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Dr. Ajith Kumar A K

Lead Consultant - Critical Care

Pulmonology

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Aster Whitefield Hospital - Bangalore, India


Qualification

MBBS, MD, DNB, EDIC, FICCM

Languages

English Hindi Malayalam Tamil Kannada Marathi Telugu German Bangla and Oriya

Work Experience

31 Years

Awards & Achivements

• Secretary - Elect (2023-2024): Indian College of Critical Care Medicine.
• Past Accreditation Secretary
Indian College of Critical Care Medicine.
• Past Chairman: Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine
Bangalore Chapter.
• Current Treasurer: Association of Medical Consultants
Bangalore Chapter.
• Editor
STATPEARLS medical database (USA); Editor
Journal of Acute Care.
• Invited Reviewer: Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine
Lancet -ID
Canadian Journal of Infectious.
• Diseases and Medical Microbiology
E Clinical Medicine BMC Pulmonary Medicine
Indian Journal of Surgical Oncology.
• Presidential Citation Awards: 2015 &2023 from ISCCM President.
• Accredited Teacher: DNB & FNB
IDCCM
IFCCM
IDCCN courses in critical care.
• Examiner: FNB
IDCCM
IFCCM and IDCCN.

Memberships

• Member
European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ARAY 160501).
• Ex-Member
Society of Critical Care Medicine USA (205809).
• Life member
Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine (01/K-162).
• Life member
Indian Medical Association (KRL/0/19/769/0/SM/3622).
• Life member
Association of Physicians in India (23/L13501).
• Life member
Association of Physicians Karnataka chapter(L-652).
• Life member
Academy of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (LM/122).
• Life Member
Association of Medical Consultants (BAN/LM/A/0008).

Area of Interest

• Critical Care Medicine & Pulmonology
• ARDS
SEPSIS
SHOCK
ECMO
EC-CO2R
CRRT
• Fiber-Optic Bronchoscopy
ECHO/ULTRASOUND.

About Me

Dr. Ajith Kumar passed MBBS from Government Medical College, Calicut (Kerala) in 1991, and, cleared MD (Chest Diseases) from the prestigious Seth GS Medical College and King Edward Memorial (KEM) Hospital; Mumbai in 1996. Dr. Ajith Kumar Subsequently worked as Senior Registrar at JIPMER Pondicherry from 1998 to 2001 and cleared the DNB (respiratory disease). Dr. Kumar has also worked as an ICU Registrar at the Frankston and Western Hospitals in Melbourne (Australia) from 2004 to 2006 and was an international Honorary Doctor at the Alfred. Dr. Kumar passed the European Diploma in Intensive Care (EDIC) exam in 2006; and received the FICCM (Fellow of the Indian College of Critical Care Medicine). Fellowship in Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation (FIECMO) was obtained in 2019 from the Simulation Society in addition to a fellowship from ELSO. Dr. Ajith Kumar is a well-renowned Critical Care specialist in this country consistently involved in teaching and training critical care physicians/nurses/paramedics at the various national conferences/CMEs across the states. He has been an invited reviewer in various national/international journals, & published numerous articles including invited editorials/comments in reputed journals. He has been a teacher& examiner of various critical care courses across India (FNB, IDCCM, IFCCM, IDCCN).

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