Dr. Sivasailam R

Dr Sivasailam R is a highly experienced critical care specialist in Chennai with 18 years of experience in intensive care medicine, advanced anaesthesia, and complex ICU management.

He currently serves as Clinical Lead and Senior Consultant in Critical Care Medicine at Gleneagles Global Health City, Perumbakkam, Chennai, where he provides expert care for critically ill patients using evidence-based clinical protocols.

If you are searching for the best critical care specialist in Chennai or a trusted intensivist in Perumbakkam, Dr Sivasailam holds an MD in Anaesthesiology from PGIMER, Chandigarh, and an FNB in Critical Care Medicine.

He consults in English, Hindi, and Tamil.

Areas of Expertise

Dr Sivasailam R specialises in comprehensive critical care medicine, offering advanced ICU management and bedside interventional expertise.

ICU and Critical Care Management

• Advanced Hemodynamic Monitoring
• Mechanical Ventilation Strategies
• Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS)
• Multi-Organ Failure Management
• Sepsis and Septic Shock

Infection Control and Stewardship

• Antimicrobial Stewardship
• Infection Control in ICU
• Prevention of Antimicrobial Resistance

Anaesthesia and Perioperative Care

• Advanced ICU Anaesthesia
• Perioperative Critical Care
• Cardiac Life Support (BLS and ACLS)

Professional Experience

Current Affiliation

• Clinical Lead and Senior Consultant, MICU, Gleneagles Global Health City, Perumbakkam, Chennai

Previous Affiliations

• Senior Registrar in Critical Care, Sundaram Medical Foundation, Chennai
• Consultant Intensivist, Believers Church Medical College Hospital, Kerala
• Assistant Professor, Chettinad Hospital and Research Institute
• Resident, PGIMER, Chandigarh

Credentials and Qualifications

Educational Background

• MBBS from Coimbatore Medical College, Coimbatore in 2008
• MD in Anaesthesiology from Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh in 2011
• FNB in Critical Care Medicine from Sundaram Medical Foundation, Dr Rangarajan Memorial Hospital, Chennai in 2019

He has also completed advanced training in Basic and Advanced ICU Sonography (CMC Vellore), Mechanical Ventilation, and Hemodynamic Monitoring and Echocardiography from ISCCM.

Research and Publications

Dr Sivasailam has contributed to research in advanced critical care and anaesthesia.

Selected Publication:

• Performance of Target-Controlled Infusion of Propofol Using Two Different Pharmacokinetic Models in Open Heart Surgery, Perfusion Journal (2016)

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