Dr Suchetha S Rao

Professor and Head

Department of Paediatrics

CURRENT ACADEMIC ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES

    • Suchetha S Rao teaches Paediatrics and is presently working as Professor and Head  in department of Pediatrics in KMC Mangalore.
    • Involved in out patient, inpatient , Pediatric Intensive Care Unit & Neonatal Intensive  care unit management at KMC hospital Attavar.
    • Undergraduate Teaching and examination.
    • Involved in guiding undergraduates in short term research projects.
    • Postgraduate Teaching.
    • Guide the dissertation/research work of post-graduates
    • Research paper publication in medical journals.
    • Attending and scientific presentations in CME’s /Conferences/Workshops.
    • Worked as assistant professor in the same department from 2007 -2011
    • Assisting Unit head/Head of the Department in carrying out the administrative responsibilities.

SUBJECTS CURRENTLY TEACHING

Subject Semester / Year
Paediatrics Fourth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

Degree Specialisation Institute Year of passing
MD (Doctor of Medicine) Paediatrics Kasturba Medical College, Manipal 2002
MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery) Kasturba Medical College, Manipal 1999

Experience

Institution / Organisation Designation Role Tenure
Department of Paediatrics, KMC Mangalore Professor and Head 01/02/2023 - till date
Department of Paediatrics, KMC Mangalore Associate Professor 4-6-2011 to 31-01-2023
Department of Paediatrics, KMC Mangalore Assistant Professor 4-6-2007 to 3-6-2011

AREAS OF INTEREST, EXPERTISE AND RESEARCH

Area of Interest

Paediatrics , General Paediatrics , Paediatrics Endocrinology

Area of Research

Social Paediatrics , Nutrition

Professional Affiliations & Contributions

  • Life member of the Indian Academy of Paediatrics, 2003.
  • Life member of the Indian Society of Adolescent and Paediatrics Endocrinology, 2011.
  • Secretary of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine, 2010-2011.
     

Resistant hypertension in acute post infectious glomerulonephritis

2010-01-01 Rathika Shenoy Kamalakshi Bhat

2010, Suchetha S Rao, , , Nutan Kamath.

Management of primary immune thrombocytopenia

2010-01-01

Study of complementary feeding practices among mothers of children aged six months to two years, A Study from coastal south India

2011-01-01 Swathi PM Unnikrishnan B Asha Hegde

Advanced maternal Grandmother’s age and the risk of down syndrome, A cross sectional study in Coastal Karnataka

2011-01-01 Safan Ahmed Nutan Kamath

Evaluation, awareness, practice and management of cold chain at the primary health care centres in coastal south India

2012-01-01 Sheikh Naftar S Baliga Unnikrishnana B

Henoch-Schonlein purpura, An update

2012-01-01 Nutan Kamath

Henoch Schonlein purpura, Classification and management an update

2012-01-01 Singhal Vikram Nutan Kamath

Metabolic syndromes, what the Paediatricsian Should know

2012-01-01 Swapna Anchuri Nutan Kamath

Biochemical basis of heterogeneity in acute presentations of propionic academia

2013-01-01 Sindgikar Seema Shenoy RD Kamath N

Approach to management of secondary hypertension in children

2011-01-01 Vikram Singhal Nutan Kamath

A study of clinical profile in infants with inborn errors of metabolism and assessment of growth and developmental outcome

2009-01-01 Vishrutha

Study of awareness and practice of complementary feeding among mothers of children aged 6 months-2 years

2010-01-01 Swathi P M

A cross sectional study in coastal Karnataka.

Factors affecting health related quality of life in children with thalassemia

2014-01-01 Laxmi Jayaram.

A study from a tertiary care hospital, Mangalore

Incidence and correlates of over-weight and obesity and perception of adolescents in south Karnataka regarding it

2014-01-01 Prakhar Singh

A cross sectional study.

    Diet, activity prevents childhood obesity

    2013-01-07

    Times of India supplement.