Dr. Sai Shankar

Dr Sai Shankar is a well-known Paediatrician and Paediatric Intensivist associated with SPARSH Hospital, Doddakannelli. He has 23 years of experience in Paediatrics and Critical Care and has worked as an expert in different national and international centres.

Doctor Shankar has contributed to handling numerous complex neonatal and paediatric critical care cases. He is known for his attention to accurate diagnosis, advanced life-support management, and treating patients with a compassionate, child-centred approach.

He is also an active member of:

• Indian Academy of Paediatrics
  
• Intensive Care Chapter, India
  
• Indian Society of Clinical Research
  
• ECMO Society of India

The speciality interests of Dr Sai Shankar are:

• Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care
  
• Paediatric cardiac critical care and post-operative management
  
• Advanced ventilation, ECMO and VAD management
  
• High-risk neonatal and paediatric emergency care
  
• Paediatric retrieval and transport medicine

Dr Sai Shankar did his:

• MBBS from M S Ramaiah Medical College, Bangalore in 2003
  
• MD in Paediatrics from Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute in 2007
  
• Fellowship in Paediatric and Cardiac Critical Care
  
• Fellowship in Neonatal Intensive Care from Oxford, UK

He has received advanced international training in Neonatal and Paediatric Advanced Life Support, ECMO (India, UK and Australia), Functional Echocardiography, congenital heart disease imaging (UK), airway management (Australia), and International Paediatric Simulation.

He is also certified in Neonatal and Paediatric ECMO by the ELSO Foundation (2025) and actively participates in research and advanced critical care workshops.

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