Dr. Shikkuraj Vallat

Anesthesiology, perioperative, pain and critical care

Designation: Consultant Anesthesioligist

Department: Anesthesiology, perioperative, pain and critical care

Qualification: MBBS, DA

Specialisations: Perioperative medicine, Obstetric Anesthesia

Experience Summary: More than 25 years of experience in the field of Anesthesiology and perioperative medicine, pain and surgical intensive care, both in India and abroad with special interest in labour analgesia,high risk obstetric anesthesia, and day case anesthesia. Worked as senior resident, senior specialist, lecturer, specialist and consultant at very busy speciality centres and teaching institutions across Kerala. and Sultanate of Oman.Highly skilled in difficult airway management and regional anesthesia among all surgical specialties including pediatric and neonatal, uro, neuro, spine, laproscopic surgeries pertaining to perioperative and post operative intensive care which icludes invasive monitoring, initiation and maintanence of mechanical ventilation and pain management, Also experienced in trauma anesthesia and critical care. Currently working as Consultant Anesthesiologist and Head of Anesthesiology and perioperative medicine at Craft Hospital and Research centre, from 2016 with additional responsibilty of Department of Trauma anesthesia and critical care at AR medical centre from 2020

Dr. Shikkuraj completed his MBBS (1986-1992) from Adichunchanagiri Institute of Medical Sciences, Bellur, affiliated to University of Mysore and his DA in Anaesthesiology (1998-2000) from Adichunchanagiri Institute of medical sciences, Bellur, affiliated to Rajiv Gandhi university of health sciences, Bangalore.

He worked in the posts:

Lecturer in Dept of Anaesthesiology at Govt Medical College, Calicut from November, 2000 to October, 2003.
Anaesthesiologist at Crescent Hospital, Alathur, Palakkad from November, 2003 to December, 2004.
Senior Specialist in Dept of Anaesthesiolgy and Critical care at Paalana Institute of Medical Sciences(PIMS), Palakkad from January, 2005 to February, 2008.
Senior Resident in the Department of Anaesthesiology at Jubilee Mission Medical College and Research Institute, Thrissur from March, 2008 to June, 2010.
Specialist Anaesthetist at Aster Al Raffa Hospital, Muscat, Oman from July, 2010 to June, 2016.

SKILLS

Well versed in the following procedures in anaesthesiology and critical care medicine. Airway skills (adult, pediatric and neonatal)

Endotracheal intubation
All supraglottic devices (LMA, IGel)
Intubating Laryngeal mask airway
Blind nasotracheal intubation
Retrograde intubation
Trachlite-lighted intubating stylet
Cricothyroidotomy

Vascular access (adult and paediatric)

Central venous access including Subclavian, Internal jugular, Femoral, peripheral Central line insertion (adult and paediatric ).
Arterial line including radial, femoral, dorsalis pedis.
Peripheral venous catheterisation Ventilator management
All aspects of initiation, maintenance and weaning of Invasive and Non invasive ventilation
Management of difficult cases usually including Sepsis, ARDS, COPD, Restrictive lung Diseases, Paediatric patients etc

Regional Anaesthetic and Pain Techniques

Spinal anaesthesia
Epidural anaesthesia
Brachial plexus blocks (axillary, Supraclavicular and Interscalene: nerve stimulator and paraesthesia Technique

Labour analgesia

Resuscitation skills (adult and paediatric)
Led CODE BLUE TEAM for emergency resuscitation of cardiac arrest victim in day to day basis as per the AHA-ACLS protocol
Management of arrhythmias, Ionotrope and vasopressor management, fluid resuscitation
Paediatric and neonatal Cardiac arrest victims
Transport of critically ill patients and trauma victims within and outside the hospital

CERTIFICATION

Comprehensive Trauma Life Support (CTLS)
October 2005 by International Trauma and Critical Care Society
Fundamental Critical Care Support (FCCS)Course 2011

Memberships of learned societies

Life Member, Indian Society of Anethesiologists
Life member, Indian Medical Association