Senior Paediatrican/ Paediatric Critical Care Specialist/ Internationally trained

Delivering advance, evidence-based care for critically ill children with global expertise and compassionate precision.

Dr. Rashmi Nair is a distinguished paediatrician, with over 2 decades of international clinical experience, including more than 16 years of dedicated expertise in paediatric critical care. She has extensive experience in managing complex and critically ill children, delivering evidence-based, high-quality care across a broad spectrum of paediatric conditions.

She has previously served as Faculty in the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health and as Head of the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at the University of Nairobi/ Kenyatta National Hospital, Kenya. She also served as Director of the Fellowship program in Paediatric Emergency and Critical Care at the University of Nairobi.

A former Head of Department of Paediatrics at Lakeshore Hospital, Kochi, she brings proven leadership experience in building and guiding high-performing paediatric teams.

Dr. Rashmi has held prominent international leadership roles, including Chairperson of the European Board of Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care (EBPNIC) and Board Member of the Global Initiative for Children’s Surgery.

She has a strong academic portfolio, with over 35 publications in reputed international peer-reviewed journals, and is an invited international speaker at various paediatric and critical care forums and remains actively engaged in clinical research and academic initiatives.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

1. Paediatric Critical Care
2. Paediatric Infectious Diseases
3. Allergy and Asthma

 

QUALIFICATIONS:

MBBS – SCB Medical College, Cuttack

MD Paediatrics – University of Nairobi, Kenya

MRCPCH – UK

Postgraduate Diploma in Paediatric Infectious Diseases – University of Oxford, UK

Diploma in Allergy and Asthma – CMC, Vellore

ADDITIONAL TRAINING AND CERTIFICATIONS

1. Fellowship Training in Paediatric Critical Care – Kanchi Kamakoti CHILDS Trust Hospital, Chennai (one of India’s leading paediatric centres of excellence)
2. European Paediatric Intensive Care (EPIC-UK) Certification

PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS:

1. 20+ years of clinical experience in paediatrics
2. 16+ years of dedicated paediatric critical care (PICU) experience
3. Former Faculty, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health – University of Nairobi/ Kenyatta National Hospital, Kenya
4. Former Head of PICU – Kenyatta National Hospital, Kenya
5. Former Director – Fellowship in Paediatric Emergency and Critical Care, University of Nairobi
6. Former Chair – European Board of Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care (EBPNIC)
7. Board Member – Global Initiative for Children’s Surgery
8. Former Head of Department – Paediatrics, Lakeshore Hospital, Kochi
9. 35+ publications in international peer-reviewed journals
10. International speaker at paediatric and critical care forums

LANGUAGES SPOKEN:

English, Hindi, Malayalam, Oriya