Dr. Abhilipsa Acharya

Dr Abhilipsa Acharya is a consultant paediatrician and neonatologist at Manipal Hospital, Khandagiri, Bhubaneswar, with over 18 years of experience in medicine including over 10 years of dedicated expertise in paediatrics and neonatology. She holds a DM in Neonatology from Christian Medical College (CMC), Vellore, India's premier neonatal care facility.

Dr Abhilipsa Acharya neonatologist Bhubaneswar has significantly improved survival outcomes for extremely preterm neonates born before 28 weeks weighing less than 1,000 grams. She specializes in advanced neonatal critical care, therapeutic hypothermia for birth asphyxia, neonatal mechanical ventilation, functional echocardiography, and neurodevelopmental follow-up for high-risk NICU graduates.

Doctor Abhilipsa Acharya is also deeply interested in child growth and development and is experienced in supporting parents and managing children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), ADHD, language delays, and behavioural issues.

She speaks Odia, English, Hindi, Tamil, Bengali, and Malayalam, enabling comfortable communication with families from diverse backgrounds.

Specialty Areas and Treatments

Dr Abhilipsa Acharya treats newborns requiring intensive care, premature babies, children with developmental concerns, and paediatric patients with acute and chronic illnesses, providing care from the NICU through to long-term developmental follow-up.

Neonatal Intensive Care (NICU) in Bhubaneswar

Dr Acharya manages critically ill newborns requiring advanced NICU support, with a special focus on extreme prematurity.

• Extreme preterm neonatal care (born before 28 weeks, weighing less than 1,000 grams)
• Therapeutic hypothermia for neonates with birth asphyxia
• Advanced mechanical ventilation including High-Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation (HFOV)
• Inhaled Nitric Oxide (iNO) therapy for persistent pulmonary hypertension
• Neonatal respiratory distress syndrome management
• Neonatal pulmonary haemorrhage management

Neonatal Cardiac and Ultrasound Assessment

Dr Abhilipsa Acharya neonatal echocardiography specialist Bhubaneswar performs bedside imaging for rapid and accurate diagnosis in newborns.

• Functional echocardiography in neonates
• Point-of-care ultrasound for infants and young children
• Pre-operative cardiac evaluation for newborns requiring surgery
• Haemodynamic assessment in critically ill neonates

Pre and Post-Surgical Neonatal Care

Doctor Abhilipsa Acharya provides comprehensive medical management for newborns with congenital conditions requiring surgery.

• Congenital diaphragmatic hernia pre and post-operative care
• Tracheoesophageal fistula management
• Gut atresia (intestinal atresia) care
• Perioperative stabilisation of surgical neonates

Paediatric Intensive Care (PICU)

Dr A Acharya manages critically ill children requiring intensive care beyond the neonatal period.

• Paediatric mechanical ventilation
• PICU management for acute childhood illnesses
• Sepsis and multi-organ support in children
• Post-surgical paediatric critical care

Neurodevelopmental Follow-Up and Child Development

Dr Acharya provides long-term developmental monitoring for high-risk neonates and manages children with developmental concerns.

• Neurodevelopmental follow-up for NICU graduates
• Early identification of developmental delays
• Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) evaluation and parent counselling
• ADHD assessment and management
• Language delay evaluation and guidance
• Behavioural concerns in children

General Paediatrics

Dr Abhilipsa also provides routine paediatric care for children.

• Acute and chronic childhood illness management
• Growth and developmental assessment
• Immunization
• Nutritional counselling
• Common childhood infections

Education and Qualifications

Dr Abhilipsa Acharya completed her MBBS from SCB Medical College, Cuttack (Utkal University), in 2008. She earned an MD in Paediatrics from the same university in 2013, followed by a DM in Neonatology from Christian Medical College (CMC), Vellore (The Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Medical University), in 2019.

Research and Publications

Dr Abhilipsa Acharya has published multiple research papers in national and international journals. Her published work covers clinico-biochemical correlation in birth asphyxia (Cureus, 2020), effects of maternal HbA1c on infants of diabetic mothers (Annals of the Romanian Society for Cell Biology, 2021), bilateral congenital eventration of diaphragm (BMJ Case Reports, 2018), and respiratory distress syndrome outcomes over a ten-year period (University Journal of Medicine and Medical Specialities, 2020).

She has also contributed textbook chapters on transient tachypnoea of the newborn and neonatal pulmonary haemorrhage in the Textbook of Clinical Neonatology.

Hospital and Career

Dr Abhilipsa Acharya currently practises at Manipal Hospital, Khandagiri, Bhubaneswar (consultation fee Rs 800). She is registered with the Orissa Council of Medical Registration (Registration No 17030).

Dr Abhilipsa speaks Odia, English, Hindi, Tamil, Bengali, and Malayalam.

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