Dr. R. Chinnadurai

Qualifications & Education:

• MBBS – Stanley Medical College, Chennai
• DA (Diploma in Anaesthesiology) – Madurai Medical College, Madurai
• MD (Anaesthesiology) – Christian Medical College, Vellore
• DNB (Anaesthesiology) – National Board of Examinations, New Delhi
• EDIC – European Diploma in Intensive Care (2016)
• MBA (Healthcare Services) – Sikkim Manipal University
• CCEBDM – Public Health Foundation of India (2018)

Areas of Expertise:

• Advanced adult critical care, including ECMO
• Brain death identification and certification
• Organ donation coordination and program development in Karnataka
• Grief counselling and family support in critical care settings
• Leadership in multidisciplinary intensive care and emergency services

Clinical Interests:

• Emergency and trauma care systems
• Transplant and organ retrieval protocols
• Public health awareness in organ donation
• ICU-based end-of-life care practices
• Quality improvement in hospital critical care delivery

Professional Experience:

• Regional Medical Director & Chief of Critical Care – KIMS Hospitals (Current)
• Lead Consultant – Critical Care, Aster RV Hospital, Bangalore
• Head – Critical Care, Sparsh Super Speciality Hospital, Yeshwanthpur
• Managing Director – Healthcare Division, Confident Group, Bangalore
• Consultant Intensivist & HOD – Columbia Asia Hospital, Hebbal
• Consultant Anaesthesiologist & HOD – Bangalore Baptist Hospital
• Tutor – Department of Anaesthesiology, CMC Vellore

Memberships:

• Life Member – Indian Society of Anaesthesiologists (ISA)
• Life Member – Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine (ISCCM)
• Member – Rotary Club of Organ Donation India
• Member – SOTTO (State Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation), Karnataka