Fundamentals of Pediatric Neuroanesthesia

Dr.Girija Prasad Rath is a professor of neuroanesthesiology and critical care at Neurosciences Centre of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India. Dr.Rath has received three years of exclusive training in neuroanesthesia at AIIMS and is among the first batch of anaesthesiologists in India to hold a super-specialty degree, i.e., Doctorate of Medicine (DM) in neuroanesthesiology. He has been involved in educational and clinical research activities in neuroanesthesia and neurocritical care with a special interest in pediatricneuroanesthesia. To his credit, he has more than 230 scientific articles published in peer-reviewed journals, edited a book on Trigeminal Neuralgia , and is on the editorial board of four peer-reviewed journals, including Neurology India (NI) and Indian Journal of Anaesthesia (IJA ). Since its inception, Dr.Rath is also the executive editor of the Journal of Neuroanesthesiology and Critical Care (JNACC) . He has mentored several residents and fellows of neuroanesthesia and neurocritical care at AIIMS. Dr.Rath is a past treasurer of the Indian Society of Neuroanesthesiology and Critical Care (ISNACC ) and an active member of many international scientific bodies. He is an executive council member of Asian Society for Neuroanesthesiology and Critical Care (ASNACC) , director-at-large for Society for Neuroscience in Anesthesiology and Critical Care (SNACC) board of directors, the chair for SNACC Global Outreach Sub-Committee , and also a reviewer for the International Council for Perioperative Neuroscience Training (ICPNT). He is an invited speaker in the scientific meetings of various anesthesia societies that include the Indian Society of Anesthesiologists (ISA) , ISNACC, ASNACC, EURONEURO, Bangladesh Neuroanesthesia Conference, Neuroanesthesia Symposium (NAS) of Malaysia , and World Congress of Anesthesiologists (WCA) . Dr.Rath was involved in the first successful separation surgery of conjoined craniopagus twins in India. He is a recipient of the ICMR International Fellowship (ICMR-IF) and is a Fellow of the Indian College of Anaesthesiologists (FICA).