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Best Paediatrician in Hyderabad

Dr. Pritesh Nagar

Associate Clinical Director and Head of Paediatrics

Speciality

Paediatrics

Qualification

MBBS, MD (Paediatrics)

Experience

16Years

Location

CARE Hospitals, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad

Refer Doctor

Best Paediatrician in Hyderabad

Field(s) of Expertise

  • Caring for critically ill neonates and pediatric patients.
  • Well-versed in the art of ventilation (including High-Frequency Ventilation), central lines, arterial lines, PICC lines and various necessary invasive procedures in an ICU.
  • Simulation educator & faculty for PediSTARS India
  • Belief and practice in Evidence-Based Medicine.
  • Special interest in Simulation-Based Training, Inborn Errors of Metabolism, Immunodeficiency, and Vaccinology

Research and Presentations

  • Review board member of Indian Journal of Child Health
  • Reviewer for Journal of Pediatric Critical Care
  • Editorial board member for IAP TCB Journal of Pediatrics
  • National level speaker at various conferences. Invited as guest faculty at more than 100 national & state level medical conferences & workshops so far. In addition, was guest speaker on more than 200 other occasions.
  • Faculty at all PEDICON National Conferences since the year 2010 till date.
  • A poster titled “CONS Sepsis in Newborn” was presented at the Asia Pacific Conference of Infectious Diseases at Bangalore in 2006. It received the Best Poster Award.
  • A poster titled “Refractory Epilepsy in Childhood” was presented at PEDICON 2007, Mumbai.
  • Oral case presentation at AP State NEOCON 2007 titled “Chylothorax as a complication following CDH surgery”.
  • Faculty at AP state NEOCON 2009 workshop on “Neonatal Procedures”.
  • Faculty at National Conference of Pediatric Critical Care, NCPCC 2011, Hyderabad 2011.
  • Oral paper presentation – awarded as best paper at Twin Cities PEDICON 2012 – Titled “Thrombocytosis as a marker for sepsis”.
  • Faculty at 25th National Conference of Respiratory Chapter of IAP – RESPICON 2013, Hyderabad November 2013.
  • Faculty at AP State NEOCON 2014, Vishakhapatnam December 2014.
  • Faculty at Karnataka State Critical Care Conference 2017, Bagalkot May 2017.
  • Faculty at PED Allergicon, Conference of Pediatric Allergic Diseases 2017, Hyderabad July 2017
  • Faculty at RESPICON 2017, Bangalore (October 2017)
  • Faculty at Karnataka State IMA Conference 2017, Gadag October 2017.
  • Faculty at Karnataka State Conference 2017, Bangalore (November 2017)
  • Faculty at Karnataka State Critical Care Conference 2018, Raichur (May 2018)
  • Faculty at Simulus 4, National Conference of Pediatric Simulation 2019, AIIMS, New Delhi (2019)
  • Conceptualized and conducted the first-ever simulation-based pediatric critical care competition in India in 2019 at AIIMS – “SIM WARS”. The program has now become an annual event and is being adopted by institutions as well.
  • Faculty at National Conference of Pediatric Intensive Care 2019, Bangalore (December 2019)
  • Faculty at Simulus 5, National Conference of Pediatric Simulation 2020, Chennai (2020)
  • Faculty at Central Zone e-Pedicon (2020)
  • Faculty at Central Zone Pedicon 2020, Virtual Conference (November 2020)
  • Faculty at PediCriticon 2020, Virtual Conference (December 2020)
  • Faculty at Simulus 6, Virtual Conference (April 2021)
  • Faculty at Curriculum Development Workshop, Simulus 6, April 2021
  • Oral paper presentation at International Pediatric Simulation Society (IPSS) – Virtual conference, September 2021. Title: Navigating Difficult Times - Virtual Simulation Curriculum Development Training for 3 Low Resource Countries.
  • Trainer for in ATM Module by the Indian Academy of Pediatrics.
  • Trainer for BPIC (Basic Pediatric Intensive Care) program.
  • Trainer for IAP Intensive Care Chapter’s ACCPP (Acute Critical Care for Practicing Pediatricians) Module.
  • Trainer for PediStars’ STEP (Simulation Training in Emergency Pediatrics) Workshop.
  • Master Trainer & founder member for IAP Respiratory Chapter’s Mini-Respire Program.
  • Master Trainer & central zone Co-ordinator for IAP TIPS (Training in Pediatric Emergencies by Simulation) Program
  • Trainer for IAP Clearing Pediatric Airway Module
  • Trainer for IAP Under 5 Wheezer Module
  • Trainer for IAP Clinical Clues Module
  • Trainer for IAP RTI-GEM Module
  • Trainer for CASPER Program
  • Trainer for PediSTARS Advanced Debriefing Course
  • Trainer for PediSTARS Curriculum Development Course

Publications

  • S. Srirampur & P. Nagar. “Older vaccines revisited”. Advances in Pediatrics – Jaypee Publications (2nd Edition); Vol(2): 422-427.
  • I.S. Rao & P. Nagar. “Approach to fever with Rash”. The Basics of Pediatric Infectious Diseases – Jaypee Publications (1st Edition).
  • S. Srirampur & P. Nagar. “Malaria Vaccines”. IAP Textbook of Vaccines – Jaypee Publications (1st Edition) 2014.
  • S. Srirampur & P. Nagar. “Approach to Neonatal Respiratory Distress”. Pediatrics for Practitioners – Jaypee Publications 2014.
  • Reddy TR, Prasad PK, Parakh H, Nagar P. Light-emitting Diodes versus Compact Fluorescent Tubes for Phototherapy in Neonatal Jaundice: A randomized control trial. Pediatr Rev: Int J Pediatr Res 2014;1(3):67-74. DOI: 10.17511/ijpr.2014.3.003.
  • Srirampur S and Nagar P. Vaccines in the Pipeline. Indian Journal of Practical Pediatrics (Published September 2015).
  • Immunization Against Streptococcus pneumoniae. Shah Nitin K; Srirampur Sanjay; Nagar Pritesh. ISBN, 9789385891946. DOI, 10.5005/jp/books/12790_20. Edition, 2/e. Publishing Year, 2016.
  • S. Srirampur & P. Nagar. “Malaria Vaccines”. IAP Textbook of Vaccines – Jaypee Publications (2nd Edition) 2020.
  • S. Srirampur & P. Nagar. COVID-19 – Prevention and Education. Indian Journal of Practical Pediatrics 2020;22(2):179-187.
  • GV Basavaraja, S. Chandrashekhar, A. Bansal, D. Gupta, B. Parekh, SS Kamath, S. Desai, P. Nagar, N. Shah, A Bhadra, AJ Chitkara. IAP Guidelines on Practicing Safely During Covid Era: Clinics and Small Establishments. Indian Pediatrics 2021;58:383-390.
  • S. Srirampur & P. Nagar. FAQs in Influenza (Under Publication 2021).
  • S. Srirampur & P. Nagar. Influenza. IAP Textbook of Infectious Diseases (Under Publication 2021).
  • P. Nagar. Approach to Inborn Errors of Metabolism. Twin Cities Journal of Pediatrics (Under Publication 2021)

Education

  • Involved in undergraduate teaching and postgraduate teaching at Manipal
  • Involved in the DNB training program at Aditya Hospital from 2007 to 2020
  • Academic coordinator for Neonatal Fellowship Program at the Hospital during the tenure

Fellow/Membership

  • Life Member of Indian Academy of Paediatrics
  • Life Member of IMA
  • Board of Directors Pedistars India
  • Executive Committee Member Pedistars India
  • Secretary Pedistars India 2021 - 2023

Past Positions

  • Assistant Professor at Kasturba Medical College, Manipal (Aug 2005 to Aug 2007)
  • Worked at Pediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Aditya Hospital, Hyderabad (Sept 2007 to Sept 2020)
  • Involved in undergraduate teaching and postgraduate teaching at Manipal
  • Involved in the DNB training program at Aditya Hospital (2007 to 2020)
  • Head of Pediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care at Aditya Hospital (Mar 2010 till Sept 2020)
  • Academic coordinator for Neonatal Fellowship Program at the Hospital during the tenure
  • Co-Founder PediSTARS’ SimWars Program – The first of its kind in Pediatric Simulation in India
  • Secretary for PediSTARS India (2021 – 2023)

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