Faculty & Staff

Qualification/ Education

• PDF NEUROCRITICAL CARE- under the aegis of Indian society of Neuroanesthesia and Critical Care (ISNACC) (2022-2023)
• MD Anaesthesiology – Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore
  Father Muller Medical College, Mangalore (2006–2009)
• MBBS – Manipal Academy of Higher Education
  Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore (2000–2005)

Experience

• Assistant Professor- SURGICAL/NEUROICU- Department of Anesthesia 

           St. John's Medical College Hospital, Bangalore (May 2023-Present)

• Fellow in Neuro Critical Care / Senior Resident
  St. John’s Medical College Hospital, Bangalore (Feb 2022 – May 2023)
• Senior Registrar / Registrar – Anaesthesiology, Critical Care & Pain Medicine
  Ministry of Health, Kuwait (Feb 2010– June 2017)
• Assistant Professor- Department of Anesthesia   

          Fr. Mullers Medical College Hospital , Mangalore (May 2009- Feb 2010)

• Junior Resident- Department of Anesthesia

          Fr. Mullers Medical College Hospital ,Mangalore (2006 -2009)

• Tutor Forensic Medicine

           Kasturba Medical College , Mangalore (March 2006- May 2006)

Areas of interest

• Neuro-anaesthesia and Neuro-critical care
• Peri-operative management of high-risk neurosurgical patients
• Chronic pain management
• Advanced haemodynamic monitoring
• Ventilator management in neuro-ICU
• POCUS

Field of Expertise

• Neuro critical care / Neuro-anaesthesia 
• Critical care medicine (Neuro-ICU, Pediatric-Neonatal ICU, Burns ICU, Transplant)
• Pain medicine including interventional pain procedures
• Anaesthesia for complex neurosurgical an

Fellowship & Membership

• Fellow – Neuro Critical Care
• Membership:

1. Indian Society of Anaesthesiologists (ISA)
2. Indian Society of Neuroanesthesia and Critical Care (ISNACC)
3. Neurocritical care society of India (NCSI)

Extramural portfolios/ Committees

• Reviewer and presenter at national and international neuro-critical care and anaesthesia conferences

Other formal training/certification

• Transcranial Doppler and EEG 
• Advanced Neuro-monitoring
• Brain-death certification
• Ultrasound-guided regional anaesthesia
• Difficult airway management
• High-frequency spinal cord stimulation

Institutional portfolios/ Committees

• Faculty member, Neuro-Critical Care Unit
• Undergraduate and postgraduate teaching – Anaesthesiology
• Facilitator - Respiratory therapists, SICU
• Member of Hospital Materio-vigilance Committee

Membership of professional associations/bodies

• Indian Society of Anaesthesiologists (ISA)
• Neuro Critical Care Society of India (NCSI)
• Indian Society of Neuroanesthesia and Critical Care (ISNACC)

Awards and Recognitions

• 9th Rank – MD Anaesthesiology, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences
• Awarded “Excellent” in annual evaluations at Ibn Sina Hospital, Kuwait for 7 consecutive years