Pediatrics

Mission statement:

The primary mission of the Department of Pediatrics, AIIMS Rishikesh is to improve the lives of children by providing the highest quality preventive, diagnostic and treatment facilities to children and adolescents and to improve outcomes through research, training, education and advocacy.

We are committed to continuously upgrading ourselves and incorporating the best of the evidence based medicine and technology to provide excellent care.

Vision statement: In achieving our mission, we commit to the following core values and self- assigned tasks.

Children come first, above all personal and professional priorities. The right of children to quality healthcare and physical and mental wellbeing assures the future of society. Respect for children above all else is the responsibility of community and health care professionals.
Ensuring state of the art pediatric and pediatric subspecialty services under one roof so that children of this region can have access to the world-class preventive, diagnostic and treatment services.
Commitment to optimal outcomes for children and critical evaluation of those outcomes through comprehensive evidence-based quality health care. We aspire for continuous improvement in the quality of health care by making decisions based on the best available evidence in the literature. At the same time, we envisage to optimize the quality of life, inculcate healthy lifestyle habits and prevent diseases in children.
Modeling professionalism by supporting each other with respect, integrity, joviality, and collegiality. Intra-departmental, inter-departmental and inter–institutional (medical and technological) commitment to action through collaboration and shared problem solving.
Developing leaders to serve the community through our commitment to excellence in education, continuous learning, and professional development. Valuing diversity, leadership, open-mindedness and out of the box thinking in our residents and trainees.
Valuing innovations and discoveries in the field of academics, research, and medical education, as discovery and dissemination of knowledge are the tools to advance children’s health.
Anticipating and responding to forces affecting children and speaking out and advocacy on behalf of children regarding their rights and opportunities.

Faculty

Name & Qualifications	Designation	Areas of Interest	Email ID / ORCID ID / Research-gate Page
Dr. Nowneet Kumar Bhat MD (Pediatrics)	Professor & Head	Clinical :- General Pediatrics, Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition Research :- Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition	https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6856-7797 https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Nowneet_Bhat
Dr. Lokesh Kumar Tiwari	Professor	Clinical :- Research :-	lokeshdoc@yahoo.com
Dr. Prashant Kumar Verma MBBS, MD & DM (Medical Genetics)	Additional Professor	Clinical :- Pediatric Genetics, Asthma Research :- Pediatric Genetics, Asthma	https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2087-7857 https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Prashant_Verma44
Dr. Indar Kumar Sharawat DM (Pediatric Neurology)	Additional Professor	Clinical :- Neurometabolic disorders, Neuromuscular disease, Headache, Childhood epilepsy, and Neuro immunology Research :- Neurometabolic disorders, Neuromuscular disease, Headache, Childhood epilepsy, and Neuro immunology	https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7003-7218 https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Indar_Sharawat
Dr. Yash Shrivastava MD (Pediatrics)	Assistant Professor	Clinical :- Cardiology Research :- Cardiology	https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yash_Shrivastava7/
Dr. Prateek Kumar Panda MD (Pediatrics), DNB, DM (Pediatric Neurology)	Assistant Professor	Clinical :- Pediatric neurology, Developmental Pediatrics Research :- Pediatric neurology, Developmental Pediatrics	https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7831-9271 https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Prateek_Kumar_Panda/
Dr. Vinod MBBS, MD, DNB(Ped), MNAMS	Assistant Professor	Clinical :- Pediatric Hemato-oncology Research :- Pediatric Hemato-oncology	https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4238-2399

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

Services

Services Available in the department:

Outpatients department:
- General OPD
- Specialty Clinics/ services (Diagnostic and/or Therapeutic)
In-patients department:
- IPD: Pediatric ward with 32 beds
- PICU/HDU: 10 beds
Procedures (Diagnostic and/or Therapeutic) offered by the department: EEG, EMG, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (Diagnostic and therapeutic), 2D-Echo, Spirometry, liver biopsy, renal biopsy.

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Courses & Short term Trainings

Name of the course	Duration of course	Present number of students	Objectives/ brief description of the course
MBBS	4.5 years	100/batch
MD	3 years	8	Post graduate course in Pediatrics
PDCC (Pediatrics Gastroenterology)	1 year	1	Fellowship in Pediatric Gastroenterology
DM (Pediatrics Gastroenterology)	3 years	1	Super speciality course in Pediatric Gastroenterology
DM (Pediatrics Neurology)	3 years	1	Super speciality course in Pediatric Neurology

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

Research

Projects

Title	Site-Investigators	Collaboration, if any (Department and institute)	Projects Status
Hospital Based Sentinel Surveillance for Streptococcus pneumonia and other Invasive bacterial diseases in India – Phase II	Dr. NK Bhat, Dr. Sonam Agrawal, Dr. Balram Ji Omar	ICMR	Ongoing
Prevalence of 563 C – T& 131 C->G G6PD polymorphisms in term & late preterm neonates with significant unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia from a tertiary level care neonatal unit in Uttarakhand	Dr. Swathi Chacham	UCOST	Ongoing
Stimulating medical students interest in Medical genetics randomized controlled trial of An Innovative Educational Intervention	Dr. Prashant Kumar Verma, Dr. Swathi Chacham	AIIMS Jodhpur	Ongoing
To evaluate the efficacy of oral Coenzyme Q supplementation in children with migraine aged 6-18 years: a randomized double blind, placebo-controlled trial.	Dr. Indar Kumar Sharawat	ICMR	Ongoing
A randomized controlled trial of 6 months intensified anti-tuberculosis and 2 months anti-inflammatory treatment for HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected African and Asian children with tuberculous meningitis.	Dr. Indar Kumar Sharawat	UCL, Welcome Trust, the Medical Research Council (MRC UK) and the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) (Multicentric, international trial).	Ongoing
Comparison of the efficacy of Hand Arm Bimanual Intensive Therapy (HABIT) versus modified constraint induced movement therapy (mCIMT) in children with hemiparetic cerebral palsy aged 5-18 years: an open labeled randomized controlled trial.	Dr. Prateek Kumar Panda	ICMR	Ongoing
Evaluation of the efficacy of oral Folinic acid supplementation in children with Autism Spectrum disorders (ASDs): a randomized double blind, placebo controlled trial.	Dr. Prateek Kumar Panda	ICMR	Ongoing

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
Academic

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

Expansion plan

Expansion planned for the future:

To establish a separate state of the art Pediatric Intensive Care Unit with facilities for advanced mechanical ventilation, management of catecholamine resistant shock, postoperative care, cardiac intensive care, renal replacement therapy, and management of acute hepatic failure.
To establish a pediatric growth lab and clinical nutrition unit for identifying children having growth failure, due to macronutrient and micronutrient deficiencies and enabling optimum rehabilitation of these children.
To establish a dedicated pediatric endoscopy suite, which will also have facilities for other ancillary invasive and noninvasive specialized investigations in pediatric gastroenterology and Hepatology.
To establish a comprehensive pediatric neurology lab with facilities for electroencephalography, electrophysiology, polysomnography, transcranial magnetic stimulation, and other investigations, as well as an epilepsy monitoring unit.
To establish a comprehensive rehabilitation center under one roof for children with neuro disabilities.
To initiate pediatric hemodialysis, short term, and continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis and plasma exchange services for pediatric renal disorders.
To initiate pediatric oncology services for children suffering from hematological and other solid malignancies.
To establish pediatric rheumatology, allergy and immunology services, with long term quality health care to children with joint pathology, connective tissue disorders, and other allied illnesses.
To set – up an advanced pediatric echocardiography lab
To start super-specialty training programs in pediatric nephrology, critical care, rheumatology, cardiology and hemato-oncology in near future.
To establish an advanced pediatric skill lab with a simulation training facility for undergraduate and postgraduate trainees in our institute.
To offer the short-term programs, training and refreshers courses for residents, trainees, and pediatricians from communities.
To establish telemedicine services and liaise with local district health units to cater to people from remote areas of Uttarakhand who are unable to access quality healthcare services
To collaborate with institute of national importance and international institutes of repute for research and advanced training.

Digital Information

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