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Paediatrics

The Department of Pediatrics of the Vardhman Mahavir Medical College & Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi is one of the major Departments of this institute known to people of the Northern and Eastern India for its Clinical, Academic and Research achievements. Its vision and mission are commensurate with the goals of the institution and encompass the following:

Vision: To be a centre for excellence in patient care, teaching, training and research and provide future leaders for guiding Health Policy of India.

Mission statement: The Paediatricians groomed at Department of Pediatrics of the Vardhman Mahavir Medical College &Safdarjung Hospital should:

  • Understand critically the role of health and health care provider in context of National health Policies.
  • Diagnose and rationally manage common as well as emerging health problems in the sociocultural milieu of the individual and community and practice holistic medicine comprising of promotive, preventive, curative and rehabilitative aspects of the diseases.
  • Develop ability for continued self-learning and carry out research with an attitude of standardisation of methods and usage of appropriate technology.
  • Have personal attributes such as integrity, responsibility, dependability and empathy.

Location of department in Institution: - H-Block

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Sr. No. Name of Faculty Designation Email
1 Dr. Rani Gera Consultant & Professor
2 Dr. Harish Chellani Principal Consultant
3 Dr. Pradeep Kr. Debata Consultant & Professor
4 Dr. Ajay Kumar Professor
5 Dr. Shobha Sharma Professor
6 Dr. Sugandha Arya Senior Specialist
7 Dr. K. R. Meena Professor Specialist Grade - I
8 Dr. Rachna Sehgal Professor
9 Dr. Ratan Gupta Professor
10 Dr. Satish Meena Associate Professor
11 Dr. Satnam Kaur Associate Professor Specialist Grade - I
12 Dr. Nidhi Chopra Associate Professor Specialist Grade - I
13 Dr. Amitabh Associate Professor
14 Dr. Kanika Kapoor Associate Professor
15 Dr. Bhavna Anand Assistant Professor Specialist Grade - I
16 Dr. Anita Yadav Associate Professor
17 Dr. Isha Saini Associate Professor
18 Dr. Shyam S. Mina Associate Professor
19 Dr. Archana Kashyap Assistant Professor

Sr. NoLocationUnitDaysSpecialistPhone No.Room No.
12nd Floor, B-Wing New OPD Building1MondayDr. Rani Gera
Dr. Shobha Sharma
Dr. Nidhi Chopra
Dr. Amitabh Amitabh
Dr. Sumit M.
Dr. Richa Mittal		+91-11+26730241227-230
236-239
22TuesdayDr. Pradeep K. Debata
Dr. Kanika Kapoor
Dr. Anita Yadav
Dr. Archana Aggarwal
33WednesdayDr. Sugandha Arya
Dr. K C Tamaria
Dr. Satnam Kaur
Dr. Rita Moni
Dr. Shobhna Gupta
Dr. Yogesh Gautam
44ThursdayDr. Harish Chellani
Dr. Sandeep Kumar
Dr. Ratan Gupta
Dr. Shamsuddin Hassan
Dr. Bhavna Aanand
55FridayDr. Ajay Kumar
Dr. Satish K Meena
Dr. Archana Kashyap
Dr. Meetu Salhan
Dr. Paratima Anand
Dr. Neelam Nath
66SaturdayDr. K R Meena
Dr. Rachna Sehgal
Dr. Isha Saini
Dr. Amit K Yadav

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  • Gera R, Ramachandran S. Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension-recent Management Guidelines. Indian Journal Of Practical Pediatrics. 2017;19(3):233.
  • Poddar S, Sharma S, Kaur C, Chellani HK. Acute kidney injury in dengue among hospitalized children: A prospective view. Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation. 2020 Mar 1;31(2):407.
  • SHARMA S, PODDAR S, YADAV A, DEBATA PK, ROY N. Hypernatremia and Acute Kidney Injury in Exclusive Breast Fed Babies-Time to Reconsider! Journal of Clinical & Diagnostic Research. 2019 Mar 1;13(3).
  • WHO Immediate KMC Study Group. Adejuyigbe EA, Anand P, Ansong D, Anyabolu CH, Arya S, Assenga E, Awowole I, Bahl M, Bahl R, Bergman J, Bergman N, Boakye-Yiadom A, Chauhan R, Chellani H, Chopra N, Dewan R, Dube Q, Gadama L, Jaiswal HV, Kawaz K, Kuti BP, Kuti O, Larsen-Reindorf R, Linner A, Manu A, Massawe A, Minckas N, Mittal P, Msusa A, Naburi H, Newton S, Ngarina M, Oladele AO, Phlange-Rhule G, Pillegi-Castro C, Rani N, Rao PNS, Rettedal S, Saini I, Samuel V, Singal R, Suri J, Wadhwa N, Westrup B, Wireko-Brobby N, Yoshida S. Impact of continuous Kangaroo Mother Care initiated immediately after birth (iKMC) on survival of newborns with birth weight between 1.0 to < 1.8 kg: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials 2020; 21(1):280
  • Kaushik S, Yadav A, Debata PK, Aggarwal KC. Weekly versus Daily Iron Supplementation for Preventing Iron deficiency Anaemia Amongst Children Between Six to 24 Months: A Randomised Control Trial. Journal of Nepal Paediatric Society. 2019 Dec 31;39(3):174-80.
  • Debata P, Kumar J, Mukhopadhyay K. Screening for language delay between 6 months and 3 years of corrected age in very low birth weight children. Indian pediatrics. 2019 Jun 1;56(6):481-4.
  • Yasir K M, Kumar A, Kapoor K, Kumath M, Aggarwal KC. Clinic-epidemiological profile and predictors of in-hospital outcome of acute poisoning cases in children of Northern India. Indian J Child Health. 2019; 6(2):65-68.
  • Ceballos-Picot I, Saha A, Arora N, Kapoor K, Kaur M, Dhull RS, Goyal S,APRT deficiency due to novel mutation, Kidney International Reports 2019; 4: 624–628
  • Jain K, Nangia S, Ballambattu VB, Sundaram V, Sankar MJ, Ramji S, Vishnubhatla S, Thukral A, Gupta YK, Plakkal N, Sundaram M, Jajoo M, Kumar P, Jayaraman K, Jain A, Saili A, Murugesan A, Chawla D, Murki S, Nanavati R, Rao S, Vaidya U, Mehta A, Arora K, Mondkar J, Arya S, Bahl M, Utture A, Manekar S, Bhat SR, Parikh T, Kumar M, Bajpai A, Sivanandan, Dhawan PK, Vishwakarma G, Bangera S, Kumar S, Gopalakrishnan S, Jindal A, Natarajan CK, Saini A, Karunanidhi S, Malik M, Narang P, Kaur G, Yadav CP, Deorari A, Paul VK, Agarwal R. Goat lung surfactant for treatment of respiratory distress syndrome among preterm neonates: a multi-site randomized non-inferiority trial. Journal of Perinatology (2019) 39:3–12 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41372-019-0472-0
  • Taneja S, Chowdhury R, Dhabhai N, Mazumder S, Upadhyay RP, Sharma S, Dewan R, Mittal P, Chellani H, Bahl R, Bhan MK. Impact of an integrated nutrition, health, water sanitation and hygiene, psychosocial care and support intervention package delivered during the pre-and peri-conception period and/or during pregnancy and early childhood on linear growth of infants in the first two years of life, birth outcomes and nutritional status of mothers: study protocol of a factorial, individually randomized controlled trial in India. Trials. 2020 Dec 1;21(1):127.
  • Jain K, Sankar MJ, Nangia S, Ballambattu VB, Sundaram V, Ramji S, Plakkal N, Kumar P, Jain A, Sivanandan S, Vishnubhatla S, Chellani H, Deorari A, Paul VK. Causes of death in preterm neonates (< 33 weeks) born in tertiary care hospitals in India: analysis of three large prospective multicentric cohorts. Journal of Perinatology. 2019 Sep;39(1):13-9.
  • Das MK, Arora NK, Rasaily R, Chellani H, Gaikwad H, Banke K. Exploring family, community and healthcare provider perceptions and acceptability for minimal invasive tissue sampling to identify the cause of death in under-five deaths and stillbirths in North India: a qualitative study protocol. Reproductive Health. 2019 Dec 1;16(1):3.
  • Chowdhury R, Taneja S, Dhabhai N, Mazumder S, Upadhyay RP, Sharma S, Tupaki-Sreepurna A, Dewan R, Mittal P, Chellani H, Bahl R. Burden of preconception morbidity in women of reproductive age from an urban setting in North India. Plos one. 2020 Jun 18;15(6):e0234768.
  • Li G, Bielicki JA, Ahmed AN, Islam MS, Berezin EN, Gallacci CB, Guinsburg R, da Silva Figueiredo CE, Vieira RS, Silva AR, Teixeira C, Turner P, Nhan L, Orrego J, Perez PM, Qi L, Papaevangelou V, Triantafyllidou P, Iosifidis E, Roilides E, Sarafidis K, Jinka DR, Nayakanti RR, Kumar P, Gautam V, Prakash V, Seeralar A, Murki S, Kandraju H, Singh S, Kumar A, Lewis L, Pukayastha J, Nangia S, Yogesha KN, Chaurasia S, Chellani H, et al Towards understanding global patterns of antimicrobial use and resistance in neonatal sepsis: insights from the NeoAMR network. Archives of disease in childhood. 2020 Jan 1;105(1):26-31.
  • Dewez JE, Nangia S, Chellani H, White S, Mathai M, van den Broek N. Availability and use of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) for neonatal care in public health facilities in India: a cross-sectional cluster survey. BMJ open. 2020 Feb 1;10(2):e031128.
  • Grover SB, Bhayana A, Grover H, Kapoor S, Chellani H. Imaging diagnosis of Crouzon syndrome in two cases confirmed on genetic studies with a brief review. The Indian Journal of Radiology & Imaging. 2019 Oct;29(4):442.
  • Tamaria KC, Matlani M, Meena SS. Transfusion-Transmitted Malaria (TTM) in a Neonate - A Case report. J Nepal Paediatr Soc. 2019;39(2):131–4.
  • Gupta R, Tiwari P, Roy MP, Khalil S, Kashyap A. Demographic and clinical profile of brought-in dead cases to pediatric emergency department of a tertiary care hospital. Indian Journal of Child Health. 2019:242-5.
  • Gupta R, Roy MP. Sociodemographic correlates of infant mortality in India: A review of national family health survey data. CHRISMED Journal of Health and Research. 2020 Jan 1;7(1):12.
  • Ksoo R, Bhatt M, Chellani H, Arya S. congenital cutis laxa with ileus and cleft lip and palate. J Clin Neonatol 2019; 8(4): 248-249
  • Kumar S, Gupta R, Capoor MR, Arya S, Singh A. Predictors of candidemia in pediatric patients (0–12 years) admitted in a tertiary care hospital of Northern India. Indian Journal of Child Health. 2019:474-80.
  • Gupta R, Tiwari P, Roy MP, Khalil S, Kashyap A. Demographic and clinical profile of brought-in dead cases to pediatric emergency department of a tertiary care hospital. Indian Journal of Child Health. 2019:242-5.
  • Sehgal R, Gulati S, Gupta YK, Sapra S, Pandey RM, Kabra M. Blood heavy metal levels in children with attention deficit hyperactivity. disorder: an unsolved enigma. Int J Contemp Paediatr 2020;7:xxx-xx.
  • Srivastava K, Sehgal R, Konanki R, Jain R, Sharma S, Rekha Mittal and Association of Child Neurology (AOCN)-Indian Epilepsy Society (IES) SOLACE Expert Group. Association of Child Neurology-Indian Epilepsy Society Consensus Document on Parental Counselling of Children with Epilepsy. 2019; 86: 7
  • Mishra V, Sehgal R. Hereditary Myoclonus Dystonia - rare entity diagnosed in younger children: report of a sporadic case with atypical features. Int J ContempPediatr2020;7:209-11. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2349-3291.ijcp20195755

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