Dr Prathap Chandra

Dr. Prathap is trained and well qualified Paediatrician and Neonatologist. He has undergone his training from the UK (at various tertiary units including Neonatal Units in Birmingham, Coventry, Liverpool, Canterbury and Great Ormond street hospital) and worked for 12 years there. Dr. Prathap Chandra has done research for 2 years at Birmingham Women’s Hospital looking at outcomes of various congenital malformations and the outcomes of Gastroschisis, in-utero and exchange transfusions. He has been awarded a CCT in Paediatric and Neonatal Medicine in 2010 and FRCPCH in 2014. He has worked as a Neonatal Consultant at University Hospital of Coventry and Warwickshire for 3 years before returning back to India. He is a certified NLS instructor of resuscitation council, UK. Dr. Prathap has extensive experience and special interest in looking after babies born extremely preterm, birth asphyxia, neonatal sepsis, babies with congenital heart diseases and surgical malformations. He is well versed in providing Therapeutic Hyperthermia (Total Body Cooling) for babies born with moderate to severe Hypoxic Ischaemic encephalopathy (HIE). His expertise also include Neonatal Transport, fetal medicine counselling, training, simulator and research. Dr Prathap has embarked up on a campaign on creating awareness and prevention of child abuse in India.