Children & Young People’s Services

Karunakaran Ramaswamy

DA, FRCA, I Lead 2, MBA
Attending Physician
Years of Experience: 23

Dr. Ramaswamy is an anesthesiologist specializing in pain relief during labor and providing safe anesthesia for surgery. Safety and patient comfort are his priority. He has more than 20 years’ experience and trained in Oxford and India. Dr. Ramaswamy joined Sidra Medicine in October 2017 and was part of the team that helped open the hospital safely. Dr. Ramaswamy frequently receives excellent feedback from patients and staff.

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Karunakaran Ramaswamy

  • English
  • Gujarati
  • Hindi
  • Kannada
  • Tamil

  • MBBS, DA, FRCA, MBA, I LEAD 2

  • RCOA (UK) CCT-GMC (UK), OAA (UK), DAS (UK), MOPH (Qatar), Weill Cornell Medical College, College of Medicine, Qatar University

  • Pain relief during labor, Sustainable anesthesia and artificial intelligence, obstetric anesthesia, plastic surgery, day care, OR efficiency

  • Simulation and TIVA workshop lead in international conferences, Train the trainer and ACLS instructor. Faculty of both medical colleges in Qatar.

  1. K Ramaswamy et al, Effect of implementation of perineal tear pain management program on pain scores, Journal of Obstetric Anaesthesia and Critical Care; July-Dec 2021: Vol 11, 2: 101-105
  2. K Ramaswamy, Opioid free cardiac anesthesia, Journal of Cardiac Critical Care. 2021; March; Vol. 01; 43-44
  3. N. Aldamluji, K Ramaswamy et al, Effect of Opsite Spray Dressing on Integrity of Epidural Catheters: A Laboratory-Based Observational Study, Middle East Jurnal of Anesthesiology; Vol. 27, No. 3, October 2020.
  4. Anticipated and unanticipated difficult airway in obstetrics-M Mushambi, K K Ramaswamy, Obstetric Anesthesiology- An illustrated Case-Based Approach, Editors Fernando R, Husain T, Segal S. Published by Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom (2019)
  5. Dixit A, Ramaswamy KK, Perera S, Sukumar V and Frerk C, Impact of change of head and neck position on ultrasound localisation of the cricothyroid membrane: observational study, Anaesthesia 2019:74; 29-32

  • Invited faculty for multiple international conferences
  • Lead successful applicant of SOAP Center of Excellence Award
  • Top performer award- I Lead 2
  • MBA with Merit
  • Clinical Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, College of Medicine, Qatar University
  • Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology, Weill Cornell Medical College, Qatar

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