Pediatric Intensivist & General Pediatrician

RAINBOW CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL & BIRTHRIGHT – MARATHAHALLI, BENGALURU

Qualification

MD (PGIMER), Fellowship in Pediatric Intensive Care (The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto)

INFO

Dr. Rakshay Shetty is the lead Pediatric Intensivist at 24 bed tertiary care PICU in Rainbow Children’s Hospital, Bangalore and shares the responsibility of patient care and training with the Pediatric intensive care and Emergency medicine team. He completed his training in Pediatrics from PGIMER, Chandigarh. After completing his residency, he worked as a senior resident in Pediatric Intensive Care at the same institute before moving to the prestigious Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto to complete his Fellowship Program in Intensive Care. He was awarded a fellowshipin point of care ultrasound from American ultrasound leadership academy after completing one-year training program. He is working as a consultant Pediatric Intensivist since 2010 for Rainbow Children’s Hospitals.

As a founder member of Indian Pediatric Simulation society, PediSTARS, he has been instrumental in spreading simulation-based training through conferences and workshops throughout the country. He has represented India globally in the field of simulation-based education though invited lectures in International conferences. He has been an invited visiting professor at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. He has also contributed to the book chapters related to the practice of Pediatric critical care medicine and has few international research publications to his credit. He is currently an Associate editor for Journal of Pediatric Critical care. As a member of IAP, Indian Society of Critical care Medicine and IAP intensive care chapter, he has delivered many lectures and conducted workshops nationally. He also volunteered as a Pediatric Cardiac Intensivist for the camps held by Mending Kids International (MKI) and International Child Heart foundation (ICHF) for their missions in Africa.

In addition to his enthusiasm in Simulation, he has a keen interest in the field of point of care ultrasound, cardiopulmonary interactions and Neurointensive care.