Anaesthesiology
Additional Director – Critical Care18 Years of Experience in Critical Care Medicine and Anaesthesiology
Fortis Hospital
Bangalore
Dr. Chaitra Rao is an experienced Critical Care Medicine specialist and Anaesthesiologist serving as Additional Director – Critical Care at Fortis Hospital, Yeshwanthpur, Bengaluru. Fortis Healthcare currently lists her with 18 years of clinical experience.
She completed her MBBS from Vijayanagara Institute of Medical Sciences, Bellary, followed by Diploma in Anaesthesiology from Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences, Hubli. She subsequently completed DNB in Anaesthesia from Manipal Hospital, Bengaluru, along with advanced Critical Care qualifications including IDCCM and IFCCM.
Dr. Chaitra Rao has extensive experience in the management of critically ill patients requiring comprehensive intensive-care support. Her documented areas of expertise include Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine, ECMO and nutrition in critically ill patients.
Her clinical practice also includes intensive-care management of patients undergoing liver and renal transplantation and critically ill patients with neurological and neurosurgical conditions.
Dr. Chaitra Rao also has a background in Anaesthesiology and provides perioperative anaesthetic care across general and speciality surgical procedures. Antibiotic stewardship is another documented area of her Critical Care expertise.
Dr. Chaitra Rao provides comprehensive management for critically ill patients requiring continuous monitoring, multidisciplinary treatment and intensive-care support.
She manages complex medical and surgical patients in the intensive-care setting, including patients requiring advanced monitoring and organ-support strategies.
Dr. Chaitra Rao has documented expertise in ECMO as part of advanced Critical Care management for appropriately selected critically ill patients.
She has a special interest in nutritional support for critically ill patients as an important component of comprehensive ICU management.
Dr. Chaitra Rao provides Critical Care support for patients undergoing liver transplantation, including complex perioperative and postoperative management.
Her expertise includes intensive-care support for renal transplant patients requiring specialised perioperative monitoring and management.
Dr. Chaitra Rao manages critically ill patients with neurological disorders who require intensive monitoring and multidisciplinary Critical Care.
She provides intensive-care support for patients undergoing or recovering from complex neurosurgical procedures.
Dr. Chaitra Rao has extensive Anaesthesiology experience and provides anaesthetic care for general and speciality surgical procedures.
Her documented Anaesthesiology services include epidural and spinal anaesthesia for appropriately selected surgical procedures.
Dr. Chaitra Rao has documented expertise in antibiotic stewardship, supporting appropriate antimicrobial use in critically ill patients.
MBBS, Diploma in Anaesthesiology, DNB - Anaesthesia, IDCCM, IFCCM
Critical Care Management, Intensive Care Management, ECMO Support, Critical Care Nutrition, Liver Transplant Critical Care, Renal Transplant Critical Care, Neurological Critical Care, Neurosurgical Critical Care, Anaesthesia, Epidural Anaesthesia, Spinal Anaesthesia, Antibiotic Stewardship
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Quick answers to common questions about Dr. Chaitra Rao
Yes. Her expertise includes Critical Care management for patients undergoing or recovering from neurosurgical procedures.
Yes. Neurology-related Critical Care is one of her documented areas of expertise, including intensive monitoring of critically ill neurological patients.
Yes. Dr. Chaitra Rao has expertise in intensive-care management of renal transplant patients.
Yes. Her documented expertise includes Critical Care management for liver transplant patients requiring specialised perioperative and postoperative monitoring.
Yes. ECMO is specifically listed by Fortis Healthcare among Dr. Chaitra Rao's areas of Critical Care expertise.
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