Dr. Mamatha Munaf

Academic Qualifications

• Testamur in Advanced Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography Examination (Advanced PTEeXAM) by National Board of Echocardiography, USA
• Fellowship of Trans Esophageal Echocardiography (FTEE) (IACTA)
• Post Doctoral Fellowship in Paediatric Cardiac Anaesthesiology (Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology)
• DM Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anaesthesiology (Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology)
• DNB Anaesthesiology (NBE)
• MD Anaesthesiology(JIPMER, Puducherry)
• MBBS (JIPMER, Puducherry)

Professional Record

• 5th July - till date: Assistant Professor, Anaesthesiology
• 20th March 2023- 3rd July 2023: Assistant Professor (Ad Hoc) Department of Anaesthesiology
• 2022: Post Doctoral Fellow in Paediatric Cardiac Anaesthesiology (SCTIMST)
• September 2021 - December 2021, January 2023 to 17th March 2023: Consultant Cardiac Anaesthesiologist in Paediatric Interventional Cardiology/ Cardiac Surgery unit, SAT Hospital, Thiruvananthapuram Medical College
• 2018-2021: Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesiology DM Senior Resident (SCTIMST)
• May 2017 - August 2017: Senior Resident, Anaesthesiology (BJMC and Sassoon Hospital, Pune)
• 2014- 2017: MD Anaesthesiology Junior Resident (JIPMER, Puducherry)
• 2007 - 2013: MBBS + Internship (JIPMER, Puducherry)

Honors

• National level 2nd Rank in FTEE, 2022
• Dr Suda Balan Memorial Endowment prize and Gold Medal in ENT - JIPMER, Puducherry
• University topper for multiple subjects during MBBS

Awards

• One of the 6 selected participants in the Janak Mehta Award paper presentation for the best original research among young cardiac anaesthesiologists in India, IACTACON 2023, Jodhpur.
• 1st prize in national level Echocardiography Quiz competition conducted by IACTA (2020, IACTACON Goa).
• TN Jha and KP Chansoria Travel Grant and National Award for Best Paper presentation- 2016, ISA Ludhiana.
• National level Anaesthesiology quiz (ISACON 2016, Ludhiana)-Second Prize
• 1st Prize- Original Paper presentation- 2016 ISA State Conference (Puducherry).
• 1st Prize- Quiz competition-2016 ISA State Conference. (Puducherry)

Area of Interest

• Paediatric Cardiac Anaesthesia, Transesophageal echocardiography

Current Activities

• Program Coordinator for academic activities in the Division of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anaesthesiology

Fellowships

• Fellowship in Trans Esophageal Echocardiography (FTEE)

Membership

• Life member of Indian Medical Association
• Life Member of IACTA
• Life Member of ISA
• Member of the Association of Alumni of Sree Chitra Cardiac Anaesthesiologists

On-going Projects

• Effect of 5% EMLA cream on post-operative sore throat following endotracheal intubation in adult patients undergoing cardiac surgeries, Cath lab procedures and interventional radiology procedures-a randomized controlled study.

Projects Completed

• A Lung Ultrasound Based Comparison of Post-Operative Respiratory Outcome After Pediatric Congenital Heart Surgery In COVID-19 Recovered And COVID-19 Unaffected Children- A Pilot Study.
• Comparison of TEE-guided TAPSEs with TTE-Guided M Mode TAPSE in adult and pediatric cardiac surgeries for the assessment of Right Ventricular Function
• A study on the effect of intraoperative continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) on the postoperative pulmonary function in overweight patients undergoing lower limb, lower abdominal or vaginal surgeries under spinal anesthesia- A Randomized Control Trial.

Professional Experience

• 7 years after MD

Desertations Supervised

• Echocardiographic evaluation of prosthetic heart valve after pulmonary valve replacement by Dr. Greeshma S- as Co Principal Investigator. Ongoing study.
• Effect of 5% EMLA cream on post-operative sore throat following endotracheal intubation in adult patients undergoing cardiac surgeries, Cath lab procedures and interventional radiology procedures-a randomized controlled study by Dr Amrutha Harikumar

Organisational Activities

• Part of Organizing team of NICE 2019 and NICE 2022 Workshop. Joint secretary for NICE 2024 ICMR- DHR workshop.

Presentations

• First author presentations- 8

No. of Publications

• 16 Publications till date in Pubmed-indexed journals.

Publications

Case Report

1. Mamatha Munaf, Shrinivas Gadhinglajkar, Prasanta K. Dash, Jagadish A., Computed Tomography Scan Evidence of Bronchospasm and Its Resolution During Computed Tomography Coronary Angiogram in a Child With Kawasaki Disease: A Case Report, A&A Practice, 2021,
2. Nithiyanandhan Palaniswamy, Mamatha Munaf, Saravana Babu, Shrinivas V. Gadhinglajkar, Three-Dimensional Transesophageal Echocardiographic Detection of Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction by Residual Native Mitral Leaflet following Mitral Valve Replacement in a Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy Patient, Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia, 2023,
3. Keerthy Nath S, Mamatha Munaf, Jagadish A, Thomas Koshy, Saravana Babu, Wheezing and Choking—A Vascular Cause: A Case Report, SN Comprehensive Clinical Medicine, 2024,
4. Mamatha Munaf, Saravana Babu, Subin Sukesan, Shrinivas V. Gadhinglajkar, Intraoperative Transesophageal Echocardiographic Assessment of Aortic Valve Repair in a Child – What to Look for?, Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia, 2024,

Review

1. Saravana Babu, Rupa Sreedhar, Mamatha Munaf, Shrinivas V. Gadhinglajkar, Sepsis in the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit: An Updated Review, Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia, 2023,

Letter

1. Mamatha Munaf, Unnikrishnan Koniparambil Pappu, Varsha Ayinoor Veetikadu, A Worm in the Heart: One of a Kind!, Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia, 2023,
2. Mamatha Munaf, Saravana Babu, Subin Sukesan, Sabarinath Menon, Thomas Koshy, Aberrant Behavior of a Normal Anatomic Variant Causing Inferior Vena Cava Flow Obstruction in the right Atrium After Surgical Closure of a Sinus Venosus Atrial Septal Defect, Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia, 2023,
3. Mamatha Munaf, Shrinivas Gadhinglajkar, V Krishna N. Nayanar, Prasanta K. Dash, Suneel Puthuvasserry, Sunil Sagar, Radial Artery Pseudoaneurysm Following Pediatric Arterial Cannulation, Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia, 2023,
4. Mamatha Munaf, Divya Jacob, Koniparambil P. Unnikrishnan, Varghese T. Panicker, Thomas Koshy, Electromechanical Dissociation in the Intensive Care Unit After Mitral Valve Replacement; an Unusual Cause, Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia, 2023,
5. A.V. Varsha, Shrinivas Gadhinglajkar, Mamatha Munaf, Inadvertent Puncture of Dilated Right Ventricle During Transversus Thoracic Muscle Plane Block: Lessons Learnt, Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia, 2024,
6. Mamatha Munaf, Subin Sukesan, Jagan Jose, Upper gastrointestinal bleeding after transesophageal echocardiography—common things are common?, Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2024,
7. Mamatha Munaf, Shrinivas Vitthal Gadhinglajkar, Abinaya Prakashbabu U, Sai Charan Satheesh, Bineesh Radhakrishnan, Endotracheal tube cuff leak during a cardiac surgery, Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2024,

Clinical trial

1. Mamatha Munaf, Chitra Rajeswari, Rajaram Manju, Hemavathi Balachander, A Study on the Effect of Intraoperative Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) on the Postoperative Pulmonary Function in Overweight Patients Undergoing Lower Limb, Lower Abdominal or Vaginal Surgeries under Spinal Anesthesia, Advances in Respiratory Medicine, 2020,
2. Mamatha Munaf, Don J. Palamattam, Sabarinath Menon, Baiju S. Dharan, Thomas Koshy, A Lung Ultrasound-Based Comparison of Postoperative Respiratory Outcome after Pediatric Congenital Heart Surgery in COVID-19 Recovered and COVID-19 Unaffected Children-A Pilot Study, Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia, 2023,
3. Mamatha Munaf, Puthuvassery Raman Suneel, Sivadasanpillai Harikrishnan, Deepa Sasikumar, Thomas Koshy, Tricuspid Annular Plane Systolic Excursion (TAPSE) for the Assessment of Right Ventricular Function in Adult and Pediatric Cardiac Surgery: Modified Two-dimensional and M-mode TAPSE by Transesophageal Echocardiography Compared to M-mode TAPSE by Transthoracic Echocardiography, Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia, 2023,