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Dr. Shashidhar A

MBBS, MD Paediatrics, DM Neonatology

Professor and Head, Department of Neonatology

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English, Hindi, Kannada
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Professor and Head

Qualification/ Education

  • Under graduation     :MBBS from JSS Medical College, Mysore 
  • Post-graduation        :MD Pediatrics from KIMS, Bangalore
  • Super specialization  :DM Neonatology  from St John’s Medical College Bangalore
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Medical Law & Ethics(PGDMLE): National Law School of India University Bangalore
  • MBA (Hospital Administration) from ICFAI University, Sikkim

 

 

Experience

  • Internship    : JSS Medical College Mysore April 2007 to April 2008
  • Junior Resident (Pediatrics) : Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Bangalore. May 2008 to May 2011
  • Senior Resident (Neonatology): St John’s Medical College July 2011 to July 2014
  • Assistant Professor (Neonatology): St John’s Medical College September 1 2014 to December 31 2017
  • Associate Professor (Neonatology): St John's Medical College January 1 2018 to 31st May 2024
  • Professor (Neonatology) : St John's Medical College from 1st June 2024 till date

 

Areas of interest

  • Medical education
  • Simulation
  • Quality improvement,
  • innovation
  • Neonatal Nutrition
  • Newborn Research, 

Field of Expertise

  • Neonatal intensive care,
  •  Preterm newborn management,
  •  Quality improvement, and implementation research in limited-resource settings

Fellowship & Membership

 

  • National trainer IAP-NNF NRP (Advanced & Basic)
  • Specialist mentor for improving Newborn Health in primary care in High priority districts of Karnataka, Assessor of SNCU quality, Government of Karnataka 
  • Research Officer: Pan-Asia Epidemiologic Surveillance Network To Assess The Burden of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease (Pan-Asia pneumoNet). Bangalore. February 2009- February 2011
  • Neonatology fellowship examiner, Recognised PG guide, Guide to MSc Nursing, mentor to UG medical students, DNB External Assessor, Resource person for fellowship in family medicine course.
  • Invited speaker & Faculty for multiple National & State CMEs, Workshops, conferences
  • Site Principal investigator SafeBoosC 3 trial 2019 to 2023

Extramural portfolios/ Committees

  • Executive Board Member NNF Karnataka 2025 - 27
  • Member Scientific Core Committee for Unicef - NNF Mentoring project to improve Newborn Health in SNCUs of 4 States

Other formal training/certification

  • Certifications: Health research fundamentals,
  • Medical certification of Death,
  • ICH-GCP,
  • ONTOP-trainer,
  • Problem based learning,
  • Revised basic MET/AETCOM Simulation, 
  • Basic Course in Biomedical Research 

 

Institutional portfolios/ Committees

  • Member of clinical audit committee, skill lab core committee, e-learning committee of the hospital,
  • Academic Coordinator for Department 

Membership of professional associations/bodies

  • Karnataka Medical Council.   Reg No.79482
  • Life member of IAP, NNF- India & Karnataka, Newborn Brain Society,Nationwide Quality Of Care Network, Indian Medical Association 
  • Reviewer of Indian Pediatrics, Journal of Tropical Pediatrics, Journal of Pediatric Neurology, European Journal of Pediatrics, Journal of Neonatology, SAGE open medicine, BMJ open, Nutrition, PLOS one, Journal of Pediatric nursing, journal of neonatal nursing, f1000 research

 

Awards and Recognitions

 

  • University Gold Medallist in MD Pediatrics RGUHS Karnataka
  • Best outgoing student of batch 2002 JSSMC Mysore
  • Awards for highest scores in Pharmacology, Community Medicine, Ophthalmology, General Medicine, Pediatrics, Final year MBBS
  • 1st Place in National Neonatology Forum Neonatology Quiz- Zonal level 2010
  • 2nd prize Social Neonatology Award paper- National NNF conference Patna 2014
  • 2nd Prize for Best Paper Presentation- National Adolescent Conference "IAP Adolescon"- Belgaum 2009
  • Dean Louis Monteiro award for best research in St.John’s National Academy of Health Sciences 2016-17
  • Best Poster award in 3rd Annual Research Day St John's Academy of Medical Sciences Bangalore 2021
  • Recipient of St John's research society grant, university of Zurich grant

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Probiotics for promoting feed tolerance in very low birth weight neonates — A randomized controlled trial

Groups and Associations Shashidhar A, Suman Rao PN, Nesargi S, Bhat S, Chandrakala BS
Indian Pediatrics 2017
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ADOLESCENT SMOKING - A STUDY OF KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE IN HIGH SCHOOL CHILDREN

Groups and Associations Shashidhar A, J Harish, S R Keshavamurthy
Pediatric Oncall 2011
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Downes Score vs. Silverman Anderson Score for Assessment of Respiratory Distress in Preterm Newborns

Groups and Associations Shashidhar A, Suman Rao PN, Joe Jose
Pediatric Oncall 2016
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Analgesic Efficacy of Oral Dextrose and Breast Milk during Nasopharyngeal Suctioning of Preterm Infants on CPAP: A Blinded Randomized Controlled Trial.

Groups and Associations Rodrigues L, Nesargi SV, Fernandes M, Shashidhar A, Rao SPN, Bhat S
J Trop Pediatr 2017
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Impact of scaling up of kangaroo mother care on neonatal mortality among babies born with birth weight <2000 g in a district in southern India: a prospective cohort analysis

Groups and Associations Tinku Thomas , Arin Kar , Suman P N Rao , Swaroop Narayana , Maryann Washington , Shashidhar Rao , Krishnamurthy Jayanna , Prabhu Deva Gowda , Mohan Harnahalli Lakkappa , Prem Mony
BMJ Public Health 2024
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The beneficial effect of early and prolonged kangaroo mother care on long-term neuro-developmental outcomes in low birth neonates - A cohort study

Groups and Associations Shridevi Bisanalli , Bharathi Balachander , A Shashidhar , Vijaya Raman , Pavitra Josit , Suman Pn Rao
Acta Paediatr 2023
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Accelerated scale-up of Kangaroo Mother Care: Evidence and experience from an implementation-research initiative in south India

Groups and Associations Jayanna K, Rao S, Kar A, Gowda PD, Thomas T, Swaroop N, Washington M, Shashidhar AR, Rai P, Chitrapu S, Mohan HL, Martines J, Mony P.
Acta Paediatr. 2022
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Reducing rates of discharge against medical advice in the neonatal intensive care unit in a tertiary care hospital in South India: a mixed-methods study

Groups and Associations Bosco AN, A S, Rees CA, Wheeler AD, Britto CD, P N SR
Trop Med Int Health 2021
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Umbilical cord milking in preterm neonates requiring resuscitation: A randomized controlled trial

Groups and Associations Ram Mohan G, Shashidhar A, Chandrakala BS, Nesargi S, Suman Rao PN.
Resuscitation 2018
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Therapeutic hypothermia for moderate and severe hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy in newborns using low-cost devices - ice packs and phase changing material

Groups and Associations Y N Prashantha , P N Suman Rao , Saudamini Nesargi , B S Chandrakala , Kalyan Chakravarthy Balla , A Shashidhar
Paediatr Int Child Health. 2018
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PAIN—Perception and Assessment of Painful Procedures in the NICU

Groups and Associations Carl Denis Britto , Suman Rao PN , Saudamini Nesargi , Sitara Nair , Shashidhar Rao , Theradian Thilagavathy , Armugam Ramesh , Swarnarekha Bhat
Journal of Tropical Pediatrics, 2014
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Feasibility of Implementing Resuscitation Training for Parents of At-risk Infants at Discharge (FIRST AID)

Groups and Associations A. Nalina, A. Shashidhar, Aril Bhatia, Shridevi Bisanalli & P. N. Suman Rao
Indian Pediatr . 2025
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Onsite mentoring of special newborn care unit to improve the quality of newborn care

Groups and Associations Y N Prashantha , A Shashidhar , B C Balasunder , B Pradeep Kumar , P N Suman Rao
Indian Journal of Public Health 2019
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Congenital chloride diarrhea: A rare cause of recurrent polyhydramnios

Groups and Associations Jisha Mathew, B S Chandrakala, A Shashidhar, P N Suman Rao
Indian J Child Health 2017
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Dissemination of Best Practices in Preterm Care Through a Novel Mobile Phone-Based Interactive e-Learning Platform

Groups and Associations Pratima Anand , Anu Thukral , A K Deorari
Indian Journal of Pediatrics 2021
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Extremely Preterm Infant Admissions Within the SafeBoosC-III Consortium During the COVID-19 Lockdown

Groups and Associations Marie Isabel Rasmussen , Mathias Lühr Hansen, Gerhard Pichler , Eugene Dempsey , Adelina Pellicer , Afif El-Khuffash , Shashidhar A , Salvador Piris-Borregas , Miguel Alsina , Merih Cetinkaya , Lina Chalak , Hilal Özkan , Mariana Baserga , Jan Sirc , Hans Fuchs , Ebru Ergenekon , Luis Arruza , Amit Mathur , Martin Stocker , Olalla Otero Vaccarello , Tomasz Szczapa , Kosmas Sarafidis , Barbara Królak-Olejnik , Asli Memisoglu , Hallvard Reigstad , Elżbieta Rafińska-Ważny , Eleftheria Hatzidaki , Zhang Peng , Despoina Gkentzi , Renaud Viellevoye , Julie De Buyst , Emmanuele Mastretta , Ping Wang , Gitte Holst Hahn , Lars Bender , Luc Cornette , Jakub Tkaczyk , Ruth Del Rio , Monica Fumagalli , Evangelia Papathoma , Maria Wilinska , Gunnar Naulaers , Iwona Sadowska-Krawczenko , Chantal Lecart , María Luz Couce , Siv Fredly , Anne Marie Heuchan , Tanja Karen , Gorm Greisen
Front Pediatr 2021
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An In-Service Educational Package Improves Alarm Management in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU): Before and After Study

Groups and Associations Suryaprakash Hedda, Shashidhar A. Saudamini Nesargi, Kalyan Chakravarthy Balla, Prashantha Y. N., and Suman Rao P. N.
Journal of Neonatology 2021
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Cerebral Oximetry Monitoring in Extremely Preterm Infants

Groups and Associations Mathias L. Hansen, M.D., Ph.D. , Adelina Pellicer, M.D., Ph.D., Simon Hyttel-Sørensen, M.D., Ph.D., Ebru Ergenekon, M.D., Ph.D., Tomasz Szczapa, M.D., Ph.D., Cornelia Hagmann, M.D., Ph.D., Gunnar Naulaers, M.D., Ph.D.,and Gorm Greisen, M.D., D.M.Sc
N Engl J Med . 2023
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Art and Science of Breastfeeding & Beyond

Groups and Associations DURGAPPA HANITA NYAMAGOUDARCR BANAPURMATH
Art and Science of Breastfeeding & Beyond 2024
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Development of Multimodal Training Tool for Preterm Infant Care

Groups and Associations Anu Thukral, Vaishnavi Gupta, Deepak Chawla, Praveen Kumar, Ashok K Deorar
Indian Journal of Pediatrics 2024
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Less invasive surfactant administration versus intubation-surfactant-extubation: a single-center retrospective study

Groups and Associations C S Jithin , A Nalina , A Shashidhar , P N Suman Rao
Clin Exp Pediatr . 2025
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Percentile-Based Reference Values of Umbilical Cord Blood Insulin-like Growth Factor 1 in Japanese Newborns

Groups and Associations Nobuhiko Nagano , Daichi Katayama , Koichiro Hara , Yuki Sato , Satomi Tanabe , Masako Aoki , Ryoji Aoki , Ichiro Morioka
Journal of Clinical Medicine 2022
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Improving the quality of care for preterm infants in the golden hour

Groups and Associations Nalina Amuji , Shashidhar Appaji Rao , Prashantha Yemmethimmanahalli Nagaraju , Kanekal Gautham Suresh , Sofia Steven , Chandrakala Bada Shekharappa
BMJ Open Qual . 2025
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Process Evaluation of Community-Based Newborn Care Program in Tach Armachiho District, Central Gondar Zone, Amhara Region, Northwest Ethiopia: A Community-Based Case Study

Groups and Associations Adina Yeshambel Belay Geta Asrade Alemayehu Wubshet D. Negash Nigusu Worku
Sage Journals Home 2025
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Feasibility of Implementing Resuscitation Training for Parents of at-Risk Infants at Discharge: Author’s Reply

Groups and Associations A. Nalina A. Shashidhar
Indian Pediatrics 2025
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