About Me

Dr. Archana M. works as a Children's Infectious Disease Doctor in Whitefield. She is one of the well-known paediatric infectious disease physicians in Bangalore who is well-qualified to tackle common illnesses and serious health issues. Overall she has an experience of 14 years in this field, with 8 years of experience as a specialist. She is very knowledgeable and specialises in fields like treating infections of various types caused by general infections, exposure to hospitals, tropical infections, immunodeficiency infections, complicated infections, fevers, and immunisation. Dr. Archana is a life member of medical bodies like the Indian Academy of Paediatrics (IAP) and the Indian Medical Association (IMA). She also possesses memberships from the renowned European Society of Paediatric Infectious Diseases. Dr. Archana M completed her MBBS degree from Bangalore’s Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) in 2009. She completed her DNB course in Paediatrics at the Coimbatore Masonic Medical Centre for Children in Tamil Nadu in 2013. She then proceeded to acquire a fellowship in Paediatric Infectious Diseases from the Indian Academy of Paediatrics in 2018. Dr. Archana has undergone in-depth training for 24 months in the field of paediatric infectious diseases from the University of Oxford, the premier educational institute in London. Her areas of interest include antibiotic stewardship, preventing and controlling infectious diseases, vaccines and medicines for kids during travel, immunity shots during special situations, prolonged episodes of fever, treating infections in immunocompromised kids, tuberculosis treatment, and AIDS or HIV treatment. Dr. Archana is the best paediatric infectious diseases physician in Whitefield, Bangalore. Dr. Archana M has also received special certification and training for various courses like ESPID courses on antibiotic management and vaccination course for immunity. She has also attended the certified training programme of Penta Child Health research in Italy for HIV patients. She has also attended the advanced certified course offered by Apollo Medvarsity on infection control and prevention. She has won several accolades for posters and papers presented during the International conferences held by WSPID and ESPID. Dr. Archana M has performed elaborate research works in her fields of expertise, which were published in nationally indexed journals. She is involved in training PG students studying DNB Paediatrics courses and offers guest lectures at CME and regional conferences to educate budding paediatricians. Dr. Archana M was the co-author of a case featured in a textbook on Paediatric Infectious Diseases and authored the FEFCON 2018 article on fever. She is one of the authors of the PG teaching modules on Paediatric Infectious Diseases for the IAP. She also shares expert advice and safety tips on infectious diseases like the Nipah virus and tomato flu in leading newspapers like the Morning Standard, Bangalore Mirror, and the New Indian Express. Overall, she provides treatment for prolonged and recurrent fevers, complicated drug-resistant infections, common childhood infections, tuberculosis, and tropical fever.