Saliva: An Emerging Oral Biofluid for Diagnostics

Dr. Bhuvan Nagpal is currently serving as Laboratory Director, Quality Head and Senior

Consultant Oral Pathologist & Clinical Biochemist at Tohana Manglam Diagnostics, Tohana,

Haryana. He is Govt. notified and NABL approved authorised signatory for laboratory reports. He is the Founder & President of Practicing Oral Pathologists & Microbiologists Association (POPMA). He is also the Director of Academy of Oral Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (AOPLM). Dr. Nagpal is also the Director of Centre for Oral Pathology and Maxillofacial

Diagnostics (C-OPMD). He has been affiliated with more than 23 oral pathology/general

pathology/clinical biochemistry/oncology/dental professional associations. He has 65 publications to his credit

including textbooks and research articles which are published in journals of national and international repute. He is also the Editorial and Reviewer Board member for more than 15 national and international journals. He is also

Associate Editor of Journal of Clinical Pediatric Dentistry. Dr. Bhuvan has been invited as Guest speaker and

panelist for many national and international conferences. He has moderated and judged many paper and poster

presentation sessions in national and international conferences.

Dr. Geetpriya Kaur is a self-motivated and enthusiastic Oral Pathologist with nine years of

extensive experience in Histopathology and Cytology. Demonstrated strong leadership, teamwork (collaborative), and excellent management abilities by managing a diagnostic center (Paradise

Diagnostics) with state-of-the-art technology in the fields of Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology under one roof since 2014. Taught Oral Pathology course as a Professor at the Department of Oral Pathology at the Institute of Dental Studies and Technologies (IDST), Modinagar, India. She has also written e-newsletters for Dental Tribune, The World’s Dental Newspaper, and has published 25 research articles. Using her knowledge to guide oral pathologists in their independent practice, she is flexible,

innovative as well as solution–oriented. She has also worked as assistant editor of Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research. Dr. Geetpriya is a peer- reviewer of many national and international journals. She has judged poster

presentations and invited as Keynote speaker in a few conferences.

Dr. Aparna Pathak is a passionate Oral Pathologist with over ten years of vast experience in

manuscript writing, proofreading and editing medical documents, reviewing research papers, and

creating compelling infographics as well as PowerPoint presentations. Using her exceptional medical knowledge and writing skills, she is also working as a content writer to create engaging academic content for different healthcare organizations and publication houses. Additionally, she is also a

consultant at a state-of-the-art diagnostic center – Paradise Diagnostics, Delhi, and has published over 15 research papers.

Dr Rujuta Patil works as a Periodontist and Oral Cancer Screening Consultant. She is a

Government of India certified Clinical Research Trainer. She is also associated as a Faculty for

various courses and fellowship programs in the dental and medical fields. She has several research paper publications and books to her credit. She is also associated as a peer-reviewer in many

National and International journals. She has been invited as Speaker at various Conferences. She has also worked as Assistant Editor of Genomeden E-magazine. She is passionate towards art and design and works as a Medical Illustrator. She provides research guidance and has established

herself as a Medical and Scientific writing coach. Her research interests include oral cancer, oral systemic diseases, dental oncology, medical and dental genetics and immunology.