Dr Shivakumar Shamarao

Dr. Shivakumar Shamarao is a paediatrician based in Bengaluru and is currently associated with Manipal Hospital, Old Airport Road. He heads the Multi-disciplinary Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at the hospital. He has completed paediatric intensive care training in India and abroad, including clinical fellowships in the United Kingdom and Canada. His clinical work focuses on the care of critically ill children requiring advanced intensive care support.

Educational Qualifications

• MBBS – Sri Devraj Urs Medical College and Research Centre, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences
• DNB (Paediatrics) – Kanchi Kamakoti CHILDS Trust Hospital, Chennai
• DCH – Diploma in Child Health
• IDPCCM – Indian Diploma in Paediatric Critical Care Medicine, Apollo Hospitals, Chennai
• Fellowship in Paediatric Critical Care Medicine – Hospital for SickKids, Toronto
• Clinical Fellowship in Paediatric Critical Care – Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children, London, UK

Professional Experience

• Consultant – Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), Manipal Hospital, Old Airport Road, Bengaluru
• Head – Multi-disciplinary Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Manipal Hospital, Old Airport Road, Bengaluru
• Fellowship Programme Director – IAP Fellowship in Pediatric Critical Care, Manipal Hospital, Bengaluru
• Fellowship Programme Director – IDPCCN (Indian Diploma Pediatric Critical Care Nursing), Manipal Hospital, Bengaluru
• Fellowship Programme Director – DrNB Pediatric Critical Care, Manipal Hospital, Bengaluru

Awards & Achievements

• Gold Medal in Pathology – Sri Devaraj Urs Medical College, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (1992–1998)
• Best Junior Resident in Paediatrics – Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi (2000–2001)
• Ranked 1st at National Level Paediatric Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Exams – IDPCCM (2007)
• Chairman – Scientific Abstracts Committee, National Conference of Paediatric Intensive Care (NCPIC 2019)
• First Prize – Oral Paper Presentation: Decoding Pediatric Code Blue, NCPIC 2019
• Head of Accreditation Committee – IAP Intensive Care Chapter (2022–2024)
• Secretary – Pediatric Section, ECMO Society of India
• Abstract Secretary – Scientific Committee, ECMO Society of India (2024)

Professional Memberships

• Indian Academy of Pediatrics (IAP)
• Intensive Care Chapter – IAP
• Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine (ISCCM)
• ECMO Society of India

Certifications

• IDPCCM – Indian Diploma in Paediatric Critical Care Medicine

Fellowships

• Fellowship Paediatric Critical Care Medicine – Hospital for SickKids, Toronto
• Clinical Fellowship in Paediatric Critical Care – Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children, London, UK

Publications

• Rogers Textbook of Pediatric Intensive Care, 6th Edition – Chapter 29: Recognition and Initial Management of Shock (Co-author)
• Evidence-Based Practices in Management of Pediatric Infectious Diseases (2022) – Device Associated Infections; Neurosurgical Device Infections
• Clinical Grand Rounds in Pediatric Infectious Diseases, 2nd Edition (2021) – Contributed chapters
• Handbook of Complete COVID-19 Care (2021) – COVID-19 infection in pediatric population
• Gupta S et al., Unusual Complication of Severe Hypernatremia-Rhabdomyolysis, Journal of Pediatric Critical Care, 2019
• Gupta S et al., Takayasu’s arteritis with myocarditis in infancy, Journal of Pediatric Critical Care, 2019
• WACEM Consensus Recommendations on PICU Admission Criteria, Journal of Emergencies, Trauma, and Shock, 2019
• Ranjit S et al., Dengue viral infections and shock syndromes, Journal of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, 2009
• Kinimi I et al., Clinical Profile of Children with Suspected Sleep-Disordered Breathing, Journal of Pediatric Pulmonology, 2023
• Joshi DN et al., Prevalence of Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae, EMJ, 2023
• Shamarao S et al., Successful VV-ECMO for ARDS, Indian Journal of ECMO, 2023