Dr. Shekar Subbaiah

Dr Shekar Subbaiah is a neonatologist and paediatrician in Mysore with 30 years of experience. He serves as a Consultant at Kangaroo Care.

He specializes in neonatal intensive care, functional neonatal echocardiography, extremely preterm infant resuscitation, Bayley neurodevelopmental assessment, and newborn therapeutic hypothermia.

Areas of Expertise

Neonatal Intensive Care and Functional Echocardiography

Dr Shekar directs high-level organ support and non-invasive haemodynamic evaluation for critically ill neonates in the intensive care unit. He carries out extremely preterm infant resuscitation, endotracheal surfactant instillation, neonatal mechanical ventilation, functional neonatal echocardiography, and umbilical venous catheterisation.

Neurodevelopmental Assessment and High-Risk Newborn Care

Dr Shekar Subbaiah evaluates infant central nervous system maturation and manages perinatal asphyxia encephalopathy. He performs Bayley Scales of Infant Development assessment, therapeutic hypothermia for hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE), neonatal hyperbilirubinaemia phototherapy, and neurodevelopmental outcome surveillance.

General Paediatrics and Growth Surveillance

He tracks early childhood somatic growth and provides medical management for acute paediatric illnesses. He conducts routine paediatric immunization, developmental milestone evaluation, childhood asthma management, acute febrile illness care, and infant nutritional counselling.

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