Specialists

Dr. Shivashankar Diggikar

MD, MRCPCH, FRCPCH (U.K), MBA (BITS Pilani)

Fellowship in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine (RCPCH Affiliate, London)
Fellowship in Neonatology (IAP)

Neonatologist Specialist

Dr. Shivashankar Diggikar is a well-trained neonatologist and paediatrician. He completed his pediatric training from Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute. He then did his neonatology training at Manipal hospitals awarded by Indian Academy of paediatrics ( IAP) , before moving to London to persuade core neonatal training at Homerton university hospitals awarded by royal college of paediatrics and child health (RCPCH). He is one of the youngest neonatologist to be awarded as Fellow of Royal College of Pediatrics and Child Health (FRCPCH) from United Kingdom. During his training he has managed large number of extreme premature babies from 23weeks of gestation age. He has expertise in managing babies with moderate to severe encephalopathy, PPHN , Sepsis. He has many research publications under his name and is a member of IAP, IMA ( Indian medical association) and a member/fellow of RCPCH. He served as the executive board member for National Neonatal Forum -Karnataka (2020-2021). He has completed his MBA training in Healthcare from prestigious Birla Institute of Technology and science (BITS), Pilani.

His area of interest includes neonatal brain injury and prevention, neurodevelopmental follow up and bedside imaging( echocardiogram, cranial ultrasound and thoracic us) for babies to improve outcomes. He is trained in Bayley's Neurodevelopmental assessment and certified Prechtl's assessment scale for high risk babies.

He has a vision to improve the neonatal outcomes in less resource settings in India. He runs his own foundation named ‘MiniheartS Foundation’ – A Philanthropic organisation for research, academics and innovations in healthcare.(www.miniheartsfoundationtrust.org).