Skills


Dr.Rajiv can independently handle babies born of 24 weeks gestation and with a birth weight of 600gms onwards. He can independently administer or organize a level III Neonatal Care Unit. He is willing to actively associate with any training programme or be a consultant for any advanced new born intensive care project in the contry or overseas. He is conversant with High Frequency ventilation and in the use of Nitric Oxide on critical neonates with respiratory distress.

Areas of Interest
Research and Development of ventilatory strategies in VLBW babies.
High freequency ventilation.
Maternal literacy pertaining to perinatal care.
Introduction of high risk concept in Kerala.
Regionalisation of mother and new born care.


References
Dr. Elizabeth John, MD, FRCP
Senior Staff Specialist
Westmead Hospital
Westmead, NSW 2145
Australia
Ph : 61-02-9845-7394		 Dr. O.N.Bhakoo, MD,DCH, FIAP, FAMS
(Retd. Professor and Head of Dept. of Pediatrics, PGIMER, Chandigarh)
356, Sector- 6, Panchkula - 134109
Haryana , India.
Ph : 0172 - 570941, 568111.

Dr. Vinod Bhutani Professor of Pediatrics
Pennsylvania Hospital
Department of Newborn Pediatrics
2nd Floor Cathcart Bldg
800 Spruce St,
Philadelphia PA.19107, USA
Ph: 001 215 829 3301,
001 - 215-829-7211		 Dr.Dharmapuri Vidyasagar, MD Director of Neonatology & Professor of Pediatrics
University of Illinois
Department of Pediatrics
840 South Wood St.
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - 60612 - 7324. USA
Ph : 001 - (312) 996 - 4185
Fax : 001 -(312) 413 - 7901
Publication
Achievements and Awards
Recipient of the "Certificate of exemplary performance" from the Head of the Department of Perinatal Medicine, Westmead Hospital, Sydney.
Recipient of the "Rajiv Gandhi Shiromani Award" of the National Integration and Economic Council, New Delhi, for "Excellence in Neonatology"
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