Dr. Rohit Aravindakshan

Qualifications & Education:

MBBS, MD (Anaesthesiology), EDIC (London), IDCCM, Fellowship in Intensive Care (UHB, Birmingham NHS Trust), FUSIC

Areas of Expertise:

• Critical Care Medicine – Sepsis, ARDS, Organ Failure Management
• Advanced Ventilation Strategies & Weaning Protocols
• Neurocritical Care & Cardiac Critical Care
• Anaesthesia – Cardiac, Neuro, Paediatric & Day-care Anaesthesia
• Pain Management – Acute and Chronic Pain
• Organ Transplant Critical Care
• Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Intensive Care (POCUS/FUSIC)

Clinical Interests:

• Standardization of Critical Care delivery across multi-specialty hospitals
• Use of advanced ultrasound in intensive care management
• Training and mentoring fellows in Critical Care Medicine
• Organ transplantation support and ECMO programmes
• Emergency preparedness and surge capacity planning in pandemics

Professional Experience:

• Senior Consultant, Intensive Care Medicine – Apollo Hospitals, Chennai
• Consultant, Intensive Care Medicine – University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, UK
• Consultant, Intensive Care Medicine – Apollo Cancer Centre, Chennai
• Acting Consultant & Specialty Registrar – Intensive Care, UHB NHS Trust, UK
• Associate Consultant – Critical Care Medicine, Sakra World Hospital, Bangalore
• Senior Registrar – Anaesthesiology & Pain Management, SIMS Hospital, Chennai
• Senior Registrar – Anaesthesiology & Critical Care, Fortis Hospital, Bangalore
• Clinical Assistant & Training Fellow – Critical Care, Jaslok Hospital, Mumbai
• Resident – Cardiac Anaesthesia, U.N. Mehta Institute of Cardiology, Ahmedabad
• Resident – Neuro-Anaesthesia, B.J. Medical College & Civil Hospital, Ahmedabad

Research & Presentations:

• Poster presentation at National Conference of Research Society of Anaesthesiology and Clinical Pharmacology, Bengaluru
• CME presentation at ISCCM Bangalore Chapter on plasmapheresis for hypertriglyceride-induced pancreatitis
• Multiple publications in peer-reviewed journals including National Journal of Medical Research
• Faculty at simulation-based training courses in intensive care medicine

Conferences & Workshops Attended:

• ESICM Congress, Berlin
• CRITICARE, Kochi
• Best of Brussels International Symposium on Intensive Care & Emergency Medicine
• Hemodynamic Monitoring Workshop, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai
• Multiple workshops in Mechanical Ventilation, Regional Anaesthesia, ACLS/BLS

Languages Known:

English, Hindi, Kannada, Tamil