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Curriculum Vitae (prepared on Jan **, ****)
Riddhi Kundu MBBS MD DM EDIC
Email – ******.*****@*****.***
Areas of clinical and research interest:
Transplant Critical Care
Extracorporeal Life Support
Obstetric Critical care
Perioperative Critical care
Emergency Medicine
End of Life Care
Educational qualifications
D.M Critical Care Medicine
MD Anesthesiology
European Diploma in Intensive Care (EDIC): attained in Spring 2018.
MRCP(UK) Part 1 and Part 2 in 2017-18 (taking part 3 in 2020) Professional history:
Currently working as a Clinical Fellow in Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine at University Health Network and Mount Sinai Hospital,Toronto,Ontario,Canada (July 2019 till present).
Associate Consultant in Department of Critical Care Medicine at Manipal Hospital,New Delhi (Jan 2019-June 2019)
Senior Resident in Critical Care Medicine (D.M) at the All India institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi(2016-2018).
Senior Resident in Department of Anaesthesiology, Pain Medicine, and Critical Care at AIIMS from February 2014 till December 2015
Junior Resident in Anaesthesia, Pain Medicine and Critical Care at AIIMS from January 2011 to December 2013.
MBBS from Burdwan Medical College, West Bengal, India from 2004 to 2010 2
Achievements and awards
Gold medal in Biochemistry at Medical School in 2005
Gold medal in Community medicine at Medical School in 2009
Gold medal in Ophthalmology at Medical School in 2009
1
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Prize for oral presentation of study titled “Safety and analgesic efficacy of intravenous dexmedetomidine in arthroscopic knee surgery” in 3 rd
INCRA
conference held in New Delhi, India, 2014.
Memberships:
European Society of Intensive Care Medicine
Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine
Clinical experience:
Currently working as a Clinical fellow at Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine at University Health Network and Mount Sinai Hospital,Toronto from July 2019 till present which is slated to end in June 2020.Considered as one of the leading centre worldwide for critical care training and research, I have had extensive exposure to Extracorporeal life support, transplant critical care, neurocritical care and obstetric critical care during my stint here in Toronto.Also participated in academic activities such as teaching residents, journal clubs and attended the annual Canadian Critical Care Forum 2019 during this period.
Worked as an Associate Consultant at Manipal Hospitals,New Delhi in the Department of Critical Care Medicine from Jan 2019 till June 2019.
Worked as Critical Care Medicine resident (D.M) at AIIMS, New Delhi, which is a tertiary care institute and the premier medical institute of India. The D.M. course is of three years (thirty-six months) duration for attaining specialization in Critical Care medicine after completion of specialty training (MD anesthesiology). It involves caring regularly for patients admitted in various Critical Care units including medical, surgical, obstetric, trauma, cardiac and neurological units and the Emergency department both independently and under supervision. Regular posting by rotation in medical and postsurgical ICU (approximately 24 months), trauma and neurosurgical ICU (6 months), neurology ICU and stroke units (1 month), cardiac ICU and echocardiography lab (2 month), paediatric ICU (2 months), dialysis (RRT) unit and radiology conferences. I have completed a research work entitled “Integrated Ultrasound Protocol in predicting Weaning Success and Failure: A Prospective Observational Study” during this period which was presented at ESICM Lives 31
st
Annual Congress in Paris in October 2018.
During the training period, I have acquired skills and expertise in various clinical procedures which include:
o Airway management
o Flexible fibreoptic bronchoscopy
o Invasive vascular access (central and arterial lines both landmark and by USG guidance)
o Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (basic and advanced) o Intercostal drain and pigtail catheter insertion 3
o Non-invasive cardiac output measurement and monitoring o Point of care ultrasonography
o Percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy
o Renal replacement therapy
Previously worked as a Junior and Senior Resident in Anaesthesiology with training in Intensive Care Units and Emergency Department. During this training period I acquired skills and expertise in various clinical procedures under supervision which include:
o Airway management
o Neuraxial and regional nerve Blocks
o Vascular access
o Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
1 year of internship after completion of MBBS from Burdwan Medical college and involved in managing medical, surgical, obstetric and patients of other allied specialties under supervision.
Active participation in Community Health Program during internship. Research Experience and Publications:
Indexed Journals:
1. Datta PK, Sinha R, Ray BR, Jambunathan V, Kundu R. Anesthesia maintenance with “induction dose only” sevoflurane during pediatric ophthalmic examination: comparison with standard low-flow technique through a randomized controlled trial. Anderson B, editor. Pediatric Anesthesia [Internet]. 2016 Nov [cited 2016 Dec 23]; Available from: http://doi.wiley.com/10.1111/pan.13040 2. Kundu R, Baidya DK, Arora MK, Maitra S, Darlong V, Goswami D. Caudal bupivacaine and morphine provides effective postoperative analgesia but does not prevent hemodynamic response to pneumoperitoneum for major laparoscopic surgeries in children. Journal of Anesthesia 2015;29:618–21. 3. Kundu R, Dehran M, Chandralekha, Trikha A, Nag H. Safety and analgesic efficacy of intravenous dexmedetomidine in arthroscopic knee surgery. Anesthesia: Essays and Researches. 2015;9:391.
4. Kumar R, Sinha R, Kundu R, Ranjan B. Role of dexmedetomidine for sedation in a patient with schizophrenia for strabismus surgery. Indian Journal of Anaesthesia. 2016;60:856.
5. Kundu R, Prasad G. Successful arterial cannulation in neonates: the “hanging drop” technique. Paediatr Anaesth. 2016 Apr;26(4):458–9. 6. Gupta S, Prasad G, Kundu R, Maitra S. On table extubation after emergency thoracotomy for mediastinal mass in a neonate. Journal of Clinical Anesthesia 2015;27:432-4.
7. Kundu R, Khanna P. Sepsis awareness in India from internet search trends: Where do we stand? Indian J Crit Care Med 2017;21:616-7. 8. Kundu R, Subramaniam R, Sardar A. Anesthetic management for prolonged incidental surgery in advanced liver disease. Anesthesia: Essays and Researches. 2017;11:1101.
9. Yadav A, Aggarwal R, Kundu R, Soni KD. Unusual cause of hypotension in a 4
polytrauma victim: A case of fahr’s syndrome. Indian J Crit Care Med 2018; 22:621 3.
10. Datta PK, Subramanium R, Praveen T, Bansal S, Kundu R. Anesthetic Managemnet of a Unique Case of Double-Outlet Right Ventricle With Glenn Shunt for Cesarean Delivery: A Case Report, AANA Journal, October 2018. 2018;86(5):408–11.
11. Goswami D, Chowdhury AR, Venkateswaran V, Sunkesula SG, Kundu R. AMBU® LMA® in Children With Cleft Palate for Ophthalmic Surgery: A Case Report. 2018;XXX(Xxx):1–3.
Non-Indexed Journals:
1. Kundu R, Baidya DK, Subramanian R. Fluid therapy in sepsis. Chettinad Health City Medical Journal 2015;4:125-9.
2. Baidya DK, Kundu R. Carotid intima-medial thickness in diagnosis and prognosis of atherosclerotic risk in obstructive sleep apnea patients. Aperito J Surg and Anaesth 2015;2:108.
3. Baidya DK, Kundu R. Coronary artery calcium score and obstructive sleep apnoea. Aperito J Surg and Anaesth 2014;1:101.
Chapters in books:
1. “Non-depolarzsing Neuromuscular Blockers revisited” in Anaesthesia Update. Published in ISACON 2016.
2. “Abdominal Sonography in ICU” in the book entitled Ultrasound In Critical Care (Khanna P, ed. Jaypee Publications, Delhi, India). Presentations at international conferences:
1. Poster presentation of study titled “Diagnostic Value Of TIMP-2 And IGFBP-7 For Early Diagnosis Of Acute Kidney Injury After Major Surgery: A Systemic Review And Meta-Analysis” in 4
th
SG-ANZICS Intensive Care Forum held in
Singapore 2017.
2. Presented research project entitled “Integrated Ultrasound Protocol in predicting Weaning Success and Failure: A Prospective Observational Study” in ESICM LIVES 2018, 31
st
ESICM Annual Congress, Paris, France, October 2018. 3. Oral presentation of study titled “Safety and analgesic efficacy of intravenous dexmedetomidine in arthroscopic knee surgery” in 3 rd
INCRA conference held in
New Delhi, India, 2014.x
Teaching Experience:
Involved in teaching interns during junior residency from AIIMS
Senior residency: Involved in teaching Junior Residents and Interns 5
Career Aims:
To work as an independent Critical Care physician and to be involved in improving global standards of care for the sickest patient population
To participate in quality research work for the advancement of the field of critical care
To be involved in education and training of physicians, nurses and allied healthcare professionals
To work towards affordable healthcare and equitable distribution of critical care resources
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