Dr. Suman Sagar G L

Qualifications & Education:

• EDIC-1 (European Diploma in Intensive Care) – ESICM, Denmark
• DNB (Anaesthesiology & Critical Care) – National Board of Examinations, New Delhi
• IFCCM – Indian Fellowship in Critical Care Medicine, Columbia Asia Hospital, Bengaluru
• IDCCM – Indian Diploma in Critical Care Medicine, Manipal Hospital, Bengaluru
• MD (Anaesthesiology & Critical Care) – Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences, Bengaluru
• MBBS – Al-Ameen Medical College, Vijayapura

Areas of Expertise:

• Perioperative care in GI Sciences & Liver Transplantation
• Solid organ transplant ICU management
• Renal replacement therapy (CRRT, SLED) & -ECMO care
• Advanced airway management & mechanical ventilation
• Hemodynamic, Neuro monitoring & invasive procedures
• Management of sepsis, ARDS, shock states & multi-organ failure
• Tropical Diseases and Poisoning
• Ultrasound-guided vascular access & POCUS in ICU
• High-risk anaesthesia & perioperative critical care
• Tracheostomy care and ICU safety protocols

Clinical Skills & Procedures:

• Awake fibreoptic intubation and difficult airway management
• Ultrasound-guided arterial & venous cannulation
• PICC line insertion and pigtail catheter placement
• FAST scan, ONSD & bedside critical care ultrasound
• TTE, TEE & cardiac monitoring
• Percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy
• Intercostal drain placement
• Regional anaesthesia procedures

Professional Experience:

• Consultant – Critical Care Medicine, Kauvery Hospital, Electronic City, Bengaluru
• Associate Consultant – Critical Care Medicine, Sparsh Hospital, Yeshwanthpur
• Lead Critical Care Consultant, People Tree Hospital, Bengaluru
• Critical Care Consultant, Trinity Central Hospital, Bengaluru
• Consultant – Anaesthesia & Critical Care, Blue Bliss Hospital, Bengaluru
• IFCCM Registrar – Critical Care Medicine, Columbia Asia Hospital, Bengaluru
• IDCCM Registrar – Critical Care Medicine, Manipal Hospital, HAL Road
• Senior Registrar – Anaesthesiology & Critical Care, Narayana Hrudayalaya, Bengaluru
• Junior Resident – Anaesthesia & Critical Care, KIMS Bengaluru

Leadership & Clinical Contributions:

• Led a team of anaesthetists and intensivists during the COVID-19 second wave
• Played a key role in achieving NABH accreditation at Blue Bliss Hospital
• Instrumental in setting up a 20-bedded tertiary COVID ICU facility at Yelahanka Government Hospital
• Trained healthcare staff in acute and critical care services
• Extensive experience in multidisciplinary Level-3 ICU management

Research, Publications & Academic Activities:

• Outcome of Septic Shock Patients Treated with Vitamin C and Thiamine: A Prospective Cohort Study – Journal of Acute Care (2022)
• Faculty Talk – Advanced Interventional Pulmonology Procedures for COPD – COPD Week CME, 2025
• Faculty Talk – Review of Aluminium Phosphide Poisoning – ISCCM Bengaluru Meet, 2019
• E-Poster – Thrombus in Non-Aneurysmal, Non-Atherosclerotic Thoracic Aorta – Criticare 2019, Mumbai
• E-Poster – Dexmedetomidine in Subarachnoid Block – ISACON 2016
• E-Poster – Anaesthetic Management of Bronchiectasis for Pneumonectomy – KISACON 2015

Certifications & Memberships:

• AHA Certified – BLS & ACLS Provider
• Member – ISCCM
• Member – ESICM
• Member – Indian Society of Anaesthesiologists (ISA)
• Member – Indian Medical Association (IMA)
• Member – Nephro Critical Care Society

Languages Known:

English, Kannada, Hindi, and Telugu