Professor and Head | Professor
MBBS | M.D
Dr. Umamaheswari B MBBS, MD Paediatrics, MRCPCH, FRCPCH, Special training Neonatology is the Head of Department of Neonatology. She also holds other responsibilities such as being a member of the credentialing committee at SRIHER. She handles subjects in Superspeciality – DM. Neonatology, Postgraduate- MD. PEDIATRICS; Undergraduate – MBBS.
Dr. Umamaheswari B has an impressive & dedicated career in neonatology &pediatric medicine! A concise summary of her career journey is as follows
Education: She completed MBBS in 1999 at Chengalpattu Medical College, where she was recognized as the best outgoing student. She joined MD Pediatrics at JIPMER and completed it in 2003. She went to the United Kingdom for specialized training in Neonatology and completed MRCPCH in 2006. She received further training in Metabolic Medicine at the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne, Australia. She was awarded FRCPCH by Royal college of Physician and child health in 2024.
Career Path: She was a Senior Resident for 1 year after MD Pediatrics and Consultant at Madras Medical Mission for 2 years. She joined SRMC as a Consultant and Assistant Professor in Neonatology. She is a key person in initiating the “Sri Ramachandra Center of Excellence in Perinatal Health (SCOPE)” in 2012. She got trained in genetics and counseling at Mediscans System. She was promoted to Associate Professor of Neonatology in 2015. She started the Neonatal Screening Program at SRMC in 2016. She was promoted to Professor of Neonatology in 2021. Currently she is the Head of Department of Neonatology at SRMC&RI since November 2023.
Other Roles and Achievements: She is involved in counselling high-risk women at SCOPE clinic and running the metabolic clinic at SRMC. She is interested in research areas including Nutrition in Inborn Errors of Metabolism (IEM), Genetics in IEM, Feeding in Preterm Infants, MRI in Preterm and IEM. She actively conducts Neonatal Resuscitation Program and served as the state academic coordinator of Tamil Nadu for advanced NRP program. She was recognized as a “Research Ambassador” of SRIHER in 2018. She was elected as executive board member of Tamil Nadu Association of Neonatology in 2020. She is currently serving as the IAP zonal coordinator for the perinatology module “Caring Both Ends of the Cord” and as an associate editor for the Journal of Neonatology.
Her career demonstrates a strong commitment to clinical excellence, education, research, and leadership in neonatology and perinatal health. She has made significant contributions both nationally and internationally in the field of Neonatology & Pediatrics.
Project Name: Targeted Oxygenation in the Respiratory care of Premature Infants at Delivery: Effects on Outcome (TORPIDO 30/60)
Project Description: The multicentric trial TORPIDO 30/60 Study will recruit 1470 infants of up to 28+6 weeks gestation in Australia, New Zealand, Asia, the Middle-East, Europe, North America and Latin America. Its primary hypothesis is that survival without major brain injury is improved by initial respiratory care in the delivery room with (A) Initial FiO2 0.6 versus (B) Initial FiO2 0.3 followed by common targeting of oxygen saturation (SpO2) within NRP guidelines at 5 and 10 minutes and until admission to NICU
Q1 publications award in 2023
Shri V R Venkataachalam Research publication award for best research publication in 2022.
Awarded Third best poster in NEOCON 2016 conducted in Indore
Best Poster Innovation award in NEOCON 2015 conducted in Bhubaneshwar
Letter of Appreciation from IAP for conducting BNCRP program- a community based program in Tamilnadu- Received in JULY 2013.
Recognised as “Research Ambassador” in Sri Ramachandra Institute of higher education and research.
Dr TM Nair Memorial GOLD MEDAL in December 1997 for coming first in the final year MBBS University examination from Chengalpattu Medical College. (BEST OUTGOING STUDENT)
Dr Vadamalayan Endowment Prize in December 1997 for Medicine and Paediatrics in MBBS .
Dr J.A.S. Masilamani GOLD MEDAL IN Medicine 1997 for securing highest mark in Medicine in final year MBBS exam.
The Balfour Memorial GOLD MEDAL in Medicine in 1997.
The Madras University Students Club Endowment Prize for Medicine in 1997.
Participated in IAP PAEDIATRIC QUIZ for MBBS by Indian Academy of Paediatrics in 1997.
Prof M Guhanandam Endowment Prize in Opthalmology in 1995-96.
Member of Indian Academy of Pediatrics “IAP”
Member of National Neonatology Forum “NNF”
Member of Indian Society of Inborn Errors of metabolism “ISIEM”
Past executive board member Tamilnadu neonatology Association.