Dr. Sajith Kesavan completed his MBBS in 2003 and MD (Paediatrics) and DCH from Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala in 2008. He completed the Fellowship of National Board in Paediatric Critical Care Medicine at Kanchi Kamakoti CHILDS TRUST Hospital, Chennai in 2011. After working for a brief period as Consultant Paediatric intensivist at Global Hospital, Chennai; he went to the world renowned Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London for advanced training in paediatric critical care transport, paediatric cardiac intensive care and ECMO. He finished his 3 year critical care fellowship at GOSH, London in 2014 and moved to hospital for Sick Children (Sickkids), Toronto in 2015 for another fellowship in paediatric critical care at University of Toronto.
After a year as chief fellow in Sickkids Toronto, he returned to India in 2016 and worked as senior consultant and faculty for paediatric critical care fellowship program PICU of Kanchi Kamakoti CHILDS TRUST Hospital for 2 ½ years until June 2018.
He went back to Edmonton, Canada in 2018 to pursue a 2 year fellowship in paediatric res-piratory medicine at Stollery Children’s Hospital, Edmonton, and University of Alberta. During this fellowship he gained further skills in paediatric bronchoscopy, interpretation of paediatric pulmonary function tests and management of paediatric respiratory conditions like cystic fibrosis, primary ciliary dyskinesia, complex asthma, aspiration related lung disease, childhood interstitial lung diseases, sleep disordered breathing disorders and management of paediatric lung transplant. He also became a subspecialty affiliate of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in Paediatric Respiratory Medicine. He has returned to his native state in 2020 to start a new department of Paediatric Pulmonary and Critical Care at Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi.
Are milk and dairy really causing cough, congestion, and mucus in children under six? Debunking the myth
- Complex Asthma in Children and Adolescents
- Recurrent Respiratory Infections in Children
- Non Responding Pneumonia in Children
- Chronic Cough in Children
- Evaluation of Wheezing in Children
- Paediatric Bronchoscopy
- Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia
- Bronchiectasis
- Sleep Disordered Breathing Disorders
- Congenital Lung Malformations
- Lung Disease of Prematurity
- Interstitial Lung Disease in Children
- Aspiration Related Lung Disease in Children
- Breathing Disorders in Children with Heart Disease, Neurological or Neuromuscular Disease, Genetic Disease, Metabolic Disease and Children with Cancer
- Tracheostomy and Long Term Ventilation
- Children Needing PICU
- Paediatric Critical Care
- Point of Care Ultrasound in Children
- Paediatric Flexible Bronchoscopy
- Paediatric Lung Function Test
- Paediatric Sleep Related Breathing Disorders
- Cystic Fibrosis
July 2018 - June 2020
Clinical Fellow in Pediatric Respiratory Medicine at Stollery Children’s Hospital, Edmonton, University of Alberta, Canada (Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada Subspecialist Affiliate)
January 2015 to December 2015
Clinical Fellowship in Pediatric Critical Care at Sickkids, Toronto - 1 Year (University of Toronto)
September 2011 - June 2014
Clinical Fellow PICU and CICU at Great Ormond Street Hospital, London- 2 years 9 months
MRCPCH (UK)
February 2009 - February 2011
National Board Fellow PICU at KKCTH Chennai - 2 Years
DNB (Pediatrics)
DCH
May 2005 to May 2008
MD Resident in Pediatrics at SAT Hospital, Government Medical college, Trivandrum, Kerala University
1997 - 2004
MBBS, Government Medical College, Trivandrum, Kerala University
- English
- Malayalam
- January 2016 to May 2018
Senior Consultant PICU
Kanchi Kamakoti CHILDS Trust Hospital, Chennai -2 Years, 6 Months
- July 2014 to December 2014
Consultant PICU
Aster Medcity, Kochi - 6 Months
- March 2011 to September 2011
Pediatric Intensivist
Global Hospital Chennai Liver ICU - 6 Months
Professional Memberships
Indian Association of Paediatrics, Intensive Care Chapter
MRCPCH(UK)
- Canadian thoracic society
- Organised Advanced National Paediatric Mechanical ventilation workshop at Kanchi Kamakoti CHILDS trust Hospital, Chennai in 2017 as part of National CME on Paediatric Critical Care
Dr. Sajith Kesavan completed his MBBS in 2003 and MD (Paediatrics) and DCH from Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala in 2008. He completed the Fellowship of National Board in Paediatric Critical Care Medicine at Kanchi Kamakoti CHILDS TRUST Hospital, Chennai in 2011. After working for a brief period as Consultant Paediatric intensivist at Global Hospital, Chennai; he went to the world renowned Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London for advanced training in paediatric critical care transport, paediatric cardiac intensive care and ECMO. He finished his 3 year critical care fellowship at GOSH, London in 2014 and moved to hospital for Sick Children (Sickkids), Toronto in 2015 for another fellowship in paediatric critical care at University of Toronto.
After a year as chief fellow in Sickkids Toronto, he returned to India in 2016 and worked as senior consultant and faculty for paediatric critical care fellowship program PICU of Kanchi Kamakoti CHILDS TRUST Hospital for 2 ½ years until June 2018.
He went back to Edmonton, Canada in 2018 to pursue a 2 year fellowship in paediatric res-piratory medicine at Stollery Children’s Hospital, Edmonton, and University of Alberta. During this fellowship he gained further skills in paediatric bronchoscopy, interpretation of paediatric pulmonary function tests and management of paediatric respiratory conditions like cystic fibrosis, primary ciliary dyskinesia, complex asthma, aspiration related lung disease, childhood interstitial lung diseases, sleep disordered breathing disorders and management of paediatric lung transplant. He also became a subspecialty affiliate of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in Paediatric Respiratory Medicine. He has returned to his native state in 2020 to start a new department of Paediatric Pulmonary and Critical Care at Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi.
Are milk and dairy really causing cough, congestion, and mucus in children under six? Debunking the myth
- Complex Asthma in Children and Adolescents
- Recurrent Respiratory Infections in Children
- Non Responding Pneumonia in Children
- Chronic Cough in Children
- Evaluation of Wheezing in Children
- Paediatric Bronchoscopy
- Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia
- Bronchiectasis
- Sleep Disordered Breathing Disorders
- Congenital Lung Malformations
- Lung Disease of Prematurity
- Interstitial Lung Disease in Children
- Aspiration Related Lung Disease in Children
- Breathing Disorders in Children with Heart Disease, Neurological or Neuromuscular Disease, Genetic Disease, Metabolic Disease and Children with Cancer
- Tracheostomy and Long Term Ventilation
- Children Needing PICU
- Paediatric Critical Care
- Point of Care Ultrasound in Children
- Paediatric Flexible Bronchoscopy
- Paediatric Lung Function Test
- Paediatric Sleep Related Breathing Disorders
- Cystic Fibrosis
July 2018 - June 2020
Clinical Fellow in Pediatric Respiratory Medicine at Stollery Children’s Hospital, Edmonton, University of Alberta, Canada (Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada Subspecialist Affiliate)
January 2015 to December 2015
Clinical Fellowship in Pediatric Critical Care at Sickkids, Toronto - 1 Year (University of Toronto)
September 2011 - June 2014
Clinical Fellow PICU and CICU at Great Ormond Street Hospital, London- 2 years 9 months
MRCPCH (UK)
February 2009 - February 2011
National Board Fellow PICU at KKCTH Chennai - 2 Years
DNB (Pediatrics)
DCH
May 2005 to May 2008
MD Resident in Pediatrics at SAT Hospital, Government Medical college, Trivandrum, Kerala University
1997 - 2004
MBBS, Government Medical College, Trivandrum, Kerala University
- English
- Malayalam
- January 2016 to May 2018
Senior Consultant PICU
Kanchi Kamakoti CHILDS Trust Hospital, Chennai -2 Years, 6 Months
- July 2014 to December 2014
Consultant PICU
Aster Medcity, Kochi - 6 Months
- March 2011 to September 2011
Pediatric Intensivist
Global Hospital Chennai Liver ICU - 6 Months
Professional Memberships
Indian Association of Paediatrics, Intensive Care Chapter
MRCPCH(UK)
- Canadian thoracic society
- Organised Advanced National Paediatric Mechanical ventilation workshop at Kanchi Kamakoti CHILDS trust Hospital, Chennai in 2017 as part of National CME on Paediatric Critical Care
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