Dr. B. Kiran Kumar

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Dr. B. Kiran Kumar is a Senior Consultant in Pediatric Critical Care and Pulmonology, with over 12 years of experience in Pediatrics and specialized training in Pediatric Pulmonology and Critical Care. He completed his MBBS from the Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research (JIPMER), Puducherry, followed by MD in Pediatrics from Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh and DM in Pediatric Pulmonology and Intensive Care from the All Indian Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi. His additional training includes a Fellowship in ECMO (ESOI) and a certificate course in Paediatric Sleep (National University of Singapore). 

Dr Kiran Kumar has extensive experience in the diagnosis and management of a wide range of respiratory disorders in children, including recurrent wheezing, noisy breathing, recurrent pneumonia, asthma, allergies, chronic cough, tuberculosis and cystic fibrosis. His clinical expertise includes flexible bronchoscopy in children, evaluation of complex airway disorders and bronchoscopic foreign body removal. 

Dr Kiran Kumar also has expertise in the management of critically ill children, including advanced ventilation & high frequency oscillatory ventilation (HFOV), sepsis & shock management, point of care ultrasound (POCUS), renal replacement therapy (RRT) and Extracorporeal life support. He is committed to providing comprehensive and evidence-based care to children with complex respiratory conditions and life-threatening critical illnesses.

Qualification / Education:

• MBBS: Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research (JIPMER), Puducherry (2005 to 2010) 
• MD Pediatrics:  Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh (2012 to 2014) 
• DM Pediatric Pulmonology & Intensive Care: All Indian Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi (2018 to 2020)
• Fellowship in ECMO: ECMO Society of India (2023)
• Certificate course in Pediatric Sleep: National University of Singapore (2023 to 2024)

Experience:

• Senior Resident: AIIMS, New Delhi (2015 to 2017)
• DM Senior Resident: AIIMS, New Delhi (2018 to 2020)
• Consultant Pediatric Pulmonologist & Intensivist: KIMS Cuddles, Kondapur (2021-2023)
• Assistant Professor, Pediatrics: ABVIMS & Dr RML Hospital, New Delhi (Jan, 2024 to Oct, 2024)
• Senior Consultant, Pediatric Intensive Care and Pulmonology: SHALBY International Hospital, Gurugram (Nov, 2024 to May, 2026)

Expertise:

Pediatric Critical Care 

• Mechanical ventilation
• High frequency ventilation 
• Sepsis and septic shock  
• Paediatric Trauma 
• Point of Care Ultrasound
• Vascular access 
• Renal Replacement Therapy
• Extracorporeal life support 

Paediatric Pulmonology 

• Allergy and Asthma
• Recurrent Pneumonia
• Noisy breathing 
• Chronic cough / Breathing difficulty 
• Tuberculosis 
• Cystic Fibrosis 
• Pediatric sleep disorders
• Pulmonary Function Testing 
• Flexible Bronchoscopy and Foreign body removal 

Area of Interest:

• Flexible Bronchoscopy
• Interventional Pulmonology 
• Advanced ventilation 
• Septic shock management 
• ECMO 

Publications:

More than 25 publications in Indexed journals and 5 Book chapters 

• Banothu KK, et al. A Randomized Controlled Trial of Norepinephrine Plus Dobutamine Versus Epinephrine As First-Line Vasoactive Agents in Children With Fluid Refractory Cold Septic Shock. Crit Care Explor. 2023;5:e0815.
• Banothu KK, et al. Utility of Inferior Vena Cava Distensibility and Respiratory Variation in Peak Aortic Blood Flow Velocity to Predict Fluid Responsiveness in Children with Shock. Indian J Pediatr. 2023
• Banothu KK, et al. Outcomes of Children with Unoperated Congenital Heart Disease Admitted to PICU—A Single-Center Experience. Indian J Pediatr. 2022;89:1073–8.
• Banothu KK et al. DNA Ploidy and S-phase Fraction Analysis in Paediatric B-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Cases: a Tertiary Care Centre Experience. APJCP. 2015.
• Sankar J, Muralidharan J, Lalitha AV, Banothu KK et al. Multiple Electrolytes Solution Versus Saline as Bolus Fluid for Resuscitation in Pediatric Septic Shock: A Multicenter Randomized Clinical Trial. Crit Care Med. 2023;51:1449-1460
• Sankar J, Singh M, Kumar K, Sankar MJ, Kabra SK, Lodha R. “Intermittent” versus “continuous” ScvO2 monitoring in children with septic shock: a randomised, non-inferiority trial. Intensive Care Med. 2020;46:82–92.
• Sankar J, Dhochak N, Kumar K, Singh M, Sankar MJ, Lodha R. Comparison of International Pediatric Sepsis Consensus Conference Versus Sepsis-3 Definitions for Children Presenting With Septic Shock to a Tertiary Care Center in India: A Retrospective Study. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. 2019;20:e122.
• Gupta P, Sankar J, Kumar BK, Jat KR, Mukherjee A, Kapil A, et al. Twenty-Four–Hour Esophageal pH Measurement in Mechanically Ventilated Children: A Prospective Cohort Study. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. 2021;22:e203.
• Gupta P, Banothu KK, Haldar P, Gupta AK, Meena JP. Effect of Imatinib Mesylate on Growth in Pediatric Chronic Myeloid Leukemia: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2023; 45:227–34.

Memberships:

• Telangana Medical Council (TMC)
• Indian Academy of Pediatrics (IAP)
• Indian Chest Society (ICS)
• Indian Academy of Pediatrics Intensive Care Chapter (PICC)
• ECMO Society of India (ESOI)
• European Respiratory Society (ERS)

Awards and Honours:

• BLS and PALS Instructor: Basic Life Support (BLS) and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) Teacher 
• Invited faculty at national conferences in Pediatric Pulmonology and Pediatric Critical Care
• Multiple oral presentations at National conferences 
• First prize, NCPIC, Coimbatore 2018: Oral presentation on Functional outcomes in children with severe sepsis
• Second Prize, Pedicriticon, New Delhi 2026: Oral presentation on Procalcitonin guided cessation of antibiotic therapy in children with sepsis.