Dr. Karthik Nagesh

Speciality:        Neonatology, Paediatrics
Experience:       31+Years of experience
Hospital:            Manipal Hospital, Bangalore

Brief About doctor:

• Dr. Karthik Nagesh is an acclaimed neonatologist practicing at Manipal Hospitals since 1992.
• He is the Head of the department of Neonatology and top level in charge of the neonatal ICU at the hospital. 
• He has more than 31+years of experience in the field of Paediatrics. After having completed his MBBS and Paediatrics, he moved to the United Kingdom to pursue his further studies in neonatal intensive care. 

Speciality Interest:

• Dr Karthik Nagesh pursued his training in Neonatal Intensive Care at Queen Charlotte and Chelsea Hospitals in London, and at the Hope Hospital, University of Manchester School of Medicine.
• Nagesh returned to India in 1992, to set up one of the first tertiary level care Neonatal Intensive Care Units in India.
• He is well known for having set up a ‘state of the art NICU’ at Manipal Hospital, Bangalore with the reputation of providing high quality intensive care to the sickest of small neonates ethically.
• He was the Head of Paediatrics at Manipal Hospital from 2001 to 2004 and later has been the Head of Neonatology.
• He then turned his focus to promoting Paediatric Research in priority areas relevant to India and to pursue imparting education in neonatology more actively amongst pediatricians.
• He is the Founder and Managing Trustee of the ‘Foundation for Newborns’, a trust which does charity work for sick babies and promotes newborn health. He was President of the National Neonatology Forum (Karnataka, India) from 2001 to 2003.
• He was nominated to be the President of the Indian Academy of Paediatrics, Bangalore for the year 2010.
• He was conferred the Fellowship award of the National Neonatology Forum of India (2013) for lifetime service in the field of neonatology.
• Recently Bestowed with the prestigious FIAP (Fellowship award of the Indian Academy of Pediatrics) in 2020 for lifetime contribution to Child Health.
• More than 20,000 neonates have been treated by him and his dedicated team of doctors and nurses these last 28 years.
• Many of his sickest and smallest patients are now themselves highly accomplished intelligent adults excelling in various professions.
• They have launched a unique initiative to help the cause of premature babies on ‘World Prematurity day’-The ex-Preemies Club.
• He has received the prestigious Fellowship of The Royal College of Paediatricians and Child Health, London (FRCPCH) for his contributions in the field of neonatology and pediatrics.

Fellowship & Membership:

• Neonatal Intensive Care Fellowship
• Conferred the prestigious Fellowship of the ‘Indian Academy of Pediatrics’ (FIAP) for lifetime contribution to Child Health, 2020
• Awarded the Fellowship of the National Neonatology Forum for Lifetime service in the field of Neonatology, 2013.

Awards:

• Invited as a Contributing Author to write 2 chapters in ‘ IAP-NNF Textbook of Clinical Neonatology’, 2021, Jaypee Bros . This textbook is used by neonatologists and neonatal fellows all over India as basic reference for Neonatal practices. (2020-21).
• Invited as a Contributing Author to write and edit a chapter in the South Asian edition of the prestigious ‘Cloherty and Stark’s Manual of Neonatal Care’, Wolters Kluwer, 2021. This manual is used by neonatologists all over as a primer of protocols to follow in neonatal intensive care. (2020-21).
• Conferred the prestigious Fellowship of the ‘Indian Academy of Pediatrics’ (FIAP) for lifetime contribution to Child Health, 2020.
• Reviewer for ‘Current Practice Guidelines’ of National Neonatology Forum of India, 2019.
• Awarded the “Healthcare achiever – Legend” award by Times of India 2019.
• Awarded the Oration (Dr Nagaraj Rao Oration) and delivered the same at the prestigious National Conference of Neonatology ( NNF NEOCON 2019), Dec 2019.
• Organized the well acclaimed and Prestigious conference in Neonatology, the ‘IAP NEOCON 2019’ in Bangalore as Chairman. This was attended by 19 International faculty and nearly 700 Delegates and the conference focused on ‘ Advancing Frontiers of Neonatal Medicine’.
• Awarded the ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ by the National Neonatology Forum-Karnataka State Chapter,2019.
• Awarded the Oration award, National Neonatology Forum, Karnataka 2016.
• Awarded the Fellowship of the National Neonatology Forum for Lifetime service in the field of Neonatology, 2013.
• Invited for a Platform Presentation to present a paper on the “role of GM-CSF in Neonatal Sepsis “at the “Society for Pediatric Research / AAP/PAS” annual meeting, Boston, 2000.
• Awarded the 6th “Dr.G.K.Devarajulu Memorial Endowment Oration Award” by the GKNM Hospital, Coimbatore, India. (1999).
• Has carried out one of the first “Air Transports for sick Neonates” in India.
• First Pediatrician to successfully use Surfactant therapy in Neonatal RDS in India.
• Awarded the “Dr.V.Balagopal Raju Award” by the Indian Academy of Pediatrics for the best research paper in Child health. (1988).
• Awarded the “Dr.Satya Gupta Endowment Prize” for the best research paper in Pediatrics by the IAP Delhi. (1987).
• Awarded ‘Best Student’ prize in Anatomy, Forensic Medicine, Internal Medicine and General Surgery during M.B.B.S. (1977–1982).
• Conducted statewide Newborn Health initiatives and the ‘Newborn Week’ Celebration drives in collaboration with UNICEF, NNF.
• Has helped set up 5 more NICUs in the country apart from starting and running the one at Manipal Hospital, Bangalore.

Education:

• MBBS At The Maulana Azad Medical College, University Of Delhi 
• MD 
• FRCPCH (UK) 
• FNNF 
• FIAP