Dr. Santosh Kumar

Dr Santosh Kumar K. is a Senior Consultant in the Department of Paediatrics and Neonatology at Motherhood Hospital, Banashankari, and Motherhood Clinic, Kanakapura Road with 15+ years of experience in his domain. He has a distinctive interest in Neonatal emergencies and General Paediatrics and a great zeal and passion for caring for high-risk premature neonates in the Neonatal ICU. He leads the Neonatal wing consisting of 18 bedded level III Unit, handling around 1500 to 2000 deliveries per year which consists of around 30% of high-risk deliveries and around 450-600 NICU admissions per year.

Dr. Santosh Kumar K. handles high-risk neonates in the ICU starting from 24 weeks and as small as 500 grams. He is instrumental in setting up a Neonatal Transport system for the transport of high-risk neonates from rural regions for better tertiary care and is one of the best in the region. He initiated and developed the In-House Child Development team at Motherhood Hospital Banashankari for high-risk neuro developmental follow-up which is much appreciated among his peer group.

Dr Santosh Kumar K. has to his credit written, published, and presented many articles in various international journal and has around 30 articles in print media and electronic media related to public and Paediatric issues for the awareness of parents and the healthcare fraternity. He was the facilitator for the Therapeutic Hypothermia workshop at the National Level and a faculty at various state-level workshop training for the Medical Fraternity.

Services Offered by Dr Santosh Kumar K:

1. New Born Care
2. Development Assessment

Qualifications & Accreditation:

1. Post completion of Basic training in medicine went on to pursue M.D. in Paediatrics from Kempe Gowda Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangalore.
2. Fellowship in Neonatal Medicine from the prestigious Sri Ramachandra University, 60 Bedded Neonatal unit with first in the country to have level 3B accreditation in NICU. Dr Santosh Kumar is the National Instructor for the Neonatal Resuscitation Program, NNF. He has certified Accreditation in Child Development Assessment and NEOPOCUS.

Affiliations:

1. Karnataka Medical Council
2. National Neonatal Forum
3. Indian Academy of Pediatrics
4. Neonatology Chapter, IAP
5. European Society of Pediatric & Neonatal Intensive Care

Awards and Recognitions:

1. DASSI - 2015
2. BAYLEYS SCALE - 2016
3. NATIONAL INSTRUCTOR, NEONATAL RESUSCITATION - INDIA - 2015

Trainings and Certifications:

FIAP (Neonatology) - Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai, 2015

Memberships:

1. National Neonatology Forum (NNF)
2. Indian Academy of Paediatrics (IAP)
3. NEONATOLOGY CHAPTER , INDIAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS.

Registrations:

91734 Karnataka Medical Council, 2010