Dr. Usha B K

Dr Usha B K is a paediatrician and neonatologist currently consulting at Manipal Hospital Millers Road, Bengaluru, as Consultant in Paediatrics and Neonatology.

She has received multiple national-level awards including First Prize at National Pedicon 2012 for a case report on Loeys-Dietz syndrome and First Prize for paper presentations on MISC at both a national infectious diseases conference and Bangalore Pedicon 2021.

Whether a newborn is premature or low birth weight, a child has an infection, allergy, asthma, a developmental concern, needs vaccination, or requires neonatal intensive care, Dr Usha B K provides thorough evaluation and family-centred paediatric care.

She is fluent in English, Hindi, Kannada, Tamil, and Telugu.

Specialty Areas and Treatments

Dr Usha B K offers comprehensive paediatric and neonatal care with MD-level training, perinatal medicine fellowship, and a strong academic record spanning rare disease case reports and national conference awards.

Neonatal Intensive Care

Newborns with prematurity, low birth weight, birth asphyxia, respiratory distress, neonatal sepsis, or other critical conditions receive structured intensive care management from Dr Usha B K.

• Neonatal Ventilation and Surfactant Therapy
• Preterm and Low Birth Weight baby management
• Birth Asphyxia and Therapeutic Hypothermia management (HELIX Trial participant)
• Neonatal Sepsis evaluation and treatment
• Neonatal Jaundice evaluation and phototherapy management
• Neonatal Meningitis management
• Neonatal Liver Abscess management (published case report)
• Pentalogy of Fallot and congenital cardiac anomaly evaluation in newborns

General Paediatrics and Infectious Diseases

Children with acute febrile illness, respiratory infections, viral diseases, or complex infections receive structured evaluation and treatment from Dr Usha B K.

• Acute Febrile Illness (dengue, typhoid, viral fever) evaluation
• Respiratory Tract Infections and Pneumonia management
• Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MISC) management (award-winning presentations)
• Chikungunya neurological complications evaluation (published research)
• Carbon Monoxide Poisoning with seizures management (published case report)
• Klebsiella and MRSA Sepsis management (published research)
• Elizabeth Kingae meningitis management (published rare case)
• Gastroenteritis and Diarrhoeal Disease treatment

Allergy and Asthma

Children with allergic respiratory conditions, recurrent wheeze, or asthma receive structured evaluation and long-term management from Dr Usha B K.

• Childhood Asthma diagnosis and management
• Allergic Rhinitis evaluation and treatment
• Recurrent Wheeze assessment
• Food Allergy evaluation
• Skin Allergy and Eczema management

Vaccination and Immunisation

Children receive age-appropriate vaccination as per the IAP immunisation schedule from Dr Usha B K.

• Routine Childhood Immunisation as per IAP schedule
• Catch-up Vaccination for missed doses
• Travel Vaccination guidance
• Vaccine counselling for parents

Growth and Development Assessment

Children with growth concerns, developmental delays, neurological conditions, or milestones-related queries receive structured evaluation from Dr Usha B K, who has applied for IAP Neurodevelopment Chapter membership.

• Growth Monitoring and percentile tracking
• Developmental Milestone assessment
• Neurodevelopmental screening
• Failure to Thrive workup
• Haemolytic conditions in children (echocardiography study in thalassaemia published in IJCH)
• Secondary HLH (Haemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis) evaluation (published research)

Nutrition and Lactation

Newborns and children with nutritional concerns, feeding difficulties, or lactation challenges receive structured guidance from Dr Usha B K, who holds a Postgraduate qualification in Paediatric Nutrition from Boston.

• Infant and Child Nutrition assessment
• Complementary Feeding guidance
• Breastfeeding and Lactation counselling
• Preterm and low birth weight infant nutrition support
• Iron Deficiency and Vitamin D Deficiency evaluation

Credentials and Trust

• MBBS, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (2005)
• DCH (Diploma in Child Health), Government Medical College, Mysore (2012)
• MD (Paediatrics), Madras Medical Mission, Chennai (2016)
• FIPM (Fellowship in Perinatal Medicine)
• PG in Paediatric Nutrition, Boston

She is registered with the Karnataka Medical Council (Registration No. 72595, 2005).

Professional Memberships

• Indian Academy of Paediatrics (IAP)
• National Neonatology Forum (NNF)
• IAP Neurodevelopment Chapter (applied)

Hospital Affiliations

Dr Usha B K currently consults at Manipal Hospital, Millers Road, Bengaluru (Evening Clinic).

Research and Academic Contributions

Dr Usha B K has contributed to paediatric and neonatal research through multiple national conference presentations, peer-reviewed journal publications, and participation in a landmark international neonatal trial.

Key Publications

• HELIX Trial: Therapeutic Hypothermia in Neonates with Birth Asphyxia (The Lancet)
• Study of Echocardiography in Thalassaemia Major/Intermedia Patients (Indian Journal of Child Health, 2018)
• Risk Factors and Outcome of Klebsiella Sepsis in Neonates
• Secondary HLH in the Paediatric Population
• Neurological Complications of Chikungunya in Paediatric Patients
• Carbon Monoxide Poisoning as a Rare Cause of Refractory Seizures (case report)

Award-Winning Conference Presentations

• 1st Prize, National Pedicon 2012: Loeys-Dietz Syndrome (case report)
• 1st Prize, Infectious Diseases Conference: Gastrointestinal Manifestations of MISC
• 1st Prize, Bangalore Pedicon 2021: Cardiac Manifestations in Paediatric MISC
• 2nd Prize, Karnataka Pedicon 2020: Takayasu Arteritis with Tuberculosis (case report)

Other Conference Presentations

• Pentalogy of Fallot in Holt-Oram Syndrome (Neocon, Mysore, 2011)
• MARDEN-WALKER Syndrome (National Pedicon, Calcutta, 2013)
• Glutaric Acidemia Type 1 and VACTERL Association (National Pedicon, Hyderabad, 2016)
• Waardenburg-Shah Syndrome in a Neonate (National Pedicon, Bengaluru, 2017)
• Septic Arthritis: Changing Trends in Neonates (National Pedicon, Gurugram)
• Elizabeth Kingae Meningitis in Neonates (Neocon, Varanasi, 2018)
• Liver Abscess with MRSA Sepsis in a Neonate (Neocon, Hyderabad, 2019)

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