Dr. Aathira Ravindranath

Dr. Aathira Ravindranath, Paediatric Gastroenterologist at Kangaroo Care Hospitals, Mysore.

She has completed her MBBS from Govt. Kilpauk Medical College, Chennai with 13 medals and was awarded the Best outgoing student. She did her MD in Paediatrics from AIIMS and won the prestigious Sorel Catherine Freyman award for best post-graduate. She became DM in Paediatric Gastroenterology from the esteemed Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow.

She has also worked in paediatric hepatology unit of many prestigious hospitals. She has several research publications in international journals and is the author of many book chapters.

She has expertise in neonatal and paediatric diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy. Her areas of interest are paediatric liver diseases, pancreatitis and inflammatory bowel diseases.

She has worked in many prestigious institutions like Govt Kilpauk Medical College Hospital and Govt. Royapettah Hospital, Chennai, Medanta – The Medicity Hospital, Gurgaon, Pediatric Hepatology in Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, New Delhi, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Apollo BGS Hospitals, Mysore.

Awards and achievements: International Scholarship Award at United European Gastroenterology Week, Barcelona, Oct 2019; Poster of Excellence Award at United European Gastroenterology Week, Barcelona, Oct 2019; Exemplary Clinical case Award at United European Gastroenterology Week, Barcelona, Oct 2019; Travel Grant Award at Asia Pacific Digestive Week, Kolkata, Dec 2019; Presidential Poster Award at 26th Annual scientific meeting INASL, Aug 2018, New Delhi; Sorel Catherine Freymann book prize award for Best Post-graduate in Pediatrics 2013, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi; Best Outgoing Student of Batch 2004 Govt. Kilpauk Medical College, Chennai; Gold Medal – Pediatrics (2009) – Jayaraj Ayya Nadar Medal; Gold Medal – ENT (2008).

Research and publications: Her many posters, articles, scientific abstracts and research papers has been published in national and international journals.; She also has participated in many research works in the field of Neonatal and paediatric gastroenterology.; Major topic includes Childhood pancreatic trauma, portosystemic shunt surgery on pre-existing cholangiopathy in children with extrahepatic portal venous obstruction, child fever and hepatomegaly, Peritoneal lymphomatosis masquerading as pyoperitoneum in a teenage boy, Infant with hepatomegaly and hypoglycemia: A setting for fatty acid oxidation defects, Prevalence of Sleep Abnormalities in Indian Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Diabetes insipidus in children.; Mimicker of Gastrointestinal lymphoma in a child – Basidiobolomycosis – Exemplary clinical case presentation at United European Gastroenterology Week, Barcelona, Oct 2019; Effects of portosystemic shunt surgery on cholangiopathy in children with Extra-hepatic portal venous obstruction – Poster presentation at United European Gastroenterology Week, Barcelona, Oct 2019; Infants with portal hypertension - long term endoscopic outcome in primary and secondary prophylaxis in biliary atresia and extra hepatic portal vein obstruction – Poster presentation at INASL, New Delhi, Aug 2018; Pancreatic trauma in children – Multipronged management modalities and long-term outcome – Poster presentation at ISGCON, Kochi, Nov 2018; Primary Gastrointestinal lymphoma in children – changing patterns and spectrum – Poster presentation at ISGCON, Kochi, Nov 2018; Umbilical cord cleansing with chlorhexidine in neonates – A systematic review - Poster presentation at Pediatric Academic Societies conference, Washington DC, USA, May 2013.