Dr. Rajath Pejaver

Dr Rajath Pejaver is a senior consultant neonatologist in Bengaluru with 16 years of experience, currently practising at Manipal Hospital, Old Airport Road.

He holds MRCPCH and MRCP Edinburgh from the UK, completed neonatal fellowships at the Wessex Oxford Neonatal Programme under RCPCH and at KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore, and has extensive clinical experience managing extremely preterm infants from 22 weeks of gestation across high volume neonatal intensive care units in the UK, Singapore, and India.

He consults in English, Kannada, and Hindi.

Area of Expertise

Extreme Prematurity and Neonatal Intensive Care

Dr Rajath manages extremely preterm infants from 22 weeks of gestation onwards with specialised neonatal intensive care:

• Extreme preterm infant management
• Neonatal intensive care unit care
• Sepsis and infection in neonates
• Neonatal jaundice management
• Complex newborn stabilisation

Neonatal Ventilation and Respiratory Support

Dr Pejaver provides advanced invasive and non invasive respiratory support for sick newborns requiring neonatal ventilatory care:

• Invasive neonatal ventilation
• Non invasive respiratory support
• CPAP and high flow therapy
• Surfactant therapy
• Respiratory distress syndrome management

Perinatal Asphyxia and Therapeutic Hypothermia

Dr Rajath Pejaver manages newborns with birth asphyxia using therapeutic hypothermia protocols and structured neuroprotective care:

• Perinatal asphyxia assessment
• Therapeutic hypothermia
• Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy management
• Neonatal seizure management
• Neurodevelopmental follow up planning

Neonatal Transport and Point of Care Ultrasonography

Dr Pejaver has specialist expertise in neonatal transport by air and road and in point of care neonatal ultrasonography:

• Neonatal air and road transport
• Stabilisation for transport
• Point of care neonatal ultrasound
• Cranial ultrasonography
• Lung and cardiac point of care imaging

High Risk Neonate Follow Up and Nutrition

Dr Pejaver manages long term developmental follow up and nutritional planning for high risk neonates discharged from intensive care:

• High risk neonate follow up
• Bayley Scale developmental assessment
• Neonatal nutrition planning
• Neurodevelopmental monitoring
• Parenteral and enteral nutrition management

Credentials and Qualifications

• MBBS, MS Ramaiah Medical College, 2010
• MD Paediatrics, Basaveshwara Medical College, 2015
• MRCPCH, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, UK, 2016
• MRCP Edinburgh, Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh, 2016 to 2017
• Neonatal Fellowship, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore, December 2015 to May 2016
• Wessex Oxford Neonatal Fellowship, RCPCH, University Hospital Southampton NHS FT, 2016 to 2018
• FRCP Edinburgh, Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh, 2022
• Karnataka Medical Council Registration No. 93182, 2011

Awards and Academic Contributions

Research and Publications

• 15 publications in national and international peer reviewed journals covering neonatal care topics
• Chapter contributions to multiple books in neonatology
• Over 20 presentations at international conferences
• Faculty in numerous workshops on point of care neonatal ultrasonography

Professional Memberships

• Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, UK
• Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh
• National Neonatology Forum

Hospital Affiliations

Current Affiliations

• Manipal Hospital, Old Airport Road, Bengaluru, Senior Consultant Neonatologist, November 2021 to Present

Previous Associations

• Sparsh Hospital, Bengaluru, Consultant Neonatologist, February 2021 to November 2021
• Royal Gwent Hospital, UK, Neonatologist, 2019 to February 2021
• University Hospital Southampton NHS FT, Senior Clinical Fellow and Transport Registrar, June 2016 to August 2019
• KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore, Neonatal Fellow, December 2015 to May 2016

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