Dr Reshma Aramanadka

Dr. Reshma Aramanadka is a paediatric intensivist with more than 10 years of experience in managing critically ill children at Manipal Hospital Old Airport Road. She is skilled in treating conditions such as sepsis, respiratory failure, acute kidney injury, and multi-organ dysfunction syndrome. Her expertise includes advanced PICU procedures like CRRT, mechanical ventilation, and bedside ultrasound. She is actively involved in quality improvement initiatives, infection-prevention audits, and simulation-based training for nurses, residents, and fellows.

Educational Qualifications

• MBBS – Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute
• MD (Paediatrics) – PGIMER, Chandigarh
• DM (Pediatric Critical Care) – PGIMER, Chandigarh

Professional Experience

• Consultant – PICU, Manipal Hospital Old Airport Road
• Over 10 years of experience in paediatric critical care
• Led infection-prevention audits, including CAUTI prevention bundles
• Conducted monthly simulation sessions for nurses, residents, and fellows
• Guided paediatric intensive care fellows (IAP and DrNB) and nursing trainees
• Delivered invited talks at national conferences and workshops

Awards & Achievements

• Gold medallist in General Surgery in MBBS (BMCRI, RGUHS 2009)
• Senior Resident Grand Rounds (Indian Journal of Pediatrics), 2017 – 1st runner-up for “Time is Brain”
• Level 3 Certification, Simulation Faculty Development Program, AIIMS New Delhi (SIMULCON 2018)

Professional Memberships

• Life Member – IAP, Pediatric Intensive Care Chapter
• Member – ECMO Society of India
• Member – Pediatric Simulation Training and Research Society, India

Certifications

• Level 3 Certification – Simulation Faculty Development Program, AIIMS New Delhi (SIMULCON 2018)

Fellowships

• Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Pediatric ICU

Publications

• Epilepsy and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in a Cohort of West Syndrome Beyond Two Years of Age. Indian J Pediatr, 2022
• Allergies. Urgent care symposium. Indian J Pediatr, 2018
• Contributing author – Indian Academy of Pediatrics Advanced Life Support Manual (2018)
• Acute encephalopathy with biphasic seizures and late diffusion restriction in scrub typhus encephalitis. Eur J Pediatr, 2018
• Frontal pyomucocoele as forehead swelling in a five-year-old girl. Trop Doct, 2019