Founder President Indian Academy Pediatrics Neonatal Chapter 2019 - 2024
International and National Acheivements
Currently one of the senior most neonatologists of India with 30 years experience.
Certificate of exemplary performance given by Sydney University after obtaining Fellowship in Neonatology in 1991.Started Ventilatory care first time in Chennai in Child Trust Hospital Madras in 1991 .Subsequently started ventilator care first time in Kerala in 1992 . He was first to introduce High Frequency Ventilation in India in 1998. He saved the first 500 gram baby of 23 weeks gestation in India in 1997. His international invention of use of Viagra in blue babies saved thousands of babies 2002. He was professor of neonatology in Amrita Institute of medical sciences Kochin from 2002 to 2010. He was invited by NMC specialty hospital to develop the department from 2010, and has saved more than 2000 babies of 27 weeks gestation with 99% survival. He finished tenure in NMC specialty in 2017. To date he has saved close to 25000 preterm babies with 93% survival above 26 weeks gestation.
The pioneer in Viagra treatment in Neonatology
Dr. P.K.Rajiv is a pioneer in the field of Neonatal care in India with 27 years of path breaking acheivements in his trail blazing career. His expertise in ventilatory care both conventional and innovative has rated him as one of the most outstanding specialists of the country. He has to his credit of starting neonatal ventilation FIRST TIME in Chennai in 1991. This was among the 5 main centres dealing with structured neonatal care in India at that time. He started ventilatory care for the FIRST TIME IN KERALA in 1993. His 24 bedded 3000 sq foot Neonatal unit at PVS Memorial Hospital Kochi was reported to be the biggest and most technologically advanced unit in the country having a survival of 93% above 24 weeks gestation.
He went on to start HIGH FREQUENCY VENTILATION IN INDIA in 1997 and perfected the technique . He introduced HFo first time to Karnataka at Mallya Hospital Bangalore 2000, by saving 32 weeks gestation twins who failed conventional ventilation. He was the first to SAVE A 500gm BABY born less than 24 weeks gestation in 1997, with a good neurological outcome. He was invited to start the most technologically advanced unit in the country at Amrita Insitute of medical sciences Kochi in 2002 . This is a 1500 bed university hospital with all subspecialities having national and international rating. He introduced BUBBLE CPAP first time in INDIA in June 2002.
His original work in use of VIAGRA in PULMONARY HYPERTENSION of newborn successfully in May 2002 was rated internationally and widely acclaimed. He wasTHE FIRST IN THE WORLD to use it successfully and develop guidelines for its use. It remains a life saving drug in this potentially fatal condition in developing countries. He was promoted to Professor of Neonatology in 2003 and developed fellowship programmes in Neonatology and diplomate in national board DNB neonatology. His unique survival of 94.5%of ventilated neonates was a national landmark.
His academic contribution was his best selling book CPAP BEDSIDE APPLICATION 2008 was the first book in he world on this techniquewith a review of 134 articles. It gave clear and comprehensive guidelines to beginners and practioners. Dr.Richard Polin reviewed it as an excellent primer on CPAP. Dr.Vinod Bhutani stanford university USA wrote I loved that book. Dr.Georg Simbrunner reviewed it as an elaborate and well structured comprehensive book. His next book ESSENTIALS OF NEONATAL VENTILATION 2017 is a comprehensive 900 page book covering all aspects of bedside management in detail, aimed at being a bedside resource book giving management guidelines based on avoiding lung injury and rationalising gentle ventilation and optimising the use of CPAP. Dr.Dharmapuri Vidyasagar university of Chicago has accepted to be the co author
ESSENTIALS OF NEONATAL VENTILATION Rajiv
Vidyasagar satyan 2018
It will be released in India on december 14 at the 38 national
neonatology forum annual conference ( about 2500 neonatal
practitioners) Minister of health will release this . President Modi
scheduled to come for innauguration day
Dr Hakam Chairman Sharjah university of felicitating the
book Essentials of Neonatal Ventilation Rajiv
Vidyasagar Sathyan at the 8th Sharjah university
neonatal and Pediatric conference
Recipient of the "Certificate of exemplary performance" from
the Head of the Department of Perinatal Medicine, Westmead Hospital,
Sydney (1991).
Member of the Editorial Board of the National Neonatology Forum's
(NNF) publication (1994)
Member of the Ventilatory Panel of the National Neonatology
Forum formed in 1995 and was asked to contribute in the Panel discussions
to evolve guidelines to start Level III NICUs in the country (1995).
Recipient of the "National Health Excellence Award" of the World Economic
Progress Society, New Delhi (1998)
Recipient of the "Rajiv Gandhi Shiromani Award" of the National Integration
and Economic Council, New Delhi, for "Excellence in Neonatology"
(1999)
Viagra for blue babies with pulmonary Hypertension was
an international invention in BMJ june 2002,which later became recognised
as standard therapy for blue babies near death . This low cost drug
saved thousands of critical babies in developing countries. May 2002
CPAP bedside application in the newborn 2008 was the first
comprehensive book on bedside clinical application in the world . Dr
Richard Polin commented " an excellent primer " on CPAP. The second
edition sold 1000 copies . This is the first line respiratory assistance
device for preterms with breathing difficulty and has saved millions
of babies with this simple low cost device
Essentials of neonatal ventilation Rajiv Vidyasagar Satyan
2017