Dr. K. P. Unnikrishnan

Academic Qualifications

• Diplomate in Advanced Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography, (American National board of Echocardiography NBE certification) (2010)
• Clinical Cardiac Anesthesia & TEE Fellowship, London Health Sciences Center, London ON, Canada (2010)
• MD Anesthesiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh. (2000)
• MBBS, Government Medical College, Thrissur. (University of Calicut) (1996)

Professional Record

• Associate Professor, SCTIMST, Trivandrum (2007 onwards)
• Clinical Fellow in Cardiac Anesthesia & TEE Fellowship, London Health Sciences Center, London ON, Canada (2010) (1 year of sabbatical leave from SCTIMST)
• Assistant Professor, SCTIMST, Trivandrum (2003-2007)
• Consultant (Ad-hoc) in Anesthesiology, SCTIMST, Trivandrum (2001-2003)
• Additional Professor
• Professor, Cardiac Anesthesia, SCTIMST, Trivandrum

Honors

• Honorary Transesophageal Echocardiography fellowship -(Indian Association of Cardiovascular Thoracic Anesthesiologists IACTA) in 2012
• FASE- Fellow of American Society of Echocardiography

Awards

• National award of KPR Young Anesthesiologist (Indian Society of Anesthesiologist- ISA) for the year of 2008

Area of Interest

• Transesophageal echocardiography monitoring and documentation in cardiac surgeries.
• Bispectral index and Entropy monitoring during cardiac anesthesia
• Oxygenation index studies in patients undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass.
• Intensive care of cardiac surgical patients

Fellowships

• Clinical Cardiac Anesthesia & TEE Fellowship, London Health Sciences Centre, London ON, Canada (2010) - One year

Membership

• IACTA -(Indian Association of Cardiovascular Thoracic Anesthesiologists IACTA)
• ISA -(Indian Society of Anesthesiologists)
• IMA - (Indian Medical Association)

On-going Projects

• Co-Investigator in "Development and evaluation of a MRI compatible non- rebreathing sequential gas delivery circuit to maintain constant end tidal Carbon dioxide (ETCO2), to be used for Cerebro Vascular Reactivity (CVR) assessment using fMRI and allied techniques"

Reviewer

• Journal of Cardiothoracic and vascular Anesthesia