Dr. Ananth Pojala
Consultant – Paediatrics & Paediatric Intensive Care
Dr. Ananth Pojala is a Consultant Paediatrician and Paediatric Intensivist at Aster Narayanadri Hospital. He has done his MBBS and MD Paediatrics from GGH, Kurnool, and Kurnool Medical College in Andhra Pradesh. Dr. Ananth furthered his expertise with a Fellowship of National Board (FNB) in Paediatric Intensive Care from Manipal Hospital, Bangalore, and he completed advanced fellowships in PICU, CICU, and Retrieval Services for 2 years at Birmingham Children's Hospital which is one of the largest PICU in United kingdom.
- Expert in Paediatric Critical Care
- Ventilation Management: Conventional, High-Frequency Oscillation, Inhaled Nitric Oxide
- Extracorporeal therapies: ECMO & CRRT
- Cardiac intensive Care: Single & Double Ventricle Physiology (Pre & Post-op care)
- Transplant Care: Post Liver, Kidney, & stem cell transplant
- Neurocritical Care: Traumatic Brain Injury & other Raised ICP conditions requiring neuromonitoring, status epileptics
- Procedures: Intubations, central venous and arterial Cannulation, Chest Tubes, POCUS, ICP monitoring & procedural sedation
- Long-Term Care: Long-term ventilation management & Home Transitions
Experience
- Fellowship in PICU, CICU, retrieval service Birmingham Children's Hospital - Birmingham, UK.
- Consultant paediatrician and Paediatric Intensivist at Ankura Hospital for Women and Children - Tirupati, India.
- Registrar in PICU Manipal Hospital Bangalore - Bangalore, India.
- Fellowship of National Board (FNB) in PICU Manipal Hospital - Bangalore, India.
- He worked as a Senior Registrar in General Paediatrics, PICU, NICU, GGH Kurnool and Kurnool Medical College - Kurnool, India.
- He worked as a Registrar in General Paediatrics, PICU, NICU Govt General Hospital, and Kurnool Medical College - Kurnool, India.
Publications:
- Epinephrine dosing during Peadiatric extracorporeal resuscitation (ECPR): A single center retrospective study assessing adherence to resuscitation guidelines.
- Contributed to the IAP Textbook of Pediatric and neonatal emergencies in the chapter on Poisoning
- A study on the incidence of congenital hypothyroidism among babies born in a tertiary hospital in Andhra Pradesh.
Oral Presentation/ Poster Presentation:
- A case of clostridial myonecrosis – Presented on KIDS NTS Stokes meet Sep’23
- Surviving sepsis guidelines – Tirupathi, 2020
- Management of status asthmaticus, Kadapa 2021
- PALS For Nurses- Manipal Hospital Banglore,2018