.C. Roy Hospital

Managed Emergency Room, wards, and COVID isolation units.

Medical ICU Registrar

Apr 2021 - July 2021 | NESCO DCH ICU

Managed triage and in-patient Covid suspected/confirmed cases.

Major Awards & Funding

RiSBOd Grant

RiSBOd (Major structuring projects)

$50,000

2025

FRQS Doctoral Award

Fonds de recherche du Québec

$83,333

2025-2029

Mitacs Fellowship

Globalink Graduate

$15,000

2023

Grad Excellence Award

McGill University

$7,173

2023

Selected Publications

Book Chapters & Theses

Humanizing machines: Unpacking the care deficit in anthropomorphized medical AI (Book Chapter)

Shirvankar CM. In M. Anzalone et al. (Eds.), *Reconfiguring human autonomy*. Springer International Publishing (2026). ISBN 978-3-032-14536-9
Radiofrequency Identification (RFID) Localisation For Non-Palpable Breast Cancer Tumours (Thesis)

Shirvankar CM. Master of Medical Science and Technology thesis, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India (2023).

Peer Reviewed Articles

SurgiKLAR: An Augmented Reality Framework for Improved Surgical Training

P. Banerjee, P. P. Jain, J. George, C. Shirvankar and S. Mandal. *IEEE Pervasive Computing*, vol. 24, no. 04, pp. 29-39, Oct.-Dec. 2025.
A systematic review and meta-analysis to develop a landscape map of antibiotic resistance for six WHO priority pathogens in east and north-east India from 2011 to 2022

Malik S, Shirvankar CM, Jacob RK, Adhya DG, Sinha S, Bhattacharya S, Walia K, Bhattacharya SD. *Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology*. 2024 Nov 1;52:100732.
Machine learning models for atrial fibrillation detection in primary care using electronic health records: systematic review

Chalati MD, Shirvankar C, Rahimi S. *The Annals of Family Medicine*. 2024 Nov 20;22(Supplement 1).
Are Machine Learning methods effective in detecting undiagnosed atrial fibrillation in primary care settings using electronic health records? A Systematic review

Chalati MD, Shirvankar C, Gore G, Sharma A, Rahimi SA. *PLOS Digital Health* 4(10): e0001009.