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Pankaj Sakhuja

Pankaj Sakhuja 
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Neonatal-Perinatal Fellowship (Canada),CESR,MD,FRCPCH,MBBS

Attending Physician Years Of Experience: 20

  • About the Physician

    Dr. Sakhuja has over ten years of experience as a Neonatal consultant. He joined Sidra Medicine in November 2022 after serving in UK hospitals like Great Ormond Street and University College London Hospital.

    With a passion for neonatal intensive care, his career spans over 20 years in various centers of excellence, including Singapore, Australia, the U.K., Canada, and Bahrain.

    He is keenly interested in fetal and maternal medicine, neonatal hemodynamics, and Neonatal transport & networks.  He’s adept at managing critically ill neonates with complex medical and surgical conditions.

    At Sidra Medicine, he leads neonatal deliveries and intra-facility transport. He actively contributes to the neonatal hemodynamic group, neonatal-perinatal fellowship program, and Qatar’s National Neonatal Network.

    His academic work includes research in Hemodynamics and Endotracheal Tube tip positioning. His contributions to high-impact journals include original research, editorials, metanarrative reviews, case reports, book chapters, and letters to the editor, showcasing his dedication to advancing neonatal care.

     

    Languages Spoken

    English, Hindi, Punjabi, Urdu

    Years Of Experience
    20
    Education
    • MBBS Rural Medical College, Loni, University of Pune, India, March 2000
    • MD (Pediatrics) Rural Medical College, Loni, University of Pune, India, August 2003.
    • RCPCH UK Neonatal Fellowship – International Paediatric training scheme, Royal College of Pediatrics and Child Health, London, UK, March 2011.
    • Neonatal-Perinatal Fellowship – The University of Toronto, Hospital for Sick Children Toronto Canada. June 2013.
    • Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CCT equivalent) in Neonatal Medicine - GMC United Kingdom, July 2019.
    • FRCPCH- Fellow of Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, London, UK, December 2021.
    Affiliations
    • Fellow of the Royal College of Pediatrics and Child Health, London, UK.
    • Member of BAPM (British Association of Perinatal Medicine, UK)
    Areas of Interest
    • Fetal and Maternal Medicine
    • Neonatal transport
    • Neonatal networks
    • Neonatal hemodynamics
    Medical Publications
    1. Edwards MS, Ratnavel N, Sakhuja P. Temperature fluctuations in term infants receiving therapeutic hypothermia prior to and during neonatal transport Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2020. doi:10.1136/archdischild-2020-318862
    2. Sharma N, Fierens I, Mohinuddin S, Ratnavel N, Kempley S T, Sakhuja P. Servo-controlled thermoregulation in extremely preterm and Extremely low birth weight infants during neonatal transport. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 2019;0: F1. doi:10.1136/fetalneonatal-2019-318329.
    3. Sakhuja P, Ferenc BA, Fierens I, Garg A, Ratnavel N. Association of pneumothorax with use of a bougie for endotracheal intubation in a neonate. J Paediatr Child Health 2019 Mar;55(3):376. DOI: 10.1111/jpc.14383
    4. Sakhuja P, More K, Ting JY, Sheth J, Lapointe A, Jain A, McNamara, PJ, Moore AM. Gastrointestinal hemodynamic changes during therapeutic hypothermia and after rewarming in neonatal hypoxicischemic encephalopathy. Pediatr Neonatology. 2019 Apr 16. PII: S1875-9572(18)30564-3. DOI: 10.1016/j.pedneo.2019.04.003.
    5. More KS, Sakhuja P, Giesinger RE, Ting JY, Keyzers M, Sheth JN, Lapointe A, Jain A, Moore AM, Miller SP, McNamara PJ. Cardiovascular Associations with Abnormal Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Neonates with Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy Undergoing Therapeutic Hypothermia and Rewarming. Am J Perinatol. 2018 Aug;35(10): 979-989.doi: 10.1055/s-0038-1629900.Epub 2018 Feb 23