Neonatology

Our vision:

Compared to western world, neonatal mortality rate is still very high in India. The state of Uttarakhand and its adjoining area records even a higher neonatal mortality amongst the states of India. The Department of Neonatology, AIIMS Rishikesh made a modest beginning in November 2017 to provide comprehensive services to neonates of the state of Uttarakhand and surrounding areas. Presently we are having a 24-bedded neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and are providing tertiary care and follow-up services to both inborn and outborn neonates with round-the-clock neonatal emergency services. DM Neonatology course has been started since July 2018. Presently, we have 10 DM candidates with us. We are also running a separate Covide-19 NICU to cater neonates delivered to Covid-positive or Covid-suspected mothers.

Mission statement:

We are committed to bring an overall quality improvement in neonatal care of the state, decrease neonatal mortality to a single digit with intact neurological survival and develop the department as a neonatal teaching, training and research hub.

Faculty

Name & Qualifications	Designation	Areas of Interest	Email ID / ORCID ID / Research-gate Page
Dr. Sriparna Basu MBBS, MD (Pediatrics), MSc in Neonatology (University of Southampton, UK), FRCPI (Ireland), FRCPCH (London, UK)	Professor & Head	Clinical :- Neonatology Research :- Neonatal hemodynamics, Neonatal sepsis, Neonatal nutrition, Quality Initiative, Systematic review and meta-analysis	sriparna.neonat@aiimsrishikesh.edu.in https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5048-4849 https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sriparna_Basu
Dr. Poonam Singh MBBS, MD (Pediatrics), DNB (Neonatology)	Additional Professor	Clinical :- Neonatology Research :- Neonatal jaundice Intra-uterine growth restriction	poonam.neonat@aiimsrishikesh.edu.in https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5570-0862 https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Poonam_Singh
Dr. Mayank Priyadarshi MBBS, MD (Pediatrics), DM (Neonatology)	Associate Professor	Clinical :- Invasive ventilation (volume target, high frequency), hemodynamics (functional ECHO, shock, PDA, therapeutic hypothermia) Research :- Neonatal intensive care (endotracheal tube position), vitamin D supplementation, respiratory distress, NIRS	mayank.neonat@aiimsrishikesh.edu.in https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4436-6181 https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mayank_Priyadarshi3
Dr. Suman Chaurasia MBBS, MD (Pediatrics), PhD	Associate Professor	Clinical :- Neonatal sepsis Research :- Neonatal sepsis, neonatal intensive care	suman.neonat@aiimsrishikesh.edu.in https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3871-5322 https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Suman_Chaurasia2

Photo	Name & Qualifications	Designation	Areas of Interest	Email ID / ORCID ID / Research-gate Page

Services

Services Available in the department:

Outpatients department:
- General OPD: Schedule- day and consultant wise
- Specialty Clinics/ services (Diagnostic and/or Therapeutic) Schedule- day and consultant wise
In-patients department:
- Bed strength: 60 (Non-Covid NICU – 30, Non-Covid Postnatal ward – 20, Covid NICU – 4, Covid Postnatal Ward – 6)
- Area of the hospital where the ward is situated: 24-bedded Non-Covid NICU and Postnatal ward located in B1 and B2 area, Second Floor, Hospital building
- Covid NICU in D4 area, Trauma Block, Covid Postnatal Ward in D6 area, Trauma Block
Procedures (Diagnostic and/or Therapeutic) offered by the department:
- Any special procedures which are done in department in OPD or IPD basis (Table 1)
- What are they aimed at? (Table 1)
Surgeries offered for the surgical departments: Inborn neonates with surgical malformation have been operated by the Department of Pediatric Surgery

Statistics

Courses & Short term Trainings

Name of the course	Duration of course	Present number of students	Objectives/ brief description of the course
MBBS	4 year	100	Didactic lectures, integrated teaching, tutorials and bedside clinics, hands-on training as a part of institutional training program
MD (Pediatrics)	3 year	4	Seminars, tutorials, bedside clinics and hands-on training as a part of training program of the Department of Pediatrics
DM (Neonatology)	3 year	7	Super-specialtyNeonatology course Teaching schedule: Seminars, Journal clubs, Clinical Audits, Case Presentations, bedside clinics, monthly examinations with clinical vignettes and OSCE
Nursing Officers			Training in newborn care
BSc and MSc nursing			Hands-on training in neonatal care

Name of the course	Curriculum	Duration of course	Present number of students	Objectives/ brief description of the course

Research

Projects

Title	Site-Investigators	Principal Investigator	Collaboration, if any (Department and institute)	Funding Agency	Projects Status

Projects

Title	Site-Investigators	Principal Investigator	Collaboration, if any (Department and institute)	Funding Agency	Projects Status

Collaboration

Collaboration for	Collaboration with Department and institute	Services offered/ work undergoing in collaboration
Clinical and Academic	National Neonatology Forum	Neonatal Resuscitation Program workshop
Clinical and Academic	National Neonatology Forum	Facility Based Newborn Care workshop
Clinical and Academic	Development &Supportive Care of Newborns Foundation	Developmentally supportive care in NICU workshop

Collaboration for	Collaboration with Department and institute	Services offered/ work undergoing in collaboration

Expansion plan

Expansion planned for the future:

Clinical Services

To establish a 40-bedded state-of-the-art tertiary care neonatal referral center in AIIMS Rishikesh with surgical, cardiac, cardio-thoracic and neurosurgical facilities under one roof
Establishment of neonatal sub-speciality clinics
Establishment of human milk bank
Starting neonatal ECMO services
To start outreach, emergency and transport in/out services for neonates living in hilly terrain
Regular mentoring visits and hand-holding of SNCUs of Uttarakhand
Establishment of tele-conference facility with peripheral centers catering neonatal services

Academics and teaching

We have already started modular teaching and training for undergraduate (MBBS), Pediatric (MD Pediatrics) and Neonatal (DM Neonatology) trainees as well as nursing students and staffs
Establishment of certificate courses for neonatal nursing
Regular training of Medical Officers and Neonatal Nurses across the State and conduct observership courses for trained Medical Officers and Neonatal Nurses in AIIMS Rishikesh for a period of 2 weeks
To develop an international collaborative center for neonatal training including faculty and resident exchange program

Research

Establishment of a database of newborn morbidity and mortality in the State
To develop national and international collaboration for clinical trials
Getting research grants for neonatal projects
Research publications in high impact factor journals