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Faculty & Staff
Dr. Shashidhar A
MBBS, MD Paediatrics, DM Neonatology
Professor and Head, Department of Neonatology
Languages
English, Hindi, Kannada
- Overview
- Projects
- Publications
- Other Contributions
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
No groups and associations specified.
No project details available.
Probiotics for promoting feed tolerance in very low birth weight neonates — A randomized controlled trial
Shashidhar A, Suman Rao PN, Nesargi S, Bhat S, Chandrakala BS ADOLESCENT SMOKING - A STUDY OF KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE IN HIGH SCHOOL CHILDREN
Shashidhar A, J Harish, S R Keshavamurthy Downes Score vs. Silverman Anderson Score for Assessment of Respiratory Distress in Preterm Newborns
Shashidhar A, Suman Rao PN, Joe Jose Analgesic Efficacy of Oral Dextrose and Breast Milk during Nasopharyngeal Suctioning of Preterm Infants on CPAP: A Blinded Randomized Controlled Trial.
Rodrigues L, Nesargi SV, Fernandes M, Shashidhar A, Rao SPN, Bhat S 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
Tinku Thomas , Arin Kar , Suman P N Rao , Swaroop Narayana , Maryann Washington , Shashidhar Rao , Krishnamurthy Jayanna , Prabhu Deva Gowda , Mohan Harnahalli Lakkappa , Prem Mony The beneficial effect of early and prolonged kangaroo mother care on long-term neuro-developmental outcomes in low birth neonates - A cohort study
Shridevi Bisanalli , Bharathi Balachander , A Shashidhar , Vijaya Raman , Pavitra Josit , Suman Pn Rao Accelerated scale-up of Kangaroo Mother Care: Evidence and experience from an implementation-research initiative in south India
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. 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
Bosco AN, A S, Rees CA, Wheeler AD, Britto CD, P N SR Umbilical cord milking in preterm neonates requiring resuscitation: A randomized controlled trial
Ram Mohan G, Shashidhar A, Chandrakala BS, Nesargi S, Suman Rao PN. Therapeutic hypothermia for moderate and severe hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy in newborns using low-cost devices - ice packs and phase changing material
Y N Prashantha , P N Suman Rao , Saudamini Nesargi , B S Chandrakala , Kalyan Chakravarthy Balla , A Shashidhar PAIN—Perception and Assessment of Painful Procedures in the NICU
Carl Denis Britto , Suman Rao PN , Saudamini Nesargi , Sitara Nair , Shashidhar Rao , Theradian Thilagavathy , Armugam Ramesh , Swarnarekha Bhat Feasibility of Implementing Resuscitation Training for Parents of At-risk Infants at Discharge (FIRST AID)
A. Nalina, A. Shashidhar, Aril Bhatia, Shridevi Bisanalli & P. N. Suman Rao Onsite mentoring of special newborn care unit to improve the quality of newborn care
Y N Prashantha , A Shashidhar , B C Balasunder , B Pradeep Kumar , P N Suman Rao Congenital chloride diarrhea: A rare cause of recurrent polyhydramnios
Jisha Mathew, B S Chandrakala, A Shashidhar, P N Suman Rao Dissemination of Best Practices in Preterm Care Through a Novel Mobile Phone-Based Interactive e-Learning Platform
Pratima Anand , Anu Thukral , A K Deorari Extremely Preterm Infant Admissions Within the SafeBoosC-III Consortium During the COVID-19 Lockdown
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 An In-Service Educational Package Improves Alarm Management in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU): Before and After Study
Suryaprakash Hedda, Shashidhar A. Saudamini Nesargi, Kalyan Chakravarthy Balla, Prashantha Y. N., and Suman Rao P. N. Cerebral Oximetry Monitoring in Extremely Preterm Infants
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 Art and Science of Breastfeeding & Beyond
DURGAPPA HANITA NYAMAGOUDARCR BANAPURMATH Development of Multimodal Training Tool for Preterm Infant Care
Anu Thukral, Vaishnavi Gupta, Deepak Chawla, Praveen Kumar, Ashok K Deorar Less invasive surfactant administration versus intubation-surfactant-extubation: a single-center retrospective study
C S Jithin , A Nalina , A Shashidhar , P N Suman Rao Percentile-Based Reference Values of Umbilical Cord Blood Insulin-like Growth Factor 1 in Japanese Newborns
Nobuhiko Nagano , Daichi Katayama , Koichiro Hara , Yuki Sato , Satomi Tanabe , Masako Aoki , Ryoji Aoki , Ichiro Morioka Improving the quality of care for preterm infants in the golden hour
Nalina Amuji , Shashidhar Appaji Rao , Prashantha Yemmethimmanahalli Nagaraju , Kanekal Gautham Suresh , Sofia Steven , Chandrakala Bada Shekharappa Process Evaluation of Community-Based Newborn Care Program in Tach Armachiho District, Central Gondar Zone, Amhara Region, Northwest Ethiopia: A Community-Based Case Study
Adina Yeshambel Belay Geta Asrade Alemayehu Wubshet D. Negash Nigusu Worku Feasibility of Implementing Resuscitation Training for Parents of at-Risk Infants at Discharge: Author’s Reply
A. Nalina A. Shashidhar No Others Contributions details available.