Dr. Sharika Sriramanan

Qualifications & Education:

• Fellowship in Liver Transplant Anaesthesia and Critical Care – Dr. Rela Institute and Medical Centre, Chennai
• Fellowship in Regional Anaesthesia and Trauma – Ganga Medical Centre and Hospitals, Coimbatore
• MD (Anaesthesiology) – Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, MAHE
• MBBS – M.S. Ramaiah Medical College, Bangalore, RGUHS
• Higher Secondary Education – National Public School, Indiranagar, Bangalore (CBSE)

Areas of Expertise:

• Peri-operative management in Liver and Multi-Organ Transplantation
• Anaesthesia for Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary (HPB) and Complex Gastrointestinal Surgeries
• Transplant Critical Care and Post-Operative Optimization
• Regional Anaesthesia and Pain Management
• Airway Management in High-Risk and Paediatric Patients
• Advanced Invasive Monitoring and Peri-operative Safety Protocols

Clinical Interests:

• Liver Transplant Anaesthesia and Peri-operative Medicine
• Regional Anaesthesia and Trauma Anaesthesia
• Transplant Critical Care and Organ Support
• Paediatric Anaesthesia and Difficult Airway Management
• Research and training in Advanced Liver Anaesthesia Techniques

Professional Experience:

• Consultant – Peri-Operative Physician, GI Sciences & Liver Transplantation, KIMS Hospitals, Mahadevapura
• Specialist – Department of Anaesthesiology, Manipal Hospital, Old Airport Road, Bengaluru
  • Anaesthesia management for liver, HPB, and GI surgical procedures
  • Peri-operative optimization and ICU care in transplant cases
• Fellow – Liver Transplant Anaesthesia and Critical Care, Dr. Rela Institute and Medical Centre, Chennai
  • Hands-on experience in managing adult and paediatric liver transplants
  • Trained in intraoperative management and transplant critical care protocols
• Fellow – Regional Anaesthesia and Trauma, Ganga Medical Centre and Hospitals, Coimbatore
  • Expertise in ultrasound-guided regional blocks and acute pain management
• Resident – Department of Anaesthesiology, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore
• Junior Resident – General Medicine, Manipal Hospital, Old Airport Road, Bengaluru

Research Experience:

• Lead Author – Preoperative Thromboelastometry to Predict High Blood Transfusions in Liver Transplant Surgeries: A Prospective Study
• Co-Author – Diaphragmatic Function Assessment by Ultrasonography in Paediatric LDLT Recipients (DIAS Study)
• Lead Author – Postoperative Urinary Retention in Orthopaedic Procedures: Unilateral vs Bilateral Spinal Anaesthesia
• Lead Author – Hypoglycaemia in Chronic Kidney Disease During Dialysis: Comparative Study in Diabetic and Non-Diabetic Patients

Presentations:

• Poster – Diaphragmatic Function Assessment in Paediatric LDLT Recipients (DIAS Study) – ILTS 2025, Singapore
• Poster – Preoperative Rotational Thromboelastometry in Transplant Surgeries: A Prospective Study – Best Poster Award, iLDLT 2024, Tbilisi, Georgia
• Oral Presentation – Anaesthetic Management of a Newborn with Tracheo-Oesophageal Fistula and Cleft Palate – All India Difficult Airway Association National Airway Conference
• Presentation – Postoperative Urinary Retention in Orthopaedic Procedures – Indian Society of Anaesthesiologists, 2021

Conferences & Workshops Attended:

• ILTS 2025, Singapore
• iLDLT 2024, Tbilisi, Georgia
• CCILBS 2024 – National Conference on Critical Care and Infections in Liver Disease
• World Congress of Anaesthesiologists 2024
• ECMO Workshop – PediCriticon 2024
• Masterclass and Grand Rounds in Critical Care Infectious Disease 2024
• Workshops on Paediatric Difficult Airway, Lung Isolation, Awake Intubation, and Resuscitation Techniques

Certifications:

• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) – American Heart Association
• Basic Life Support (BLS) – American Heart Association
• Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy Module – National Kidney Foundation
• Antimicrobial Stewardship: A Competency-Based Approach – World Health Organization
• Basic Course in Biomedical Research – Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)

Languages Known:

English, Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi, and Kannada