Assistant Editor
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION:
MBBS: Sri Devaraj Urs Medical college, Bangalore University in 1992.
PG Diploma in Anaesthesia: Sri Devaraj Urs Medical College in 1999.
Fellowship in Critical care (IDCCM): BGS Global Hospital, Kengeri from 2013 to 2015.
CURRENT POSITION:
From 9th September 2003 to till date, working as Head of the department of Critical care at RDT hospital, Bathalapalli, This is a level 3, semi-closed critical care delivery system. The unit is a 7 bedded unit (including 2 isolation rooms). Presently, the unit has state of the art infrastructure, which includes a fully motorized beds (7), Multiparameter patient monitors (7 both invasive/ noninvasive), mechanical ventilators (5), controlled drug delivery systems, Crash trolley with defibrillator and Hemodialysis. The beneficiaries are the critically ill patients from extremely poor & underprivileged rural community of Anantapur, particularly young adults.
PAST POSITIONS:
From August 2002 To August 2003, worked as an anesthetist at NMDC Hospital, Donimalai, Karnataka.
From June 2000 To July 2002, worked as an anesthetist at Bethesda Hospital, Ambur, Tamilnadu.
From April 1999 To June 2000, worked as a Tutor in Anaesthesia & critical care at Sri Devaraj Urs medical college, Kolar, Karnataka.
ONGOING RESEARCH WORKS:
- A case of Severe Dengue fever progressing to multiorgan failure: Report from Rural critical care in India.
- APACHE 2 Score correlation with mortality and length of stay in a Rural critical care setting: A Retrospective study.
