About Dr Raj Harjani

Dr Raj Harjani is a practicing Skin and Venereal disease specialist since 1979. He has done his graduation (M.B.B.S.) from Topiwala National Municipal Medical College and B.Y.L. Nair Hospital, Mumbai Central, Mumbai, M.S., India. and his post graduation in Skin and Venereal Diseases (D.V.& D) from Seth G.S.Medical College and K.E.M. Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, M.S., India.

He is board certified International Fellow of American Academy of Dermatology USA.
He is also member of International AIDS Society (Switzerland).

He has worked as a House Officer in Skin and V.D. at Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and Hospital, Sion, Mumbai, M.S., India. He has worked as Medical officer in Skin Department of Rajawadi Hospital, Ghatkopar, Mumbai, M.S., India.

He has worked as a core committee member of AIDS Research and Control Centre (ARCON) which is a collaborative program of Government of Maharashtra and The University of Texas, Houston, U.S.A. from 1994 till 2004.

He has visited various departments like HIV Medicine, HIV Resistance and Public Health Department a number of times at The Johns Hopkins Medical Institute, Baltimore, Maryland, USA and exchanged his views with the faculty there.

He has attended International AIDS Conferences and Conferences conducted by International AIDS Society (IAS) several times as a delegate and/or as a speaker.

Conferences attended :

• IAS-AIDS Conferences at Barcelona, Spain in 2002
• Bangkok, Thailand in 2004
• Toronto, Canada in 2006
• Sydney, Australia in 2007
• Mexico City, Mexico in 2008.
• Austria (vienna) 2010
• Rome, Italy 2011
• Washington DC (USA) 2012
• Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2013
• Melbourne Australia 2014
• Durban South Africa 2016
• Glasgow, Scotland, UK 2016
• Amsterdam, Netherlands EU 2018
• Montreal Canada 2022
• Munich Germany EU 2024

• Detected and presented 1st case of HIV-1 Group O from Mumbai, India
• Presented “Discordant couples can have a HIV Negative child without infecting the mother when father is HIV positive and mother is HIV Negative”.
• Presented “Art of ART” (Anti-Retroviral Therapy)
• Conducted post graduate lecture series on HIV at Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and Hospital, Sion, Mumbai, M.S., India
• Conducted post graduate lectures on HIV at Jaslok Hospital, Mumbai, M.S., India
• Presented as a poster “Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome (IRIS)” at DERMACON in the year 2009
• Audio Visual presentation on “Care of face - Befriend your Skin for students, women and beauticians organized by Young Concepts, India.
• Authored few chapters on Opportunistic Infections O.I.s and Anti-retroviral Therapy in AIDS, Reference guide for medical practitioners.
• Contributor for Quality Improvement (Q.I.) self assessment tool for private sector providers in HIV Medicine conducted by F.H.I. (Family Health International) and PSP One.
• Invited by USAIDS/ AVERT Society to conduct lectures for general practitioners.

He has a Cosmetology and Cosmetic Dermatology clinic for skin, plastic surgery and aesthetic surgery. Microderma-abrasion, Chemical peels, Botox, Fillers and Lasers are used for facial problems like acne (pimples), acne scars, hyper pigmentation, wrinkles, unwanted hair growth and facial rejuvenation.