THOMAS ALBUQUERQUE

Cell number: +91 9004596162; Email:

PROFILE SUMMARY

Having a Corporate experience in operations, marketing and sales of over a decade, my transition to Infection control has been radical, quickly learning and adapting to the dire scarcity of Infection Control professionals in India.

EDUCATION

2013CERTIFICATE of ACHIEVEMENT FROM THE CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE (CoE) on the

PROGRAMMATIC MANAGEMENT OF DRUG RESISTANT TB (PMDT) KIGALI RWANDA

National University of Rwanda School of Public Health

ATTENDED THE TRAINING OF TRAINERS ORGANISED BY MSF-Operational Centre of

Brussels

2004CERTIFICATE IN RECONGNITION OF 10 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE COMPANY (ALMAR CONTAINER GROUP (PTY) LTD SOUTH AFRICA

1982-1983Training in Motor Mechanics AT DON BOSCO AGRO-ED COMPLEX

Sulcorna -GOA

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

02/05/2012- Date

INFECTION CONTROL OFFICER -MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES (DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS)

  • Technical support to develop, plan, implement and monitor Infection control strategies and interventions at all MSF-Mumbai Project in MSF clinic centre, and patient management at Household level.
  • Technical backstop for TB IC at MSF-Mumbai, Manipur and Nagaland Projects
  • Supported TB IC Consultant, MCGM in implementation of infection control strategies in medical colleges, peripheral hospitals, and special hospitals.
  • Dedicated support to IC focal point of Sewri TB Hospital (2 days /week)
  • Member of IC committee
  • Support monitoring and evaluation activities along with implementation
  • Supported TB IC consultant in site visits for facility design of New B block, new IRCU centre and OT unit.

01/06/1999- 2010

DIRECTOR / GENERAL MANAGER – ALMAR CONTAINER LEASING PVT.LTD.

  • Team associate to set up and operationalize Almar Container Leasing Pvt.Ltd. in Mumbai
  • Profile included operations, marketing, sales and managing coporate team at multinational level.

16/041994- 01/05/1997

EXECUTIVE / ASST.MANAGER OPERATIONS - PROMOTED AND TRANSFERRED TO UNITED LINER AGENCIES (ULA) SISTER ORGANIZATION OF ICT J.M.BAXI GROUP

  • Managing leasing of Textainer, marketing, operations, communications and sales of units to various international and national shipping companies
  • Managed team of maintenance engineers.

09/05/1997- 31/05/1999

ASST.MANAGER CONTAINER OPERATIONS AMI INDIA LOGISTICS PVT.LTD

Marketing leasing and operations of Almar Containers

1993

TRANSFERRED TO INDIAN CONTAINERS TERMINAL (ICT) J.M.BAXI GROUP

  • .Maintenance and Repairs of TEXTAINER leasing containers at our container repair yard.

01/09/1989- 30/07/1993

Junior Executive , CONTAINER MOVEMENT ( BOMBAY ) TRANSPORT PVT.LTD.

(CMB) J.M.BAXI GROUP

  • Involved in port operations at J.N.P.T in Nhava Sheva handling of container ships arriving with Import and Export cargo by maintaining an import / export tally sheet.
  • Operations: Monitoring of refer containers that arrive and depart with perishable cargoes.

01/12/1983- 30/08/1989

MARINE CONTAINER / CARGO SURVEYOR – CAPT.S.KOCHHAR & CO.

  • Worked as a Marine Container / Cargo surveyor in various location inside Mumbai Port Trust and as well as on various Container / Cargo Ships that called Mumbai Port.

RESEARCH & PUBLICATIONS
  • Infection control measures in the household environment of drug-resistant tuberculosis patients
    co-infected with HIV in Mumbai, India ( 1ST Author )

Thomas Albuquerque, Petros Isaakidis, Mrinalini Das, Peter Saranchuk, Aristomo Andries, Dyson P Misquitta, Samsuddin Khan, Sherry Dubois, Christopher Christopher, Michael Browne (Manuscript Published on Public Health Action Journal)

TRAINING
  • Co-Facilitator & Co-course Coordinator, Workshop on Strengthening Airborne Infection Control in Mumbai organized by Mumbai District TB Control Society, 4-7th April 2013

CONFERENCES & WORKSHOPS

Participant, at the Workshop on Building Design and Engineering Approaches to Airborne Infection

Control organized by Mumbai District TB Control Society and Health Department MCGB in

Collaboration with Centers for Disease Control And Prevention & Harvard School of Public Health

From 16th to 21st September 2013 at LTMGH Sion, Mumbai

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Nationality: Indian National

Marital Status: Married

Languages: Fluent in written and spoken English, Hindi, Konkani, Marathi.

REFERENCES
  • Dr. Paul A. Jensen,

TB Infection Control Expert

CDC, Atlanta

USA

Email:

  • Dr. Dyson Peter Misquitta

Faculty, Goa Institute of Management,

TB Infection Control Expert,

Panaji, Goa

Email:

Cell: 8806634136