Dr Madhusudan Upadya

Professor and Head

Department of Emergency Medicine

CURRENT ACADEMIC ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES

    Madhusudan Upadya is Professor and Head in the Department of Emergency Medicine, KMC Hospital, Mangalore.

    He teaches both undergraduate and postgraduate students. He is also a research guide and an examiner for the postgraduates.

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

Degree Specialisation Institute Year of passing
MD Anaesthesia Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore 1992
MBBS Kasturba Medical College, Manipal 1986

Experience

Institution / Organisation Designation Role Tenure
Department of Emergency Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore Professor and Head 01/08/2020 - till date
Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore Professor & Unit Chief 30- JUNE- 2012 - 31/07/2020
Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore Professor & Head 01/11/2008 to 29/06/2012
Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore Professor 27/08/2007 to 31/10/2008
SMIMS, Gangtok Professor 21/08/2006 to 25/08/2007
Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore Professor 14/08/2006 to 17/08/2006
Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore Associate Professor 24/09/1997 to 13/08/2006
Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore Assistant Professor 24/09/1994 to 23/09/1997
Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore Lecturer 24/09/1992 to 23/09/1994

AREAS OF INTEREST, EXPERTISE AND RESEARCH

Area of Interest

Airway, Obstetric Anesthesia

Area of Expertise

General Anesthesia,

Area of Research

Obstetric anesthesia

Top five publications of Dr. Madhusudan Upadya: 

1. Upadya M, Saneesh PJ . Anaesthesia for non-obstetric surgery during pregnancy. Indian J Anaesth. 2016;60(4):234-41. 

2. Upadya M, Misquith JCR, Rammoorthi  R. Anaesthesia for left thoracoscopic sympathectomy for refractory long QT syndrome: Three case reports. Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia. 2016;22(5):156-159. 

3. Pradeep T, Manissery J, Upadya M. Emergence agitation in paediatric patients using sevoflurane and isoflurane anaesthesia: A randomised controlled study. Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia. 2017; 23(2):15-18. 

4. Upadya M, Saneesh PJ. Low flow anaesthesia – underused mode towards “sustainable anaesthesia”. Indian J Anaesth. 2018;62(3):166-72. 

5. Upadya M, and Rao S. Hypertensive disorders in pregnancy. Indian J Anaesth. 2018;62(9):675.