Dr. Prerna Goenka

Dr Prerna Goenka is a consultant paediatrician and NICU in-charge in Kolkata with 11 years of experience in general paediatrics, neonatal intensive care, and paediatric emergency management, currently practising at Manipal Hospital, Salt Lake.

She holds the Membership of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (MRCPCH), UK, and has completed the Post Graduate Paediatric Nutrition Program from Boston, bringing internationally recognised training to her neonatal and paediatric clinical practice in Kolkata.

She consults in English, Bengali, and Hindi.

Area of Expertise

Neonatal Intensive Care

Newborns requiring critical and specialised neonatal care are managed by Dr Prerna Goenka in her role as NICU in-charge with structured neonatal intensive care expertise:

• Neonatal intensive care unit management
• Preterm and low birth weight infant care
• Neonatal resuscitation and stabilisation
• Neonatal jaundice and phototherapy
• Critical neonatal condition monitoring

Paediatric Emergency and Life Support

Children and infants presenting with acute and life-threatening conditions are managed by Dr Goenka with certified emergency paediatric care expertise:

• Paediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP)
• Basic Life Support (BLS)
• Paediatric emergency assessment and stabilisation
• Acute paediatric illness management

Paediatric Nutrition

Children requiring specialised nutritional assessment and intervention are managed by Dr Prerna with postgraduate nutrition expertise from Boston:

• Paediatric nutritional assessment and planning
• Infant feeding evaluation and support
• Malnutrition assessment and management
• Nutritional rehabilitation in sick children
• Growth monitoring and dietary counselling

General Paediatrics

Children presenting with acute and chronic medical conditions are evaluated and managed by Dr Goenka with comprehensive paediatric clinical assessment:

• Fever and childhood infection management
• Respiratory illness in children
• Growth and developmental monitoring
• Immunisation and preventive child health
• General paediatric consultation and follow-up

Professional Experience

Current Hospital Affiliations

Dr Prerna Goenka currently consults at:

• Manipal Hospital, Salt Lake, Kolkata, Consultant Paediatrician and NICU In-Charge

Previous Associations

• SSKM Hospital, Kolkata, Senior Resident, Paediatric Department
• Habra State General Hospital, Kolkata, Senior Resident
• Manipal Hospitals, Salt Lake, Registrar

Credentials and Qualifications

• MBBS, Midnapore Medical College and Hospital, West Midnapore
• Diploma in Child Health (DCH), Dr B C Roy Post Graduate Institute of Paediatric Sciences, Kolkata
• MRCPCH, Membership of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, UK
• Post Graduate Paediatric Nutrition Program (PGPN), Boston, USA
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
• Paediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) certification

Professional Memberships

• Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, UK
• Indian Academy of Paediatrics

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