Consultant – Peri Operative Physician, GI Sciences & Liver Transplantation
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
