Dr. Harish Kumar

Dr Harish Kumar is a Paediatrician and Paediatric and Neonatal Intensivist in Bengaluru with 25 years of experience, currently practising as the Head of the Department and Lead Consultant at Manipal Hospital, Yelahanka.

He specialises in paediatric and neonatal intensive care, advanced mechanical ventilation, paediatric sepsis management, and clinical child nutrition.

Areas of Expertise

Dr Harish Kumar focuses on paediatric critical care and comprehensive child health through the following clinical areas:

Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care

He provides specialised intensive care for critically ill neonates and children in intensive care units, managing multi-organ failure, severe infections, and metabolic crises.

Advanced Mechanical Ventilation and Emergency Support

Dr Harish manages acute respiratory distress and shock using invasive and non-invasive mechanical ventilation, advanced airway support, and continuous haemodynamic monitoring.

Paediatric Sepsis and Critical Infections

He delivers targeted antimicrobial therapy and rapid fluid resuscitation protocols to treat life-threatening paediatric infections, septic shock, and multisystem inflammatory conditions.

Paediatric Nutrition and Preventive Care

Dr Kumar provides evidence-based nutritional management for childhood obesity, metabolic disorders, and failure to thrive, alongside overseeing routine immunisations and developmental surveillance.

Educational Background

He completed his MBBS and an MD in Paediatrics, followed by a Fellowship in Paediatric Intensive Care from the Indian Academy of Paediatrics and the Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine. He also holds a Postgraduate Certification in Pediatric Nutrition from Boston University in the United States.

Awards, Research, and Publications

He serves as regular faculty at national paediatric critical care conferences and has contributed textbook chapters to IAP Protocols for Practising Paediatricians, alongside authoring research papers in journals including Frontiers in Immunology and the European Respiratory Review.

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