Dr. Balaji Sankar

Specialist, Paediatric Intensive Care Medicine
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Dr. Balaji Sankar (M.B.B.S., M.D., I.F.P.C.C.M.) is a specialist in paediatric intensive care medicine at Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City (SSMC).

With nine years of experience in paediatrics and intensive care, including approximately five years focused exclusively on paediatric intensive care, Dr. Sankar’s clinical expertise spans the assessment and management of critically ill children with complex medical, surgical and cardiac conditions. Dr. Sankar completed advanced fellowship training in paediatric critical care at Christian Medical College and Hospital in Vellore, India. His areas of expertise include airway management, mechanical ventilation, vascular access, intercostal drainage, cardiopulmonary resuscitation and continuous renal replacement therapy. He has particular clinical interests in difficult airway management, paediatric transport and respiratory critical care. He is also actively involved in teaching and training postgraduate students, paediatric critical care fellows, critical care therapists and nurses.

Doctor can help with

  • • Paediatric critical care
  • • Management of critically ill children
  • • Airway management
  • • Mechanical ventilation
  • • Vascular access
  • • Intercostal drainage
  • • Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
  • • Continuous renal replacement therapy
  • • Difficult airway management
  • • Paediatric transport
  • • Respiratory critical care

Licences and certifications

  • Tamil Nadu Medical Council Registration
  • American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support (BLS) Provider
  • American Heart Association (AHA) Paediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) Provider
  • American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support Instructor
  • Basic Course in Biomedical Research (BCBR)

Training and work experience

  • Specialist, Paediatric Intensive Care Medicine

    Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City (SSMC) Abu Dhabi, UAE

  • Assistant Professor, Paediatric Intensive Care Unit

    Christian Medical College and Hospital, India

  • Fellow, Paediatric Intensive Care Unit

    Christian Medical College and Hospital, India

  • Senior Resident

    Sardar Vallabhai Patel Post Graduate Institute of Pediatrics (SVPPGIP), SCB Medical College, India

Education

  • M.D. (Paediatrics)

    Sardar Vallabhai Patel Post Graduate Institute of Pediatrics (SVPPGIP), SCB Medical College, affiliated with Utkal University, India
  • M.B.B.S.

    Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Pondicherry University, India
  • Indian Fellowship in Paediatric Critical Care Medicine (IFPCCM) and Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Paediatric Critical Care

    IAP Intensive Care and Christian Medical College and Hospital, India

Awards and recognitions

  • Winner, SIMWAR

  • Runner-up, Paediatric IAP PG Quiz, State Level

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