KIMS Hospital Department of Pediatrics

Overview

The Department of Paediatrics at Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) in Bhubaneswar is recognized as one of the leading pediatric and neonatal care centers in Odisha, attracting patients both locally and from neighboring states due to its high-quality services and affordable care.

Established with a vision to become a nationally recognized Pediatric and Neonatal Centre, the department aims to provide exceptional standards of pediatric and neonatal  care with a strong emphasis on patient safety and satisfaction.

About The Department

  • The Department introduced MD Paediatrics in 2017 with 3 seats, subsequently revised to 6. It started a Fellowship in Neonatology in 2016, running a one year course with 2 seats.

  • The Fellowship in Critical Care was launched in 2020 with 2 seats as a one year course. While 2 faculty members are undergoing PhD programme, 3 have been identified as PhD guides.

  • The Paediatrics Department of KIMS works as a one stop solution dedicated to deliver complete, comprehensive, compassionate state-of-the-art health care services to children from birth to adolescence.

Services

  • Immunization & Well Baby Clinic
  • Newborn Clinic
  • Pediatric,Hematology, adolescent clinic,allergy and asthma clinic,gastroenterology,cardiology and high risk developmental clinic
  • NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit): A 40-bed tertiary care NICU equipped with advanced facilities such as High-Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation (HFOV), therapeutic hypothermia, laminar flow technology,POCUS and amplitude integrated EEG
  • PICU (Pediatric Intensive Care Unit): A 20-bed tertiary care PICU with state-of-the-art equipment, including Dräger ventilators,HFOV, arterial line monitoring,bedside ultrasound,CRRT and plasmapheresis.
  • Paeditric haematoncology ward:A 30 bedded dedicated ward specialised in managing paediatric haemato-oncological diseases along with a bone marrow transplant unit.
  • Pediatric Ward & Special Cabins: 120 beds and special cabins dedicated to pediatric patients.
  • A 40-bed tertiary care NICU equipped with advanced facilities such as High-Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation (HFOV)
  • Therapeutic hypothermia
  • Laminar flow technology
  • POCUS and amplitude integrated EEG
  • A 20-bed tertiary care PICU with state-of-the-art equipment
  • Including Dräger ventilators
  • High-Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation (HFOV)
  • Arterial line monitoring
  • Bedside ultrasound
  • CRRT and plasmapheresis

ACHIEVEMENTS

  • Managed approximately 180 neonates born to COVID-19 positive mothers with a remarkable survival rate.

  • Pioneered neonatal high-frequency ventilation for extremely low birth weight babies in Odisha.

  • Success story: Survival of 530 gram weight baby doing well till date

  • Accredited as the first center in Eastern India to offer a fellowship in Pediatric Intensive Care

  • Organized significant conferences and workshops, including the 41st Annual Conference of IAP Odisha State Pedicon in 2021.

  • Conducted first ever KIMS paediatric update with participation by national level faculties.

RESEARCH/PUBLICATIONS/AWARDS

(Conferences/CME/Workshop)

  • The Department had organized CME on “Thalassemia Ensuring Optimal Care for All” in June 2019, Paediatric Intensive Care workshop in November 2019, Pre-Conference Workshop on Development Supportive Care (DSC) and Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) in October 2021.
  • Besides, it organized 41st Annual Conference of IAP Odisha State Pedicon on December 11 and 12 in 2021 and Basic NRP Workshop on March 8, 2022.
  • During the last two years, 70 papers were published by the Faculty of the Department and currently 20 ongoing research projects are underway.

Visits

  • While eminent neonatologist Prof (Dr) Praveen Kumar, Head of Neonatology Division, PGI Chandigarh (first DM in Neonatologist of India) visited our NICU on 22nd Nov 19 and appreciated the level of Neonatal care of the Department, Prof. (Dr) N Koneti Rao (MD, FRCPA), a staff physician in National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) at National Institute of Health (NIH) was a visiting professor in the Dept of Pediatrics on 11-12 Nov 19.
  • Prof (Dr) Neelam Giri, Staff Clinician, genetic branch DCEG/NCI (Dept of Cancer Epidemiology/National Cancer Institute) Bethesda (USA), was a visiting professor in the Dept. of Pediatrics on 13-14 Nov 19.

Faculty

 

Name Designation Qualification
Dr. Sebaranjan Biswal Professor and HOD MD, Pediatrics
Dr,Bandya Sahoo Professor MD, Pediatrics
Dr. Chinmaya Kumar Behera Professor MD, Pediatrics
Dr. Nirmal Kumar Mohakud Professor MD, Pediatrics
Dr. Swarnalata Das Professor MD, Pediatrics
Dr. Reshmi Mishra Professor MD, Pediatrics
Dr.Santosh Kumar Panda Professor DNB( Neonatology)
Dr. Manas Kumar Nayak Professor MD (Fellowship in Neonatology)
Dr. Sarbeswar Pradhan Professor MD, Pediatrics
Dr. Soumini Rath Professor MD(Fellowship in Neonatology)
Dr. Palash Das Professor MD(Fellowship in Pediatric Hemato Oncology)
Dr. Mukesh Kumar Jain Professor MD (Fellowship in Pediatric Critical Care)
Dr. Deepti Damayanti Pradhan Professor MD (Fellowship in Neonatology),PGDDN(CDC,TRIVANDRUM)
Dr. Jyoti Ranjan Behera Professor MD, Pediatrics
Dr. Sanjay Kumar Sahu Professor MD, Pediatrics
Dr. Sushree Smita Behura Associate Professor MD, Pediatrics
Dr. Pravati Jena Associate Professor MD, Pediatrics(Fellowship in Neonatology)
Dr. Arun Kumar Dash Associate Professor MD, Pediatrics
Dr. Rama Krushna Gudu Associate Professor DNB, Pediatrics (Fellowship in Neonatology)
Dr. Amit Ranjan Rup Associate Professor MD, Pediatrics
Dr. Rojalin Rout Associate Professor MD ,PGDDN(CDC,TRIVANDRUM)
Dr. Jiten Kumar Sahoo Associate Professor PDCC ( Pediatric Gasstroenterology )
Dr. Ipsa Kujur Associate Professor MD (Fellowship in Neonatology)
Dr. Swaranjika Sahoo Associate Professor MD (Fellowship in Neonatology)
Dr.Champairam Soren Associate Professor MD, Fellowship in pediatric critical care(IDPCCM)
Dr. Sidhant Swarup Associate Professor MD, Pediatrics
Dr.Subhrajyoti Tripathy Senior Resident MD (Fellowship in Neonatology)
Dr. Gumalla Gyandeep Senior Resident MD (Fellowship in Neonatology)
Dr. Sital Nayak Senior Resident MD, Pediatrics