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NAME : Dr. Somalika Pal

CURRENT and MAILING : C4/129

ADDRESS Safdarjung Development Area

New Delhi -110016

TELEPHONE : Personal: +91-783*******

E-MAIL : adobvl@r.postjobfree.com

DATE OF BIRTH : 27th April, 1986

SEX : Female

NATIONALITY : Indian

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

2004 To 2010: Primary Medical Qualification: Bachelor of Medicine; Bachelor of Surgery (M.B.B.S) from Medical College, Kolkata

May 2011 to May 2014: Post-graduate Medical Qualification: Doctor of Medicine (MD) in Pediatrics from VMMC and Safdarjung Hospital, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi

December 2015-DNB Pediatrics from National Board of Examinations

August 2016 to July 2019-DM Neonatology from Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, Delhi University

DETAILED PEDIATRICS AND NEONATOLOGY EXPERIENCE

Over 7 years experience as a Pediatrician after completion of MD Pediatrics training during which time I have been associated with outpatient management as well specialty clinics in various pediatric subspecialities, as well in-patient and intensive management.

Over 5 years of experience as a Neonatologist which includes experience in working at centres with one of the best survival statistics for preterm neonates and boasts of state of the art equipments and facilities like therapeutic hypothermia for perinatal asphyxia, iNO therapy for PPHN, aEEG monitoring for seizures, structured and systematic follow up clinics etc. WORK EXPERIENCE:

November 2019 to date: Assistant Professor, Department of Neonatology, Lady Hardinge Medical College and associated Smt. Sucheta Kriplani Hospital and Kalawati Saran Children’s Hospital.

August 2016 to July 2019: 3 years of DM Neonatology at Maulana Azad Medical College and associated Lok Nayak Hospital

August 2015 to March 2016: 7 months as Senior Registrar,Pediatrics and Neonatology at Calcutta Medical Research Institute, Kolkata, West Bengal

July 2014 to July 2015: 1 year of Senior Residency in the Department of Pediatrics at Vardhaman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi

May 2011 to June 2014: 3 years of residency as MD Pediatrics resident at VMMC and Safdarjung Hospital.

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS-AWARDS/ MEDALS/ CERTIFICATIONS 1. Awarded NNF Gold Medal for Research Paper at NNF Neocon 2019 at Hyderabad 14-17 Dec 2019 for research paper entitled ‘Preterm Birth Syndrome : Identifying different phenotypes and their association with neonatal outcomes

2. Certified NRP trainer at NRP-TOT Preconference Workshop at ESIC Hyderabad on 12th December, 2019

3. Facility Based Newborn Care Trainer since December 2019 4. Successfully completed the Basic training course on the Prechtl Method on the Qualitative Assessment of General Movements with maximum score on February 25th, 2018 at New Delhi

5. Awarded certificate and gold medal in MD Pediatrics for being the topper in MD Pediatrics Examination held in 2014

6. 2nd position in the clinical quiz for postgraduates on ORS Day in the Academic Meeting of Indian Academy of Pediatrics, Delhi held on 29th July 2013 in New Delhi

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS-RESEARCH/ PUBLICATIONS

RESEARCH WORKS COMPLETED

1. Dissertation titled “ Study of phenotypes of the Preterm Birth Syndrome and their Association with Neonatal Outcomes” submitted to University of Delhi in 2018, as part requirement for DM Neonatology 2. Dissertation titled “To study the role of SNAP II scoring system to predict outcome in Neonatal Sepsis” submitted to Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University in 2013, as part requirement of MD Pediatrics PUBLICATIONS

In International Journals:

1. Pal S, Jain A, Garg M, Sekhar JC. Predicting outcome in Neonates with Possible Clinical Sepsis by estimating an early Score for Neonatal Acute Physiology-II. J Trop Pediatr. 2020 Aug 1; 66(4):377-384. 2. Pal S, Jain A, Chopra A, Singh M. Case 2: A newborn with a Changing Rash. Neoreviews. 2019 Dec;20(12):e740-e743.

In National Journals:

1. Pal S, Kumari P, Jain A, Sinha SK. Fetal Ovarian Cyst Managed Laparoscopically in the Neonatal Period. Indian Pediatr. 2020 Sep 15;57(9):866-867.

2. Jain A, Pal S: Echogenic Bowel. Perinatology. (Jan-March 2019 issue)Vol 19 Issue 4

3. Pal S, Jain A: Neonatal Thrombocytopenia. Journal of Pediatric Critical Care. January 2019. 6(1):33

4. Shahnaz, G., Agarwal,K., Jain,A., Pal,S.,Gandhi,G. Giant Congenital Intracranial Immature Teratoma-A case Report and Review of Literature. J.Fetal Med. 5,193-195 (2018)

5. Bisht S, Pal S. Ingestion of Mercury from broken thermometer in a 2 year old child. Indian J Pediatr.2015 Jun;82(6):573-4.

Author of Chapters in Textbooks

1. Chapter 4.6: Infant Born to Mother with Substance Abuse. Textbook of Clinical Neonatology by Jaypee publishers

2. Chapter on Management of Baby on Mechanical Ventilation including Sudden Acute Deterioration. Manual of Neonatal Nursing published by Noble Publishers, India

PRESENTATIONS AT VARIOUS PROMINENT FORUMS

International Conferences

1. Poster presentation titled “Are Placental Histopathological findings tell tales Outcomes in Preterm Neonates ? Somalika Pal,MD; Ashish Jain,DM; Siddarth Ramji,MD; Shyamlata Jain,MD” presented at International StillBirth Alliance Conference, October 2019 held at Madrid, Spain

2. Co-author in poster titled “Do Maternal characteristics affect the Placental Histopathology in Preterm births ? Ashish Jain,DM; Somalika Pal,MD; Siddarth Ramji,MD; Shyamlata Jain,MD”. Accepted for presentation at the International Still Birth Alliance Conference, October 2019 held at Madrid, Spain

3. Co-author in poster titled: “Birth Defects and Small for Gestational Age,(SGA) Status.Is there a link? Ashish Jain, Anshuman Sharma, Anika Gupta, Somalika Pal.” Presented at the International Conference of Birth Defects and Disabilities in the Developing World, 2020 in Colombo from 23rd to 26th Feb, 2020.

National Conferences

1. Presented paper titled: “Do maternal characteristics affect Placental Histopathology in Preterm Births? Somalika Pal” at 39th Annual Convention of National Neonatology Forum (NEOCON 2019) held from 11th to 15th December 2019 at HICC Hyderabad, India 2. Lead author in poster titled “Incontinentia pigmenti presenting in a Neonate-A diagnostic challenge.Somalika Pal MD, Ashish Jain, MD, DM,Abhishek Chopra MD, DNB, Onkar Singh Binder, MD ” presented at NNF NEOCON, December 2018

Other academic meets

1. Oral Case presentation in Academic Meeting of Indian Academy of Pediatrics, Delhi held on 19th March 2015 in New Delhi 2. Oral Case presentation in Academic Meeting of Indian Academy of Pediatrics, Delhi held on 21st March 2013 in New Delhi Organizing Conferences/ CMEs/ Workshops

1. Organizing Co-secretary for “Indo-Norwegian CME on Recent Advances in Neonatology” held at Lady Hardinge Medical College on 6th and 7Th March, 2020

2. Part of e- Souvenir & e- book Committee (Compendium of neonatal Clinical Practice, NEOCLIPS) Delhi e- Neocon 2020 Annual State Level Conference of NNF, New Delhi in October 2020

3. Organizing secretary for “Neonatal Hands on Training Workshop on Neonatal and Infantile EEG” held at Kalawati Saran Children’s Hospital on 12th and 13th February, 2020.

Participation in Conferences/Workshops

1. Chairperson in NNF Delhi Clinical Case meeting on 4th June 2020. 2. Neocon 2019, Hyderabad, 14-17 Dec 2019

3. Workshop on New UG curriculum by Pediatric Research and Education Society of India (PRESIDE) at Maulana Azad Medical College on 22nd November 2019

4. Quality Improvement Workshop for Healthcare Delivery Systems at Kalawati Saran Children Hospital, Lady Hardinge medical College on 23rd and 24th November 2019

5. PG Workshop on Practical Aspects of Developmental Assessment held on 9th -10th Feb 2019 at Maulana Azad Medical College 6. Workshop on Neonatal Neurology held at KIMS, Trivandrum on 19th and 20th January 2019.

7. Workshop on Neonatal Point of Care Echocardiography(POCE) in PGIMER Chandigarh on 17-19th September 2017

8. Academic Meeting of Indian Academy of Pediatrics, Delhi in VMMC and Safdarjung Hospital, Delhi held on 19th March 2015 in New Delhi 9. Academic Meeting of Indian Academy of Pediatrics, Delhi in VMMC and Safdarjung Hospital held on 21st March 2013 in New Delhi 10. Successfully completed the IAP Provider Course in Pediatric Advanced Life Support in October 2013 at Kasturba Gandhi Hospital, New Delhi 11. Successfully completed the NNF-IAP Neonatal Resuscitation Programme

(Advanced NRP Course) in Nov 2013 held at Hindu Rao Hospital, New Delhi

12. Course on Clinical Examination for Postgraduates, March 2014 at UCMS and Guru Tegh Bahadur Hospital, New Delhi

13. Basics of Developmental Pediatrics Workshop in March 2013 at Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi

14. Annual Conference of IAP Delhi in Dec 2013

15. CME on Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology in Dec 2013 at Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi

16. IAP West Delhi Annual Conference in September 2013 17. Workshop on Clinical Evaluation in Pediatric Neurology at Lady Hardinge Medical College & Kalawati Saran Hospital in September 2012 18. Training of Trainers workshop of Facility based –IMNCI in February 2012 at Safdarjung Hospital New Delhi

CLINICAL and PROCEDURAL SKILLS:

Neonatal:-

Care of sick newborn in NICU (with or without respiratory support like CPAP, HHHFNC, advanced ventilation including high frequency ventilation, surfactant administration, iNO use, aEEG, Point of care Ultrasonography and Echocardiography)

Care of High Risk Newborn including follow up

Neonatal resuscitation

Care of Well Newborn

Venous and arterial access procedures like umbilical venous and arterial lines, PICC lines, peripheral arterial lines etc

Exchange transfusion

Point of care ultrasound

Point of care Echocardiography

Invasive diagnostic /emergency procedures like intercostal tube insertion, liver and muscle biopsies etc

Pediatric:-

Resuscitation

Endotracheal intubation and Mechanical ventilation

Arterial blood gas analysis

IV cannulation and blood sampling

Central venous catheterisation

Procedures like Bone marrow Aspiration, Lumbar puncture, liver biopsy, pleural and ascitic fluid tap.

REFERENCES

1. Dr Siddarth Ramji

Director Professor, Ex-Head of Department

Department of Neonatology

Maulana Azad Medical College and associated Hospitals New Delhi-110002

India

E-mail: adobvl@r.postjobfree.com

2. Dr. Ashish Jain

Associate Professor

Department of Neonatology

Maulana Azad Medical College and associated Hospitals New Delhi-110002

India

E-mail: adobvl@r.postjobfree.com

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