Coronavirus, chaos & everything in-between | Dr. Rahul Pandit | TEDxVIT

Dr. Rahul Pandit MD, DA, FJFICM, FCICM, FCCP, EDIC, IFCCM

Dr. Rahul Pandit is the Director of Critical Care Services at Fortis Hospital Mulund, Mumbai. A large quaternary care hospital with more than 80 ICU beds under his care. He also oversees Critical Care delivery across other Fortis cluster hospitals in Mumbai. He is a Visiting Critical Care Consultant at Bathurst Hospital and Wagga Wagga Base hospital, NSW Australia. He treats on an average of 4500 critical care patients every year, of which approximately 1500 are on ventilators. He is the Chairman of the Critical Care Committee for Fortis Group and also a coveted member of the Fortis Medical Council. He is the past Vice President of the Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine (ISCCM) and is the immediate past Chairman for the Mumbai Chapter of ISCCM.

He graduated from the Mumbai University and completed his MD in Anesthesiology from The Grant Medical College and Sir JJ Group of Hospitals Mumbai. With Critical Care still at a nascent stage in India, his passion for formal training in critical care medicine paved his path to Australia. Awarded as the Best Medical Support in 2005, he completed the prestigious Fellowship of College of Intensive Care Medicine of Australia and New Zealand (CICM). He was one of the youngest Critical Care Specialists in Australia.
As a leading member of the Maharashtra State COVID 19 Task Force, he is instrumental in formulating the state Critical Care management guidelines, education at the district level, and be on call for the entire state for critically ill COVID19 patient management. His ICU at Fortis Hospital, Mumbai is considered one of the best in the state for COVID-19 management. He is nationally recognized as an expert in COVID 19 management and has been a part of several scientific deliberations.
He is considered as a pioneer in Critical Care Echocardiography in India, setting standards, writing teaching manuals and book chapters. He is one of the 4 teachers recognized by the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine for teaching echocardiography in India.
Dr Rahul Pandit is the Director of Critical Care Services at Fortis Hospital Mulund, Mumbai. A large quaternary care hospital with more than 80 ICU beds under his care. He also oversees Critical Care delivery across other Fortis cluster hospitals in Mumbai. He is a Visiting Critical Care Consultant at Bathurst Hospital and Wagga Wagga Base hospital, NSW Australia. He treats on an average 4500 critical care patients every year, of which approximately 1500 are on ventilator. He is the Chairman of Critical Care Committee for Fortis Group and also a coveted member of the Fortis Medical Council. He is the past Vice President of the Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine (ISCCM) and is the immediate past Chairman for the Mumbai Chapter of ISCCM. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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