Dr. Raghavendra Deshpande

Dr Raghavendra Deshpande is a Lead Consultant in Critical Care Medicine at Manipal Hospital, Jayanagar, Bengaluru, with 15 years of experience in managing critically ill patients across anaesthesiology, intensive care, and extracorporeal life support.

He was awarded the Bronze Medal in the ECMO Fellowship Examination by the ECMO Society of India and holds the E-AEC degree from ELSO, along with ACLS Instructor certification from the American Heart Association, reflecting advanced subspecialty expertise in critical care and ECMO management.

He consults in English, Hindi, Kannada, and Marathi.

Area of Expertise

Critical Care Medicine

Patients with life-threatening illness requiring intensive care unit management are assessed and managed by Dr Raghavendra Deshpande with advanced critical care protocols:

• Multi-organ dysfunction management
• Sepsis and septic shock management
• Acute respiratory failure care
• Haemodynamic monitoring and support
• Polytrauma critical care management

ECMO and Extracorporeal Life Support

Patients requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support are managed by Dr Deshpande with specialist ECMO expertise:

• Venovenous ECMO for respiratory failure
• Venoarterial ECMO for cardiac failure
• ECMO initiation and weaning
• Extracorporeal life support management
• Post-cardiac surgery ECMO support

Mechanical Ventilation and Airway Management

Patients requiring advanced respiratory support and airway intervention in the ICU are managed with specialist anaesthesiology and critical care expertise:

• Invasive mechanical ventilation
• Non-invasive ventilation
• Advanced airway management
• Ventilator weaning protocols
• Respiratory failure management

Anaesthesiology and Perioperative Care

Patients requiring perioperative anaesthetic management and post-operative critical care are managed with expertise developed through MD training in anaesthesiology:

• General and regional anaesthesia
• Perioperative haemodynamic management
• Post-operative critical care
• High-risk surgical patient management
• Pain management in critical care

Nutrition and Supportive ICU Care

Patients requiring nutritional support and comprehensive supportive care during critical illness are managed with evidence-based ICU supportive protocols:

• Parenteral and enteral nutrition
• Critical illness nutritional assessment
• ICU rehabilitation planning
• Supportive care optimisation
• Long-term ICU complication management

Credentials and Qualifications

• MBBS, BLDEAs Medical College, Bijapur (2011)
• MD Anaesthesiology, Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute (2017)
• DrNB Critical Care Medicine, National Board of Examinations (2022)
• F-ECMO, Bronze Medal, ECMO Society of India Fellowship Examination
• E-AEC, Extracorporeal Life Support Organisation
• ACLS Instructor, American Heart Association

Current Affiliations

• Lead Consultant, Critical Care Medicine, Manipal Hospital, Jayanagar, Bengaluru

Research and Academic Contributions

• Multiple publications in peer-reviewed journals in the field of critical care medicine
• Active contributor to advancing clinical knowledge in intensive care and ECMO management

Professional Memberships

• Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine
• ECMO Society of India
• Indian Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition
• Indian Society of Anesthesiology

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