Dr. Sonal Gajbhiye

Brief Profile

Dr. Sonal Gajbhiye is an Associate Consultant in the Department of Paediatrics and has expertise in Paediatric Intensive Care, Advanced Trauma Life support and more. She is a member of the Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine.

Educational Qualifications

• M.B.B.S, Indira Gandhi Government Medical College & Hospital, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India, 2003- 2009.
• M.D. Paediatrics, Vilasrao Deshmukh Government Medical College, Latur, Maharashtra, India, 2011- 2014.
• IFPCCM, Apollo Children’s Hospital, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India, 2017-2019.

Clinical Expertise

• Pediatric Advanced Life support (2018)
• Advanced Trauma Life support (2018)
• Central venous and arterial cannulation
• VASCATH insertion
• Nasotracheal and Endotracheal Intubation (Neonatal and Paediatric)
• Mechanical ventilation – basic and advanced ventilation
• Non-Invasive ventilation
• Transportation of critically ill patients (local and long transport- includes road and air transport)
• Point of care ultrasound in critical care- basic and advanced ultrasound including transcranial doppler, ocular ultrasound.
• Pleural tap, intercostal drainage insertion, peritoneal dialysis catheter insertion.
• Experience of ECMO, Renal replacement Therapy (all modalities).
• Experienced in post-transplant management of liver transplant, renal transplant, intestinal transplant, bone marrow transplant, small bowel transplant.

Affiliations and Memberships

• Registered in Medical Council of India, Reg No 09/34507 on July 2009
• Member of Indian Academy of Paediatrics
• Member of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine

Present position

Associate Consultant, Paediatric Intensive Care Unit Dr Rela Hospital, Chennai, India.

Research and Publication

• Study of incidence of congenital anomalies in neonates born at tertiary health care centre Med Pulse – International Medical Journal, ISSN: 2348-2516, EISSN: 2348- 1897, Volume 1, Issue 3, March 2014 pp 123-12
• Study of various antenatal factors associated with congenital anomalies in neonates born at tertiary health care centre International Journal of Recent Trends in Science and Technology, ISSN 2277-2812 E-ISSN: 2249-8109 Volume 12, Issue 1, September 2014 pp 82-85)
• Study of congenital malformations in the central nervous system in new-born Indian journal of anatomy July-Sept 2014, vol 3, issue3 pp155-158

Experience

• Senior Resident in Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Kanchi Kamakoti Childs Trust Hospital, Sept 2014- Sept 2015.
• Assistant Professor in Paediatrics and Neonatology, Indira Gandhi Government Medical College & Hospital, Nagpur, Oct 2015 – Feb 2016
• Senior Registrar in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Department of Paediatrics, Government Medical College, India, Sept 2014- Sept 2015.
• Internship, Indira Gandhi Government Medical College & Hospital, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India, February 2008- January 2009.