Consultant - Critical Care
Speciality - DNB, FNB Internal Medicine, Critical Care Total Experience: 15 years - P.D. Hinduja Hospital & Medical Research Centre, Mumbai - The Bangalore Hospital, Bengaluru - K.S. Hegde Medical Academy, Mangalore
Request an appointmentAreas of Special Interest
– Healthcare technology
– Infectious diseases and infection control in ICU
– Cardiac critical care
– Quality initiatives in ICU
Key Achievements
– Has built and leads one of the country’s largest intensive care teams, delivering location-agnostic critical care to ICUs in 16 states
– Pioneered and published critical care workflows and processes for smart ICU, applicable at scale in low and middle-income countries
– Responsible for setting up and operating COVID units during the Pandemic at Cytecare hospital and over 20 high-level units across the country
– Set up and implemented clinical operational protocols for step-down COVID patients at C502 covid care center during the pandemic
– Trained and experienced in high acuity ICU’S, with expertise in medical ICUs, cardiac critical care, general surgical critical care, neurosurgery, Cardiothoracic and transplant units
– Critical care physician – Apollo Hospitals Bangalore
– Director, Clinical Operations – Cloud physician healthcare
Awards and Recognition
– Best Poster – KAPICON 2010
– Runner up, Critical care Quiz at ISCCM national conference, 2015
– Featured in print/digital media and national television in his area of expertise
Publication
– “Operational model to increase intensive care unit telemedicine capacity rapidly during a pandemic: experience in India.” British Journal of Anaesthesia 128.6 (2022): e343-e345
– “Feasibility of Tele-ICU augmented cardiopulmonary resuscitation in a resource-limited setting: A pilot study.” Resuscitation 138 (2019): 208-209
– “Antibiotic prescription practices for surgical prophylaxis in India: An observational study.” The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 101.4 (2019): 919
– “Innovations in critical care: Tele-ICU augmented ICUS in the Indian setting.” (2019)
– Covid-19-crisis-healthcare-reforms-in-india-a-perspective – CFPUS.org
– A rare presentation of anti-synthetase syndrome requiring intensive care in the midst of a COVID wave.” Modern Rheumatology Case Reports, (Nov 2022)
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