Dr. Kapil Zirpe

Dr Kapil Zirpe is a Senior Consultant and HOD of Critical Care Medicine at Ruby Hall Clinic, Sasoon Road, Pune, with 41 years of experience in critical care, neuro critical care, and respiratory medicine.

Dr Zirpe is fluent in English, Hindi, and Marathi, enabling clear and comfortable communication with patients and their families throughout their critical care and intensive care treatment.

Dr Kapil Zirpe holds a Fellowship in Chest and Critical Care from the American College of Critical Care, and a Fellowship in Neuro Critical Care from the Neuro Critical Care Society, bringing over four decades of dedicated critical care medicine expertise to his practice at Ruby Hall Clinic, Sasoon Road, Pune.

He has been honoured with the Gold Medal for developing excellent critical care services at Ruby Hall Clinic, the IMC Ramakrishna Bajaj National Quality Award, and a Presidential Citation, and has contributed extensively to critical care research, publications, and international collaborative projects.

Areas of Expertise

Dr Kapil Zirpe specialises in critical care medicine and intensive care with expertise across neuro critical care, mechanical ventilation and respiratory critical care, sepsis and multi-organ dysfunction management, traumatic brain and spinal injury, and brain death and neurocritical care ethics.

Neuro Critical Care

He provides specialist neuro critical care management for patients with subarachnoid haemorrhage, traumatic brain injury, stroke, coma, spinal cord injury, and other acute neurological emergencies.

Mechanical Ventilation and Respiratory Critical Care

He provides comprehensive mechanical ventilation management and respiratory critical care including ventilator weaning, tracheostomy management, management of acute respiratory distress syndrome, and respiratory failure in the ICU setting, delivering expert and individually tailored ventilatory support and respiratory critical care interventions to optimise oxygenation.

Sepsis and Multi-Organ Dysfunction Management

He manages severe sepsis, septic shock, and multi-organ dysfunction syndrome in critically ill patients, delivering evidence-based resuscitation, haemodynamic optimisation, antimicrobial stewardship.

Traumatic Brain and Spinal Injury

He provides intensive care management of patients with traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury including intracranial pressure monitoring, neuroprotective strategies, haemodynamic optimisation, and multidisciplinary neurointensive care coordination.

Brain Death, Neurocritical Care Ethics, and Emergency Medical Systems

He provides expert clinical and medicolegal guidance on brain death determination and death by neurological criteria in the Indian medicolegal context, and has contributed to the development of emergency medical systems and pre-hospital care in India through his collaborative Indo-British project with West Midland Ambulance Services UK.

Professional Experience

Current Affiliations

• Head of Department – Critical Care Medicine at Ruby Hall Clinic, Sasoon Road, Pune

Credentials and Qualifications

Educational Background

• MBBS – DR VMMC College, Sholapur, Maharashtra, 1985
• MD in Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease – Indian College of Critical Care Medicine, 1994
• Fellowship in Chest and Critical Care – American College of Critical Care, 2016
• Fellowship in Neuro Critical Care – Neuro Critical Care Society, 2020
• Maharashtra Medical Council – Registration No. 68174

Awards and Recognition

• Deputy High Commissioner of British Embassy – Indo-British Project of EMS and Pre-Hospital Care in association with West Midland Ambulance Services UK, Rotary Club of Birmingham, Rotary Club of Pune, and Ruby Hall Clinic, 2002
• Gold Medal for developing excellent Critical Care Services at Ruby Hall Clinic, 2008
• Presidential Citation, 2016
• IMC Ramakrishna Bajaj National Quality Award, 2017

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