Dr. Shweta Nathani Bakhru is a highly accomplished Senior Consultant in Pediatric Cardiology at Rainbow Children's Heart Institute. With 10+years of experience, she holds an MBBS degree and is also a DNB (Pediatrics) specialist. Dr. Bakhru is proficient in English, Hindi, and Marathi, allowing her to effectively communicate with a diverse patient base. Her expertise and dedication to providing exceptional care make her a trusted and sought-after professional in the field of pediatric cardiology.
Education Details:
1. National board of Pediatric Cardiology -2011-Narayana Hrudayalaya [Bangalore fellow of National board]
2. Diplomate of National Board paediatrics -2008- Raipur [Diplomate of National Board]
3. Bachelor of medicine and Bachelor of surgery[MBBS] -2005- Govt medical college, Nagpur, Maharashtra university
Work Experience:
1. Fellowship training programme: She involved in In-hospital training of fellows in paediatric cardiology. They have structured training of fellows, the form of ICU meets, Journal Clubs, Cath sessions, theory classes. She have been co guide for thesis project of fellow.
2. Nursing and Para medic training: Bedside and formal teaching of nursing and paramedics are part of our weekly meetings.
3. She have been examiner for national board exit exam for 2018 in subject of Paediatric Cardiology. (National level exam)
4. Conducted Various E classes for DNB (Topics: Issues with grown up congenital heart diseases, interventions in TOF, evaluation and management of VSD pulmonary atresia)
5. She have been assessor for national board of examination for Pediatric Cardiology.
Area of Expertise:
Neonatal interventions
Cardiac Embryology
Fetal Vascular ring
Fetal Cardiomyopathy
Cardiomyopathies
1. Annals of Pediatric Cardiology
Journal Critical thrombotic obstruction of transverse aortic arch in a neonate 2015 May 28:8:140-2.
2. Annals of Pediatric Cardiology
Transcathter pulmonary valve perforation using chronic total occlusion wire in pulmonary atresia intact septum. January 2017:10(1)5-10.
3. Annals of Pediatric Cardiology
Title: Rescrewing of embolised duct occlude using the delivery cable May 2014. 7(2):103-6
4. Journal of Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions
Transcatheter Trans-Septal antegrade closure of muscular ventricular septal defects in young children 82(4) June 2013
5. Indian Heart Journal
Emergency renal artery stenting in acute anuric renal failure in children with Takayasu disease. 65(5):600-602 September 2013
6. Annals of Pediatric Cardiology
Epicardial deployment of right ventricular disk during perventricular device closure in a child with apical muscular septal defect. 6(2):176-8 July 2013
7.Annals of Pediatric Cardiology Isolated agenesis of right pulmonary veins with pulmonary sequestration 2019.May-August 12(2)
8. Annals of Pediatric cardiology
Symptomatic improvement using Everolimus in infants with cardiac rhabdomyoma, Jan-april 2019:12(1)45-48.
9.Indian Heart Journal
A case of dysponea evaluated by computed tomography angiography March 2012 64(2):224-225
10. BMJ Case Reports
Neuro-regression in vitamin B12 deficciency 2009;2009 mar 17 doi: 10.1136/bcr.06.2008.0235
11. Prenatal diagnosis of vascular ring in fetus-original article
Annals of Pediatric cardiology July 2021
12. Transcathter exclusion of supra celiac saccular aneurysm by reverse positioning of duct occlude IHJ June 2021
13. Outcome of COVID-19 children with heart disease with grown up with congenital heart disease: A multicentric study in India.
Annals of Pediatric Cardiology July 2021
14. Diagnosis and management of congenital Umbilical AV fistula in a neonates Cardiology of Young Dec 2020
15. Echocardiographic assessment of hemodynamic changes in preterm neonates with shock: A perspective pragmatic cohort study Dec 2020 European Journal of Pediatrics
16. Right Juxtapostion of Atrial appendages Jan 2020 Jour of Indian academy of Pediatrics
Book Chapters Authored:
1. Pregnancy in congenital heart disease (special edition of women with heart disease 2018, Hyderabad)
2. Vascular rings and slings -IAP special addition book on CHD in paediatrics
3. Approach to CHD in a neonates- Elsevier Point of care in paediatrics
National Level Oral Presentations:
1. Fetal Hydrops (Pediatric cardiology society of India Bangalore [PCSI] 2016)
2. Functional heart assessment (PCSI, Mumbai 2017)
3. Carotid approach aortic stenting (PCSI Mumbai 2016)
4. Fetal physiology (PCSI Hyderabad 2015)
5. PAH in scimitar syndrome (PCSI Hyderabad 2015)
6. Transcathter percutaneous perforation of pulmonary valve in PA IVS using CTO wire (PCSI Kochi 2012)
7. Current advances in pediatric interventions (CSI Hyderaabd 2016)
8. Fetal cardiomyopathy (PCSI 2018)
