About

Following MD
Joined the state services in J and K state as Assistant Surgeon in the DHS ( Director Health Services ) which is a PSC post in the state , however left the state in December 1990
Registrar Pediatrics – BatraHospital , New Delhi – 1991 – 1993
Junior Consultant Pediatrics Batra Hospital - 1994,1995
Senior Consultant Pediatrics Batra Hospital from 1995 onwards upto 2003

Batra Hospital is a tertiary care hospital and had both NNICU and PICU.
As those services were not separate had considerable exposure to both pediatric and neonatal intensive care .
There was a good Pediatric cardiac surgical unit and hence got to do a fair amount of Pediatric Cardiac Care both pre and post operative .This was with the team of Dr T S Mahant who is now chief cardiac surgeon at Fortis Hospital Mohali .

My main interest was in ICU work and hence over a period of time I looked for a placement with more work in that area . However the years in Batra gave me a very good insight into the working of Pediatrics in the private sector .

In March 2003 I joined as -Senior Consultant Pediatric Intensive Care – at Indraprastha Apollo Hospital , New Delhi and am still working there.
The hospital is largely superspeciality based and we have units for Pediatric cardiology and pediatric cardiac surgery , Pediatric haematooncology , Pediatric gastroenterology , neurology and neonatal and Pediatric ICUs.

Over the years I have also worked with our transplant units which have now started doing more pediatric work – Renal and Liver Transplants and a Bone Marrow Transplant unit .

Fellowships / Memberships

• MIAP,MNAMS
• IAP
• MNAMS
• GAPIO

Fellowship/membership

• Visiting fellowship for 3D, fetal and invasive pediatric cardiology, Sick kids hospital, Toronto,Canada.
• Life member of Indian Academy of Pediatrics
• Life member of Cardiological Society of India
• Life member of Pediatric Cardiology Society of India
• Life member of IAP, Noida.

Fellowships & Memberships

• The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto,Canada (July 2005 to June 2006)
• Sydney Children’s Hospital Sydney, Australia (Jan 2003 to Jan 2005)
• Retrieval Training in Pediatric and Neonatal Emergency Transport Service (NETS), Sydney, Australia. (Jan to July 2005)
• Fellow Pediatric Emergency Medicine (Australasian College of Emergency Medicine), Sydney, Australia (July 2001 to July 2002)

Fellowship and Membership

• President, Paediatric Orthopaedic Society of India (POSI) (since January 2017)
• Secretary, Paediatric Orthopaedic Foundation (POF), a registered society promoting “Paediatric Orthopaedics” in Delhi & NCR (since February 2014)
• Indian Orthopaedic Association (IOA) – Life member
• Delhi Orthopaedic Association - Life Member
• Association of Spinal Surgeons of India (ASSI) – Life member
• Indian Academy of Cerebral Palsy (IACP) – Life member
• Indian Academy of Paediatrics (IAP) All India - Associate Life Member
• Indian Academy of Paediatrics (IAP) Delhi - Life Member
• Indian Medical Association - South Delhi Branch (IMA - SDB) - Life Member
• MAMCOS Old Students Association - Life Member

Awards and Achivements

• Exemplary Contribution Award – 2008 in the field of “Pediatric Orthopaedics” in recognition of tremendous service & outstanding contribution rendered to the medical profession and the community, by Indian Medical Association, SDB
• "Dr BN Sinha Gold Medal" for being the best Orthopaedic Resident and for the best clinical project (thesis), by Lucknow University during MS - Orthopaedic Surgery (1989-91)

Expertise

• Pediatric Kidney Diseases
• Hypertension
• Urinary tract infections
• Chronic Kidney Disease and Dialysis
• Acute Peritoneal and Hemodialysis
• Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy
• Renal Tubular Diseases
• Plasma Exchange
• Kidney Biopsy
• Pediatric Transplantation

Membership/Fellowship

• Fellowship, Pediatric Nephrology
• Fellowship, Acute and Critical Care Nephrology
• Member, Indian Academy of Pediatrics
• Member, Indian Society of Pediatric Nephrology
• Member, American Society of Pediatric Nephrology

Awards

Distinguished academic career. Topped in Academics since 1963. Best student in Fraternity of Science at Delhi University; Best Medical Graduate and Post Graduate; Won several medals at UG and PG medical education levels including the President of India’s Medal (1968), Pfizer Scroll of Honour (1968), Sorell Katherine Award of AIIMS, New Delhi (1972); WHO Research Training Grant Awardee (worked at MRC). Cambridge University, U.K. and WHO Laboratory, Geneva (1981); ST Achar Endowment Award for Best Clinical Research of the Indian Academy of Pediatrics (1983); Kanishka Award for Medical Education etc.