IAP Drug Formulary - Contributors
Editor-in-Chief
Dr Jeeson C Unni
Asociate Consultant in Pediatrics,
Aster Medcity
South Chitoor P.O,
Cheranelloor
Kochi-682027, Kerala, India
e mail: jeeson@asianetindia.com

Editors
Dr M K C Nair
President IAP 2004
Director, Child Development Centre
Thiruvananthapuram

Prof. P. S. N. Menon
Consultant & Chairman, Department of Pediatrics
Armed Forces Hospital,PO Box No 5819,
Salmiya 22069, Kuwait
Former Prof. of Pediatrics, AIIMS
New Delhi
DR CP BANSAL
1/5 SHABD PRATAP ASHRAM
LASHKAR ,GWALIOR
PIN: 474012
MADHYA PRADESH
Chairperson , Computer and
Medical Informatics Chapter of IAP
Associate editors
Dr Santosh Soans
Professor & HOD of Department of Pediatrics 
A. J. Institute of Medical Science 
Mangalore.  

DR DHEERAJ SHAH
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, Indian Pediatrics
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
DEPARTMENT OF PEDIATRICS
UCMS & GTB HOSPITAL
DILSHAD GARDEN 
DELHI 110095 
   DR N C GOWRISHANKAR
   EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, IJPP
  12A BALASUBRAMANIAM COLONY
   TAMIL NADU
   Pin- 600004TAMIL NADU
NEONATOLOGY
DR. PARESH SONI.
Neonatal & Paediatric Intensivist
Associate Professor of Paediatrics & Neonatology
S.K.N. Medical College, Pune
Dr. Anjali Kulkarni.
Secretary, Neonatal chapter, IAP
Consultant Neonatologist, Indraprastha Apollo hospital,
New Delhi.
Dr. Reeta Bora
Associate Professor & In-charge Neonatal Unit
Assam Medical College, Dibrugarh, Assam
NEUROLOGY
PROF.(DR )P A MOHAMMED KUNJU
WHO FELLOW IN PEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY (USA)
PROF & HEAD OF PEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY
SAT HOSPITAL MEDICAL COLLEGE, 
TRIVANDRUM 695011, KERALA INDIA
NEPHROLOGY
Dr. Jyoti Sharma
Professor, Dept. of Pediatrics
DEPARTMENT OF PEDIATRICS
BharatiVidyapeeth Deemed University, Medical College
Pune 411 043, Maharashtra, 
Hon. Secy Indian Society of Pediatric Nephrology
Dr. Arpana Iyengar
Associate Professor, Dept. of Pediatrics,
St. John's Medical College Hospital
Bangalore, Karnataka
Col. Madhuri Kanitkar
Senior Advisor
Children's Kidney Care Center
Pediatrics & Pediatric Nephrology
Military Hospital, Namkum, Ranchi, Bihar.
Dr. K.D.Phadke MD(Ped), DABPN (USA)
Prof. of Pediatric Nephrology
Children's Kidney Care Center
St. John's Medical College Hospital
Bangalore 560034, India
Dr.Anil Vasudevan
MD(Ped),DNB(Ped),Fellowship(Ped Nephrol)
Senior Research Associate
Children's Kidney Care Center
Dept. of Pediatrics
St. John's Medical College Hospital
Bangalore
ENDOCRINOLOGY

The following contributed to the review and editing of "Drug monographs - Drugs used in Endocrinology"

Anurag Bajpai Consultant Ped. & Adol. Endocrinologist
Regency Hospital, Kanpur 208005
Dr. Sudha Rao Chandrashekhar
Professor of Pediatrics
I/C Division of Pediatric Endocrinology & Neonatology
Department of Pediatrics
Bai Jerbai Wadia Hospital for Children
Parel, Mumbai.
Dr. Vandana Jain
Associate Professor 
Division of Pediatric Endocrinology
Department of Pediatrics
All India Institute of Medical Sciences
New Delhi
Dr Shaila S Bhattacharyya
Consultant Pediatric Endocrinologist
Manipal Hospital 
Bangalore
Dr. P.S.N. Menon
Consultant & Head
Department of Pediatrics
Jaber Al-Ahmed Armed Forces Hospital
Kuwait
The following edited the "Protocols for management of Endocrine Disorders"
Anurag Bajpai Consultant Ped. & Adol. Endocrinologist
Regency Hospital, Kanpur 208005
Preeti Dabadghao Associate Professor, Dept. of Endocrinology
Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of
Medical Sciences, Lucknow 226 014
Anju Virmani Consultant Endocrinologist/Diabetologist
Apollo, Max & Sunderlal Jain Hospitals
New Delhi
Vijayalakshmi Bhatia
Professor, Dept. of Endocrinology
Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of
Medical Sciences, Lucknow 226014, UP
P.S.N. Menon
Consultant & Head, Dept. of Pediatrics
Jaber Al-Ahmed Armed Forces Hospital, Kuwait
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
» Dr. Indra Shekhar Rao - Hyderabad
» Dr. Digant Shastri - Surat 
» Dr. Ritabrat Kundu - Kolkata
» Dr. Ketan Bharadva - Surat 
» Dr. Ketan Shah - Surat
» Dr. Baldev Prajapati - Ahmedabad
» Dr. K. Upendra - Mumbai
» Dr. Ajay Kalra - Agra
» Dr. Nupur Ganguli - Kolkata
» Dr. S Balasubramanium
» Dr. Rakesh Mishra
» Dr. Shantanu Bhakta
» Dr. Nigam Narain
» Dr. Ashok Rai
» Dr. Anju Agrawal
» Dr. Upendra K.
» Dr. K.K. Arora
» Dr. Major Nagraju
» Dr. SS Rawat
» Dr. J.Chaudhary
» Dr. Manjori Mitra
» Dr. Kamlesh Parekh Ketan Shah
» Dr. Satish Pandya
» Dr. Abhay Shah

METABOLIC DISORDERS
DR SANKAR VH
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
DEPT of PEDIATRICS 
SAT HOSPITAL 
MEDICAL COLLEGE
THIRUVANATHAPURAM

DR. N.V.AHSAN MOOSA,
SENIOR SPECIALIST, DEPT.OF NEUROLOGY,
AMRITA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES &
RESEARCH CENTER,
COCHIN-24, KERALA, PIN-682024

    ALLERGIC DISORDERS
DR KSH CHOURJIT SINGH
PROFESSOR OF PEDIATRICS
REGIONAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES
IMPHAL , MANIPUR
CHAIRPERSON OF THE IAP CHAPTER ON GROWTH,
DEVELOPMENT & BEHAVIORAL PEDIATRICS
DR SHABINA AHMED,
CONSULTANT PEDIATRICIAN,
GUWAHATI CHILDREN'S CLINIC , GUWAHATI
CONSULTANT DEVELOPMENTAL PEDIATRICIAN,
ASSAM AUTISM FOUNDATION.
NATIONAL SECRETARY, IAP CHAPTER ON GROWTH,
DEVELOPMENT & BEHAVIOURAL PEDIATRICS
103 SURYA APARTMENTS, 5 S K BHUYAN ROAD,
GUWAHATI 781 001
RHEUMATOLOGY
Dr. Raju Khubchandani 
Consultant Pediatrician
Jaslok and Breach Candy Hospitals , Mumbai
Dr. Rachana Hasija 
GASTROENTEROLOGY
Dr. John Mathai
Dept. of Pediatrics ,
Psg Institute of Medical Sciences
Peelamedu, Coimbatore 641 004, Tamil Nadu
Dr. Ashish Bavdekar
Associate Professor
Consultant Pediatric Gastroenterologist & 
Consultant in Pediatric Research
Department of Pediatrics
K.E.M. Hospital,Rasta Peth, Pune 411011.
HEMATO-ONCOLOGY

Dr Nivedita Dhingra
Fellow in pediatric Hematology Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplantation
Sir Ganga Ram Hospital
New Delhi 110060
Dr Satya P Yadav,
1101 JAGAT VIDYA CHS LTD
Consultant in pediatric Hematology Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplantation
Sir Ganga Ram Hospital
New Delhi
Dr Anupam Sachdeva
Director Pediatric Hematology Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplantation
Institute For Child Health
Sir Ganga Ram Hospital
Recipient Dr BC Roy Award
Recipient Silver Jubilee Research Award
New Delhi 
    Dr Reghu Sukumaran
    Pediatric Hemato-oncologist,
   Associate Consultant,  
   Tata Medical Center, 
    Kolkata


CARDIOLOGY
DR M ZULFIKAR AHAMED SAJAN
PAZHAYA ROAD MCPO
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM
PIN: 695011
KERALA
DR. RANI GERA, 
Chairperson, IAP Cardiology Chapter
DEPARTMENT OF PEDIATRICS
MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE & LN HOSPITAL
NEW DELHI 110002.
Dr. Smita Mishra, 
Secretary, IAP Cardiology Chapter
Senior Consultant, Dept. of Pediatric Cardiology
Max Heart & Vascular Institute, Saket, New Delhi
Working Group on Management of Congenital, 
Heart Diseases in India (Participants have been
listed and recognized at the end of the Working
Groups recommendations)
RESPIRATORY
Dr Ilin Kinimi
Registrar, Pediatric Pulmonology
Manipal Hospital, Bangalore
Dr Anuradha Vinod
Registrar, Pediatrics, 
Manipal Hospital Bangalore
Dr. Divya Gowri M.
Registrar, Pediatrics, 
Manipal Hospital, Bangalore
Dr. Mahesh Babu
Pediatric Pulmonologist
Manipal Hospital, Bangalore
ADOLESCENT
DR CP BANSAL
1/5 SHABD PRATAP ASHRAM
LASHKAR
GWALIOR PIN: 474012
MADHYA PRADESH
DR SWATI Y BHAVE MD FIAP FAAP
CONSULTANT PEDIATRICIAN
MAX HOSPITAL & APOLLO HOSPITAL
NEW DELHI
CHAIRPERSON

DERMATOLOGY
Dr. C. Vijayabhaskar
Assistant Professor
Dept of Dermatology
Govt. Royapetah Hospital
Chennai

Dr Anand V
Professor and HOD,
Department of Dermatology
Chengalpet Medical College
Chengalpet
DR R MADHU
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR,
DEPT OF DERMATOLOGY
GOVERNMENT GENERAL HOSPITAL
AND
VELLORE MEDICAL COLLEGE,
VELLORE
CHILD and ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY
Dr. Philip John Consultant Psychiatrist
Peejay's Policlinic
Kochi
SNAKE AND SCORPION ENVENOMATION
DR DR HIMMAT S BAWASKAR
BAWASKAR HOSPITAL
MAHAD
RAIGAD - 412301
DRUG MONOGRAPH & CDROM AND WEB UPDATES
DR JEESON C UNNI
CONSULTANT PEDIATRICIAN,
DR KUNHALU'S NURSING HOME,
T D ROAD, KOCHI - 682 011
KERALA.
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, IAP PEDIATRIC DRUG FORMULARY
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